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British High Commission in Honiara

Applications for the UK Government’s Chevening Scholarships now open.

Applications for prestigious Chevening Scholarships to study in the UK are open from 5 August to 7 October 2025. The programme offers fully funded master’s degrees at UK universities to individuals who are ready to lead positive change in their home countries and around the world.

6 Aug 2025

Education
Creative workshop dealing with environmental pollution underway in Auki
A three-day workshop aiming to empower 30 young students from Auki’s surrounding communities in Malaita to creatively engage with environmental issues. Facilitated by Dreamcast Theatre Solomon Islands, it encourages creativity to deal with environmental issues such as plastic waste, biodiversity,…
27 Mar 2025
Pollution
Response to pollution incidents in Pacific boosted by UK-supported training
The capacity building and resilience to respond to pollution incidents in the Pacific has been further boosted through a UK-supported training programme led by the Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP).
6 Mar 2025
Government
Prime Minister bids farewell to UK Ambassador H.E Coward
Prime Minister Hon. Jeremiah Manele MP bids farewell to the British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands and Nauru, His Excellency Thomas Edward Coward on the completion of his tenure.
6 Dec 2024
Government
Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96 after 70-year reign
Queen Elizabeth II, Solomon Islands head of state and the longest-reigning British monarch, has died at age 96 after reigning for 70 years. She died peacefully on Thursday afternoon at her Scottish estate, where she had spent much of the summer.
9 Sept 2022
Breaking News
SI Appoints Freeman as Honorary Consul to UK
The Government of Solomon Islands has appointed John Geoffrey Freeman as its Honorary Consul for the Consular District of London, United Kingdom. A government statement confirmed, Mr Freeman’s appointment was facilitated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade through the Solomon…
5 Nov 2021
Education
British High Commissioner farewells Chevening Scholarship recipients
The British High Commission in Honiara hosted a cocktail reception last night to farewell three Solomon Islanders who were awarded British Chevening Scholarship.
24 Aug 2018
Diplomacy
PM opens Solomon Islands mission in London
Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela has inaugurated the Solomon Islands High Commission office in London. The Prime Minister said it marks a new era in Solomon Islands’ long relationship with the United Kingdom.
24 Apr 2018
SIVB
LOCAL BIRD WATCHING ATTRACTS UK PROMOTION.
The Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau (SIVB) is now extending its message promoted as a true mecca for bird watching enthusiasts in the key Australian and New Zealand markets to the United Kingdom.
9 Aug 2016