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.
I volunteered as a communication and social media officer for the Reading Refugee Support Group (RRSG). My role at the charity included posting to and updating content on RRSFG’s social media platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram. I also provided administrative support to the officer manager. In this capacity, I assisted in establishing an internal […]
I heard about the MEENA Centre for refugees through a conversation with my flatmate. Since then I have found new purpose during my time in the UK. From the first day I visited the centre I felt drawn in. I recalled a few years ago all the refugees and internally displaced people who I saw […]
The British Council announced in April the names of 21 outstanding regional winners of the Study UK Alumni Awards. These awards seek to recognise outstanding achievements of professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders, and are open to international alumni who have studied at a UK higher education institution within the past 15 years. There are three […]
Chevening Scholars contributed 5,000 hours of volunteering to communities and causes across the UK in 2017/2018, sailing past last year’s total of 3,000 hours. More than 200 scholars from 61 universities contributed to this total, giving their time to over 300 organisations around the country. The total represents a 66% increase on the hours contributed […]
Chevening Scholars delved into war and literature at the British Library in London last 23 May 2018 for the Chevening Explores… event entitled: ‘The Great War and World Literature’. Scholars were welcomed by Marcie-Jane Hopkins, Head of the International Office at the British Library. In her welcome message, she pointed out the large collection of […]
The first thing that (usually) pops to mind when someone mentions the UK is the weather. Well, we put that to one side and wanted you to show us the one thing you thought Cheveners should definitely do whilst in the UK and we selected five that we thought were definitely worth doing! So, feel […]
‘To me, navigating uncertainty means the quest for knowledge. While uncertainty is typically a liability in human endeavours, the progress of fundamental science builds on uncertainty.’ – Dr Michelangelo Mangano, theoretical physicist, CERN, keynote speaker ‘Scholars must develop institutions for the world of the 21st Century. We need to remember this meeting as the meeting that […]
The British Library together with Chevening held its’ Chevening Explores: The Great War and World Literature event on 23 May at the British Library with a talk by Dr Santanu Das. The event was also an opportunity to showcase the research of Chevening Fellow, Partha Bhaumik during his 2017/2018 British Library Fellowship. The Chevening British […]
A proudly-standing century-old castle tower welcomed 20 Chevening Scholars with Programme Officer Matthew Kon in a day tour of Newark in Nottinghamshire, England, last 18 May. The day tour was part of a series of Best of British events organised by the Chevening Secretariat, this time focusing on the Magna Carta and the importance of […]
On Friday, 11 May, some Cheveners took over the Big Pit National Coal Museum — an industrial heritage museum in south Wales and one of Britain’s leading coal mines during the industrial revolution. Almost in the darkness, we travelled back in time and went underground 90 metres down to understand and explore where hundreds of […]
