A four minute profile of Siza Mtimbiri, a current Gates Scholar from Zimbabwe undertaking a PhD in Education at St Edmunds’ College. Siza is working on the nexus between education and HIV/AIDS and hopes to return to Zimbabwe to use the skills he gains at Cambridge.
Gates Cambridge Scholar Profile – Siza Mtimbiri
- April 7, 2010
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