The Year 2022

The Year

The Annual Review of Girton College Cambridge

Contents

Welcome 2

A Letter from the Mistress 3

Features

Professor Susan J Smith: A Celebration 10

Jeremy West: A Musical Appreciation 22 Innovative Girton

Food for Thought 25 Crouching Artist, Hidden Cobra 28 The Remarkable Lady J 31 Cavendish Arts–Science Fellowship 34 Enterprise Fellowship 35 Blooming Marvellous! 36 Brave New World 38

Girton Past

A Sense of the Census 40

Jane Martin Poetry Prize 43 An Ovation for the Senior Tutor 44

Girton Conversations 46

Solution to 2021 Crossword 48

2022 Crossword 49

Girton General Knowledge Crossword 50

Fellows’ and Staff Profiles

Karen Lee 52

David Arvidsson-Shukur 57

Emma Brownlee 60 Victoria Argent 63

College Reports

Alumni and Supporters 66

Admissions and Widening Participation 68 Bursaries and Grants 69 Postgraduate Affairs 71 Library 73 Archive 74 Culture and Heritage 76 Music 77 Choir 80 Chapel 82 Research Evenings 83 Hail and Farewell 84

Creature Comforts 85

Student Reports

JCR 88 MCR 92 Student Societies and Clubs 93

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Roll of Alumni Calendar of Events 102 Regional Associations 103

Births, Marriages and Deaths

Births 108 Marriages and Civil Partnerships 109 In Memoriam 110 Obituaries 118 Lists Fellows and Officers of the College 130 University and College Awards 136

Appointments of Fellows and Alumni 141 Awards and Distinctions 141 Fellows’ Publications 143 Alumni Publications 147

Alumni Information

Update your Details 149

Alumni Events 150 Supporting Girton College 151 Giving to Girton 152

Cover: The Fellows’ Garden in Spring by Jenny Blackhurst. Inside covers: College photographed from a drone by Andrew Callaghan Section photographs: ‘A Girton Spring’, pp. 9, 51, 64 and 87 Caroline Shenton; p. 101 Soudabeh Imanikia; p. 107 Gemma Brighten; p. 129 Jeremy Feng

Welcome

Welcome to the 2022 edition of The Year. As the College emerges, cautiously, from the latest phase of the pandemic there has been an opportunity to reflect on how Girton’s pioneering spirit has kept it going through tough times. The theme of ‘Innovative Girton’ runs through this issue, whether through the creativity of our students, the enterprise of our graduates, the groundbreaking research of our Fellows, or imaginative new developments within the College itself. No one better exemplifies an eagerness to embrace change and to try something new than Professor Susan J Smith, whose final year as Mistress this was, and her extraordinary contribution to Girton over the last thirteen years also features in this issue, with the College’s warmest thanks.

I took over as Editor in 2022, stepping into the extremely experienced and capable shoes of Martin Ennis and E Jane Dickson who are going to be a very hard act to

follow. I have relied much on their support and advice as I learned the ropes, as well as the help of many others. You will notice a few changes but much which is familiar too. To all the contributors and the editorial team of Gillian Jondorf, Cherry Hopkins, Ross Lawther, Hannah Sargent and Rachael Humphrey I am hugely grateful, and could not have done it without them. Like Martin and Jane before me, I am deeply indebted to Peter Morrison, Derrin Mappledoram and Stuart Cleary of Cambridge Marketing for their expertise and generosity as well as, this year, more than a little patience.

I hope you enjoy The Year 2021–22 and we are always glad to hear from Girtonians with news or stories to share; please contact the Development Office at Girton College, Cambridge CB3 0JG (alumni@girton.cam.ac.uk).

Caroline Shenton, Editor

A Letter from the Mistress

Dear Friends,

I am writing towards the end of the summer, surrounded by boxes, and alarmed by how many I need to accommodate 13 years of Mistressing. What a journey! During my 4748 days in office, I have welcomed over 3000 students, followed 11 entire cohorts from freshers’ week to graduation, caught up with seven of those yeargroups at their MA reunions and even crossed paths with some of them at their tenth anniversary dinners. I have travelled the length and breadth of the UK, visited Old Girtonians in more than ten countries, hosted events with even wider international reach in Cambridge and Singapore and connected in all kinds of ways (not least, of late, via Zoom) with literally thousands of Girton’s alumni family.

I surely must have bumped into most of you one way or another, and without exception it has been a privilege and a pleasure. I have learned a lot, made new friends, and been dazzled by the warmth, energy and strength of support you bring to our College. Your generosity in completing A (very ambitious) Great Campaign has also been overwhelming: thank you for any part you may have played in it and please enjoy reading about those transformational gifts in the pages that follow.

