Articles about 'Gates Cambridge Scholars'

Meet some of this year’s 79 new scholars from 30 countries – including Sanjiv Ranchod from South Africa who will be starting a PhD in Computer Science in October.

On 10th November Kayla Barron blasted off into space on her first trip to the International Space Station where she is part of a six-month science mission. Kayla, a Gates Cambridge alumna, was one of four astronauts on the SpaceX Crew Dragon.

Gates Cambridge, Cambridge's leading international postgraduate scholarship programme, announces its Class of 2021: 74 new Gates Cambridge Scholars-Elect will take up their postgraduate studies in October.

This year Gates Cambridge celebrates its 20th anniversary which is a good time to look back at the impact the scholarship has had on its alumni. Many have become highly successful in a range of fields from academia, publishing and politics to space flight.

The Gates Cambridge Scholarship is one of the world's most sought after awards. This year's cohort includes 77 Scholars from 30 countries, who will undertake postgraduate studies at the University of Cambridge. 

Ninety new Gates Cambridge Scholars will form the Class of 2017.
 

Lab training workshop and biotech conference, organised by second year Ph.D. student and Gates Scholar, aim to build African research capacity in agricultural sciences

New research on the treatment of 'hardcore' female Mau Mau prisoners by the British in the late 1950s sheds new light on how ideas about gender, deviancy and mental health shaped colonial practices of punishment.

Fifty-five of the world's most academically brilliant and socially committed young people from 27 countries have been selected as Gates Cambridge Scholars and will begin their postgraduate courses at the University of Cambridge this October.