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From the academic world to the Blue Planet
Alex Vail’s PhD was fuelled by a long-term passion for studying fish behaviour. Having grown up on the remote Lizard Island Research Station in Northern Australia, he spent his childhood […]
Important role for citizen science
Citizen science could play an important role in ensuring museum collections are up to date and aiding biological research, according to a new study. The study, Citizen Science as a […]
Simprints wins $2M innovation prize
Tech start-up Simprints has won a $2M innovation prize to prevent maternal and child deaths in the hardest-to-reach regions of the world. Simprints was co-founded by Gates Cambridge Scholars Daniel […]
Education for change
Norman Wray has been at the centre of Ecuador’s political events for the last decade or more and stood as a candidate in the presidential elections in 2013. After years […]
Scholar to be Scientific Director of major study
A Gates Cambridge scholar will be Scientific Director of an £8m four-year programme to address public health and environmental risks in Bangladesh. Dr Rajiv Chowdhury will be joint Principal Investigator […]
How mothers affect their daughters’ education
Aliya Khalid [2015] was born in Peshawar in North West Pakistan, a region which borders Afghanistan and which has suffered many suicide bombings and terrorist attacks. Although she doesn’t come from […]
Checking the facts in an era of fake news
When he started doing work on an automated fact checking system Andreas Vlachos did not anticipate the kind of publicity he was going to generate. But the advent of Brexit […]
Chemical innovation
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has been named a finalist in the prestigious 2017 Reaxys PhD Prize for Chemistry. Derrick Roberts [2012] was among 45 scientists selected for the Prize which […]
Exploring a new frontier in planetary discovery
An international team of astronomers, led by University of Cambridge researchers, discovered a system of seven potentially habitable planets orbiting a star 39 light years away earlier this year. It […]
Dr Blog
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has set up a blog for research students which provides a range of advice and insight on different issues relating to doctoral research and educational inquiry. […]
