The King’s School’s long-standing commitment to philanthropy is reflected in initiatives such as the Old Boy Scholarship Program, which continues to open doors for graduating Kingsmen. Funded by the generosity of alumni and supporters, the program provides financial assistance for further study, with many recipients securing places at leading universities overseas.
Angad Roy (’14) is midway through a Master’s of Public Administration at the London School of Economics. This opportunity has been made possible by the Broughton and Forrest Exhibition Scholarship. Established by Robert Campbell in 1853, it supports Kingsmen in pursuing postgraduate study overseas.
Mr Roy’s first-year subjects included economics, quantitative approaches to policy analysis, political science, and the future of capitalism. 2026 will see him participate in a Capstone consultancy project with an external client prior to his graduation. The knowledge he has gained from his course will augment his experience working on information integrity policy reform for local, federal and international organisations back home in Australia.
“It would have been difficult for me to study at LSE without the scholarship,” Mr Roy says.
“It helps cover living expenses in London and gives me the freedom to fully engage with my studies and pursue professional opportunities such as internships. It’s enabling me to make the most of a rigorous and rewarding program.”
It has also strengthened his ties with the place which first inspired him to push himself to excel.
“Being a Broughton and Forrest Scholarship recipient is an immense honour,” Mr Roy says.
“It creates an extraordinary sense of connection with King’s, and a responsibility too. When I first started at the School, my peers and I looked up to senior students as role models, not just because of the way they carried themselves but because of the kind of people they aspired to be.
“That stuck with me after graduation, and I always enjoy hearing about past students who are making a positive impact.”
As his career progresses, he hopes to inspire future King’s boys to pursue their passions and make meaningful, altruistic contributions in their chosen fields.
Across the pond, fellow Old Boy Jinyoung Kim (’20) recently graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Science, majoring in mathematics. He is now putting his studies in statistics, data science and artificial intelligence to use in his role as a quantitative researcher at New York hedge fund Two Sigma.
In the longer term, Mr Kim has set himself lofty goals of entrepreneurial success and finding way to progress the power of Al, emulating the example set by many Kingsmen before him.
“They’re hardworking people of strong character who’ve refused to put a ceiling on their own potential, and hearing their stories was very inspiring for me,” Mr Kim says.
Receiving the Stanley Wilson Scholarship made it possible for him to pursue his undergraduate studies in the United States.
Established in 1945 in honour of former Kingsman Arthur Stanley Wilson (1925), who was killed in action serving in the Royal Navy in WWII, the scholarship was originally intended to help an Old Boy attend Oxford, but the terms were recently broadened to allow study at other institutions.
“Universities here in the United States provide a platform for so many incredible opportunities, but they’re also extremely expensive. Without the scholarship, moving over here to attend Stanford would have been difficult for me,” Mr Kim says.
“I’m forever grateful to King’s for enabling me to attend the School on an academic scholarship, and will always look fondly upon everything | learnt in my years there, for the friendships I formed and for their continued support beyond the School gates.”
“What the School community does for its students and alumni is something very special.”
Burton Exhibition Scholar, Jack O’Brien (’24), is studying Commerce and Law at the University of Sydney while living at St Paul’s College.
Having attended King’s Preparatory School, before moving to Tudor House and finally boarding during Senior School, Mr O’Brien says the School played a huge role in moulding him.
“My education at King’s shaped me through study, sport, cadets and the routine of boarding. But the most invaluable aspect of the King’s experience is how it teaches you about people and the importance of relationships. Boarding, especially, teaches you how to navigate personalities, resolve conflict, support others and ask for support yourself,” says Mr O’Brien.
“While King’s improved my academic ability, it also taught me how to understand others, which is something I’ll carry throughout my life.”
“The scholarship was a vote of confidence. It reminded me I’m not doing this alone and that others believe in my potential, even before I fully see it in myself. This encouragement has allowed me to focus more deeply on my studies and take opportunities I might otherwise have hesitated to pursue,” he says.
Mr O’Brien says learning about the students who are behind these scholarships gives him perspective.
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