The Chevening community extends to all corners of the globe. Here is the latest news on what is going on in the Chevening network, and blogs from members of our community.
‘Help shape the future by taking it seriously, and by taking responsibility for it.’ – Colin Smith, Head of Projects Task Force at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office 130 Chevening Scholars shared ideas and insights on leadership at the University of Bristol on Friday, 6 April at the fifth annual Chevening Conference. Chevening Conference is […]
Colombian Chevening Scholar Giovanny Vega-Barbosa, studying Law LLM at University College London, has coached a team of law students from UCL to reach the finals of a prestigious international legal competition. The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition is the world’s largest moot court competition, with participants from over 645 law schools in 95 countries. […]
This March, five years after the first regional conference in Buenos Aires, alumni from 12 Latin American countries gathered in Bogotá for the second Chevening LATAM regional conference. The conference was an initiative of the British Embassies Brasilia, La Paz, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, and Bogotá, as well as Chevening Alumni Colombia (CAC), and funded by the Chevening […]
For the past three years, Chevening Alumni in Brunei have been running a highly successful youth forum to engage young people in their country with ideas such as social entrepreneurship, innovation, and the creative industries. This year, they have joined forces with Chevening Alumni Malaysia to host a forum for young people across the ASEAN. […]
When Obakeng Sethamo got in touch with the Chevening Alumni team in London, he was excited about helping to launch an alumni association in Botswana, but was unsure where to start. After giving him a few tips, we recommended that he reach out to Emmanuel Sanyi, President of CAMCHEV (Cameroon Chevening Alumni Association) for some […]
Chevening Partners, Scholars, and Alumni gathered at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on Wednesday, 21 March to share stories about the ‘life-changing’ Chevening programme, in an evening held to thank partners for their support. Guests were welcomed to the FCO’s Durbar Court by the Rt Hon Mark Field MP, Minister of State, who said: ‘On […]
After a year of learning, networking, and experiencing UK culture first-hand, the Class of 2016 has now returned to their home countries. British embassies and high commissions around the world have been taking the opportunity to welcome them back with a number of events, in addition to helping them to transition into the global alumni […]
Chevening is a strong community of innovative thinkers, world-leading experts, and genuinely interesting people. The global diversity of Chevening is one of the things which makes the network so attractive. UK embassies and high commissions often hold events within countries for alumni living there, however these rarely reach their alumni living elsewhere in the world. […]
Two pots on her head and one on her daughter’s, mentally rationing the three pots of water between the five people at home, she walked that familiar dusty road for the past sixteen years. The daughter had lately been asking to join a few other children going to school, but that wasn’t the most pressing […]
‘We affirm our belief in the Commonwealth as a force for good in the world and pledge ourselves to its service, now and for the future.’ With those words all 53 nations of the Commonwealth and their allies reaffirmed their commitment to the values and fellowship of the Commonwealth family, ‘to celebrate the goodwill and […]
