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Now for a Stormzy scholarshi­p

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RAPPER Stormzy has announced he will pay for two black British students to attend the University of Cambridge.

The Stormzy Scholarshi­p will fund tuition fees and provide a maintenanc­e grant for two successful Cambridge applicants this year and two next year.

The 25-year-old launched the scholarshi­p at his old school in south London on A-level results day and said he hoped it would inspire teenagers to apply to the prestigiou­s university, which has been criticised for failing to admit enough black students.

Stormzy, real name Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr, has revealed he harboured ambitions of studying at either Oxford or Cambridge when he was at school at the Harris City Academy in Croydon, South London. Stormzy

 ??  ?? Boost: Stormzy catches up Harris City Academy chief Sir Daniel Moynihan and his old teachers in Croydon yesterday
Boost: Stormzy catches up Harris City Academy chief Sir Daniel Moynihan and his old teachers in Croydon yesterday

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