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Yen-Chun Chen
Yen-Chun Chen wanted to be a politician when she was a teenager. She started her academic career studying political science, but then realised that theory had nothing to do with […]
New scholar in talks over award-winning educational material
New Gates scholar Matthew Tasker is in negotiations with Microsoft to create educational material for indigenous people in Ecuador. Australian Matthew, who will begin an MPhil in Environment, Society and Development […]
Matthew Tasker
Talking about development is very different from actually doing it, says Matthew Tasker, so the Australian social anthropology student decided to find out for himself by heading for Ecuador. Eighteen […]
Gates alumna makes national headlines
A Gates alumna has had articles published in the Huffington Post and several other national publications in the US in an effort to share her academic research with a broader […]
Gates scholar organises first African Innovation Prize
Two students from the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology in Rwanda have won a new global entrepreneurship prize set up by a Gates scholar. Julia Fan Li and colleagues […]
Virtual Information Session for US applicants
The annual Gates Cambridge Scholarship webinars will start with the US-orient information session on 21 September 2010. The webinar will be at 1:00pm (Eastern Daylight Time) and will discuss international […]
Lucy Burgchardt
Lucy Burgchardt is passionate about archaeology and wants to convey that to as wide a public as possible. She says that many people associate archaeology with finding out what the […]
Cambridge ranked number one university in the world
The University of Cambridge has been named number one University in the world in the 2010 QS World University Rankings published today, the first non-US University ever to top the […]
Alexander Vail
Growing up on a tiny island on the Great Barrier Reef, it’s hardly surprising that Alexander Vail is deeply curious – and hugely passionate – about the natural world. From […]
Gates Cambridge Scholarships: 10th anniversary film
12 minute film of the Gates Cambridge Scholarships 10th anniversary weekend on 2 – 4 July 2010
