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.
Numbering 57,000+ around the world, our Chevening Alumni community is making an impressive impact across a diverse range of sectors. We’re celebrating our Chevening Alumni who recently been honoured as winners in the Chevening Alumni Alliance Awards and as finalists in the Study UK Alumni Awards 2024.
As a small island nation, Tuvalu is advocating for ambitious climate action to save its beloved land. Chevening Alumnus Niuone Eliuta shares his experience in the campaign for a sustainable future for Tuvalu.
Chevening Alumni in St Helena received funding through the Chevening Alumni Programme Fund to raise awareness in their community for the increasing need to reduce our carbon footprint and protect our environment. They share their experience and the success of their local project.
2018 Chevening Alumna Sarah Egbo is leading groundbreaking efforts to eliminate sexual and gender-based violence on higher education campuses across Nigeria.
Just months after graduating from King's College London on a Chevening Scholarship, Viktoriia Neimanis already applying her knowledge and skills while working on the UK-led Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine, which supports reconstruction efforts in her homeland.
Mercy Nachalwe Chipampe is a 2009 Chevening Scholar and a leading expert in radiography and mammography. She has made innovative strides in early cancer detection and treatment in Zambia.
Kanta Singh has dedicated her whole career to tackling issues of gender inequality. In 2019, she embarked on the Chevening Gurukul Fellowship for Leadership and Excellence. The programme allowed her to expand her network and capacity even further to help her on her mission to build a more equal India, one girl and one voice at a time.
From teaching himself English as a child to revolutionizing freeze-drying food technology in China, Qinfang Lu takes us on a trip down memory lane, revealing what it was like to be awarded one of the very first Chevening Scholarships in 1985.
Busayapa Srisompong is an inspiring Chevening Alumna who founded SHero Thailand, an organisation dedicated to eradicating domestic violence in the country.
Dr Mina Brajovic is the Head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Country Office in Montenegro. She became a Chevening Scholar in 1999, studying Law at the University of Cambridge at a time when her country was recovering from conflict. Almost 25 years on, Mina reflects on how her aspirations for building a better world have changed over time, as well as the key learnings that have stayed with her from her Chevening year.