Now that I am leaving, people frequently ask me what the Mistress actually does. The answer is more intriguing than you might think, so with the help of Historian Dr Hazel Mills and archivist Hannah Westall, we have assembled an exhibition describing the early Mistresses and their office. You will find it in the online archive together with a more speculative account by me of the life and work of my predecessors. One thing we Mistresses certainly share is a unique vantage point from which to view the College.

In this letter, my last to The Year, I would like to extend that view to you, by offering a few thoughts on just what it is that makes Girton so impressive.

First, Girton was founded for inclusion. Not many higher education institutions can say that, mean it, and put it at the heart of all they do. Girton is one of them; the first in the UK properly to recognise that inclusion is essential to the advancement of knowledge. What, then, of comments

The final Fellows to be admitted by the 19th Mistress, May 2022. (L-R): Dr Soudabeh Imanikia, Bye-Fellow, Biological Sciences, with Dr Shyane Siriwardena and Dr Marieke Dhont, Foundation Year Bye-Fellows

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in the news along the lines of: ‘Inclusion is all very well, but what about excellence? What about brilliance? What has happened to meritocracy?’ These questions remind me of the way the major international universities in the mid-nineteenth century – Cambridge, Harvard, Yale and so on – managed to exclude women for so long. They argued, and they believed, that admitting women would lower standards. Fortunately Emily Davies and her coterie had no truck with that, and Girton is rooted in their conviction that it is impossible to claim excellence while excluding sections of the population by appeal to arbitrary characteristics with no bearing on intellectual ability or promise.

Inclusion is, of course, a work in progress. Having achieved degrees for women, Girton has been mixed for over 40 years, but we are not done with gender or sexuality, or with those intersecting exclusions around race, religion, income, wealth and more. Girton will always engage with these issues because inclusion is a condition of excellence, and no-one can achieve their best if they cannot be themselves, or if they feel they don’t belong.

There is much to do, but one game-changing initiative, inspired by your breathtaking generosity, has been the expansion of our bursary funds. By the end of A Great Campaign you had endowed enough bursaries to support 30 brilliant undergraduates who might not otherwise have had the means to take up their places. The classgifts project has been particularly successful, spectacular even, as whole year-groups have clubbed together to create life-changing opportunities for the next generation. Campaigning like this for inclusion takes excellence to the next level.

Secondly, make no mistake, excellence is the heart of the matter. Girton is a permanent institution in a world-class

University: our students should expect the best, and that is what they get. Here, I want to pay tribute to the Fellows of the College who work so hard and with such commitment to deliver all that makes Cambridge unique, whilst maintaining their own programmes of world-class research and writing. It is not just about bespoke, College-based, small-group teaching, though that is a tremendous way to learn. There is also the commitment to each and every student that our Fellows make, from first contact through outreach and admission, to directing studies, attending to individual learning needs and supporting career aspirations. Girton’s vibrant subject societies flourish because Fellows inspire them, attracting speakers, stimulating debate and encouraging a sense of adventure at the frontiers of knowledge. Those same Fellows may also be tutors, together providing a 24/7 support service that is unmatched in the sector, so that our students can embrace life and prepare for work. That is how excellence thrives at Girton; it happens every day.

I have had the pleasure of admitting 136 new Fellows during my time in office who, whether visiting, completing time-limited early career projects, or signed up for the duration have brought immeasurable skills, experience and other gifts to our community. Many of our Fellows hold University lectureships, but Girton has, additionally, committed, on a scale unique within Cambridge, to supporting its own career positions for Fellows, because a mix of College- and University-based scholarship is a winning combination. This is only possible, however, because across the life of A Great Campaign we – that is, you – have endowed 13 named Fellowships to support both College and University teaching and research at Girton. Amongst many other things, this has given Girton the confidence, and the human resources,

needed to restructure the academic division to better enable students and Fellows alike to realise their full potential.

In a first for Cambridge, the incoming Senior Tutor will be supported by a new Office for Student Services, a new Head of Student Welfare and Wellbeing, and a Deputy Senior Tutor overseeing the undergraduate teaching and learning programme, together with the postgraduate offer and a new suite of CV-building initiatives including volunteering and internships. The newly created Enterprise Fellowships will add to this mix, with support from the inaugural incumbent, Dr Sabesan Sithamparanathan. This innovative structure reflects the tireless energy of our outgoing Senior Tutor, Dr Sandra Fulton, whose contribution over nine years is recognised later in this issue. The baton going forward is in the safe hands of Professor Toni Williams, who is every bit as pioneering, progressive, and fearless as the institution she has joined.

Thirdly, Girton is a College that lives and breathes the fact that it is a residential educational establishment. As well as studying for their degree, students have time, space and encouragement to explore the many other avenues for learning that a well-founded higher education implies. Sports, the creative arts, music, drama, poetry and more are therefore part and parcel of our offer, and in this, Girton is ahead of the game.

