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Gates Cambridge: Class of 2022

21 Apr 2022

Meet some of this year’s 79 new scholars from 30 countries – including Sanjiv Ranchod from South Africa who will be starting a PhD in Computer...

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First spaceflight for Gates Cambridge Scholar

17 Dec 2021

On 10th November Kayla Barron blasted off into space on her first trip to the International Space Station where she is part of a six-month science...

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Gates Cambridge class of 2021

14 Apr 2021

Gates Cambridge, Cambridge's leading international postgraduate scholarship programme, announces its Class of 2021: 74 new Gates Cambridge Scholars-...

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Gates Cambridge Scholars: Facing new frontiers

01 Oct 2020

This year Gates Cambridge celebrates its 20th anniversary which is a good time to look back at the impact the scholarship has had on its alumni. Many...

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Gates Cambridge Class of 2020

15 Apr 2020

The Gates Cambridge Scholarship is one of the world's most sought after awards. This year's cohort includes 77 Scholars from 30 countries, who will...

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New cohort of Gates Cambridge Scholars announced

13 Apr 2017

Ninety new Gates Cambridge Scholars will form the Class of 2017.

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African plant scientists develop new skills in Cambridge to tackle problems at home

05 Apr 2017

Lab training workshop and biotech conference, organised by second year Ph.D. student and Gates Scholar, aim to build African research capacity in...

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Mau Mau gang

How the British treated 'hardcore' Mau Mau women

28 Aug 2014

New research on the treatment of 'hardcore' female Mau Mau prisoners by the British in the late 1950s sheds new light on how ideas about gender...

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Gates Cambridge Scholars 2014

Gates Cambridge welcomes 55 new Scholars

08 Apr 2014

Fifty-five of the world's most academically brilliant and socially committed young people from 27 countries have been selected as Gates Cambridge...

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Gates Scholars The new batch of Gates Scholars have been chosen

39 new US Gates Cambridge Scholars selected

15 Feb 2013

Thirty-nine new US Gates Cambridge Scholars have been selected as the programme continues to expand

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Bill and Melinda Gates

New Gates Cambridge international scholars selected

11 Apr 2012

Fifty Gates Cambridge Scholars from 23 countries have been selected to study at the University of Cambridge this October.

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