Past cohorts

Each year the ACU's Commonwealth Summer School brings together students who are in their final year of undergraduate study or undertaking a postgraduate degree, to critically engage with key interdisciplinary issues impacting the higher education sector.

ACU Commonwealth Summer School delegates from the past few years are listed below. 

2019 – University of Mauritius
Public Health: from a small island state to the global community

Zaryab Ali from National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan

Rosemary Ami Amegbedzi from University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana

Zoha Anjum from McMaster University, Canada

Muhammad Arif from COMSATS University, Pakistan

Suraj Auheeburn from Open University of Mauritius

Oluwafisayo Babatope Ayoade from University of Ilorin, Nigeria

Lovelyn Chioma Ayogu from University of Nigeria Nsukka

Steve Beukou Fonkou from University of Buea, Cameroon

Tanmay Bhatt from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India

Millicent Boadiwa-Yirenkyi from University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana

Mathew Collard from University of Technology, Mauritius

Ebun Adegbola Dosumu from University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Ange Dusabe from University of Rwanda

Elizabeth Dzidzornu from University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana

Philomena Entsie from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

Yetunde Mercy Fagbemigun from Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria

Emmanuel Worlali Kudjo Fiagbedzi from University of Ghana

Tasweena Girdhari from Open University of Mauritius

Leila Harrison from McMaster University, Canada

Ijachi Ochoche Ijachi from Covenant University, Nigeria

Faranha Isaacs from University of the Western Cape, South Africa

Chante Johannes from University of the Western Cape, South Africa

Betty Ingabire Kabarega from University of Mauritius

Mohammad Monjurul Karim from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Inishka Katoorah from University of Technology, Mauritius

Adishtee Khadun from University of Technology, Mauritius

Widadh Klein from University of the Western Cape, South Africa

Darren Jia Yong Leong from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Madub Koushanee Madub from University of Mauritius

Conscilliah Rhombohl Menda from Divine Word University, Papua New Guinea

Tayyaba Noor from National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan

Raeesah Rassoolkhan from University of Mauritius

Montin Romone from University of the South Pacific, Fiji

Harman Singh Sandhu from McMaster University, Canada

Sanam Shah from University of Sheffield, UK

Glennis Ayuk Tabe-Ebob from University of Buea, Cameroon

Holly Tibble from University of Edinburgh, UK

Claudine Uwizeyimana from Africa University, Zimbabwe

Evdoxia Valavani from University of Edinburgh, UK

2018 - the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Designing and creating sustainable communities

Mercy Adaji from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Ayesha Anwar from the National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan

Oluwaseun Apenuwa from the Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria

Keshav Aungnoo from the University of Mauritius, Mauritius

Mrittika Barua from the Asian University for Women, Bangladesh

Sidra Butt from the National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan

Geoffrey Bwireh from the University of Nairobi, Kenya

Clara Colombet from the University of York, UK

Ivana  Daskalova from City, University of London, UK

Odinaka Kingsley Eze from the University of Nigeria, Nigeria

Gloria Eze from the University of Nigeria, Nigeria

Katherine Feeney from the University of Auckland, New Zealand

Aimee Felstead from the University of Sheffield, UK

Mahfuza Flowra from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Emily  Halldorson from the University of Manitoba, Canada

Shaziah Hossanee from the University of York, UK

Zhonglu Hu from the University of Wolverhampton, UK

Farhana Jiwa from the University of Sheffield, UK

Augustine Komla from Kukah Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

Rabiu Mamman from the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria

Alex Menjivar from the University of Manitoba, Canada

Pathuma Mirza from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Norhadizah Khalid from the University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Mubarak Mojoyinola from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Tlholohelo Mokgere from the University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa

Miriam Moore from the University of Auckland, New Zealand

Jasmine Narang from Panjab University, India

Noor Nasim from the Institute of Business Administration Karachi, Pakistan

Polive Okode from Kenyatta University, Kenya

Funmilola Oladiipo from the Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria

