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Title New Fellows on board Degree of recognition Local Media name/outlet Paisley Daily Express Media type Print Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 21/12/09 Description RESEARCH in the field of environmental sciences has been given a boost.
Paisley’s university is hosting two prestigious Commonwealth Fellowships.
The Fellowships, which run until March 2010, are funded by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and are part of the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan, one of the largest scholarships schemes for international study in the world.
The uni said the initiative will provide an opportunity for two academics – Dr Therese Ntonzi Nganje, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geology from the University of Calabar, Nigeria, and Dr Tim Biswick, lecturer in Chemistry from Chancellor College, University of Malawi – to undertake original research and develop academic and educational activities likely to impact on the development of their home country.
The two Fellows will focus their work on the environmental geo-chemistry of nutrients and potentially toxic elements in the food chain.
Professor Andrew Hursthouse of University of the West of Scotland's Department of Environmental Geochemistry, who is supervising the Fellowships, said: “We are delighted to be hosting these Fellowships. It is a tremendous achievement to be hosting two of these highly sought after Fellowship posts.”Producer/Author Kenneth Speirs URL https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/new-fellows-on-board-2600397 Persons Andrew Hursthouse
Keywords
- nutrition and health
- malawi
- nigeria
- potentially toxic elements
- food chain