VANUATU CHEVENING SCHOLARS
In the academic year 2000/2001 the ni-Vanuatu post graduate
students visiting the UK were :
Laurina
LIWUSLILI (Pentecost Island) graduated from the University of
Manitoba, Canada, with a BSc (+GCED) degree in Education and Public
Administration. Prior to her arrival in the UK on 18th August, 2000, she
was employed at the Lycee Louis Antoine. During the academic year
2000/2001 Laurina was engaged on post-graduate studies leading to a Master of
Education degree at the University of Bristol. On completion of her studies in
the UK Laurina took up a temporary teaching post in Suffolk where she
completed her studies .She was awarded her Masters Degree
in March, 2003, and returned to Vanuatu in June, 2004, where she hopes to set up
a system of pastoral care for students at the USP.
Email: lliwuslili@hotmail.com
Contact Details:
Sowany
Joseph MATOU (Tanna Island) graduated from the University of Griffith
in Brisbane in Australia. Prior to his arrival in the UK on 20th
September, 2000, he was employed at the Vanuatu Foreign Investment Board in Port
Vila. During his year in the UK, Sowany was reading for an MSc course in
International Business at the Aston Business School in Birmingham. On return to
Vanuatu Sowany was appointed as the Principal Trade and Investment Officer of
the Chamber of Commerce & Industry in Port Vila.
Contact Details:
Email:
sowanyjoseph@hotmail.com
Robert
JIMMY (Tongoa Island) was educated at Atenisi College in Tonga
(1984-89) and later graduated from the university of Tasmania in Australia with
a Diploma of Applied Science in Aquaculture in 1992. Following graduation
Robert worked with ICLARM Coastal Aquaculture Centre in the Solomon Islands as a
Research Assistant, and then with the Vanuatu Fisheries department as a Senior
Fisheries Biologist. Since arriving in the UK in September, 1999,
Robert has been studying for his MSc in Aquaculture and Fisheries at the
University of Bangor in Wales. At the beginning of June, 2000, he moved to the
Oban, Scotland, to carry out research work with the Scottish Association for
Marine Sciences at the Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory. During the
2001/2002 academic year in the UK Robert studied for an MSc in Environmental
Pollution and Management at the University of Edinburgh. On return to
Vanuatu in August 2001 Robert resumed his post with the Vanuatu Fisheries
Department.
Contact Details:
Email:
Department of Agriculture
Vanuatu Fisheries
Port Vila
Vanuatu