Theme: Strengthening universities

International scholarships and the SDGs

Published on 19 July 2017 If any organisation in the world has championed the critical role that scholarships play in development, it's the ACU. Read this article

Tracking science and engineering students’ experiences using participatory narrative approaches (part 1)

Published on 19 July 2017 This article discusses how a Participatory Narrative Inquiry (PNI) approach was used in the evaluation of the Sasol Inzalo Foundation's bursary programme in South Africa. Read this article

‘Measuring success?’ year one – The scene, the motifs, the actors

Published on 19 July 2017 An anniversary post on a reflection on the year from the editors, Matt Mawer and Sian Julian. Read this article

Meaning-making through storytelling – the ways in which students use storytelling and reflection to reauthor the academic journey (part 2)

Published on 19 July 2017 The benefits that students experienced as a result of contributing self-quantified narratives will be explored in this post. Read this article

The Atlantic Philanthropies-University of Queensland Vietnamese scholarship programme experience: stepping stone and personal transformation

Published on 19 May 2017 The Atlantic Philanthropies (AP) funded The University of Queensland's Vietnam Coursework Masters and Doctoral Development Scholarship Programs, with grants totalling AUD 17 million. Read this article

The soft power of government-funded scholarship schemes – how to measure impact?

Published on 29 July 2016 Read this article

Schwarzman Scholars: using scholarships to build cultural diplomacy

Published on 07 July 2016 Schwarzman Scholars mission is to build a network of enlightened leaders who understand the changing geopolitical realities of the 21st century, through cross-cultural friendships in China. Read this article

Can individual outcomes lead to communal impacts? Measuring social change using longitudinal studies - A challenge and an opportunity

Published on 20 May 2016 The IIE is privileged to study, over ten years, how the personal trajectories of the IFP alumni can lead to impacts beyond the individual level. Read this article

Not always at ease: the interaction between policymaking and evaluations of the Netherlands Fellowship Programmes

Published on 31 March 2016 In an ideal world, policy making is influenced by the outcomes of evaluation studies, and evaluation studies are designed to improve and inform policy decisions. Read this article

Evaluating the re-integration process of the Australian Development Scholarship programme’s Indonesian alumni (1)

Published on 11 March 2016 Historically, the benefits of Australian scholarships for Indonesian students have been regarded as self-evident, however Dr Halil Chalid's research indicates they are harder to quantify. Read this article

Examining outcomes from a distance learning partnership

Published on 16 February 2016 Lynne Elliott explores distance learning scholarship funding for suitable students to undertake a course in Zambia. Read this article

The impact of home-country context on scholarship outcomes

Published on 29 January 2016 Anne Campbell asks, what qualities of the students' home countries influence the success of international scholarship programmes that aim to foster political, social, and economic change. Read this article

Methodologies for evaluating short fellowship programmes

Published on 30 November 2015 A look at two specific fellowship schemes and discussion on the methodologies at play for assessing impact - CIRCLE and CSC fellowships. Read this article