Neema completed her undergraduate degree in Education last year and is a current Master’s student studying Education, Policy and International Development. Neema has always been passionate about social impact, having already started her own NGO (Education Equalizers) teaching English to orphans in Sri Lanka at the age of 18, but…

My social impact sustainability journey: From Devon’s nature to Cambridge’s laboratories In the picturesque and green hills of Devon, I spent my childhood surrounded by an abundance of nature. I was fortunate to grow up with the influence of my mum and granny, who both harboured a love for nature and instilled in me a sense of thriftiness, teaching me to…

Sanah has a diverse advisory portfolio, having served in a range of roles spanning from diversity, equity, and inclusion-related matters for organisational development to strategic sustainability campaigning, and civic engagement. Her work has spanned grassroots, national, and international platforms, and communities. Currently, Sanah serves as the Co-Chair of the Sustainable…

Too often a lack of resources keeps young people from reaching their full potential in education. …

In 2018, I stood on a balcony in Erbil Iraq, watching a flickering light beyond the concrete towers. Evening drew in and more lights appeared. I soon learned the lights were hydrocarbon burning flares from oil refineries. It was August, and temperatures exceeded 50C every day, killing nearly all forms…

‘Look! A robin!’ The four year old holding my hand darts across the forest clearing. She is enthralled by the robin’s bright red plumage and his cheery song. Next to me, a group of nursery children are picking up a ladybug, giggling as she tickles their palm. Yet another group…

Eleonore Poli is finishing her PhD in Materials & Metallurgy at Lucy Cavendish College. Upon moving in Cambridge, she started volunteering for the Friends without Borders language program, providing students with the opportunity of learning French, as well as became an MPhil Student representative. She then became the welfare officer…

Qinglan is a first-year law student at Christ’s College. She is an international student originally from Beijing, but grew up moving frequently between countries because her parents work as war journalists. She lived in London, Jerusalem, and most recently a small village in Malta called Ta’Xbiex. When she lived in…

Having researched my ancestry through slavery and colonialism, I’d been invited by Sir Hilary Beckles (Chair of the CARICOM Reparations Commission and Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies), to present a paper with Prime Minister Gaston Browne in Antigua, on Western banking’s links to slavery. My research…