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#TechAndSociety2024
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#RhodesScholarship
provides a life-changing postgrad experience at
@UniofOxford
.
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⭐ Diverse global community of
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⭐ Lifelong friendships & connections
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Applications for the 2021
#RhodesScholarships
are now open! The
#RhodesScholarship
is an international, fully funded, scholarship programme, enabling outstanding young people from around the world to study at the
@UniofOxford
. Find out more & apply: 🌎
Applications for the
#RhodesScholarship
are now open! The Scholarship enables talented young people, from anywhere in the world, to study a postgraduate degree at the
@UniofOxford
. Apply on our website & share the opportunity with your friends! ⭐🗺️💡
Congratulations to
#RhodesScholar
Samuel Bailey (Jamaica &
@BalliolOxford
2020) who was in an
@OxfordLawFac
team that won the prize for Best Memorials in the Price Media Moot 2021. Samuel was additionally awarded the Best Oralist Prize! ⬇️
Not long to go to apply for the
#Rhodesscholarship
for
#Pakistan
! Deadline is 15 Aug 2018. Find out what the Scholarship has meant to Arslan, Saman & Tanyah below and join them by applying today at:
Congratulations to Saman Tariq Malik (Pakistan & Somerville 2017) who has been awarded the Barbara Harriss-White Thesis Award for the best thesis dissertation in the MPhil Modern South Asian Studies program. She is also the recipient of the Archibald Jackson Prize
#RhodesScholar
.
Applications are now open for the
#RhodesScholarship
!
💰 Fully funded postgraduate study at
@UniofOxford
🗺️ Meet new people from across the world
😊 Join a friendly community of
#RhodesScholars
Find out more, check your eligibility and apply! 👇
Today at the
#Sheldonian
#Rhodes120
we remember
@Eusebius
, who touched so many lives across South Africa & beyond.
Combining charisma & eloquence with an enormous heart, he exemplified the
#RhodesScholarship
ideals of kindness, courage a commitment to fighting the world's fight.
"Even if you think there’s no way you could be a Rhodes Scholar, just apply! Don’t let the fear of rejection hold you back from a potentially lifechanging experience." - Rawletta Barrow. Applications for the
#RhodesScholarship
are open now!
Congratulations to our three West African Scholars-Elect 🌟 Meet Magdalene Mawugbe from Ghana, and Ayomikun Ayodeji and Ewere Asaka, who are both from Nigera!
#RhodesClassof2024
Apply for a
#Rhodesscholarship
for
#Pakistan
by 15 Aug 2018: . We're looking for exceptional students with leadership skills proven through sports or extracurricular activities. You can study any chosen discipline at Oxford. Don't miss out!
"We need to remember what unites us & that we will either all win or all lose. Each of us could be carrying the novel coronavirus & before we have mass testing in place, we need to act as if we could be transmitting it to others especially those in the high-risk groups."
🟠 2025 applications are open! 🟠
The
#RhodesScholarship
provides a life-changing postgrad experience at
@UniofOxford
.
⭐ Fully-funded study
⭐ Diverse global community of
#RhodesScholars
⭐ Lifelong friendships & connections
PLEASE SHARE AND APPLY!
"We're just like everyone else, the only difference I think is that we took a chance & decided to apply."
Majd Abdulghani (Saudi Arabia &
@BalliolOxford
2019) describes her experience of doing a DPhil in Oncology at the
@UniofOxford
, and what it's like to be a
#RhodesScholar
.
“I loved my time here. I am one of just 8,000 people in this past 120 years who had the chance to have this Scholarship” Amazing to hear President
@BillClinton
’s profound words about bringing people together through the
#RhodesScholarship
today
@UniofOxford
#Rhodes120
A thread🧵
Without the
#RhodesScholarship
… I would not have ever been able to afford to get an education in a foreign country.” Shazia Azim (Pakistan & University 1993) on how the Rhodes Scholarship offered her a once in a lifetime opportunity. Apply by 15 Aug: .
