Stories
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I arrived at Cambridge to study at St Edmund’s College after completing a degree in physics in Spain. Out of all the available courses, I opted for an MPhil in Scientific Computing, a programme which focuses on using computer algorithms to solve physics problems. I arrived at Cambridge with a – perhaps immature – set of skills, world views, and habits. These were all soon to be challenged and developed far beyond my expectations. This is the story of how Cambridge changed my life.
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When I began my studies as a severely myopic doctoral candidate in the Department of Social Anthropology, I envisioned a future academic career as a university professor, as teacher and researcher. I went on to achieve that ambition and now, nearly fifteen years on, I remain one of the resident anthropologists at Utrecht University’s honours college, University College Roosevelt, in The Netherlands. What I didn’t at all anticipate, however, was that my doctoral research on political imagination.
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I was born and grew up in the Republic of Buryatia, a region of indigenous people and a centre of Buddhism in Russia. My hometown – Ulan-Ude – lies along the Trans-Siberian Railway and is a few hours away from Lake Baikal, the world’s largest freshwater lake. To me, Baikal is a spiritual place where I can contemplate, generate energy and find peace of mind. When I was an undergraduate student at St. Petersburg State University.
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A lot of alumni will be familiar with China’s soaring levels of pollution, grabbing headlines around the world. Many entrepreneurs like myself are trying to find ways of fixing the problem. After seeing how badly children are affected, I developed a company manufacturing fashion-focused military grade pollution masks with a British twist. We use a technology developed by the British military for chemical nuclear and biological warfare protection.
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