News and Connect

PWIS Scholar Ben Schwabe to study Natural Sciences at University of Cambridge - congratulations!

The Peter Watson International Scholarship was a brilliant experience, I’m very glad to have been a part of this! I entered the PWIS as I...

"The trip was brilliant. Impressive, fascinating...inspiring to see everyone's enthusiasm f

by Jack Peck, PWIS 2019 Scholar When I first started my EPQ, I never imagined that it would lead me to visiting Washington DC. But after ...

"What a trip...it was an incredible experience."

by Pau Sole Vilaro, PWIS 2019 Scholar What a trip. That’s all I could think of while watching a movie on the plane flying from Dulles Int...

Congratulations to the PWIS 2019 finalists and winners!

Congratulations to our PWIS finalists and two winners Jack Peck and Pau Sole Vilaro (pictured with Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner). More fr...

Christie Campla from the US National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health joins the PWIS 201

Christie works as a post-doctoral vision scientist in the Neurobiology-Neurodegeneration and Repair Laboratory the National Eye Institute...

Dr Patrick Yu-Wai-Man joins the PWIS judging panel and will deliver the CET lecture - 29 June 2019,

Dr Yu-Wai-Man is an academic neuro-ophthalmologist with a major research interest in mitochondrial genetics and inherited eye diseases. H...

Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz to give PWIS Prizegiving Day 2019 Keynote Lecture

Sir Leszek is Chairman of Cancer Research UK and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. He was Chief Executive of the UK'...

Scholar's Report: The Forefront of Scientific Research

by Benjamin Schwabe, 2018 PWIS scholar Amazing things: Sometimes amazing things happen quite unexpectedly. For me I was busy getting read...

Scholar's Diary: A Week at the NIH

by Nathan Harmer, 2018 PWIS scholar Day 1 After a quick breakfast the day began with a meeting with officials from the NEI. The people we...

Congratulations to our PWIS finalists and scholars!

10 Peter Watson International Scholarship finalists were selected from around the UK to present their work at Queens College, Cambridge t...

{"items":["5fda4d8cec8a980017e6bc26","5fda4d8cec8a980017e6bc2a","5fda4d8cec8a980017e6bc27","5fda4d8cec8a980017e6bc25","5fda4d8cec8a980017e6bc22","5fda4d8cec8a980017e6bc23","5fda4d8cec8a980017e6bc24","5fda4d8cec8a980017e6bc29","5fda4d8cec8a980017e6bc2b","5fda4d8cec8a980017e6bc28"],"styles":{"galleryType":"Columns","groupSize":1,"showArrows":true,"cubeImages":true,"cubeType":"fill","cubeRatio":1.3333333333333333,"isVertical":true,"gallerySize":30,"collageAmount":0,"collageDensity":0,"groupTypes":"1","oneRow":false,"imageMargin":32,"galleryMargin":0,"scatter":0,"rotatingScatter":"","chooseBestGroup":true,"smartCrop":false,"hasThumbnails":false,"enableScroll":true,"isGrid":true,"isSlider":false,"isColumns":false,"isSlideshow":false,"cropOnlyFill":false,"fixedColumns":1,"enableInfiniteScroll":true,"isRTL":false,"minItemSize":50,"rotatingGroupTypes":"","rotatingCropRatios":"","columnWidths":"","gallerySliderImageRatio":1.7777777777777777,"numberOfImagesPerRow":1,"numberOfImagesPerCol":1,"groupsPerStrip":0,"borderRadius":0,"boxShadow":0,"gridStyle":1,"mobilePanorama":false,"placeGroupsLtr":true,"viewMode":"preview","thumbnailSpacings":4,"galleryThumbnailsAlignment":"bottom","isMasonry":false,"isAutoSlideshow":false,"slideshowLoop":false,"autoSlideshowInterval":4,"bottomInfoHeight":0,"titlePlacement":"SHOW_ON_THE_RIGHT","galleryTextAlign":"center","scrollSnap":false,"itemClick":"nothing","fullscreen":true,"videoPlay":"hover","scrollAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","slideAnimation":"SCROLL","scrollDirection":0,"scrollDuration":400,"overlayAnimation":"FADE_IN","arrowsPosition":0,"arrowsSize":23,"watermarkOpacity":40,"watermarkSize":40,"useWatermark":true,"watermarkDock":{"top":"auto","left":"auto","right":0,"bottom":0,"transform":"translate3d(0,0,0)"},"loadMoreAmount":"all","defaultShowInfoExpand":1,"allowLinkExpand":true,"expandInfoPosition":0,"allowFullscreenExpand":true,"fullscreenLoop":false,"galleryAlignExpand":"left","addToCartBorderWidth":1,"addToCartButtonText":"","slideshowInfoSize":200,"playButtonForAutoSlideShow":false,"allowSlideshowCounter":false,"hoveringBehaviour":"NEVER_SHOW","thumbnailSize":120,"magicLayoutSeed":1,"imageHoverAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imagePlacementAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","calculateTextBoxWidthMode":"PERCENT","textBoxHeight":0,"textBoxWidth":200,"textBoxWidthPercent":50,"textImageSpace":10,"textBoxBorderRadius":0,"textBoxBorderWidth":0,"loadMoreButtonText":"","loadMoreButtonBorderWidth":1,"loadMoreButtonBorderRadius":0,"imageInfoType":"ATTACHED_BACKGROUND","itemBorderWidth":0,"itemBorderRadius":0,"itemEnableShadow":false,"itemShadowBlur":20,"itemShadowDirection":135,"itemShadowSize":10,"imageLoadingMode":"BLUR","expandAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imageQuality":90,"usmToggle":false,"usm_a":0,"usm_r":0,"usm_t":0,"videoSound":false,"videoSpeed":"1","videoLoop":true,"jsonStyleParams":"","gallerySizeType":"px","gallerySizePx":670,"allowTitle":true,"allowContextMenu":true,"textsHorizontalPadding":-30,"itemBorderColor":{"value":"#324158"},"showVideoPlayButton":true,"galleryLayout":2,"targetItemSize":670,"selectedLayout":"2|bottom|1|fill|true|0|true","layoutsVersion":2,"selectedLayoutV2":2,"isSlideshowFont":false,"externalInfoHeight":0,"externalInfoWidth":0.5},"container":{"width":670,"galleryWidth":702,"galleryHeight":0,"scrollBase":0,"height":null}}

Archive