So relieved! Thank you so much 🌿🙌 /gjRnv2xSa7- Dara McAnulty August 18, 2022

I DID IT!!! I CANNOT BELIEVE IT!! I’m #goingtocambridge 😭 Thank you so much for all your best wishes in the run up to results day. He was also the Deputy Chair of The London Youth Assembly in 2019/20.Īker describes in his LinkedIn profile his hope of becoming “a world-leading innovator and an influential creative, facilitating the next generation of trailblazers in both STEM and the creative arts to flourish, two components that lay close to my heart.'Īker told Varsity: 'I'm super excited to start, and I still have trouble believing I've made it!! I can't wait to explore a new city, new friends and studying something I'm truly passionate about (and hopefully learn the skills I need to change the world!)'.ĭara McAnulty, 18, is an acclaimed writer and environmental activist from Northern Ireland.ĭescribed as “one of the most talented and passionate writers of our era”, he is the youngest person ever to win a major literary prize in the UK.ĭara’s debut book Diary of a Young Naturalist – written in poetic prose – was BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week. Well done Aker”Īker does not only excel in the classroom. His sixth form academy, Brampton Manner, tweeted: “Aker achieved A*A*A* and he is off the Jesus College, Cambridge University to study Education. Speaking on Good Morning Britain, Aker told Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid that he wanted to go on stage to speak about International Women's day because he 'wanted to recognise the strong women in his personal life'.Īker achieved three A*’s in Economics, History and Sociology, meeting his offer to study Education at Jesus College. Marking International Women’s Day at Aker's school in Dagenham, the Duchess of Sussex invited a “brave young man” to the stage to speak on the day’s importance.Īfter a brief exchange of words with the Duchess, head boy Aker Okoye approached the podium where he memorably told his peers: “she really is beautiful”.

What do an award-winning nature writer, a European princess, a bloke who made tabloid headlines after meeting Meghan Markle, and a BRIT-nominated soprano all have in common? They’ve all started Cambridge, so keep an eye out for these famous freshers.Īker Okoye, 18, made headlines the world over in 2020 when he told Meghan Markle she was “beautiful” at a school assembly.

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