Since the 1980s, we have supported around 1000 Australian graduate students to study at the University of Cambridge.
Cambridge Australia Scholarships, formerly known as the Cambridge Australia Trust, provides scholarships for outstanding Australian graduates to undertake Masters and PhD studies at the University of Cambridge, England.
In collaboration with The Cambridge Commonwealth, European and International Trust, Cambridge Australia Scholarships awards up to ten PhD scholarships and a number of Masters degree half-scholarships each year. We are funded entirely by private philanthropy.
Scholars past and present form part of an international network that encompasses all countries supported by the Cambridge Commonwealth, European and International Trust.
“The best thing about studying at Cambridge has been that it has opened my mind to a new level of interesting and important dilemmas, as well as different ways of
thinking.”
Our directors
Mr Darren Peacock, Chair (NSW)
Darren studied undergraduate Commerce and Law at the University of Queensland before undertaking a Master of Law at Jesus College in Cambridge. After working at law firms in Australia and the UK, he spent over a decade as a senior legal adviser within the Wesfarmers Group. In May 2019, he became Head of Legal and Compliance and Company Secretary for the South Pacific Region of the Linde Group.
Ms Antara Mascarenhas (VIC)
Antara read for her MPhil in Social and Political Sciences at Queens' College, focusing on the comparative Political Economy of labour markets. She has worked in infrastructure and energy since her return to Australia, in public policy, regulatory change, reform implementation, stakeholder relations and internal transformation roles. She is a General Manager at the Australian Energy Market Operator. Antara is Co-Chair of the CAS Board’s Diversity and Inclusion sub-committee.
Mr Roderick Darling (VIC)
Roderick holds a Master of Philosophy (Engineering for Sustainable Development) from Downing College, Cambridge. Prior to this he completed a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master of Engineering, both at the University of Melbourne. Roderick is a Director of Caponero Group a Melbourne based investment manager. Before this he was an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company where he served clients on strategic topics across Asia, as well as for BHP as an Engineer.
Mr Malcolm Allen, (VIC)
Malcolm studied as an undergraduate at Corpus Christi College Cambridge in Natural Sciences. He is also a Murdoch Scholar and Murdoch Fellow at Melbourne Business School and then at Chicago Business School. He has worked for IBM, and McKinsey & Company, in both Australia and USA. He was CEO of Concentrix, the major arm of a small public telecommunications company Westel. He is currently a senior Director of Partners in Performance Pty Ltd, a global performance improvement and sustainability focused management consulting firm.
Mr Jack Bartel (NSW)
Jack holds a Master of Philosophy (International Relations) from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and a Bachelor of International Relations (Hons) from Griffith University. Based in Sydney, Jack is Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy at financial services corporation AMP Ltd. Prior to this he worked as an adviser to ministers in the Turnbull Government, including the Minister for Trade, and the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science.
Dr Justin Sherwin (VIC)
After medical school and working as a junior doctor, Justin undertook an MPhil in Epidemiology (Queens’ College) supported by a Cambridge Commonwealth Trust scholarship from 2010-11. He subsequently attained both a Master of Surgery (MChir) and PhD from Cambridge for research in the fields of eye surgery and public health. Justin completed ophthalmology specialist training in Melbourne and Oxford. After returning to Melbourne in 2018, he commenced work as a specialist eye surgeon in both public and private practice.
Mr Philip Pope (QLD)
Philip Pope read for an M.Phil in Polar Studies at Darwin College in 1996-97, after graduating from the University of Nottingham with a BA (Hons) in Political Science. He received a B.B. Roberts Fund award from the Scott Polar Research Institute at Cambridge to assist a period of study at the US State Department Archive in Washington DC, as part of his thesis research. Philip has held senior communications roles at the British Olympic Association, Cricket Australia and is currently General Manager, Communications at the Queensland Rugby Union. He was previously a staff reporter at the Daily Mirror in London.
Mr Andrew Clark (NSW)
Andrew read for a Masters in Corporate Law at Jesus College in 2015-16, after graduating from Macquarie University with a BA LLB (Hons). At Cambridge, Andrew was supported by the Cambridge Australia Erich Narev Scholarship. Andrew has worked in law firms in Australia and the UK, he now specialises in resolving disputes in the infrastructure sector.
Dr Madeline Mitchell (VIC)
Madeline undertook a PhD in plant sciences (Gonville and Caius College, 2010-2014) as a Herchel Smith Scholar and honorary Cambridge Australia Poynton Scholar. She has since worked as a researcher and knowledge broker in novel crop development and sustainable agriculture at CSIRO, RMIT University and Food Agility Cooperative Research Centre. She is passionate about supporting and encouraging the next generation of STEM professionals, including through outreach, mentoring and equity and diversity initiatives.
Eliza Lockhart (VIC / London)
After graduating with a LLB(Hons)/BA(Hons) from Monash University, Eliza worked as a corporate lawyer at Allens Linklaters. Eliza subsequently read a Master of Law (2019) and an MPhil in Public Policy (2022) at Corpus Christi College as a Cambridge Australia Scholar. Eliza was the inaugural President of the CAS Scholar and Alumni Community and is the current Director of Alumni. She is passionate about building a strong, interconnected and vibrant CAS alumni network. Based in London, Eliza is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies at the Royal United Service Institute.