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With the Class of 2020 now heading home to begin the next chapter of their Chevening journey, we reflect on our farewell event, Summer Connect, and the lessons and tips the speakers had for our graduating class.

The last two years have been challenging for all, although we know that for some of our Cheveners what helped them greatly was taking part in national or international mentoring programmes. We asked some of the implementers of such programmes WHY and HOW should others approach such an initiative.

Mashiat Mahbub Chowdhury and Sayan Muhammad Rafi, two Chevening alumni from Bangladesh, are now making an impact in the development sector of their home country. Either by providing mechanization for agricultural activities or improving women’s knowledge and abilities in business, their work empowers rural Bangladeshi communities to come out of poverty and challenge social and cultural norms.

Victor Almeida, an Afro-Brazilian Chevening Alumnus born and raised in Manaus, Brazil, studied as part of the 2015-2016 cohort, an MSc in Transnational Crime, Justice and Security, a degree granted by the University of Glasgow.

Evans Lyndon Baines-Johnson was awarded the Chevening Scholarship in 2015 from Sierra Leone, in West Africa. Before studying Governance and Public Policy at the University of Sheffield, Evans was involved in the 2014 Ebola response as part of an international NGO. This experience was the starting point of a rewarding and fulfilling journey as a volunteer, turning into the catalyst for the career he is now pursuing.

March 2021 marked an important moment for the Russia Chevening Association – they launched the Diversity and Inclusion Club. The club aims to develop a network of Russian and international female leaders, exchange experiences, empower and support each other in tackling acute challenges in business, social, cultural and personal development. Olga Diachenko, member and leader of the Russia Chevening Association speaks to us about it.

On Monday 27 September until Friday 8 October, over 130 alumni from across the Chevening, CSC and Marshall scholarship programmes will work within their respective 34 teams to develop inventive and original policy proposals aimed at addressing the challenges presented by climate change.

Laura is a Chevening Alumna from Botswana, who believes that a new approach to farming could revolutionise food sustainability.

Life at a UK university consists of more than just studying. We hear from Fiona Mehta, a student at Brunel University about what there is to do outside of the classroom while studying in the UK.

Advances in technology are changing the way we live, work and play. But as technological advances accelerate, so too does the need for cyber security experts.