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News and blogs
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.
University of York pledges to develop high-calibre global leaders and funds ten new scholarships
The University of York have pledged their commitment to developing global leaders of the highest calibre through their new partnership with Chevening, the Chevening Secretariat is proud to announce.
Scholars share their research at Chevening’s first ever virtual conference
22 scholars presented their research at Chevening’s first ever virtual conference over two days in July.
The battle against COVID-19 misinformation
The Coronavirus pandemic has affected nearly every walk of life – but one of the biggest battlefronts has been online. The lack of concrete guidance and understanding about COVID-19 has created the perfect conditions for rumours and fake news to spread. This was something that began to be of increasing concern to Tan Su Lin, […]
Using Uber to bring food and cleaning packages to the vulnerable of Costa Rica
Figuring out how to protect vulnerable people in society from the worst of the pandemic has been a global concern in the past months. Many, particularly the elderly and children, have been advised to remain completely behind closed doors, presenting the problem of how to safely procure food. Cristina Gutierrez is a Chevening Alumna (2017-2018) […]
Chevening Alumni Leadership Conference
Chevening’s alumni association leaders are key ambassadors for the programme and work hard to create strong local networks that benefit their wider communities. From 2-3 June 2020, our alumni group leaders had the opportunity to meet, network and develop their skills at the first ever Chevening Alumni Leadership Conference. Over 100 people joined the conference […]
One Person, One Hand Santiser: keeping communities safe from COVID-19
Achaleke Christian is a Chevening Alumnus from 2016, graduating from the University of Birmingham with a masters in International Development. In 2018 he won the Outstanding Youth Peaceworker category at the Luxembourg Peace Prize. Here he tells us about his new campaign, manufacturing and donating hand sanitiser to communities in Cameroon. The One Person One […]
3,420 hours of scholar volunteering recognised in virtual award ceremony
Chevening Scholars gave 3,420 hours of their time to different volunteer causes in the UK during a challenging time for people around the world. 129 scholars gave their time to 329 organisations around the UK, working on a variety of projects from conservation to teaching digital skills, and much more. Normally scholars would have the […]
Chosen for Chevening? Offer letters for 2020/2021 are now being sent out
It’s one of our favourite parts of the Chevening year: we’re making life-changing offers to applicants. We are now well under way with sending out offer letters to those lucky candidates who have been #ChosenforChevening. If you haven’t heard from us yet, don’t worry, we will be in touch soon. If you have been chosen […]
Words really can heal the world
Beatriz Buarque is a Brazilian journalist and researcher who founded the British NGO, Words Heal the World, to empower young people to use their skills to challenge hate speech and tackle extremism.
