What makes a strong Kennedy Scholarship application?

Applications re-opened last week for the Kennedy Scholarships 2017/18! If you’ve been thinking about applying or have already started with your essay, here are a few helpful tips on how to craft a strong application:

Ten HKS highlights… so far

Just six weeks into the first year of an MPP (Master of Public Policy) at the Harvard Kennedy School, so much has happened that it’s tough to know where to start. So instead here are ten highlights of my experience so far.

Orientating around

It’s been a week since I arrived at Harvard! The time has just flown by but I finally feel like i’m settling in and excited for the academic year to start!

Constitutional Chaos Trumped

The US legal system is one of the most sophisticated in the world. In an introductory lecture to the LLM…

Packing up for a year

(Or the struggle of fitting my life into two suitcases…)

The last two weeks have been a whirlwind of goodbyes, packing and attempted preparation for the Fall semester.

Kennedy Scholars 2016–17

Introducing this year’s incoming Kennedy Scholars: Nikhila, Avantika, Emily, Neil, John, Josh and Louwai!

Earlier this year we were awarded Kennedy Scholarships from the Kennedy Memorial Trust, an organisation that provides scholarships to Harvard and MIT for…

A basketful of classes

‘Shopping’ for classes sounds like a lot of fun — the chance to go to as many classes as you like for the first two weeks before deciding on your set for the semester. Shopping the first few classes is exciting, but browsing the Harvard course catalog can be a dangerous activity — ‘Poets…