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July 2012
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UWI student gets Gates Cambridge Scholarship
In the 11 years since the scholarships began it is the third time a UWI student has been a recipient. According to the Gates Cambridge website, the 50 successful candidates were selected from a total pool of 4,500 applicants on the basis of their intellectual ability, leadership capacity, academic fit with Cambridge, and their commitment to improving the lives of others. Departments in Cambridge ranked more than 350 candidates for the Scholarships and, of these, 110 were interviewed in late March at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. The Gates Cambridge Scholarship was established by the generosity of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000, with the first class arriving in Cambridge 2001. There are currently over 1,000 Scholars and Alumni from over 90 countries. The UWI congratulates Ms Paterson on her success. |
A Grenadian student at The UWI is among 50 Gates Cambridge Scholars from 23 countries who have been selected to study at the University of Cambridge this October. Jill Paterson, who is completing a BA in English Language and Literature with Education at UWI St. Augustine, will pursue the MPhil in Theoretical & Applied Linguistics at Cambridge. Her work will involve a complete analysis of the Grenadian English Creole phonological system, the main spoken language of Grenada.