{"id":206931,"date":"2025-10-17T16:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T16:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/206931\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T16:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T16:48:08","slug":"stormzy-awarded-honorary-fellowship-at-jesus-college-cambridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/206931\/","title":{"rendered":"Stormzy awarded Honorary Fellowship at Jesus College, Cambridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In 2018, he launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c39d7vmm2l4o\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stormzy Scholarship programm<\/a>e at the University of Cambridge. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It funds tuition and living costs for two Black British students annually. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Three years later, the programme was expanded after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-cambridgeshire-58011700\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HSBC UK<\/a> agreed to fund a further 10 students per year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">So far, 68 students have received support through the scholarship programme, with the 2025 cohort expected to see the largest group graduate so far. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The &#8216;Stormzy effect&#8217; was credited with being a contributor to an increase in applications to Cambridge from Black students across the UK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sonita Alleyne OBE, Master of Jesus College, said: &#8220;Stormzy is an amazing storyteller, creative mind and champion for social change. His cultural impact is huge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We share many values, including supporting students from disadvantaged backgrounds to reach their potential, tackling inequalities and using the arts as a force for good.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;In joining the college, we believe he will inspire our current and future students and enrich our community.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2018, he launched the Stormzy Scholarship programme at the University of Cambridge. It funds tuition and living&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206932,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-206931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}