Dear World,
Our ideas have shaped the world.
Now we must shape its future.

Yours, Cambridge

Our planet faces new and daunting challenges. Our ideas and insights are needed to solve them. But to attract the finest minds, and give them the resources they need, we need the world’s support.
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Yours, Cambridge

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All the best — Cambridge’s student support initiative

What matters most to us? That all students with the potential to excel have a chance to study at Cambridge and its Colleges, not just some.
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Scholarship supported by The David and Elaine Potter Foundation helps outstanding young African scholars develop their careers in the humanities

“Without the generous support of the David and Elaine Potter Foundation, I would not have been able to undertake my PhD.”
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Stormzy announces second year of 'The Stormzy Scholarship', a student funding scheme with Cambridge University

British musician Stormzy is delighted to announce that he is funding a further two undergraduate students at the University of Cambridge this autumn.
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Women in STEM: Gates Cambridge Scholar Valentina Ndolo

Valentina Ndolo is a Gates Cambridge Scholar in the Department of Veterinary Medicine, where she is a PhD student developing mathematical models to identify areas of Uganda most at risk of anthrax. In 2016, she founded the STEMing Africa Initiative to help support talented female STEM graduates from Africa secure scholarships for postgraduate study at leading universities worldwide.
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Why I’m backing Black access campaign Get in Cambridge

Trinity Hall alumnus and Goldman Sachs partner Iain Drayton explains why he’s funding a social media campaign to encourage more Black and ethnic minority students to apply

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