Category: Announcement
David Bowie at Lightroom: an evening with fellow Scholars
We have a few places remaining for a special evening on Friday 16 October 2026, hosted by fellow Kennedy Scholar Dr Thomas Wide (Harvard 2008), to experience David Bowie at Lightroom. The acclaimed immersive exhibition… Read more
Alumni spotlight: Charlie Goldsmith (Harvard, 2000)
Charlie Goldsmith has spent most of the last twenty years in Africa, building schools, then national payroll, payments and education data systems, and now working on humanitarian cargo drones. In South Sudan, the school data… Read more
Introducing the Kennedy Scholars for 2026–27
This year, seven new Kennedy Scholars depart for Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They embrace a broad range of academic and professional interests, and join in the Trust’s sixtieth anniversary year, six… Read more
Welcome to Sarah Mitchell, our new Independent Trustee
We are delighted to welcome Sarah Mitchell to the Board of the Kennedy Memorial Trust. Sarah has been appointed by the Prime Minister as an Independent Trustee. Sarah is Chief Executive of Cycling UK, the… Read more
Thank You to Sir Mark Walport and Welcome to Sir Richard Moore
As Sir Mark Walport steps down as Chair of the Kennedy Memorial Trust on 30 September 2025, we take this opportunity to express, on behalf of the Trustees and the wider Kennedy Scholar community, our… Read more
Apply for a Kennedy Scholarship for the academic year 2027-2028
In 1964 a Fund was established in the United Kingdom by public subscription to commemorate President John F. Kennedy. A Memorial was created at Runnymede in perpetuity; and it was resolved that Scholarships to the… Read more
Introducing our Kennedy Scholars for 2025-26
This year’s Kennedy Scholars embrace a broad range of academic and professional interests. Trustees have also renewed Kennedy Scholarships for two 2024-25 Scholars for a second year, in order to complete their degrees. Daniel Graham… Read more
Appointment of Sir Richard Moore KCMG as the next Chair of the Kennedy Memorial Trust
The Prime Minister has today appointed Sir Richard Moore KCMG to be the next Chair of the Kennedy Memorial Trust. Sir Richard is currently Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and will take up the… Read more
Wishing a Merry Christmas to Kennedy Scholars past and present!
Thank you for inspiring us – we are hugely proud of our community. Your incredible contributions to your many and varied fields, and in turn to society, are a wonderful testament to the ethos of the… Read more
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