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1 Sep 2015: My Gateway funding allowed me to travel to Bodrum in Turkey and research the town’s history. Though originally looking solely at Ottoman history, I visited a number of sites predating the Ottomans

5 Nov 2015: At school they give you an overview. But of course, it doesn't end there. At college you get more info, at University you get the whole lot. But in life and throughout history, everything to know

29 Oct 2015: My day job combines teaching maths undergraduates, public communication of mathematics, and working with school students. When I'm not doing these things, I enjoy various forms of craft. I've

23 Jul 2015: Since listening to Johnjoe McFadden and Jim Al-Khalili discuss their book ‘Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology’ at Surrey University last October, I’ve been immens

1 Sep 2015: I used my Gateway funding to travel to Portugal in order to improve my self-confidence and independence whilst simultaneously experiencing a new culture. Having never been outside of England withou

1 Sep 2015: My two Classics friends and I headed there at the earliest opportunity on Tuesday morning, after we had arrived on Monday afternoon. The Acropolis, glimpsed from all over the city, is a constant remin

21 Jul 2015: Degrees and honours MA (Cantab) MA (Princeton), and D.Phil (Oxon). Awards and prizes Dolman Prize Travel Book of the Year 2011, and Premio di Saggistica "Citta delle Rose" 2015.

2 Jul 2015: Driving technology forward from the stone age to the modern day I have just completed my third year at Cambridge, and have specialised in materials science within the Natural Sciences Tripos. I have

25 Jun 2015: On Earth, there is a constant low frequency vibration resounding through the planet. These vibrations are inaudible to most people but a very small percentage of people can hear them. This strange sou

14 May 2015:   Young women are under-represented in science at University level in the UK, especially in Physical Sciences, Maths and Engineering (STEM). Biological Sciences and Medicine, though, have be

5 Nov 2015: Obesity today is one of the biggest burdens on the United Kingdom’s economy; an incredible £47 billion is spent a year on obesity-related illnesses. It does not even stop there; people tod

1 Sep 2015: A group of three of us from Murray Edwards college went across Eastern Europe, stopping at Berlin, Prague, Vienna and Budapest for a total of 11 days. In Berlin we saw the Berlin wall and went to a

3 Dec 2015: Sugar and alcohol, how far would we go to get them? Most of us are within walking distance of one or the other, but scientists have discovered a “relatively nearby” source of huge quanti

26 Nov 2015:  Annie Bartlett is an experienced clinician who describes how her clinical practice is affected by ethical, social and political considerations. The recent movie “Suffragette” i

28 May 2015: Whilst reading “A Journey through the Universe: Gresham Lectures on Astronomy” by Ian Morison it struck me how many unanswered questions, uncertainties and conflicting theories we have re

8 Oct 2015: Young women are underrepresented (at A-level) in Economics as well as Maths and Physics. ... I find it fascinating how Economics can explain the world around us, even the humble keyboard.

28 Jul 2015: Degrees and honours MA, MB BChir, MRCP, FRCR, and FHEA. Awards and prizes Educator of the Year, and Health Education East of England (2013). Research interests Cl

24 Sep 2015: When you see a snowflake, do you think it’s pretty or ask how it was made? It still amazes me that there are only 3 variables in making something so intricate as a snowflake but around 100 diff

19 Nov 2015: Picture by Max Alexander   I am a cosmologist. In my research, I am contributing to an international effort to understand the origin and the evolution of the Universe. It is amazing that

28 Jul 2015: Degrees and Honours MA, Vet MB, PhD, RCVS Specialist in Equine Orthopaedics Awards and Prizes Frank Smart Prize Research interests Osteoarthritis, joint surface repair, equine sports me