As well as the best on-site sports facilities in Cambridge, we have no fewer than three visiting schemes for artists, whose briefs all specify student engagement. The longestestablished is the Mary Amelia Cummins Harvey Visiting Fellow Commonership, established by a generous bequest in 1985. The 23 incumbents to date – visual artists, musicians, poets, creative writers and more – have added immeasurably to the life of the College. More recently, we have, with donor support, partnered with the University to create the Cavendish Arts–Science scheme at the interface of great art and leading-edge science.

Our 2022 MA Congregation procession crossing the Cam

There is much in this vein to celebrate, and I am mindful that none of it would be possible without the hard work of our 120+ professional administrative, support and operational staff. It is because of them that guests love to visit, alumni queue up to return, Fellows feel supported and cohort after cohort of students enjoy a unique homefrom-home. Speaking personally, I cannot imagine anyone anywhere having the good fortune to have worked for so long with such a constructive, effective and generousspirited group of colleagues.

Thinking of the all-round residential experience staff and Fellows alike help nurture, this year my shout-out is for music. Music as a subject has been part of the College since the Music Faculty and Tripos were established in 1947, though music performance has been integral to College life from the very earliest days (think of the College Songbook). A turning point for Girton on both counts was a gift received over 30 years ago to endow the Austin and Hope Pilkington Fellowship in Music. The

first incumbent, Dr Martin Ennis, is still in post. Under his leadership, music of all kinds has flourished at Girton, energising students and attracting – as visitors, to the fellowship, and as musicians-in-residence – an array of brilliant composers, performers and practitioners of music. As a result, Girton has become one of the most important Colleges for music in the University.

So I am beyond excited, in the wake of a review of music performance in the University championed by Dr Ennis and Bye-Fellow Professor Margaret Faultless – and following an implementation exercise, chaired by me – that the Music Faculty, CUMS and the University itself have joined forces to create a new Centre for Music Performance, whose inaugural Director, Simon Fairclough, is himself a Girton Fellow. At a time when the performing arts are still struggling to recover from Covid, and as universities pour effort into re-establishing their physical presence, what clearer statement could there be of the value of music to learning, to life and to the wellbeing of our students?

Some members of our Legacies of Enslavement Working Group presenting their findings to alumni in July 2022 (L-R): Dr Hazel Mills, Professor Dame Marilyn Strathern (Chair), Dr David Dibosa (1986) and Dr Carolina Alves

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None! And that is why Girton has taken this one step further, establishing its own new fund for music performance in College. This complements the choir fund by providing an array of opportunities for instrumental and other music-making at all levels, across all subjects, in all genres. I am so bowled over by Council’s recent decision to name that fund after me that I am shamelessly inviting you to support it, because I have seen for myself the difference it makes when students’ lives are enriched by the fun, the challenge, the sheer, raw, joy, of creating and making music of all kinds. (You can find out more at https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/ launch-susan-j-smith-fund-music-performance or do please get in touch with the Development Office direct).

I have a fourth and final observation from my last days in the Mistress’s office. Girton has taken important steps in the last few years to recover and celebrate the vision and values of its Founders. We explored their legacy with our counterparts among the ‘Seven Sisters’

in the USA, celebrated the centenary of votes for women, reflected on 100 years of women in law, marked the 70th anniversary of degrees for women at Cambridge, and more. We contributed to the University’s much-admired ‘Rising Tide’ exhibition, and reformatted the ceremony for the Commemoration of Benefactors to better recognise the lives and work of those whose wisdom and generosity helped found the College and fund its development.

However, we have not yet excavated our whole history or recognised the entirety of the debt we owe to the hidden figures of the past. That is clear now that the College Council has received the first report of a working group (now a standing committee) exploring the legacies of enslavement embedded in Girton’s foundation and development. In response to that report, there will be a programme of ongoing research, reflection, commemoration, communication and action, which may run alongside other projects exploring the more recent histories of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students in College.

As well as looking back and learning from the past, Girton is, as ever, facing forward, planning for the future and eager to make a difference. Change is in the air, and that is what this College thrives on. Two years ago, we welcomed a new Bursar who has paved the way to divestment and is working up some ambitious proposals for the estate; this summer we appointed a new Senior Tutor who will lead the most exciting plans for teaching and learning this College has ever made. Last year, we elected a new ViceMistress, Dr Hilary Marlow, whose first task was to chair a committee in search of my successor. She did a magnificent job, so that later this year, as Girton welcomes Dr Elisabeth Kendall, its 20th Mistress in 153 years, the future could not be brighter. Let’s go!

