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Want to be a Gates Cambridge Scholar?
Applications for the University of Cambridge and Gates Cambridge Scholarships open on 1 September. To apply for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship, you must apply for both a Gates Cambridge […]
Saving fish
A Gates Cambridge alumna has been awarded a prestigious prize by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Academy of Environmental Law for her book on the role of […]
Water for life
A Gates Cambridge alumna whose research on groundwater resources in agriculture led to major policy changes benefiting thousands of farmers in West Bengal has been named the first recipient of […]
Video helps to boost teacher effectiveness
The Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) has launched a video featuring a Gates Cambridge alumnus discussing his work on a World Bank project that benchmarks teacher policies around the […]
The origins of globalisation
Most development specialists focus on the 1970s and onwards when they talk about the origins of the current global situation, but Luke Fletcher [2010] believes it is vital to look […]
Alumnus oversees major police operation
A Gates Cambridge Alumnus oversaw the policing of a major political rally in Germany in early August. Dirk-Hinrich Haar [2005] is Superintendent for Germany’s Federal Police and Deputy Chief of […]
How to be a Gates Cambridge Scholar
Do you want to apply for a prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship? Then find out all the information you need at a webinar on 6 September. The webinar will be hosted […]
New GCAA directors named
The new Gates Cambridge Alumni Association Board of Directors has been announced. Co-Chairs are Nathan George (USA, 2003) and Mamta Thangaraj (India, 2003). Nathan, the GCAA’s former Membership Director (USA), […]
Why the UK needs a science-based drug policy
Why do some people become addicts and others do not? In the UK about 6% of young people try cocaine. Despite the incredible addictive powers of the drug, only about […]
Listening to women’s history
Indian women’s accounts of the impact of partition have been little heard. Anjali Datta wants to focus not only on how the partition of 1947 affected them, but on the […]
