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Scholar named New Generation Thinker
Gates Cambridge Scholar Reetika Subramanian has been selected as one of six early years researchers in the 2025 New Generation Thinkers cohort. The scheme, which is supported by the UKRI […]
Scholar wins competition to find UK’s best science communicator
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has won the UK final of Famelab in the science communication competition’s 20th anniversary year. Spatika Jayaram was crowned UK winner at the ceremony in early […]
New book investigates history of US Patriot movement
A Gates Cambridge Scholar is preparing to publish her first book which examines the British political origins of the Patriot movement that inspired the American Revolution. Patriots Before Revolution: The […]
How do we encourage enterprise for the common good?
Three Scholars discuss how to encourage enterprise for the common good in the latest episode of the Gates Cambridge podcast, So, now what? Sandile Mtetwa [2017], Paolo Savaget [2015] and […]
A new AI tool to address educational inequality
A Gates Cambridge Scholar and his friend have created a new AI tool for teachers and students which aims to address education inequality and give teachers more time to teach. […]
Scholar organises drugs education exhibition
A Gates Cambridge Scholar is organising an exhibition in Cambridge which aims to expand drug education to include a greater focus on the history and politics of drugs and drug […]
Doing economic policy in disrupted times
Three leading thinkers involved in the cut and thrust of policy-making took part in a panel event at Bill Gates Sr House last night to discuss doing policy in an […]
Technology impact: Gates Cambridge at 25
Technology is embedded in every inch of our lives these days, but the increasing domination of machine learning and Artificial Intelligence, including ChatGPT, raise many questions about fairness, about oversight, […]
Understanding the ideological brain
Gates Cambridge Scholar Leor Zmigrod [2016] spoke to a packed audience at Hay Festival this weekend about her new book, The Ideological Brain. Leor, a political neuroscientist, was in conversation […]
Gates 25@25 films launch
Twenty-five Gates Cambridge Scholars are taking part in a 25th anniversary tribute on film, talking about the impactful work they are doing around the world. The 25@25 film series […]