Funmilayo Oluwafemi from Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria

Prabhavie Opallage from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

George Owira from the Open University, UK

Jarosław Owsianny from the University of Westminster, UK

Adrian Paulsen from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa

Christine Price from the University of Auckland, New Zealand

Ella Rockar from the University of Manitoba, Canada

Rajkumar Sahoo from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

Md Mahadi Hasan Sarkar from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Kajol Singh from the University of Delhi, India

Warren Smith from the University of Wolverhampton, UK

Akshi Sood from Panjab University, India

Chenglong Wang from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Xueqi Wang from the University of Sheffield, UK

Shuhui Xu from the University of York, UK

2017 – Bath Spa University, UK
Creating greener narratives through the environmental arts and humanities

Olufemi Joseph Akinnifesi from Federal University of Technology Akure in Nigeria

Makanjuola Israel Akinyemi from Federal University of Technology Akure in Nigeria

Linda Amanya from Bangor University in the UK

Rebecca Anderson from University of Waterloo in Canada

Aurelia Ayisi from Bath Spa University in the UK

Zainab Bibi from University of Bristol in the UK

Ivan Brown from University of Johannesburg in South Africa

Michael Tien-Lai Chew from Monash University in Australia

Margaret Cook from University of Queensland in Australia

Carol Edwards from University of Edinburgh in the UK

Nishat Falgunee from University of New South Wales in Australia

Bincy Mary George from South Asian University in India

Mark Goldthorpe from Kingston University in the UK

Shamini Holloway from University of Surrey in the UK

Kanza Javed Islam from COMSATS Institute of Information Technology in Pakistan

Indira Kyilybayeva from University College London in the UK

Daniel Kipkemboi Lagat from Moi University in Kenya

Kamal Olaniyi Lamidi from Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria

Zaineb Makati from Institute of Business Administration in Pakistan

Oratile Rose Mokgatla from University of Johannesburg in South Africa

Millena Moreira Fontes from Cardiff University in the UK

Ruth Nyamoita Omani from University of Edinburgh in the UK

Joyce Omonigho Omenai from University of Lagos in Nigeria

Chijioke Kizito Onah from University of Nigeria

Temidayo Isaiah Oniosun from Federal University of Technology Akure in Nigeria

Olivia Denisha Parris-Bowen from University of Guyana

Michelle Queeley from University of the West Indies in Anguilla

Ryan Quinn from Curtin University in Australia

Amrah Qureshi from National University of Sciences and Technology in Pakistan

Sana Rasool from University of Bristol in the UK

Micaela Reece from University of Guyana

Lesley Richardson from Bath Spa University in the UK

Hetty Saunders from University of Edinburgh in the UK

Asha Mutenyo Sitati from University College London in the UK

Martin Kipkerich Tanui from Moi University in Kenya

Triny Tresnawulan from University of Warwick in the UK

Khyati Tripathi from Birkbeck, University of London in the UK

Daniel Onyedikachi Ugwu from University of Nigeria

Oleta Williams from University of Kent in the UK

Samantha Williams from University of the Western Cape in South Africa

Jia Han Wong from University Tunku Abdul Rahman in Malaysia

2016 – University of Rwanda
Theme: The Sustainable Development Goals: what role for universities?

Stephen Aeko from Uganda Martyrs University in Uganda

Judith Abal Akello from Makerere University in Uganda

Deborah Akong from Makerere University in Uganda

Petra Ogheneyerhowo Akpoviro from University of Ibadan in Nigeria

Naa Adjeley Alakija Sekyi from University of Cape Coast in Ghana

Muhammad Asaduzzaman from Massey University in New Zealand

Afi Ata from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana

Mary Awotunde from University of Benin in Nigeria

Raymond Kwojori Ayilu from University of Ghana

Israel Bimpe from University of Rwanda

Francis Birkenmayer from University of Johannesburg in South Africa

Kezia Campbell from University of Guyana

Angela Chukunzira from University of Nairobi in Kenya

Stephanie Craig from University of Cape Town in South Africa

Scott Flutey from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand

Odayne Haughton from University of the West Indies in Jamaica

Patrick Hendra from University of New South Wales in Australia

Alice Igiraneza from University of Rwanda

Nihal Farid Khattak from National University of Sciences & Technology in Pakistan

