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Gates Cambridge: a purposeful community
As the Gates Cambridge Scholarship reaches the end of its 20th anniversary year, its alumni association is holding an event late this month which celebrates some of the factors that have shaped the scholar community. That sense of community, of a global network of leaders, developed and owned by the scholars and alumni themselves, is […]
Fibre optic project aims to improve Sri Lanka’s infrastructure
A Gates Cambridge Alumnus has formed a partnership between his university, Cambridge and Oxford universities and a local engineering company to introduce a cutting-edge technology to Sri Lanka. A team of researchers and industry experts from the University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka, the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC), the University of […]
Building an energy revolution
Context matters when it comes to the transition to renewable energy and researchers need to work with local people on the ground to ensure that associated technologies work better, a Cambridge Alumni Festival heard at the weekend. The Building an energy revolution discussion put the spotlight on the energy transition from fossil fuel needed to […]
20 for 20: Gates Cambridge celebrates its 20th anniversary
Between 2020 and 2021 we have been celebrating the 20th anniversary of Gates Cambridge with a number of special events on everything from climate change to gender, an anniversary edition of The Scholar magazine and much more. Alongside that we have been running a series of profiles of scholars and alumni, one from each year […]
What motivates electric vehicle drivers?
As the UK faces petrol and diesel shortages, a new study led by a Gates Cambridge Scholar outlines the kind of policies that are needed to drive higher uptake of electric vehicles. The study is published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews today and is one of the few to catalogue the views of those […]
