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
From the Law School clinics to Svalbard: the Scholars’ spring term – by Elizabeth Green
In July our 2025-26 Kennedy Scholars joined us at Lancaster House, where they met fellow Kennedy Scholar Yvette Cooper, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, and helped us welcome the cohort who follow… 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
Boston: Scholar Reunion Dinner
Article kindly written by: Dr Thomas Baranga (Harvard 2003) On January 30th 2026 Lady Maggie Moore and Sir Richard Moore (1985) and Professor Rana Mitter (1993) navigated the snow drifts deposited by the arctic storm… Read more
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
At this time of celebration, we take a moment to celebrate Kennedy Scholars past & present, and our friends and supporters. The achievements of our Scholar community across so many different paths, and the… Read more
Kennedy Scholar News
Current Scholar Dylan Rogers shares news from this year’s scholars as they complete their first term in the US. I can’t believe it has been four months since the current group of Kennedy Scholars arrived… Read more
New York City: Trust Reunion Dinner
On a crisp New York evening, Sir Richard Moore hosted an elegant reunion dinner for Kennedy Memorial Trust scholars, bringing together twelve alumni from Harvard and MIT, representing more than fifty years of academic distinction.… 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
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