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Petition update, 18 August 2008

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The Foreign Secretary recently announced the end of FCO funding for the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan. We, as current or former award-holders and interested parties, petition the Prime Minister and Government to reinstate this funding. The plan is globally competitive, builds lasting relationships with alumni, and has trained international leaders. It provides a unique opportunity for shared understanding between people in the UK and those in other Commonwealth countries.

Since 1959, more than 25,000 Commonwealth citizens have held awards. Without FCO support, Commonwealth Scholarships will not be available to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, Malta, Cyprus, Brunei and the Bahamas. Reciprocal arrangements will be at risk. The scheme fosters unique academic excellence; no other plan enables Commonwealth citizens to pursue doctorates in the UK. The FCO’s withdrawal contrasts sharply with the Prime Minister's announcement of new funding for the plan at CHOGM 2007.

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• Carolyn Hoyle
• John Armour
• Dr Grant Lamond
• Wanjiru Njoya
• Dr Mary Bosworth
• Chris Leese
• Benjamin Goold
• Leslie Green
• James Edelman
• Roderick Bagshaw
• William John Swadling
• Eric Descheemaeker
• Dr Katharine Grevling
• Roger Hood
• jonathan herring
• Robert George
• Allan Hoyano
• Christine Whatford CBE
• Dr. David Erdos
• Fernanda Pirie
• John Cartwright
• Federico Varese
• John Finnis, FBA
• Aidan Robertson
• Glen Loutzenhiser
• Colin Tapper
• Dapo Akande
• Michael Spence
• Lindsay Jamieson
• Ruth Bird
• Catherine MacKenzie
• Professor Richard Strange
• Sir Roy Goode
• adam lacy
• Paul Yowell
• James Urwick
• Maureen Woodhall
• malcolm harper
• john fielden
• Ronald Cattell
• Prof. Lalage Bown
• Rebecca Williams
• Robert Wilson
• Sandra Fredman
• Nancy Eisenhauer
• Professor Paul Craig
• Katja Ziegler
• Cathy Byford
• Elaine Unterhalter
• Ellen Moilanen
• Professor Susan Bright
• Sarah Parkin
• Tony Read
• Amanda Buchan
• Tania Bapuji
• Ariel Ezrachi
• Helen Scott
• Edwin Peel
• Elizabeth Fisher
• Mike Nichol
• Joseph Coleiro
• Donal Nolan
• Geoffrey Caston, CBE
• Leslie Beckett
• Richard White
• Ewan McKendrick
• Lucinda Ferguson
• Alicia Hinarejos
• Diarmaid O'Caoindealbhain
• Christopher Colclough
• Kenneth King
• Joseph Jewell
• Brian Johnrud
• Ryan A Goss
• Simon Morrison
• David Winterton
• Dr Imre Hunyor
• Holly Walker
• Julie Veroff
• Jen Robinson
• Dr Holger Nehring
• Lisa Herzog
• Kyle Hill
• Rachel Swift
• Julie Taylor
• Anneke Haddad
• Daniel Wilner
• Samantha Wright
• Alexander Dewar
• Ronald Kainda
• Lindsay Weichel
• Nicholas J Shelly
• Dr Alison Parker
• Neil Kruger
• Dr Caroline Potter
• Kate Brennan
• Richard Malins
• Katherine Anne Schick
• Tristram Benedict Thirkell-White
• Katie Lee
• Kirsten Bobrow
• Lara Anderson
• Catherine King
• Nicholas Harrigan
• The Revd Gregory Platten
• I. J. Winchester
• Ryan Thoreson
• Jessica Brown
• Jessica Leight
• Pravina King
• Elizabeth Mayne
• Joanna Langille
• Heidi Stöckl
• Will Davies
• alister french
• Divya Rajaraman
• Adrian Groves
• Jenny Stevens
• Simon Thwaite
• James Douglas
• Tamson Pietsch
• Zinta Zommers
• Alexandra Lowe
• Travers McLeod
• Eugene Shenderov
