PhD student within the SJPLE RTG at the University of Glasgow, Anthony Davis, who is Director of Sport at UTech in Kingston, has recently attended the 27th Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia in the capacity of Head of Delegation for the Jamaican team and also as a member of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Education Committee.

The Scotland Malawi Partnership (SMP) and the Active Learning Centre (ALC) hosted a roundtable discussion with Alice Harding Shackelford, UN Women country representative for Malawi on Wednesday 17th July.  MSPs along with  representatives from CR&DALL and NGOs heard Alice speak about the difficulties faced by many women in Malawi.  While there has been much progress towards equality for women, there is still much to do.  Alice emphasised the need for organisations to work together to overcome the gender disparaties that exist.  The picture shows Susan Dalgety (ALC) Alice Harding Shackel