Ivy Langat from University of Nairobi in Kenya

Fiona Latabo from University of Nairobi in Kenya

Stephanie Maguire from Queen's University Belfast in UK

Bernice Nkweh Mkong from University of Buea in Cameroon

Innocent Muhanda from University of Rwanda

Caren Musungu from Catholic University of Eastern Africa in Kenya

Barbara Namiinda from Jomo Kenyatta University of Applied Technology in Kenya

Ntheno Vinkie Nchabeleng from Durban University of Technology in South Africa

Chuck Chuan Ng from University of Malaya in Malaysia

Fridah Obare from University of Nairobi in Kenya

Seun Oladipupo from Federal University of Technology, Akure in Nigeria

Oyedibu Oloyede from University of Ibadan in Nigeria

James Otieno from Moi University in Kenya

Ibukunoluwa Oyeleke from University of Ilorin in Nigeria

Janecie Rangira Umutoni from University of Rwanda

Francesca Spencer from Bath Spa University in UK

Kingsley Ugwuanyi from University of Nigeria, Nsukka

Esther Wahome from Moi University in Kenya

Iraguha Bandora Yves from University of Rwanda

2015 - University of Waterloo, Western University & Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
Theme: Big Data and the Digital Divide

Annelucy Achieng from Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Kenya

Ophelia Affreh from University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Chioma Anierobi from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria

Olalekan Fatoki from Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria

Jordan Luke Griffiths from University of Pretoria, South Africa

Ebelechukwu Gloria Igwe from University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Abdullah Ijaz from COMSATS Institute of Information and Technology, Pakistan

Michael Lewis from University of the West Indies, Jamaica

Kim Minea from National University of Singapore

Tshepo Godfrey Moloi from University of the Free State, South Africa

Ruth Muturi from Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Kenya

Muneera Nizam from Institute of Business Administration, Pakistan

Siobhan O'Connor from University of Glasgow, UK

Oladapo Olayemi from Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria

Ronald Onchwari from Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Kenya

Puttiporn Soontornwipart from National University of Singapore

Alex Uriri from University of Lagos, Nigeria

Rena Yang from University of Waterloo, Canada

2014 - University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
Theme: Global food security: can we feed a growing world?

Ibraheem Abdulganiyu from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

Anna Adeke from Makerere University, Uganda

Adetoun Akitoye from University of Lagos, Nigeria

Abdullah Al Mamun from University of Asia Pacific, Bangladesh

Oluwafemi Aladejebi from Federal University of Agriculture Akure, Nigeria

Michael Anokye from University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Patience Batsah-Gamah from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Ghana

Godlove Aka Binda from University of Buea, Cameroon

Angus Campbell from University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Tapiwa Chikwanda from University of Fort Hare, South Africa

Selvee Chinasamban from University of Mauritius

Sanjana Choudhury from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Nqobizitha Dube from Rhodes University, South Africa

Chinwe Egbunonu from University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Moses Gitonga from University of Nairobi, Kenya