• Aruna Sathanapally
• Rahul Rao
• Paul Boland
• Katherine Trajan
• Gill Einhorn
• Albert Alla
• Laura Sauls
• Tom Douglas
• Jessica Prince
• Katharine Wilkinson
• Jan Strugnell
• Daniel Armanios
• Matt Wenham
• Sean Mfundza Muller
• Vince Evans
• Francois Tanguay-Renaud
• Dr Cameron Hepburn
• Jasmeen Kanwal
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• Luke Pike
• Willow Sainsbury
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• Kate Orkin
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• Dr Kimberley Brownlee
• Maya Shankar
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• Dick Kachuma
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• Jeffrey French
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• Paul Fordham
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• Rosemary Preston
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• Teresa Williams
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• Jane Norton
• Kathleen Sexsmith
• Rosemary Gibson
• John G Almeida
• Jan Eldred
• Dr.Roselle Antoine MBE
• Jane Atkinson
• Rachel Buxton
• Jonathan Jenkins
• Wendy Orr
• John Wood
• Lucy McCann
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• Marcus Mayers
• David Masua
• peter snelson
• Professor Jon Cooper
• Neil R Wigfield
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• Charles Harrison
• Greville Corbett
• Leslie Honour
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• Chauncy S. Harris Jr.
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• Professor David Murray-Smith
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• Terri-Ann Gilbert-Roberts
• Lee Jones
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• Brian Hole
• Keith Stanski
• Laurence Lessard-Phillips
• am
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• julie anderson
• Professor Ronald Pethig
• Diane Edwards
• Prof.Marc Desmulliez
• Sally Moran
• Andrea Wang
• Robert Kirk
• Sir Colin Lucas
• Christina A. Ward
• Val Harrington
• Cliff Lauson
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• Patricia Alston
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• Drew Borrett
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• Dillon Mayhew
• Keith Charles Miles
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• Dr Stephen Legg
• Maria Grasso
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• Malcolm M Mercer
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• Dr Danielle Beswick
• Dan Thomson
• Ann Begum
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• Ian henderson
• Nida Kirmani
• Clive Sweet
• Professor John Heath
• Dr T Hewitt
• Jon Ride
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• nikolas hodges
• Oliver Dunnett
• Martin downs
• Dr Saverio Brogna
• Dr Phillip Cassey
• Dr Mike Beazley
• Stephen Publicover
• Albert Anthony Grech
• Carsten Timmermann
• Margaret Anne Warner
• Eva Hyde
• xanthe larcombe
• Dr Jim Reynolds
• Steve Busby FRS
• Janet Greenland
• Denise Lievesley
• John Smyth
• Mary Anderson
• Leonie Beatrice Gutmann
• Penny Krucker
• Don McBurney
• Professor Jeff Cole
• Lynne Symonds
• Margaret Brainerd
• Linda Owen
• Eric W. Earle
• Professor Brian Street
• Rajee Rajagopalan
• Noni Franklin-Tong
• Cllr David Sammels
• Pat Suttmann
• Carl Wright
• Daphne cole
• Harry Judge
• Caroline van Os
• Dr Nigel Maxted
• Vicky Williams
• John D. Turner
• John Macpherson
