Colonial Office Conference, Summary of Proceedings, ‘Recruitment and Training of Colonial Civil Servants’ (1927)

In particular, the Representatives of the African Dependencies welcomed the transfer of the Tropical African Services Course to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.2 ere appeared to be good ground for believing that the presence at these Universities of men selected for the Colonial Services undertaking post-graduate courses would have the e ect of attracting in an increasing degree the attention of the University authorities and the undergraduates to the possibilities of careers in the Colonial Services.