Susan J Smith, Mistress

Passing the baton. The Mistress with Vice-Mistress, Dr Hilary Marlow (left) and Mistress-Elect, Dr Elisabeth Kendall (right)

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A Legacy of Care, Inclusivity and Fun

Professor Susan J Smith retired on 30 September 2022 after 13 years as Mistress of Girton and as the University’s senior Head of House. Her tenure as Mistress was exceeded only by Mary Cartwright (1949–1968) and Elizabeth Welsh (1885–1903), though Welsh’s successor, Emily Elizabeth Constance Jones (1903–1916), also served for 13 years. As she leaves the office of Mistress, Professor Smith speaks to E Jane Dickson about her life and work

Susan Smith cannot resist an open door. ‘I’ve never had a career plan,’ she says, ‘but if a door opens, you’ve got to look through it.’ Her first glimpse of Girton was decisive: ‘A lot of people, when they visit the College for the first time, say they get a wholly positive feeling. I believe them, because I had exactly the same experience: there is a friendly, open atmosphere here that makes it easy to be yourself.’

Susan, who retired in September after 13 years as Mistress, came to Girton from the University of Durham where she was Professor of Geography and a founding Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies: ‘Being elected Mistress of Girton was an unexpected and, as it turns out, exhilarating turn in my career. I had moved to Durham from the University of Edinburgh only three or four years earlier, and had no thought of leaving, much less applying to head up an Oxbridge college. I might, at that stage, have considered becoming a dean or pro vice-chancellor, but I wasn’t really attracted to those roles because there is so much heavy administrative lifting and so little direct engagement with students. When I was approached by Girton, the penny dropped. I thought, “Here’s an opportunity to do something interesting in, and with, the world of higher education yet still be surrounded by 800 young people nearly every day. Perfect!”’

At the time of her appointment, Susan was one of two women heading a mixed Cambridge college and she

often jokes about her career as ‘second woman.’ In 1981, she became the second female fellow at St Peter’s College, Oxford, where she undertook postdoctoral research; she was one of two female professors of Geography in the UK when she assumed the Ogilvie Chair at Edinburgh in 1990 (and one of only two female professors in the University); and in 2008 she was one of two women geographers elected to join a handful of others in the Fellowship of the British Academy. For all that, she considers her election as 19th Mistress of Girton in 2009 her ‘most radical achievement by far.’

Once in office, Susan was immediately keen to build on Girton’s history as a progressive, inclusive institution. Access to Oxbridge was high on the public agenda and, as a Geography undergraduate at St Anne’s College, Oxford, she had learned first-hand the difference between inclusion and belonging:

‘I grew up in inner-city Leicester,’ she recalls. ‘Mum and Dad both left school before they were 15, and I didn’t know anybody who had gone to Oxford or Cambridge. I just thought if I was going to University, I might as well aim high, so I applied to Oxford and, by some miracle, got in. I enjoyed the course – I was one of those people who went to every lecture – but I was conscious of my working-class accent nearly all the time. Of course, there were students with more challenging issues, and I was lucky to have good friends, but there was definitely a sense that something was

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amiss if you didn’t insert an ‘r’ before the ‘t’ in ‘bath.’ While accent wasn’t the only factor, that self-consciousness persisted until I had my first academic job, which took me to the west coast of the United States – where they all thought I was Australian! I was shocked by how liberating that felt.’

Widening participation, Susan points out, is a constant work in progress. ‘It’s not about ticking boxes and closing the files: it’s something that will always need our attention.

It’s easy to remind people that Girton was the first UK institution to educate women to degree level, but it’s also easy to forget what a struggle that was. Those doors had to be kicked down. Because of that struggle, the door today stands open under a large ‘Welcome’ sign. Yet not everybody feels confident enough to come in, and when they do, they may not feel at home.’

As Susan sees it, the most pressing challenge is to build an all-round educational experience that acknowledges complex histories and geographies of disadvantage, dispossession and exclusion: ‘If people from all walks of life, all beliefs, backgrounds, identities and sexualities, and those with a wide range of disabilities, are to feel properly supported, and enabled, then Girton has got to continue as it started – by being bold, innovative and vigilant.’

This same interdisciplinary approach has shaped Susan’s career as a geographer. ‘As an undergraduate, I enjoyed Physical Geography – I was fascinated by deserts and sand dunes. For my PhD, however, I chose a project on fear of crime in inner-city Birmingham. I’ve always been interested in everything, including methodologies and philosophies, but in terms of core research, I’ve ended up in the wide arena of housing studies. And that’s Geography: it teaches you to be literate and numerate, develops your ability to make connections, and encourages one thing to lead on to the next, which is a very exciting way to work.’