Aly Jafferani from Institute of Business Administration, Pakistan

Charlotte James from University of Nottingham, UK

Joel Kakaire from Kenyatta University, Kenya

Tamunonengiyeofori Lawson from University of Nottingham, Malaysia campus

Ling Jiun Leao from University of Nottingham, Malaysia campus

Malory Links from University of Pretoria, South Africa

Faran Mahmood from Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Pakistan

Evangelista Mazala from Copperbelt University, Zambia

Murukkuwadura Mendis Wayamba from University of Sri Lanka

Christopher Munialo from Kenyatta University, Kenya

Sanet Oberholzer from University of Pretoria, South Africa

Paul Okoro from University of Lagos, Nigeria

Taye Olaoye from University of Ibadan, Nigeria

John Omwamba from University of Nairobi, Kenya

Bridgit Osei from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Ghana

Josiah Owoeye from Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria

Oluwasanjo Owojaiye from University of Ilorin, Nigeria

Aloy Palit Deen from Bandhu Chhotu Ram University, India

Anita Pinheiro from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

Ravindra Rattan from University of the South Pacific, Fiji

Kanza Rizvi from Institute of Business Administration, Pakistan

Felipe Roa-Clavijo from University of Oxford, UK

Chloe Roberts from Charles Sturt University, Australia

Shomira Sanyal from Delhi University, India

Kushagra Sharan from Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, India

Sizonqoba Sonny from University of Pretoria, South Africa

2013 – Cumberland Lodge, United Kingdom
Theme: The world in 2113: what will it be like, how can we prepare?

Ujjaene Acharjee from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Folashade Rose Adegbite from University of Lagos, Nigeria

Cosmos Afagachie from Bristol University UK

Simeon Agada from Heriot Watt University, UK

Barbra Fiona Akajorait from Makerere University, Uganda

Samuel Angwafor from University College London, UK

Adetayo Kazeem Aromolaran from Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria

Mustak Ibn Ayub from Oxford University, UK

Leonard Bakahika from Northumbria University, UK

Ruman Banarjee from University of Bristol, UK

Mahwish Batool from Durham University, UK

Daniele Bobb from University of the West Indies , Barbados

Philip Botchway from University of Dundee, UK

Emma Broadbent from University of Loughborough, UK

Jennifer Buczynski from Swansea University, UK

Sanjoy Chowdhury from University of Manchester, UK

Shadrach Dare from University of Glasgow, UK

Esther Djan from University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Gee Kiyanage Achini Wathsala Fernando from University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Aline Ferry from University of Dundee, UK

Sarah Fortunate from University of Sussex, UK

Godsway Gbortsu from University of Glasgow, UK

Devyani Gupta from University of Cambridge, UK

Mlamuli Hlatshwayo from Rhodes University, South Africa

Christine Hobden from University of Oxford, UK

Uju Joy Icheoku from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria

Rhoda Asikia Ige from Keele University, UK

Simon Osilama Izuagie from University of Glasgow, UK

Abhishek Jain from University of Cambridge, UK

Abdulbasit Kassim from Keele University, UK

Bogolo Kenewendo from Sussex University, UK

Faran Mahmood from University of Cambridge, UK

Humphrey Matlapeng from University of Botswana

Simon Miyingo from University of Exeter, UK

Rabiya Mukhtar from University College London, UK

Judith Namanya from Leeds Beckett University, UK

David Ngira from University of Warwick, UK

Enongene Maureen Nzung from University of Dschang, Cameroon

Sybil Obuobi from Aston University, UK

Mercy Ochieng from University of Glasgow, UK

Oghenekaro Nelson Odume from Rhodes University, South Africa

Wemimo Omiyale from University of Leeds, UK

Derick Owusu from Heriot-Watt University, UK

Aishwarya Padmanabhan from King's College London, UK

Nivedita Pathak from University of York, UK

Adjoa Poku from University of Nottingham, UK

Aarthy Raman from Heriot-Watt University, UK

Gloria Simiyu from Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Kenya

Simona Joseph Simona from University of Glasgow UK

Jalpa Sukhanandi from Swansea University, UK

Jeremy Taylor from SOAS - University of London UK

Curtis Orlando Wallace from University of the West Indies, Jamaica

Thelma White from University of the West Indies, Jamaica

Daniel Wilson from University of the West Indies, Jamaica

King Chai Woon from London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Mimi Zou from University of Oxford, UK