Many congratulations to
#RhodesScholar
Vicky Miyandazi (Kenya &
@UnivOxford
2013), who has been admitted to the Bar and is now an advocate of the High Court of Kenya! 🎉
Today we’re delighted to announce that Dr Elizabeth Kiss
@presidentkiss
will be new Warden & CEO from August 2018. Dr Kiss it the first female Warden of the Rhodes Trust.
#Rhodesscholarship
We're excited to tune in to the
@PembrokeOxford
Annual Fulbright Distinguished Lecture, with
#RhodesScholar
Professor
@devisridhar
.
📅19 November 2021
⏰17:00 - 18:30 BST
👇 Registration details below!
Before he was the Mayor or the Secretary, he was just a college kid with high hopes. Couldn’t be more proud of my friend
@PeteButtigieg
. Excited to see the bridges you’ll build and the road ahead.
Today would have been Lucy Sichone's 66th birthday. A pivotal activist for human rights, she was the first female
#RhodesScholar
from Zambia. Sishuwa Sishuwa (Zambia & St Antony's 2010) has written an article about Lucy’s impact in Zambia.
President
@BillClinton
addressed
#RhodesScholars
at
#Rhodes120
. He answered questions submitted from the community about the impact of his time in
#Oxford
, AI, climate change, US-China relations, bridging the political divide, Ukraine, human rights & visions of leadership.
"When I talked about coming out, that was for everybody who's tried to figure out how to be who they are" 🏳️🌈
Mayor Pete, November 12th
@petebuttigieg
We are delighted to announce the
#RhodesClassof2022
, who will arrive at the
@UniofOxford
in autumn 2022! The class includes Scholars-Elects from 41 countries, including our first Scholars-Elect from Albania, Sudan & The Gambia! 🌟
For the first time ever in our history, we have selected a
#RhodesScholar
for
#EastAfrica
- huge congratulations to
@nijfranck
! We look forward to meeting you next year! Franck joins the Class of 2019. Read his bio here: .
Many congratulations to all the
#RhodesScholars
who graduated at the weekend! Pictured here: Isabelle Roach, Danielle Grey-Stewart, Savarni Sanka, Bolu Ikwunne, Daniel Mwendwa! 👏
Congratulations to the FIRST EVER Global Rhodes Scholars who were selected at Rhodes House this weekend: Adam Abebe (Ethopia) and Olga Romanova (Russia). The Global Scholarship is open to those who are not eligible for one of our named constituencies.
#RhodesScholars
The Rhodes Scholarships have changed dramatically in our 117 years, transcending our racist & sexist past in important ways. But there is much more to do. Read the full statement from
@WardenKiss
& the Rhodes Trust’s future commitments at: .
Applications for the
#RhodesScholarship
2020 are now OPEN! Please spread the word/find out more or APPLY at . It is a postgraduate award to study at
@UniofOxford
. We are looking for future world leaders to tackle pressing problems. Could that be you?
"Too often we compare ourselves to others... instead of focusing on who we are and the small wins that make us a better person and help us uplift the community around us" says
#RhodesScholar
, former NFL player and neurosurgeon
@MyronRolle
Many congratulations to all the
#RhodesScholars
who matriculated at the weekend! Matriculation is the ceremony that marks students' formal admission to the University of Oxford 🎓
Thanks everyone for sharing your wonderful photos! 📸
Welcome back to Oxford to all of our returning Current Scholars! Here’s a handy map of the city, just in case you forget where you’re going…📍🔍🚲🌿 Illustration by the talented Jessica Smith!
#RhodesHouse
#Oxford
#OxfordUniversity
#RhodesScholar
.
Join us on Facebook or via Livestream: for a LIVE Q&A on Mon 21 May on why you should apply to the
#Rhodesscholarship
with
#Rhodesscholars
and the Dean, Nadiya Figueroa. Tweet us your qs now for us to answer!
نبارك للطالب المتميز أحمد بن عايض السلمي، من #جامعة_الملك_فهد_للبترول_والمعادن تخصص مزدوج في الفيزياء والهندسة الميكانيكية، حصوله على منحة
@rhodes_trust
لاستكمال الدراسات العليا في جامعة
@UniofOxford
ونشكر جهود د. برهان سيف الدين على متابعته وتدريبه للطلاب المتقدمين للمنحة.
