Tag: Chevening

1st October 2014 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

Chevening Scholarship scheme marks 30th Anniversary

Presenting Siti Nurfateha with her pre-departure certificate

One of the events I always look forward to is our farewell reception to wish good luck to our latest Chevening scholar as he or she sets off for the UK to begin their studies. The Chevening scheme is the UK Government’s flagship scholarship programme. It aims to provide postgraduate students and young professionals, identified […]

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1st September 2014 London, UK

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by Phil Buckley

Digital Transformation Manager

User research on the new Chevening application system

Hello there, I’m Phil Buckley, a Digital Transformation Manager at the Foreign Office, and I wanted to tell you about the unusual and fun challenges faced when testing the new application form for the Chevening Scholarship programme. How did we test? Before we started the design of the new system, we were lucky enough to […]

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15th August 2014 Skopje, North Macedonia

Join our Chevening network, study in the UK!

Some of you that are reading this blog post might be young professionals, public servants, leading or working in civil society organisations, enthusiasts about business and innovation, or maybe you see yourselves as future leaders in Macedonia? You might also be thinking about spending a year abroad, developing your skills in a quality international environment. […]

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13th July 2014

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by Greg Dorey

Diplomat

THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF CHEVENING SCHOLARSHIPS

This week I hosted former Ethiopian scholars at the British Residence to mark the 30th Anniversary of the #British Government’s flagship #Chevening Scholarship programme. The Chevening Scholarships are the #UK government’s global scholarship programme, funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (#FCO) and partner organisations. The programme targets outstanding scholars with leadership potential from around […]

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16th December 2013 Havana, Cuba

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by Tim Cole

Former British Ambassador to Cuba

Learning how to live in London – a Cuban fresher’s perspective

I’m very grateful to Aimée Gonzalez for this excellent guest blog. Aimée is Cuban and currently studying at the London School of Economics (the LSE) in the UK under the Chevening scholarship scheme. Two months have already passed by… and I’m still dazzled and struggling to keep pace with the vigorous current of London’s life.  Instead […]

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6th November 2013 Brasilia, Brazil

by Rafael Duarte

Chevening Officer

International Exchange: what is it good for?

A question that usually comes up when we talk about international exchange is: what is it good for? Exchange is, above all, about sharing. Different points of view, ideas, and cultures bring an important element to human knowledge: diversity. Great civilizations have their foundations in a mixture of different knowledge to produce knowledge in ancient […]

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25th October 2013 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

My Chevening Adventure

Fatin Arifin is the recipient of the 2013/14 Chevening Scholarship in Brunei. She is currently studying MSc Emerging Economies & International Development at King’s College London. “You are provisionally selected as our Chevening candidate for 2013/14!” From receiving that email in the first week of May to leaving in September, everything in between was pretty […]

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10th September 2013 Havana, Cuba

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by Tim Cole

Former British Ambassador to Cuba

Chevening Cubans

This month Aimée Gonzalez, a Cuban development worker, will travel to London to start her studies in local development. Aimée is a Chevening scholar and I’m really pleased that the British government will be paying for her to study a Masters degree at the London School of Economics (LSE). Every year all over the world […]

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