Tertiary Education
This section contains a wide variety of information as well as data resources for use by students in the tertiary sector. This includes information for under-graduate and post-graduate university students as well as students from other parts of the tertiary education sector.
The section contains valuable information about course, degree, awards and grants, bursaries and opportunities for female students.
ACU Coursefinder
ACU provides the links to a world-class network of academic institutions, in order to help students identify courses and areas of study at its member universities. Nearly 500 universities in 30 separate countries are included in ACU's Course Finder
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Studying Abroad
The ACU Studiying Abroad pages address basic questions on international study opportunities, at undergraduate and postgraduate level, in Commonwealth countries. Additional sources, both books and websites, are listed.
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ACU Members
Membership comprises nearly 500 universities drawn from the Commonwealth countries of Africa and Asia, Australasia and the South Pacific, Canada and the Caribbean, the United Kingdom, Cyprus and Malta.
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CUDOS (Commonwealth Universities Database Online Service)
CUDOS has been designed to bring you instant, searchable access to the expertise of over 500 universities in Africa, Asia, Australasia, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom, Cyprus and Malta.
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ACU Library
The ACU Library is a specialist reference collection of material on higher education throughout the Commonwealth.
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Commonwealth Universities Yearbook 2007
Compiled for academics, resource managers, students and others seeking comprehensive and reliable data at global level, the ACU Yearbook is a key resource on every aspect of higher education - senior staff, general facilities, degree programmes and research strengths - at over 500 universities throughout the Commonwealth.
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Commonwealth Forestry Association (CFA)
The CFA is committed to supporting the professional development of young foresters through work placements, publication opportunities and international networking. The CFA Website offers a range of resources and materials.
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The Directory of Commonwealth Nursing and Midwifery Associations and Chief Nursing Officers 2006
This Directory gives the contact addresses and telephone, fax and email details for the CNF's Board members and the national nursing and midwifery associations and Chief Nursing Officers in Commonwealth countries.
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Commonwealth Nurses Federation (CNF)
A range of publications from the Commonwealth Nurses Federation
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Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association - Distance Learning Programme
CPA’s course “The Management of Drug Supplies” is a distance learning program for all pharmacist and non-pharmacist managers involved with drug supply procurement and management, especially at the regional level.
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Directory of Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows
The Directory is one of the largest undertakings of its kind for any international awards programme. It contains the names of almost 20,000 individuals who have held CSFP awards, and career profiles of over 1,800. Itself a product of Commonwealth collaboration, the publication was made possible by funding from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (UK) and Department for Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Canada). Production was undertaken at the Association of Commonwealth Universities.
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Resources for speech and debate
The ESU produces a wide variety of resources to support the use of speech and debate inside and outside the classroom, ranging from books to videos.
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The Institute of Commonwealth Studies Online Catalogue
The Institute of Commowealth Studies Library is part of the University of London Research Library Services (ULRLS) http://www.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/. The ULRLS comprises the Institute Libraries of the School of Advanced Study and the Senate House Library, and has its own shared Catalogue . All books and periodicals are now catalogued on the system, thanks to a special grant from the Higher Education Funding Council of England.
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The Institute of Commonwealth Studies Online Resources
These resources index articles published in thousands of print and electronic scholarly journals and are an essential tool for finding published research in your field of study. They contain bibliographic information so each article record will contain the title of the journal it appears in, along with the volume, issue, and page numbers, and the date of publication. Most will also provide a brief summary, or abstract, of the article. In some cases, access to the full-text of an article may be available.
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The Institue of Commonwealth Studies Online Journals
Many journals are now available on-line, offering immediate access to the full text of the articles published.
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The Political Archives Project
This website is the product of a project sponsored jointly by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICS) and the Institute for the Study of the Americas (ISA) aiming to improve access to and use of their extensive collections of political ephemera. These collections are now fully searchable, and in addition a selection of the items can be viewed online in the gallery.
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The Elizabeth Nuffield Educational Fund
The Elizabeth Nuffield Educational Fund was set up in 1956 by Lady Nuffield and gives grants to women studying to improve their employment prospects
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COL Knowledge Finder
The COL Knowledge Finder is the place to find documents on open and distance learning. This is the optimum technological tool for "mining" and refining the entire resource base of open and distance learning information repositories available through the Internet
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Tshwane University of Technology Scholarships
Tshwane University of Technology Commonwealth Scholarships for Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Studies
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