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.

The FCO invites proposals for monitoring and evaluation project

The UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office invites proposals from evaluation experts for the delivery of a short term monitoring and evaluation project for the Chevening Awards scheme. Chevening aims to bring future leaders to the UK in order to develop a positive disposition towards the UK and to align them with UK interests and values. […]

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In the spotlight: Liverpool

by Programme team – UK, Chevening Secretariat

Our ‘In the spotlight’ series is continuing into 2016, and programme officer Dammy Olatoye is kicking us off. She’s given us her thoughts on Liverpool, the place she describes as ‘the city of firsts’.  Situated in the North West of England, along the river Mersey, Liverpool is a city steeped in history and I would […]

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Central and Eastern European Chevening Alumni Network: from sharing best practice towards international leadership

by Dr Zoltan Csedo, Chevening Alumnus, Hungary

Supporting Britain’s public diplomacy efforts, Chevening is the UK government’s international scholarship scheme that offers a life-long experience, and it is hugely transformational, exposing scholars to as many facets of UK life and culture as possible, and providing platforms and opportunities for scholars to network, facilitating the formation of strong life-long connections with both the […]

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Kishva elected as Chairperson of the Commonwealth Youth Council

Chevening Scholar, Kishva Ambigapathy, has been selected as chairperson of the Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC), an association of young people from 53 countries that act as the official representative voice of 1.2 billion young people in the Commonwealth. Kishva, who is from Malaysia and studies MSc Global Politics at Durham University, was installed as chair at […]

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A royal day out for Chevening

A group of Chevening Scholars stepped back in time as they visited the historic Hampton Court Palace, home to King Henry VIII. Scholars were treated to a guided tour of the palace from a ‘Georgian lady’, and experienced a traditional English cream tea.  Rommell Hall, a Chevening Social Media Ambassador, went along to see the palace […]

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Empowering disabled people across Pakistan

by Atif Sheikh, Chevening Alumnus, Pakistan

Disability is a diversified way of living and the foundation of an inclusive society is based on embracing diversity; this is what I have learned from my professor Mark Harrison at University of East Anglia while I was studying on the prestigious British Chevening Scholarship in 2007. I was born with a physical disability and […]

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