My Chevening journey: One year, thousands of life lessons

visit as many cities as you can! The best part of this year… Undoubtedly, the best outcome of this experience was the new friends that I found here. Friends from...

Six of my best study-from-home desk set ups

...feel most adrift. A CENTREPIECE FOR MY DESK Natasha Joibi, Malaysia While browsing through an old copy of Historic Scotland magazine, I came across an article about the history of...

My Chevening Month: An amazing opportunity

...projects and apply the knowledge we’ve given. Service Design Meetup night! 🙂 #ServiceDesign #CheveningSMA #MyCheveningJourney A photo posted by @xime_matusb on Nov 18, 2015 at 11:23am PST Each university offers...

Best of British: A trip to Blenheim Palace

...the years, Blenheim Palace has been used for more than just entertaining. It was once used to house a branch of the British secret service, MI5 and as a convalescence...

Seven of the best fresher's events I attended

...to their universities during this time and they shared with us their seven best fresher’s events. 1. A WALK TO SEVEN SISTERS CLIFFS A key location in one of the...

Scholar blog - best freshers event I attended

Best of British Presents: Scotland

...fighting, but for freedom – for that alone, which no honest man gives up, but with life itself.’ On Friday 24 November, 60-odd Chevening Scholars took part in the Best...

Best of British Present: Cornwall: have you seen the Eden?

...26 to 27 for the ‘Best of British Presents: Cornwall’ event. On Thursday morning, around 40 Chevening Scholars from every corner of the UK met up in St Austell to...

First impressions: getting to know the Scots at a Ceilidh

...a different society, understanding a new culture, communicating in another language. I just arrived to Edinburgh, capital of Scotland, but I already know I have made the best choice. I...

Best of British Presents: Burns Night Ceilidh and Future Glasgow Scavenger Hunt

...two of the Best of British Presents event we headed to the Technology & Innovation Centre at the University of Strathclyde. After being briefed about the activity of the day,...

Creative marketing in Libya: Promoting Chevening outside the capital

the application stage, particularly when answering the four essay questions. The team also gave advice on writing personal statements for university applications. The main aim of this follow-up event was...