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Stormzy Reveals Oxford Turned Down His Scholarship Programme

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03:33 8 Nov 2018


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Stormzy has revealed that Oxford University turned down his Stormzy scholarship programme.

The rapper launched the programme in August which vowed to send two black students to Cambridge University next year.

"We as a minority are still heavily under represented at the top universities and I pray this scholarship serves as a reminder that we are more than capable of studying at places of this caliber."

He has since revealed at his book launch that the idea was originally pitched to Oxford University but that they turned down the offer.

"We tried Oxford but they didn't want to get involved."

However, according to The Daily Mail an insider has said this is not the case at all and that there was a "miscommunication issue" rather than a refusal.

 

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I am very very very proud to announce the launch of my new scholarship “The Stormzy Scholarship” in partnership with Cambridge University. With this scholarship we will be funding and covering the full tuition and maintenance for 2 black students this year and 2 black students in 2019 to study at Cambridge University. We as a minority are still heavily under represented at the top universities and I pray this scholarship serves as a reminder that we are more than capable of studying at places of this caliber. Congratulations to all the A-Level students getting their results today, be proud of yourselves despite what you got and overstand that this is only the tip of the iceberg for what’s to come! This is my proudest venture thus far and I look forward to seeing some young black geniuses go on to achieve at Cambridge via this scholarship. @cambridgeuniversity www.cam.ac.uk/stormzyscholarship for all info. Applications close on Thursday 30th August! #StormzyScholarship ❤️🙏🏿💪🏿

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