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Scholar wins prestigious PhD award
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has been awarded a highly competitive Cambridge Society for the Application of Research PhD Student Award. Carol Ibe [2015] is the first black student to win […]
Gates Cambridge announces Class of 2019
Ninety of the most academically outstanding and socially committed postgraduates have been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge, including the first from Mongolia and Burundi. […]
Breaking the human trafficking loop
While she was at high school Anna Forringer-Beal [2019] worked as a research assistant on a university project about people who risked their lives making the dangerous crossing from Mexico and […]
From stem cell biology to technology start-up
Stan Wang’s career path hasn’t been a linear one. Instead he has been grabbed by different opportunities that have come his way, whether working with a Nobel Prize Laureate or […]
Using digital for positive mental well being
Gregory Serapio-García didn’t just do a little bit of research during his undergraduate studies. He independently gathered data from around 9,000 participants in 105 countries in nine different languages to get […]
Scholar recognised in top 100 influencers on climate policy
Gates Cambridge Scholar Victoria Herrmann has been named one of the top 100 most influential people in climate policy. Victoria [2014], who is President and Managing Director of The Arctic Institute think tank, […]
Book award for study of cash transfer programmes
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has won a prestigious book award for her ‘outstanding’ book on cash transfer programmes. Tara Cookson [2011] won the American Association of Geographers’ Globe Book Award for […]
Learning about the world through language
Cameron Taylor has had a varied career since finishing his PhD. Not only has he worked with the former Archbishop of Canterbury on a foundation which organises dialogues between leaders and […]
Why cultural heritage matters
Cultural heritage is under threat from isolationism, extremism and xenophobia, but this has brought a new understanding of why it matters more than ever, Irina Bokova, the former Director General […]
‘Most laptops vulnerable to attack via peripheral devices’
Many modern laptops and an increasing number of desktop computers are much more vulnerable to hacking through common plug-in devices than previously thought, according to new research. The research, to […]