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A leader in the field of housing policy – in 2014 she received the Royal Geographical Society’s prestigious Victoria Medal – Susan is pragmatic about combining ‘Mistressing’ with academic work. ‘I knew when I signed up that I wouldn’t be designing any more social surveys, but I thought the world could live with that. I hoped, though, that I would be able to keep some research going, and Girton has been

has got to continue as it started – by being bold, innovative and vigilant

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Growing up in Leicester

supportive.’ Spanning 40 years, her research focuses mainly on the challenge of inequality: she has written widely on the compatibility of markets with an ethic of care; on the role of housing wealth in the restructuring of welfare states; and on the way that owner occupation has an impact on economic inequality in the long run.

In recent years, Susan and her collaborators have become increasingly concerned about ‘the expanding, indebted edges of home ownership.’ She believes effective housing policy should take into consideration affordability, suitability, security and satisfaction. Instead, she argues, it is generally preoccupied with the merits of owning versus renting – a false dualism which is at best unhelpful and at worst a trap: ‘There’s no need to force people to choose between owner occupation – today’s dominant tenure, which is increasingly about building an asset base for the future – and the mixed qualities of renting, which can be cheaper and more flexible, but does not offer the same financial perks. I would prefer people to choose from a thousand tiny tenures, with the option to own all, part or none of the property they occupy, with or without the leverage of mortgage debt and in proportions that can easily be adjusted over time without the upheaval of moving home.’

It’s an ambitious vision and one that demands a radical rethink across the sector. ‘It is probably,’ Susan concedes, ‘too complex to set out in a short interview. It requires an innovative approach to housing, a new way of thinking about the nature of the housing stock, and a different style of politics. I’m aiming for a nation of home stewards who are invested in housing markets, but not up to the hilt, and who are as concerned about preserving their homes for future generations as about winning the lottery that property has become.’

At the end of her term of office, Susan is slightly surprised to find herself the University’s longest-serving Head of

House and joint third-longest-serving Mistress of Girton. ‘The years have flown by, and there are so many more things I’d like to do, but I’m well aware that unfinished business is part of the human condition; you just have to focus on what you have achieved and decide where to draw the line.’

It is not her style to talk of legacy: rather, she views her term of office in the context of an evolving tradition: ‘I’m really proud of all we did to celebrate Girton’s

Portrait of The Mistress by Benjamin Sullivan RP

150th Anniversary in 2019. Everyone loves a party, and we had plenty of those, but as well as celebrating the brilliant research of our world-class fellowship, we took the opportunity to reflect on the achievements of our founders, consider key moments in our history and think critically about where we are today.’

opportunities for all-round personal development in a community where you know you belong.’

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Like other colleges, Girton must evaluate its historical involvement with colonialism, and Susan has been quick to engage with this difficult issue: ‘We already have a good sense of where Girton featured in the unstoppable, interlinked campaigns for women’s education, enfranchisement and entry to the professions; and we know these movements were closely involved with anti-slavery activism and abolitionism. But no Victorian institution that really puts its spectacles on can fail to recognise how multifaceted these histories are. So we have established a Legacies of Enslavement working group (now a standing committee), and I am sure we will be challenged by its findings. I hope, however, that some of the work we did for 2019 will inspire the College to be bold in embracing a deeper past, enlarging the present, and reaching for a future that properly recognises those whose unfree labour – in particular enslavement – helped make us who we are.’

Leading Girton through a global pandemic also provided opportunity for reflection: ‘I was bowled over by the way the whole College community pulled together through Covid, supporting students and each other to stay connected and aim high. During a “rental payment holiday”, when students could have saved money by staying at home, most chose to return as soon as they could. That to me is an indicator of the added value a residential higher education like ours provides, combining subject specialisms with music, sports, the arts and other

Whether playing the euphonium in student ensembles, hosting alumni events or leading the College in times of sadness, Susan, along with her partner Jeremy West, has placed herself at the heart of that community: ‘I’ve always appreciated settings that don’t feel too hierarchical’, she says. ‘Girton is like that, and the dispersed governance system helps. Of course, there are certain responsibilities which, as Mistress, you can’t escape, and you hope that people will respect the office, but everyone here is clever, engaging, hard-working and, actually, very kind, including our students, who bring so much to the table, and I’ve really loved the job.’

Life after Girton has yet to take shape: ‘It turns out that I’ve only had one period of sabbatical leave in my entire academic career, and that was over 25 years ago! So a break is definitely in order.’ Susan may not be keen, in the immediate future, to chair commissions or charities, but her energy and experience will surely be in high demand. And she will take with her ‘the Girton spirit’, that peculiar blend of excellence, aspiration and altruism that has opened doors for so many and that resonates deeply with the 19th Mistress:

‘On the whole, ‘she says, ‘if people are given time and opportunity to explore the frontiers of knowledge, to think critically about science, society, politics and economy from every angle, they will find a way to do the right thing. If young women and men understand that they can make a difference, and maybe change the world, then by and large that is what they will do. The history of our College is testimony to that. And to be part of that history has been the most fantastic privilege.’

