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.

60 seconds with Sophie Thomsett

by Programme team – UK, Chevening Secretariat

Chevening welcomes one of its newest programme officers. Here, we find out a little more about Sophie… Name: Sophie ThomsettJob title: Programme Officer Chevening: Hi Sophie, so firstly, can you tell us more about the giant pumpkin that you’re leaning out of? It’s a giant pumpkin sculpture on Naoshima, which is a tiny Japanese island […]

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Chevening Alumni chosen for BBC World Service placements

by Programme team – UK, Chevening Secretariat

12 Chevening Alumni have been selected to do placements in different departments of the BBC World Service, a highly respected British institution, over a period of four months from September. The selected scholars will complete the BBC World Service Group Professional Placement Programme at the end of their master’s course as part of Chevening’s partnership […]

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UK events: September 2017

by Programme team – UK, Chevening Secretariat

The Tour of Britain 9 SeptemberCotswolds Line the route, clap, and cheer as the top elite cyclists race across the Cotswolds countryside to finish in Regency Cheltenham on 9 September. Make a weekend of it and watch the Tour of Britain cyclists speed through the Cotswolds countryside, visiting the iconic towns and villages including Charlbury, […]

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Mackintosh and his contemporaries

by Udval Oyunsaikhan, Social Media Ambassador

A group of 23 Cheveners headed to Glasgow, Scotland, on 21 July to see the work of the great artist, architect, and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928). Glasgow in my imagination before my visit was the rain, Scottish accents, and the country’s unique musical instrument. In reality I found that the city is distinguished, more […]

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Imagining and capturing the UK: scholar photos exhibited

by Jenny Johnson, Programme Officer – UK

In July, a select group of our 2016/2017 scholars had the chance to showcase highlights of their Chevening journey in the first public exhibition of Chevening Scholars’ photography. The exhibition, ImagineNationUK, was held from 6 to 8 July at gallery@OXO on London’s South Bank. It was the culmination of the year-long Chevening #OMGB photography competition organised […]

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Nine reasons to visit Leicester

by Noeme Santana, Programme Officer – UK

Leicester (pronounced Less-ter) is one of my favourite cities in the UK. After having lived in London for two years, I moved to Leicester, where I studied for my undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at De Montfort University. Leicester is only an hour and thirty minutes from London by train and has a really good balance […]

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Russian alumni seek sustainable solutions

In June, the Russia Chevening Alumni Association held a panel discussion on global sustainable development to explore global problems and look for practical solutions. The event was hosted by the British Ambassador at his residence in Moscow. Being one of the most important topics of today, the discussion attracted a variety of leading organisations in this field. It welcomed […]

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Understanding the Importance of Freedom of Religion or Belief at Cumberland Lodge

by Aisha Aurakzai, Chevening Scholar

What happens when you put together sixty Chevening and Commonwealth Scholars from around the globe in one place for not one but three weekends? Add to that days packed with talks by renowned human rights lawyers, writers, journalists, professors, and even a judge; the sun-kissed lime-coloured session room brims with energy as each scholar not […]

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