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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