OS NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS
Yousif Alnajjar ( OS 2022 ) was selected for the Crown Prince International Scholarship Program 2022 ( CPISP ), awarded by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa . Every year ten gifted and talented Bahraini students receive a fully funded scholarship to study at an international university .
Governance Forum . They welcome new multistakeholder members who are interested in eHealth , AI and emerging technologies , and who want to influence international policy making . She is also a board member of the European Regional At-Large Organization ( EURALO ).
Dr Virginia Carter Leno ( OS 2008 ) was awarded a Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship to study brain pathways and cognitive development that may underpin the emergence of symptoms , and emotional and behavioural problems in children with autism spectrum disorder . As part of her research , she organised the concert Divergent Sounds with City of London Sinfonia , exploring through music the different ways neurodivergent people ’ s minds work .
Documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis ( OS 1971 ) won the Specialist Factual BAFTA TV Award for Russia 1985-1999 : TraumaZone . The series of seven films , which document what it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy , are available on BBC iPlayer . Adam is the recipient of three previous BAFTAs : the Alan Clarke Award for Outstanding Contribution to Television ( 2006 ), Best Factual Series or Strand for The Mayfair Set ( 2000 ), and the Best Factual Series for Pandora ’ s Box ( 1993 ).
Josh Davies ( OS 2021 ) has started RAF officer training at Cranwell before pilot training . Since joining the CCF at Sevenoaks there has never been any other career path he would have chosen !
Nick Davies ( OS 2019 ) was awarded the F . Wilder Bellamy Jr . Memorial Prize . He is one of 22 Yale Juniors honoured for creativity , leadership and service , and he is recognised for the ‘ high spirits and attractive personality , the integrity and wonderful sociability , for which the Bellamy Prize is known and appreciated ’. Nick was Sailing Captain at Sevenoaks and is a member of the Yale sailing team .
Amali De Silva-Mitchell ( OS 1984 ) is founder and coordinator of the international policy development group Dynamic Coalition on Data Driven Health Technologies , located at the Internet
Daisy Hargreaves ( OS 2019 ) starred in the short film Model of Life which was shortlisted for the 16th BFI Future Film Festival 2023 .
Minn Majoe ( OS 2008 ) is a soloist , chamber and orchestral musician . In 2020 , she joined the London Philharmonic Orchestra ’ s first violin section , and was previously a member of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra . She also performs in contemporary music orchestras such as the London Sinfonietta . Outside of music she writes a food blog to share great places to eat near concert venues as well as city guides for hungry touring musicians ! Visit www . minnmajoe . com / blog
Tom McGee ( OS 2012 ) was awarded a Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship to support his Master in Public Policy ( MPP ) studies at the Harvard Kennedy School . Knox Fellows are selected ‘ through a rigorous competitive process on the basis of future promise of leadership , strength of character , keen mind , balanced judgement and a devotion to the democratic ideal ’. Tom previously worked as a Senior Policy Advisor in the UK Cabinet Office .
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