ACU Titular Fellowships

The ACU Titular Fellowships provide opportunities for staff from member universities and employees working in industry, commerce or public service in a Commonwealth country to spend periods of time at other member universities or relevant institutions outside their own country.

ACU Titular Fellowships are not intended for degree courses, or for immediately postdoctoral programmes. They cannot be held in the country in which the applicant currently works, and they cannot be held concurrently with other awards.

Applications for 2012 are now being accepted. Please see below for details on how to apply.

Priority subject areas

Preference will be given to applicants in the following fields:

• Agriculture, forestry and food sciences
• Biotechnology
• Development strategies
• Earth and marine sciences
• Engineering
• Health and related social sciences
• Information technology
• Management for change
• Professional education and training
• Social and cultural development
• University development and management

Founded by particular sponsors, each of the ACU Titular Fellowships is dedicated to a specific purpose.

Swansea University Fulton Fellowship

• Tenable at Swansea University, UK.
• Awarded for any of the priority subjects listed above.

The Worshipful Company of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Fellowship

• At least one Fellowship is open to either professionally-qualified accountants or established members of university faculties or related fields.
• Tenable at any ACU member university in any Commonwealth country (other than the home country), which either provides courses approved by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales or provides courses in (or closely allied to) business education.

Wighton Titular Fellowship in Engineering

• Open to full-time staff, academic or technical, of engineering departments in any ACU member university in a developing country.
• Tenable at any ACU member university in any Commonwealth country (other than the home country).
• Intended especially for the enhancement of laboratory teaching capacity.

University of Manitoba Fellowship

• Tenable at the University of Manitoba, Canada.
• Awarded for any of the priority subject areas listed above.

The George Weston Limited, Canada, Fellowship

• Tenable at any ACU member university in any Commonwealth country (other than the home country).
• Awarded for agriculture, forestry, and food science/food technology.

University of Oxford Fellowship

• Tenable at the University of Oxford, UK.
• Awarded in any of the priority subject areas listed above.

The Jacky McAleer Memorial Fellowship

• In memory of Jacky McAleer, a former member of staff of the ACU, and in recognition of her long and outstanding service to the ACU.
• Tenable at any ACU member university in any Commonwealth country (other than the home country).
• Awarded in the field of information technology, with priority given to the computerisation of record systems or computer-assisted learning.

The Gordon and Jean Southam Fellowship

• Open to nominees of any Canadian ACU member university.
• Tenable at any ACU member university in any Commonwealth country (other than the home country).
• Awarded for any of the priority subject areas listed above.

Length of tenure

Except where specific institutions or countries of tenure are stipulated, Titular Fellowships are tenable:

• in any Commonwealth country (other than the applicant's home country)
• for up to a maximum of six months
• at either a university in ACU membership or in industry, commerce or public service

Eligibility

Applicants must:

• be on the staff of, or a nominee of, an ACU member university or a Commonwealth inter-university organisation, or
• be working in industry, commerce or public service in a Commonwealth country, and
• be of proven high ability

Value

Up to GBP 5,000 according to the actual programme, and intended to cover:

• one international return air fare
• in-country ground travel
• medical insurance
• board and lodging
• fees (where the approved programme includes a formal training programme)

How to apply

• Application form

Applications must be approved by the executive head (vice-chancellor, president or rector) of a university in ACU membership, or the head of the candidate’s firm/company. The ACU will also consider applications approved by the chief executive officer of a Commonwealth inter-university organisation.

Applications must include all relevant signatures and be converted to (and submitted in) PDF format. We will accept scanned copies of the relevant signature pages.

Please submit your complete application form by email to acuawards@acu.ac.uk by 1 June 2012.

Hard copies are not necessary, but may be submitted to:

ACU Awards (Titular Fellowships)
The Association of Commonwealth Universities
Woburn House
20-24 Tavistock Square
London WC1H 9HF
UK

to arrive no later than 1 June 2012.

Further information

Contact acuawards@acu.ac.uk