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.

How a Chevening Scholarship changed an experienced leader’s approach to policymaking 

In 2018, Anelize Lenzi Ruas de Almeida was an attorney with more than a decade of public service experience in Brazil’s National Treasury. But she knew there was more she could contribute. At nearly 40 years old, she was worried that age might exclude her from scholarship opportunities abroad until she discovered that Chevening has no upper age limit.

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Chevening hospitality graduate becomes a UN Women Business Mentor 

Irma Matoshvili describes herself as ‘a people person.’ Growing up in rural Georgia, she learned that ‘hospitality is valued more than bravery, this is how we were raised.’ That belief in people shaped her ambitions to study in the UK, not only to strengthen her own career in business management, but to help other women to succeed too.

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