“As the first ever from my university in
#Kenya
, the [
#RhodesScholarship
] has brought me to the limelight and challenged me to remain in the leadership role regarding driving change in my community.” -
#RhodesScholar
Kevin Otiato
“Being a part of
#RhodesClassof2021
is a massive enabler & I hope it will allow me to cultivate my craft in line with my motivation for pursuing law: its interdisciplinarity, proximity to lived experience & utility in speaking truth to power"
Congratulations Anupriya Dhonchak!
"To me, receiving the
#RhodesScholarship
means one thing; an opportunity to learn more & engender the necessary transformation in the provision of legal services across the African community." Congratulations to Samuel Adomako,
#RhodesScholar
Elect from Ghana! 👏
Meet Mwangi Mwaura: activist, writer and
#RhodesScholar
Elect from Kenya. At Oxford, Mwangi hopes to conduct research on city making and habitation in Nairobi guided by the southern urbanism paradigm.
#RhodesClassof2023
Congratulations to
#RhodesScholar
@BobRae48
on being elected president of the UN's Economic and Social Council (
@UNECOSOC
)!
Read his acceptance speech here -
#Oxford
has been named England's greenest city for a second year. We are lucky to have so much nature right on our doorstep!
Here are some of our favourite green spaces in central Oxford:
🌳 Christ Church Meadow
🌸 University Parks
🐴 Port Meadow
🍃 South Parks
🦆 Hinksey Park
@MenakaGuruswamy
discussing her pivotal role in the decriminalisation of homosexuality in India (along with her partner, Advocate Arundhati Katju). Here is Menaka's portrait, which hangs in Milner Hall at Rhodes House, Oxford
#RhodesScholar
.
Remarkable Supreme Court of India Senior Advocate and
#RhodesScholar
Menaka Guruswamy talks about her pivotal role in the recent decriminalization of homosexuality in India (along with her partner, Advocate Arundhati Katju)
#RhodesProject
@rhodes_trust
Here is the Class of 2018! 97 people have been selected as
#Rhodesscholars
. Our largest ever cohort and two have been chosen from our new constituency West Africa.
@Rhodes_WA
Read their bios:
We hope you will join us in congratulating the newly elected Rhodes Class of 2024!
This year’s cohort of 105 Scholars-Elect represent 38 nationalities and plan to study 71 different courses.
Learn more about the Class of 2024:
Many congratulations to
@UniofOxford
, who for the fifth consecutive year, was ranked number 1 in the world by the Times Higher Education Rankings! It's a remarkable achievement, & testament to everyone who works & studies here! ⭐️
#Oxford
#Scholarship
#StudyintheUK
#Postgraduate
Quite possibly the coolest
@UniofOxford
matriculation snap we've seen yet?! Thanks so much to
#RhodesScholar
Santiago Tobar Potes for sharing this photo with us! We hope everyone had a wonderful matriculation weekend & Michaelmas term is off to a good start 🎓🌟📸
#Rhodesscholar
Book Releases:
@Nanjala1
(Kenya & Harris Manchester 2009) has released a new book called 'Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics: How the Internet Era is Transforming Kenya (African Arguments)', available here:
Many congratulations to
#RhodesScholar
@JayRuckelshaus
(Indiana &
@StJohnsOx
2016) on submitting his PhD dissertation, on how polarization changes the relationship between citizens & politics! 👏
Our lovely Head Porter Bob and his Wife Dawn retire in June 2020. Today, Bob and Dawn begin the first leg of their global tour to visit key Scholar hubs, beginning in South Africa!
🎉West Africa now has THREE Rhodes Scholarships 🎉
Here’s
@rhodes_wa
National Secretary Ike Chioke celebrating with
@wardenkiss
. He says:
“Really grateful to all who have contributed to make the scholarships increasingly available for deserving West African youth.”
Congratulations to
#RhodesScholar
Mirriam Mueni on receiving The
@DianaAward
2023 for her exceptional work in mentorship, education support and environmental initiatives.