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Tributes to the Mistress

To celebrate the 19th Mistress’s achievements, The Year approached Girtonians to ask for their memories. From the Visitor to current students, from Life Fellows to junior Fellows, from alumni to members of the College staff, many responded with enthusiasm; even the ViceChancellor offered a personal tribute.

Martin Ennis (former Editor of The Year) would like to thank all those who helped us piece together the following portrait

Securing the future

The completion of A Great Campaign will undoubtedly be seen as one of the Mistress’s greatest achievements. The most successful fundraising campaign Girton has ever undertaken, A Great Campaign raised over £57 million through a combination of donations and legacy pledges – at the time of writing, £28.2m and £29.2m respectively. The Mistress, supported by far-sighted advisors, convinced College Council that the Campaign should focus on building Girton’s permanent endowment capital. According to Deborah Easlick, Development Director, this ‘very courageous’ decision resulted in what is effectively ‘a reendowment of the College.’ (The figures confirm this: over the course of the Campaign, Girton’s endowment grew from £22 million to over £120 million, giving us a degree of financial resilience we have never before enjoyed.) The College’s Visitor, Baroness Hale, echoes these sentiments, describing the Mistress as a ‘serious champion of Girton –and a courageous one at that.’ Former Senior Tutor Andrew

Jefferies also emphasises the Mistress’s role in securing the financial health of the College: ‘At home and abroad Susan has shown enormous energy, commitment and skill in leading fundraising efforts, and although many others have been heavily involved, Susan’s leadership and enthusiasm were essential.’

In her efforts to raise these huge sums, the Mistress almost certainly travelled further than any previous Mistress. According to the Development Office, she has attended almost 200 alumni events since taking office in 2009, some in the UK but many in Asia and the US. Most of these events were linked to dinners and, to quote Deborah Easlick again, ‘Susan has certainly eaten for Girton.’

Working with others

All our contributors agree that the Mistress’s management style has been marked by an unusual degree of consensus building. Former Bursar Debbie Lowther describes her as ‘the ultimate team player’, while the Vice-Mistress, Hilary Marlow, notes that ‘Susan has the unique gift of combining the necessary gravitas with a warmth and lightness of touch that includes – indeed welcomes – all voices around the table. Her desire for consensus-led decision making has been evident and inspirational.’ George Cowperthwaite, former President of the JCR and later the MCR, agrees: ‘Susan has always been prepared to talk openly about important issues, and she has consistently encouraged student input into all aspects of Girton’s governance, giving equal prominence to the views of staff, students and the Fellowship.’

Enterprise Fellow Sabesan Sithamparanathan goes so far as to claim that the Mistress exemplifies the five key elements needed by a successful leader. Drawing on the theories of Bill George (Harvard Business School), he argues that the Mistress has brought self-awareness, values and principles, motivation, a strong support team and an integrated personal life to her role at Girton. As he points out, excelling in all these areas is normally ‘a lifelong journey.’

All are agreed that the Mistress has played the role of prima inter pares with remarkable skill. Junior Bursar Maureen Hackett notes that ‘the staff give their best for her, because she works harder than any of us, and we see that every day.’

A passion for inclusiveness

The outgoing Vice-Chancellor Stephen Toope maintains that the Mistress’s contributions to the collegiate University have been ‘countless.’ However, he prioritises the Mistress’s work in ‘promoting the core values of equality and diversity within Girton and beyond’; her commitment in this area, he notes, has been ‘outstanding.’

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This is confirmed by many at Girton. Sandra Fulton, Senior Tutor, argues that the Mistress’s ‘support for and development of the College ethos of inclusion has been exemplary’, while Maureen Hackett reveals how much thought goes into articulating Girton’s position to the broader world: ‘Susan’s statements are worked on meticulously, so as to reflect the College’s inclusive stance; she consults, sometimes agonises, and is always open to different perspectives.’

Stuart Davis, one of Girton’s Admissions Tutors, focuses on the Mistress’s role in attracting new applicants to Cambridge: ‘The way she has championed widening participation as central to Girton’s identity and ethos has been so impressive. I’m sure it’s no accident that this was the aim presented first in the College’s Strategic Plan.’ Stuart was particularly keen to highlight the Mistress’s work behind the scenes when A-level results awarded during the first year of the pandemic were queried, bringing a high level of scrutiny to Oxbridge colleges. ‘Admissions Tutors may be resigned to spending a week in sunny August slaving over files, but there is no expectation that the Head of House should be drawing up public statements on admissions policy or responding politely to representations from parents of offer holders, alumni and the general public. Susan’s support for admissions has always been fantastic.’