• Fiona Greenland
• Professor Mike Bowe
• Manon Savard
• James Montgomery
• Dr Peter RS Lavender OBE
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• Ian Wilson
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• Professor Howard Chase
• Valerie D, Watson
• Jonathon Keymer
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• Nicole Penn-Symons
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• Milan Patel
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• Gregor MacKinnon
• John Marsh
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• MAUREEN CHENEVIX-TRENCH
• Jill Lavender
• Mick Walker
• Dr Geoffrey Woodruff
• Michael Jennings
• karen caines
• Annie Merton
• VERONICA JANE MCLOUGHLIN
• Frederick Lavender
• Robyn West
• Julie Jennings
• Daliso Zuze
• Edward Ishiyama
• Stephanie Cooper
• Lindsay Paterson
• Nigel Percival
• Elizabeth Baines
• Geoffrey Baines
• Donald George Benson
• Frank Goad
• Dr. Robert Snell
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• Julie Rolls
• Neil Rhodes
• john rattray
• Victoria Lavender
• Nalini Paranavitane
• Professor John Davies
• Matthew Campbell
• Jennifer Groves
• Esther saraga
• Jonathan Cullen
• Erica Ross
• David Ives
• Ryan Brown-Haysom
• Romana Cacchioli
• Devapriyo Das
• Stephen Cox
• Clifford Dann MBE
• Joan Christodoulou
• Dr V.R.Pandurangi
• Dr Margaret Godel
• Andrea David-Hugh-Kong
• Francis King OBE
• Eric Peake
• Christopher Turner
• John May
• Perran Penrose
• Angela Penrose
• michael brophy
• Dr David Eyers
• Trevear Penrose
• Barbara Jennings
• Paris Christofides
• Andy Harding
• Jan Harding
• Quentin Alsop
• Brian Sayer
• Service Farrant
• Roli Degazon-Johnson
• keith Lewin
• Dr S D Tunnicliffe
• Felicity Binns
• Elizabeth Stokes
• Sefryn Penrose
• ALASTAIR NIVEN
• Rachel Christofides
• Ms. Greta Fernandes
• Rafi Khan
• Nicola Cadbury
• Rachael Marmite
• Martin Newlan
• mark cleary
• Caroline Roaf
• Hilary Perraton
• Sarah Jeffery
• Jennifer Howes
• Nyovani Madise
• Dr William Cobern
• Andrew Taylor
• Rachel Rowe
• Claire Drinkwater
• Daniel Washburn
• David Theobald
• Yusuf Sayed
• Anthony Lemon
• Paul Easton
• Dr Stephen A. Royle
• Ann Floyd
• Dr Casmir Chanda
• Simon Potter
• Sujit Bhattacharya
• Indrani Pal
• Rehan Ahmad
• Les Stratton
• Fred.Gee
• Upamanyu Pablo Mukherjee
• Dr Ip-Shing Fan
• Katriona Andrews
• Papia Haque
• Jeff Hughes
• Charles McGilligan
• Annie W. Kahenya
• Dr K.M. Greenbank
• Neil William Madden
• Janet Williams
• Ian White
• Mosammet Nelema Akhter
• Natasha Bevan
• Anthony Dursi
• Rich Nelmes
• Daniel Korbel
• Anne Breivik
• Salaeya Butt
• Thomas Lean
• Anisha Rajapakse
• Marc Bissett
• Yoosuf Ziyad
• Rajarshi Rakesh Sahai
• Roger.C.Williams
• Atoho Jakhalu
• MARTIN DUMAS
• Rachel Irwin
• James Sumner
• Derek Ingram
• SHARON LUKEY
• MagdaFarrant
• Lisa Goh
• Isabel Jones
• Mutlu Azgin
• Eleanor Zaniewicka-Appau
• Joseph Kandeh
• Alan Mills
• Denise Gillbanks
• Linda Diane Craft
• Robert Palmer
• Margaret Adrian-Vallance
• Caillan Davenport
• Prof Richard Ennals
• Christine Scotchmer
• Professor Sir Richard Jolly
• Sophie Thomas
• Simon Hughes
• Dr Jon Talbot
• Dr John Kirkland
• Matthew Eberhard
• Vivien Grainger
• John Hilary Smith
• Lorraine Duff
• David Wardrop
• Seamus Hegarty
• Margaret Elizabeth McBurney
• E. Helen Harron
• Bob Doe
• Brian Donnelly
• Julia Newsome
• Emily Georghiou

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