We welcome our third cohort of Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars to the University of Cambridge. The 2021 intake includes 26 students from 15 countries, studying subjects from Archaeology to Zoology — and virtually everything in between — at 16 Colleges.
The Rosalie Crawford scholarship will help Girton College welcome and support more postgraduate students from around the world take up their place at Cambridge.
Trinity Hall alumnus and Goldman Sachs partner Iain Drayton explains why he’s funding a social media campaign to encourage more Black and ethnic minority students to apply
Philanthropists Christina and Peter Dawson have been long-term supporters of St Catharine’s College, Selwyn College, and the University of Cambridge. They are based in California. Christina spoke with us about what motivates her to give back and how philanthropy can help disadvantaged students fulfill their potential.
Homerton has made offers to five students, who are among more than 50 candidates from backgrounds of educational disadvantage to be offered a place on the University of Cambridge’s first-ever pre-degree foundation year.
Gonville & Caius is delighted to be among the first Colleges to host students for the Cambridge Foundation Year – an innovative new programme offering talented students from backgrounds of educational and social disadvantage a new route to undergraduate study.
Hughes Hall is delighted to announce a major new programme of support for BA Affiliate Law students: the Taylor Harris Affiliate Law Scholarships. The £100,000 programme has been established by alumnus Taylor Harris (Hughers, 2014).
Over eight days from 5-13 December 2020, alumni from across the Americas, Asia and Pacific came together to raise over £22,000* to support students in the year ahead.
A gift from David Sainsbury (King's 1959) and the Gatsby Charitable Foundation is establishing a new summer internship programme for King’s undergraduates, aimed at inspiring talented science students from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds to think about going on to a PhD and further research.
"I am so thankful for Murray Edwards College and the generous donors who have made it possible to study at the University of Cambridge. The impact of this award has removed the financial barrier hindering my pursuit of postgraduate education."
In 2020, the murder of George Floyd galvanised waves of activism across the US and around the world. In response, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr and fellow alumni initiated the Alexander Crummell Fund, named in honour of the first Black student to matriculate and graduate from Cambridge.
The third and largest-ever Bridging Week welcomed its entire cohort of 139 first year undergraduate students to Lucy Cavendish for a programme of academic, academic-related and social activities designed to support transition to Cambridge.
St Catharine’s has invested in a bespoke programme of mental health training so that more staff are equipped to support colleagues, students and Fellows, thanks to the generous philanthropy of Christina (2016) and Peter (1974) Dawson.
The Stuart Warren PhD studentship will fully fund a student from Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Zambia or Zimbabwe, which constitute the Southern African development region.
Dr Dorsey came to Newnham College as a Fulbright Scholar studying history. She became an Honorary Fellow of the College in 1998 and received an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Law) from the University of Cambridge in 2002. In 1974, she became president of Goucher College in Towson, MD, the first woman to hold that post and the longest continuously serving president of the college until her retirement in 1994.
University volunteer and philanthropist Tzo Tze Ang (Trinity 1997) is passionate about the contribution Cambridge can make to society and the power of philanthropy to help facilitate world-changing research.
For decades, Harry Desai’s home has been haven for young people from all over the world. A bequest to Cambridge will ensure that his London flat will provide security for students for generations to come.
Thanks to philanthropists Christina (2016) and Peter (1974) Dawson, St Catharine’s has invested in a bespoke programme of mental health training to support colleagues, students and Fellows.
The Stuart Warren PhD studentship will fully fund a student from Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Zambia or Zimbabwe, which constitute the Southern African development region.
Generous gifts from alumni including David Manns (Trinity, 1964) ensure that students in need can concentrate on their studies and make the most of all that Cambridge has to offer.
Dr Dorsey came to Newnham College as a Fulbright Scholar studying history. She became an Honorary Fellow of the College in 1998 and received an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Law) from the University of Cambridge in 2002. In 1974, she became president of Goucher College in Towson, MD, the first woman to hold that post and the longest continuously serving president of the college until her retirement in 1994.
University volunteer and philanthropist Tzo Tze Ang (Trinity 1997) is passionate about the contribution Cambridge can make to society and the power of philanthropy to help facilitate world-changing research.
Formula 1 has announced that it will extend its funding commitment to the Formula 1 Engineering Scholarship programme for underrepresented groups until 2025, continuing its drive to increase diversity within the sport.
Robert Cawthorn’s (1956) generous gift established two Trinity Cawthorn Studentships in Crop Sciences, a joint initiative of benefit to both Trinity and the University’s Crop Science Centre, where the PhD Studentships are based. The first recipients began their research in 2021.
Determined that today’s Welsh state school pupils don’t get the same response, Greg and his wife have endowed the Greg and Rosie Lock Cambridge Bursaries.
Thirty students at the University of Cambridge have benefitted from bursaries distributed from the Get in Cambridge campaign. The campaign, originally designed for social media, aims to increase the number of students from historically under-represented backgrounds applying to Cambridge.
To support the next generation of Cambridge students embarking upon a dual career, the University of Cambridge Athlete Performance Programme (UCAPP) is helping expand the roster of world-class athletes who developed their sporting career while studying at Cambridge.
Twenty Ukrainian medical students, whose training was thrown into turmoil by the Russian invasion, are next week beginning clinical placements at hospitals around Cambridge, to learn vital skills to help support their country's health service.
