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Gates Cambridge celebrates 20 years
2020 marks the 20th anniversary of Gates Cambridge – one of the world’s most sought after awards. The scholarship programme was established in 2000 after the Bill & Melinda Gates […]
Oil palm replanting may decrease invertebrate biodiversity
Oil palm is the most traded vegetable oil in the world, featuring in products ranging from instant noodles to lipstick. It has long been the source of huge controversy as […]
Bill Gates Sr., founding Gates Cambridge Trustee, dies at 94
Everyone associated with the Gates Cambridge Trust will be deeply saddened to hear of the death of Bill Gates Sr. on September 14th 2020. As Co-Chair of the Bill and […]
Scholar named next generation leader for his policy work
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has been recognised as a Middle Eastern and North African American National Security & Foreign Policy Next Generation Leader. Geo Saba, who did his MPhil in International […]
Addressing mental ill health among marginalised women
The mental health of women in low-income settings in India is affected both by everyday issues and by gender-related stressors, particularly around motherhood, poverty and domestic conflict, according to a […]
Ending the virus of racism
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has founded a group which is fundraising to develop the UK’s first non-profit aimed at addressing racism towards East and South East Asians. Dr Lu Gram, […]
Scholar’s Cambridge-China programme goes online
An education company which links Cambridge and Zheijiang universities and was set up by a Gates Cambridge Scholar has made a successful move to online delivery over the summer, running […]
Scholar wins book contract and Yale post
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has won a book contract from a leading academic publisher and has been appointed Assistant Professor at Yale University. Marcel Elias’s first book, Crusade Literature and […]
The Scholar 2020 now out
The 2020 edition of The Scholar magazine is out with articles on everything from the need to reframe climate change action to early cancer detection and confronting everyday racism. The […]
Provost wins top Royal Society award
Gates Cambridge Provost Professor Barry Everitt has been selected for the Royal Society’s premier award in the biological sciences. Professor Barry Everitt FMedSci FRS has been awarded the Croonian Medal […]
