Zoe Power, Herbal Medicine with Foundation, 2020 For the past year I have been working on starting my own company, making and selling natural herbal cosmetic products. I had already decided on a name (Naturally Untamed) and I was experimenting…
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Chloe Payne, BA Sociology, 2018 I received funding for my dissertation project: ‘After Suicide: How are those bereaved in the UK being supported?’ which included interviewing nine participants on their experiences following bereavement by suicide. Due to the sensitive nature…
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Richard Morrison and Yannis Hajigeorgis, March RIBA Part 2, 2018 Thanks to the support of the donors, Yannis and I were able to attend the AIA Architecture Conference in New York – one of the world’s largest architecture conferences which…
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Anna Cornish, BA Photography, 2018 Thanks to The 125 Fund I was able to invest in a high quality camera lens, helping me to continue my dream of being a photographer. Quite literally this lens will be the backbone to…
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Kai Newton and Kieran Innes, Contemporary Media Practice, 2018 Our final year project, The Dying Mountain, is a short form documentary that explores our changing climate and specifically how this is impacting Icelandic glaciers. We travelled to the Sólheimajökull Glacier…
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Maheen Farrukh, BA Animation, 2020 I received a grant from The 125 Fund to purchase a Wacom drawing tablet. My family supports my education with difficulty and I take care of my personal expenses through part-time jobs, therefore affording anything…
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Charlotte Fletcher, Digital Media and Communications, 2018 I received funding for an online campaign, which aims to raise awareness of the high suicide rate among men. The grant helped fund research groups, campaign materials and a URL. The online campaign…
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Moonisah Usman, PhD Biomedical Sciences, 2019 My PhD project is about a disorder that affects over a third of the childhood population in the UK – obesity. Over the last three years I have worked immensely hard by collaborating with…
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Edoardo Ruggiero, Business Management (Finance), 2020 “The Good Food Embassy” started as a small food stall in the Sunday market in Brick Lane but is now becoming a great business opportunity and a wonderful personal and professional experience. After several…
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Recipients of The Wates Foundation Scholarship had the opportunity to meet James Wates CBE, Chairman of The Wates Group and a previous Governor of the University of Westminster. The event took place on Wednesday 3 October, giving a chance for James, a…
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