29th November 2011
Chevening, UK
Our latest Chevening Conversations blog is by Canadian alumnus Shahreen Reza, who studied for an MPHIL in Modern Society and Global Transformations at the University of Cambridge. Shahreen blogs about the initial Cambridge experience from a Canadian perspective. When we first arrive we’re all terribly homesick. Suddenly the grit and grime of the city of Toronto felt divine. […]
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24th November 2011
Chevening, UK
Our latest Chevening Conversations blog takes a look at the other side of Chevening – the crucial role that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Chevening Officers’ play in ensuring that Chevening remains one of the world’s most prestigious scholarships programmes. Ritika Kochhar is our Chevening Officer in India, one of the biggest Chevening posts in […]
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17th November 2011
Chevening, UK
Ajay Gupta is one of our new 2011-12 Chevening scholars. He is studying for an MSc in Advanced Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London. In this weeks entry, he gives us his first impressions of London life. “Vegetable Malay curry with rice, please.” “Here. Thanks!” – 3rd October 2011, 1:11 pm; I sit in the dining hall […]
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10th November 2011
Chevening, UK
Monchi Roderos is one of our new 2011/12 Chevening Scholars from the Philippines. He is studying Public Services Policy and Management at University College London. In his week’s Chevening Conversations entry, he tells us about his thoughts just prior to travelling to the UK, and most important of all, whether to bring an umbrella. A Pre-Departure Requirement? By Monchi Roderos One […]
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2nd November 2011
Chevening, UK
Lishia Erza, one of our 2009-2010 alumnus, completed a Master’s course in Social and Global Justice at the University of Nottingham. Lishia is currently doing a PhD in Edinburgh (Governance for Excluded Communities) and chairs the United Nations Association Edinburgh’s working group for Democracy, Governance and Humanities. In this article, Lishia tells us about the […]
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27th October 2011
Chevening, UK
This is the second blog in series of blogs by our new 2012/12 Chevening scholars from Pakistan. In this edition, Zameer Abbas, who is studying at the University of Sussex, tells us about his first time in the UK. My first time in UK! I landed at London Heathrow Airport on Sunday 25th September 2011, […]
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18th October 2011
Chevening, UK
Four of our new 2011/12 Chevening Scholars from Pakistan share their thoughts with us as they embark on their Chevening experiences. Imtiaz Ahmed, Khurram Ali Mehran,Shakeel Ahmed and Zameer Abbas are among the 23 Pakistanis who were awarded a Chevening Scholarship. Chevening Scholarships are for talented people who have been identified as potential future leaders […]
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16th September 2011
Chevening, UK
Our new Chevening scholars from Peru, Patrick, Mariana and Celia comment on their experiences during the Chevening Scholarship application process, their expectations for their chosen programme of study and life in the UK. Three Peruvian Chevening Scholarship winners will take up postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom in the fields of environment, urban development planning […]
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31st August 2011
Chevening, UK
Dr Chijioke Nwaozuzu is a Chevening scholar from 2001-2002. He is the new General Secretary of the newly created Chevening Alumni Association of Nigeria. In this blog entry he tells us how the first meeting went and lists the new associations objectives. INAUGURATION OF THE CHEVENING ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (CAAN) THE JOURNEY SO FAR: […]
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8th August 2011
Chevening, UK
Following in Gary Fisher’s footsteps as the Chevening engagement manager is a daunting prospect, but here goes…….. As the FCO’s newly appointed Chevening alumni engagement manager, I will be taking forward the excellent work started by Gary on further developing the FCO’s links with its alumni. As a former Chevening Officer in Baku, I have […]
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