Sir Anthony Cook Yarborough, Chair of the British Spanish Society, served as master of ceremonies and introduced the Ambassador, Emma Aparici, who highlighted the importance of these scholarships in supporting talent and strengthening the ties between Spain and the United Kingdom.
Following the announcement of the recipients for this nineteenth scholarship programme ceremony, the scholars and their sponsors presented their respective postgraduate projects
- Andrea Fages Sainz: '“El sombrero de tres picos”: An Interdisciplinary Example of Collaboration and Cross-Cultural Mutual Influence in Musical and Pictorial Nationalism between Great Britain and Spain'. Sponsored by the Vicente Cañada Blanch Foundation.
- Sofía Ros: 'Connecting Spanish and British Musical Cultures Through the Classical Accordion'. Sponsored by the British Spanish Society.
- Madeleine Fairey: 'Public–private healthcare under pressure: lessons England and Spain can offer each other on access, efficiency and equity'. Sponsored by BBVA.
- Lara Gallardo Calvo: 'The 1939 Spanish Republican Exile to Great Britain: Ideology, Culture, and Confrontation'. Sponsored by Santander UK.
- Ignasi Fabregas Parra: 'COSTIMTHER (“Understanding and Exploiting Agonistic 4-1BB (CD137) Co-stimulation in Cross-Priming Immune Synapses for Cancer Immunotherapy”)'. Sponsored by Santander UK.
Congratulations to the new scholarship recipients—best of luck with your projects!