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The Equity and Merit (E&M) scholarships from the University of Manchester aim to assist talented but economically disadvantaged students from some of the world’s poorest countries.

Since the program began in 2007, a total of 206 scholarships have been awarded to exceptional individuals who have demonstrated both academic excellence and a commitment to the economic/social development of their home communities.

This is done through up to 17 full-time campus-based scholarships for postgraduate taught masters students and up to 10 masters by distance learning for academically excellent professionals from Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia.

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On 28th March 2017, the University celebrated 10 years of E& scholarships, and on 24th June 2017, a celebratory event was held in Uganda at the Serena Conference Centre in Kampala. The event took the opportunity to highlight the exciting work some E&M alumni are undertaking in their countries to transform communities. Among the highlighted students were 4 of our own:

1. Ann Auma, a Sear E&M Scholar completed her MSc Immunology in 2013. She was a researcher at Mulago Hospital Kampala and used education and medicine to protect people from a much more serious threat – infectious disease. Her work focused on the malaria parasite and how it can be eradicated in the future. Ms. Auma is currently pursuing her PhD in the United States.

2. Andrew Amara, an Alan Gilbert Memorial Scholar completed an MA Global Urban Planning and Development in 2013. An award-winning architect, he has been experimenting with low-cost urban housing structures through an organization of his peers called Town Build.

3. Winnie Nassolo, an E&M Scholar received her MSc Medical and Diagnostic Virology in 2010. Winnie is aggressively promoting dental infection control as the dental focal person for Kampala Capital City Authority. She oversees all the dental services in the City Centre and has introduced infection control, which she learned in Manchester, to them.

4. Kenneth Kahuma, a Palo Alto E&M Scholar received his MSc Electrical Power Systems Engineering in 2015. Kenneth is tirelessly working to improve the access to power in rural areas like Bugala Islands at the Bukuzindu hybrid power station.