Learn more about the recipients of this prestigious award here:
There is no such thing as a 'type' when considering who gets selected for a Scholarship. In fact, the strength of the Scholarship comes from its diversity. The only way you can't win a Rhodes Scholarship is by not applying! Find out more: 🌟🌍
🎉A very excited, thrilled and warm congratulations to former blog editor
@nomfundo_ram
on successfully passing her DPhil viva and on her fabulous research on a transformative approach to affirmative action in South Africa!🎉
Many congratulations to
#RhodesScholars
Ruth Nyabuto (Kenya &
@LinacreCollege
2018) & Dr Tolu Awoyemi (Nigeria &
@ChCh_Oxford
2018) on receiving the Rare Rising Star award for 2020! Find out more about Ruth & Tolu, & the other fantastic winners here: 🌟
Making History:
#RhodesScholar
@MyronRolle
(Florida & St Edmund Hall 2009) is the first person to be both an NFL player, and a neurosurgeon. He wishes to find common ground between medicine and football, aiding in the safety and education of younger players.
#BlackHistoryMonth
.
In this challenging year, it is encouraging when there are moments of hope. With
@SchmidtFutures
, we're on a mission to connect extraordinary 15-17 year olds & provide them with lifelong opportunities to spark transformational change
#RiseForTheWorld
#YouthOpportunity
🗺️
Applications for the
#Rhodesscholarships
are open! Apply at . Over 100 fully funded
#postgraduate
awards to study at
@UniofOxford
are available. We are looking for students of outstanding intellect, character & commitment to service. Could it be you?
We are thrilled to be launching Rise – an initiative of Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust. This new programme aims to find the young leaders of tomorrow and substantially amplify their potential to make the world better. Find out more here:
#Rise
.
As per tradition, the Class of 2023
#RhodesScholars
came together during Welcome Week for their class photo, marking the beginning of their Rhodes journey.
Photo cred:
@GillmanSoame
We select Scholars who are committed to Standing Up for the World. We emphatically affirm their right to speak their minds, protest, mobilise & criticise. We strongly condemn anyone who subjects Scholar protesters to racist & hateful attacks. Read in full:
Many congratulations to
#RhodesScholar
Dr
@pol_ange
who has been elected to the prestigious U.S. National Security & Foreign Affairs
#Power50
Leadership List 👏
Many congratulations to
@byiringiro_bill
, who is the
#RhodesScholar
Elect for East Africa, & is the first Scholar from
#Rwanda
! Billy is a former student at Collège Saint-André in Kigali & is a graduate of
@Bridge2Rwanda
programme. We can't wait to welcome you to Oxford Billy! 🎉
I am incredibly grateful and honoured to have been selected as the Rhodes Scholar from East Africa 2021. Can't wait to continue my further studies in AI and Computer Science exploring ways to employ them to make a positive impact in my community.
#RhodesClassof2021
#Rwanda
"Stories hold us, they are our shelter, they make sense of our lives." Read the full Rhodes Alumni Q&A with
@ellekeboehmer
(SA &
@StJohnsOx
1985): . Elleke is Professor of World Literature in English at
@UniofOxford
, a novelist & short story writer 📚
1/3 We are pleased to announce the
#RhodesClassof2021
, who will arrive at the
@UniofOxford
in the autumn of 2021. This was the first class in the history of the
#RhodesScholarships
to be selected virtually, due to the coronavirus pandemic: .
"I aim to pursue an MPhil in History at the
@UniofOxford
, which will enable me to better understand the historical origins of contemporary social marginalization."
Many congratulations to Rhodes Scholar Elect Ffion Hughes! 👏
#RhodesClassof2021
@mcgillu
Today we announce that 2 new
#GlobalRhodesScholarships
are available to candidates from anywhere in the world! This is the first time anyone can apply in the programme’s 155 year history!
@UniofOxford
Find out more: 1/3
In this moment of hope, it’s great to have friends by our side. Thrilled to catch up with
@PeteButtigieg
and
@Chasten
and can’t wait to see big things ahead.
#Inauguration