Past Fulbrighters/Case Studies

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Gavin Blake
Summer Institute for Students, 2009

Fulbright Project: Summer Institute for Outstanding European Students

Gavin T. Blake is one of the original 1991 kids and thus is just over 18 years old, enjoying his birthday in early January each year. From a young age, he has had an interest in political and social affairs, none of which are in short supply in Northern Ireland (the country of his birth and residence). He has been supplementing this interest with his education as a student at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution studying French, German and History to A-Level. Gavin, who has been offered a place to read Law with German Law at Trinity College Oxford, has interests that include drama, debating and the occasional sporting activity, all of which he feels will serve him well in the future. From his Summer Institute course with Fulbright Gavin wants to learn more about the political and legal system of the United States with a view to perhaps further study or work there later on in life. Due to a love of pomp and circumstance as well as red carpets, Gavin has the desire to pursue his dreams of a swift rise to high political office in the near future.