Girton’s Hong Kong Committee was keen to draw attention to the Mistress’s role in setting up scholarships for needy students from the Asia–Pacific region. Chadwick Mok, chair of the Committee, describes her as ‘a true champion and great supporter’ of their area, noting that it was only because of her leadership that the plan to provide scholarships for aspiring Hong Kong and Singapore students came to fruition.

A feel for democracy

Several contributors highlight the Mistress’s democratic spirit. According to Karen Lee, former Vice-Mistress, the Mistress is ‘just as concerned about a cleaner’s well-being as the comfort of the Visitor when staying in College.’

Maureen Hackett expands: ‘Susan, like other Mistresses before her, is very close to the staff. However, because she and Jeremy have been fully resident – and were more or less the only residents during the Covid lockdowns – they shared in all the back-of-house merriment and mayhem as well as conducting the front-of-house “show” in their own uniquely friendly and appreciative style. Susan is always respected in her role as Head of House, but she is also one of us.’

Phil Mynott

This is confirmed by Michelle Stanley, the Mistress’s Executive Assistant: ‘Susan is one of the best people I have ever worked for. I love that she’s so honest and approachable, and it’s refreshing to work with somebody who forms part of a team rather than just being the leader. (This extends from making coffee to stuffing envelopes.) I’m very grateful to have been given the opportunity to support her.’ Andrew Jefferies makes a similar point, highlighting the Mistress’s ability to relate to people at all levels: ‘She is at ease in all social situations and has done much to bring the College community together for both academic and social purposes.’

Maureen Hackett records a novel solution to one management issue that arose during the 2019 Founders’ Day celebrations. As Junior Bursar, Maureen was determined that the College staff should not have to work that day; at the same time, she and others were keen to have an evening bar. The Mistress immediately offered – demanded – to run it with the help of the College’s senior officers. The bar apparently took a record £1,000 that evening, largely because so many students queued to have a pint pulled by the Mistress.

There was, however, a flipside to this generous gesture: the bar lost the same amount because of the inability of the Mistress and her helpers ‘to judge measures, work the till, or get even half the beer into the glasses.’

Building bridges

Several contributors focused on the Mistress’s role in forging relationships with Girtonians whose connection to the College had weakened or lapsed. Author Wendy Holden (1983) revealed she hadn’t been involved with Girton since leaving in the mid 1980s. ‘Susan not only drew me back in but fired me up all over again about what an incredible institution Girton is. She is a completely admirable person, combining diplomacy and dignity with humour and passion and, of course, huge intelligence.’

Karen Lee draws attention to the Mistress’s role in reconciling Sandi Toksvig with her alma mater following decades of estrangement caused by discriminatory treatment: ‘Susan’s humility in admitting that a wrong had been done and her courage in taking steps to correct that wrong are testimony to her insight, warmth and care, gentle persistence, honesty and integrity, her upholding of Girton’s true values.’ Indeed, shortly after being admitted to an Honorary Fellowship, Sandi Toksvig wrote in Between the Stops : ‘I will be grateful to [the Mistress] for the rest of my life… Sorry is a powerful word and once the [admission] ceremony was over I went out into the corridor and sobbed. Forty years of aching pain released by a single sorry.’

Dealing with crises

The greatest challenge of the Mistress’s time in office was undoubtedly the Covid pandemic. Maureen Hackett suggests that ‘whatever social life we had in College during the pandemic was down to Susan thinking up creative (and legal!) ways to bring people together however she could – virtually, in the gardens, around the firepit, in tents, and

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indoors when we were allowed.’ Hilary Marlow adds: ‘One lasting memory from June 2020 is the graduation video of Susan with the two Praelectors striding through the College gardens, the Praelectors looking suitably solemn, but Susan with a massive grin on her face and positively bounding with energy. This joie de vivre was a triumphant note during a very difficult time and offered a glimmer of hope that, one day, all would be well.’

Others highlight the Mistress’s response to the death of Giulio Regeni. The Vice-Chancellor’s summary may stand as representative of many words devoted to this shocking event: ‘I am particularly grateful for the Mistress’s sensitive handling of the high-profile case of Giulio Regeni, and the way in which she supported the College community through its tragic loss.’

A sympathetic ear

Many contributors comment on the Mistress’s capacity for fellow feeling. George Cowperthwaite notes that ‘Susan’s time at the College has been marked by her willingness to rally support during difficult times.’

Sandra Fulton emphasises the Mistress’s ‘great empathy for others.’ Tim Boniface, College Chaplain, expands on the same theme: ‘Susan’s leadership is characterised by a remarkable combination of compassion and clearsightedness, and a confidence that does not manifest in an overbearing way but – like all well-borne authority – gives others room to flourish. With the particular attention to the well-being of the College that my role requires, I have witnessed first-hand how deeply she feels for others. Compassion is something that has to be nurtured, that has to have room made for it in one’s life, often at a cost. I am convinced that we are very fortunate indeed to have been led by someone willing to make that space and to feel the pain, as well as the joy, of others in the community.’

