Apply now for Commonwealth Split-site Scholarships! Applications are open for Commonwealth Split-site Scholarships for PhD candidates from low and middle income Commonwealth countries to spend 12 months at a UK university as part of their doctoral studies in their home country. The scholarships are for study starting in October 2020 and are aimed at high-quality graduates whose proposed research has a developmental focus and who have the potential to become influential teachers or researchers in their home countries.   Split-site Scholarships are delivered through an existing institutional or departmental link between the candidate’s home university and proposed UK university. The closing date for applications is 6 November 2019. For full details, including eligibility criteria and how to apply, click here .

The UWI Open Campus in association with the UWI Institute for Sustainable Development and CERMES and Empire State College (ESC), SUNY is offering a Post Graduate Certificate in Leadership for Sustainable Development. The courses of the Programme have been developed by ESC and The UWI and will be available to students on online. Closing date for applications is August 15. For more info, click here .

This free online course provides the basis for understanding the underlying physical processes governing climate variations in the past, present and future. You will gain an in-depth understanding of the complexities of the climate system, and be able to put the recently observed, man-made changes in climate in the context of past natural changes. You will learn with experts from The University of Bergen, which has a strong focus on Earth and Marine Sciences. It hosts the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, the largest centre for natural science-based climate research in Scandinavia. Course start date- 2nd September, 2019! For more info, click here .