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University Diversity Fund small project grants

17 January 2024

The University Diversity Fund (UDF) is held yearly and provides grants of up to £1500 and is open to applications from students and University staff. The UDF is supported by the Alexander Crummell Fund . The UDF supports initiatives across the University that aim to challenge discrimination and inequalities, increase the...

Creative writing bursary for Black British Caribbean writers

9 January 2024

The new Joy Brandon creative writing bursary is open for Black British Caribbean students embarking on a part-time, two-year Master of Studies programme in either Creative Writing or Writing for Performance at the University of Cambridge's Institute of Continuing Education. This year's closing date is the 17 January. For...

Today's Annual Race Equality Lecture: Legacies of the Imperial Academy

26 October 2023

In this talk, Professor Robbie Shilliam will examine the apprehension, expressed in recent debates over Rhodes Must Fall Oxford, that racial identity claims are ill fitting for the ethos of higher education. He argues that much more than Rhodes’ statue implicates the British academy in the Empire’s southern African...

Gloria Carpenter Annual Lecture 30 October - book now

23 October 2023

The guest speaker for this year's Gloria Carpenter Lecture is Dr Bronwen Everill, Director of the Centre of African Studies at Cambridge and the Convenor of the Consortium for the Global South. She will be giving a lecture titled "Good Intentions: Slavery, Abolition, and Inequality in the Modern World". Date: Monday, 30...

Fully funded scholarships for PhD and MPhil students applications are open!

13 October 2023

The Alexander Crummell fully funded Scholarships for PhD students and MPhil students are aimed at home (UK fee rate) students with Black or Black-Mixed ethnicity , applying for a degree in a science-based subject at the University of Cambridge starting in October 2024. Further information is at: · AC PhD studentship(s)...

Black Creatives Festival: For Year 12 Black students

6 October 2023

The Black Creatives Festival is a three day, series of events held in Queens' College. The Festival seeks to harness black artists working in Cambridge and outside as well as widening knowledge and access to creative spaces within the University. As part of the event, an Access Day will be held on 27th October. The day...

Applications are open for small seed funding for student-led projects and events!

7 September 2023

Do you have a project, social event or initiative that needs a small sum of money to help get it off the ground? The Black Advisory Hub would love to help! We will be offering seed funding to support student social events, small scale research projects, seminars or workshops with themes relating to Black student induction...

We are seeking student co-facilitators for our First Year Induction Programme!

24 July 2023

We are currently seeking ten student co-facilitators for the third annual First Year Induction Programme for new Black students arriving at Cambridge. This programme was initially formed in response to feedback from Black students that they would value an opportunity to network and be informed about university and college...

Are you an incoming Black student at Cambridge? Register for our First Year Induction Programme!

24 July 2023

Congratulations on gaining your place to study at the University of Cambridge! We would love to welcome you on Thursday 21st September 2023, from 1pm-5pm, at the Black students' Induction Programme coordinated by the Black Advisory Hub. The event will involve information sharing, meeting some current students and staff, as...

Winning essay announced: George Bridgetower essay competition 2023

5 July 2023

Congratulations to Antonia Antrobus-Higgins, a 2nd year HSPS student at Murray Edwards, who entered the Bridgetower Prize essay competition and received £1000 for her winning essay. This yearly competition is hosted in partnership with the Legacies of Enslavement Inquiry and the Alexander Crummell Fund. Antonia answered...