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Cambridge PhD Student Honoured for Exceptional Contributions to Access and Widening Participation

7 July 2025

Abii-Tah Bih, a PhD student in the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the University of Cambridge, has been awarded for her outstanding work in widening participation for aspiring African postgraduates. Ms. Bih received a prestigious Cambridge SU Award for Contributions to Access and Widening...

Farhana Afrin Rahman Honoured with L.H.M. Ling Outstanding First Book Prize for "After the Exodus"

24 June 2025

We are thrilled to announce that Dr Farhana Afrin Rahman has been awarded the prestigious L.H.M. Ling Outstanding First Book Prize at the 2025 BISA Awards for her ground-breaking work, After the Exodus: Gender and Belonging in Bangladesh's Rohingya Refugee Camps (Cambridge University Press). The L.H.M. Ling Outstanding...

Dr Ilias Alami is the 2025 Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize Winner

2 June 2025

The Department of Politics and International Studies is delighted to announce the 2025 Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize for excellence in teaching has been awarded to Dr Ilias Alami . Each year, the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) awards a prize based on student feedback to the individual who has best...