Nassau / New Delhi / Ottawa / Gaborone / Toronto / Kuala Lumpur / Johannesburg / Harare / Selangor / /
Company
The Commonwealth / Consultative Group / Open Learning Institute Press / WETV Development Corporation / Year of Asia / COL / MasterCard / Globe and Mail / /
Continent
Africa / Asia / /
Country
South Africa / Thailand / Kenya / Uganda / Malawi / Guyana / Canada / Australia / Tanzania / Botswana / United Kingdom / Malta / Trinidad / Philippines / India / Barbados / Zambia / New Zealand / Dominica / Malaysia / United States / Jamaica / /
Currency
USD / CAD / / /
Event
Person Communication and Meetings / M&A / Employment Change / Business Partnership / /
Facility
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture / University of East Asia / Library Services / Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong / Indian Institute of Mass Communication / Deakin University / University of Macao / Simon Fraser University / The Commonwealth Educational Media Centre / UK Open University / Vancouver Centre / India’s Indira Gandhi National Open University / Open College / Open University of Hong Kong / COL’s Vancouver headquarters / South African Institute / Indira Gandhi National Open University / Suranaree University of Technology / International Rice Research Institute / c/o Mara Institute of Technology / Murdoch University / / /
Holiday
Commonwealth Day / /
IndustryTerm
quality assurance research / media presentations / communication technologies / communications technology / improved agricultural technologies / good library services / adequate and appropriate services / /
Organization
11th AAOU Conference Secretariat / Zimbabwe National Association for Distance Education / UK Open University / Commonwealth Secretariat / Commission on Commonwealth Studies / office of the President / Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada / Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade / Canadian Government / University of Macao / Open Learning Agency / Deakin University / WETV Foundation / National Open School / Indian Institute of Mass Communication / International Rice Research Institute / Government of Canada / Vancouver Centre / Standing Committee of Ministers Responsible for Education / United Nations Development Programme / Murdoch University / Institute of Technology / University of East Asia / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations / Government of India / Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong / Ministry of Education / United Nations Environment Programme / Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation / Open College / India’s Indira Gandhi National Open University / Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia / Indira Gandhi National Open University / Commonwealth Association of Polytechnics in Africa / Asian Development Bank / Canadian Bureau for International Education / Canadian International Development Agency / Asian Association of Open Universities / COL’s Public Affairs Office / International Institute of Tropical Agriculture / Action Laboratory / World Bank / York University / Suranaree University of Technology / South African Institute for Distance Education / Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs / University of Hong Kong / Centre for Distance Education / Simon Fraser University / /
Person
Peter McMechan / Geoffrey Mmari / Ian Mugridge / Axworthy / Neela Jagannathan / Ram G. Takwale / Dennis Irvine / Susan Phillips / Peter Kinyanjui / Rovin Deodat / Krishna Alluri / Abdul Khan / Alan Tait / Ram Reddy / Kabunda Koyongo / Dato / Rupert Griffith / Don Swift / Elizabeth Watson / S. Kannan / Dave Wilson / B. S. Saraswat / Mavis Bird / Wichit Srisaan / Gajaraj Dhanarajan / Jocelyn Calvert / John Steward / Thomas H.B. Symons / Patrick Guiton / H. Ian Macdonald / Piers Stainforth / G. Ram Reddy Memorial Lecture / / /
PoliticalEvent
general election / /
Position
Minister of State / Technical Adviser / President / Director of Academic Services / IRRI Liaison Scientist / Secretary of State / Member of Parliament / Senior Programme Officer / Professor / first Vice-President / President / Professor / laboratory technician / Minister for International Cooperation / editor / minister / speaker / foreign minister / Teacher Development / technician / Regional Adviser / Colonel / first Vice-Chancellor / Chairman / Director / House Leader / chair / President & CEO / quality laboratory technician / IRRI Liaison Scientist for Africa / board member / Rector / /
ProvinceOrState
British Columbia / Western Australia / /
PublishedMedium
Globe and Mail / Dato / /
Region
Western Australia / Eastern Africa / East Asia / Southern Africa / Caribbean / South Asia / Asia Pacific / /
A news publication of The Commonwealth of Learning • July 1997 Vol. 2, No. 3 Education ministers’ agenda features COL Funding update