News and blogs

What is typical UK accommodation like? What should you prepare and what could you expect from living in the UK as a Chevening Scholar coming from abroad?

Chevening Alumna, Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh has recently been nominated as a Global Finalist for the British Council Alumni Awards. Her research into the safety and the impact of pollutants in Jamaica, as well as on informal battery smelting and its damaging effects on children is something we can all learn from.

It’s no secret that jobs in cyber security are in high demand. That’s just one of the reasons to choose to study cyber security on a fully funded Chevening Scholarship. We talk to Shumaila Khan, a Chevening Scholar from Pakistan.

Applications to study in the UK on a fully funded Chevening Scholarship open on 2 August. Hear from Qike Jiang, 2021 Chevening Scholar from China, about why the University of Leeds should be your first choice.

To celebrate the return of Glastonbury Festival in June, we asked Cheveners to tell us about the best music or cultural event they have attended whilst studying in the UK. Here is what they had to say...

Here are some of the top activities and events happening in the UK this July

As our application period opens on 2 August, we’re asking you, our alumni, to help us promote Chevening to your peers. Get involved in our #CheveningImpact campaign, become a Chevening Ambassador, and share your experiences with our 900,000 followers

CAMFF fellows hosted a forum event to discuss the key themes and challenges facing the media, after participating in the seven-week media freedom programme at the University of Westminster.

Bernardo Ivo-Cruz undertook his Chevening Scholarship in 2001 at the University of Bristol. Now, in 2022, he has just been appointed Secretary of State for Internationalisation at the Portuguese Foreign Ministry. We interview him to find out how he did it.

We talk to the Japan Chevening Alumni Network (JCAN) to find out more.