Maureen Hackett offers a distinctly personal perspective on the heated debates over the future of Wolfson Court, one of the greatest challenges the Mistress had to confront: ‘Susan knows what big changes cost, personally, and her empathy, compassion and kindness to me and my staff during that time made it possible to keep going. They are what I remember now more than the heartbreak.’

Fun – and more fun

While many emphasise the Mistress’s strength in moments of crisis, others were keen to write about the moments when the College let its hair down. Karen Fawcett, a member of the Campaign Board, identifies the qualities that led to the success of the 150th Anniversary: ‘a unique Susan-inspired combination of academic excellence, musical creativity, great humour and fun.’ Simone Maghenzani, one of the Fellows most closely involved in anniversary planning, picks up the theme: ‘It’s important to stress just how much the 2019 celebrations were the result of Susan’s vision. She had a very hands-on approach, and a huge command of detail. It was she who reached out to the “female colleges” in the US and in Singapore; it was she who led discussions with local university leaders.’ The Visitor cuts to the heart of the issue: ‘Who else could have laid on a 150thbirthday weekend that would have done credit to a whole University, let alone a single, underappreciated college?’

Where there’s music, there’s brass Numerous contributors pick out the Mistress’s support for music, and for brass music in particular. During her years in office, she found many excuses for linking ceremonies and meals to musical performances. According to Tim Boniface, the Mistress possesses ‘a relentless energy that is hard to resist. I have learned not to air half-baked ideas – especially musical ones – in Susan’s presence unless I was willing to see them through. I let my guard down one evening in 2021, innocently joking that perhaps there should be a new College song reflecting Covid. An hour later, a slot

at the Feast was booked, and I found myself planning a song-writing session with my predecessor, Malcolm Guite.’

The Director of Music can confirm this: he has been encouraged, repeatedly, to revive an interest in the trumpet that has lain dormant – dead, actually – for half a century. Similarly, the Chaplain, who plays a wide array of instruments, was challenged to locate a neglected flugelhorn ‘tucked away somewhere at home.’ He continues: ‘Any hint that an event might have brass somewhere in it, anything overheard by Susan, will soon become a reality.’

In her response, Margaret Faultless, Bye-Fellow in Music, captures many of the Mistress’s contributions to music: ‘Under Susan’s leadership, Girton has hosted (and employed) some high-flying professional musicians and has established long-standing relationships with many of them. She has supported student music-making at every level, and the very fact that she herself plays is a terrific incentive to Girtonians to participate in things – to have interests outside work and study, and to enjoy having

fun in life. She comes to concerts – where would we be without an audience? – and during the darker times of the pandemic she supported all the online work to keep music flourishing.’

One of the Mistress’s most significant legacies to Cambridge may prove to be the University Music Review, which she chaired. This body, set up to examine all types of musicmaking across the colleges, resulted in the establishment of a new Centre for Music Performance, and it is fitting that the Director of the Centre, Simon Fairclough, has taken up a fellowship at Girton. Maggie Faultless notes that the establishment of the Centre during the pandemic, when resources for anything other than survival were at an absolute minimum, was ‘an extraordinary achievement.’

She continues: ‘I now see that Susan’s model – the Girton model – of inclusivity, engagement and of saying “yes” to opportunities was at the heart of how music was sold to the wider University. It was truly remarkable how she steered the process. I remember a long conversation one afternoon at the height of lockdown when, faced by a devastated music profession, we decided to make even greater claims about the importance of music to the lives of all of us. Susan used

every ray of hope, identifying all the benefits of music; without raising her voice, she managed to bring the review to a successful conclusion.’

And then there’s the hair

Girtonians aren’t prone to linger over personal presentation but, given the frequency with which contributors commented on the Mistress’s appearance, a word or two is perhaps needed. According to Baroness Hale, ‘what first comes to mind about Susan is her glamour, her mane of auburn hair, her height and her high heels’ – sentiments echoed by Wendy Holden: ‘She is so glamorous, that fabulous hair!’ Debbie Lowther remembers reactions to the new Mistress back in 2009: ‘A member of the Girton village community turned to me after Susan’s first Advent Carol Service and said, “I had no idea that young girl was the Mistress!”’ (This comment was followed by the encouraging advice that ‘you could look like that if you grew your hair.’) Debbie claims that she wanted the Mistress on her team from the moment she saw her: ‘We redheads have to stick together.’

In summary

Two qualities shine out from the contributions sent in by Girtonians: loyalty and positivity. Writing independently, the Vice-Mistress and the Junior Bursar produced almost identical comments. Hilary Marlow writes: ‘I have never heard her speak negatively about anyone – even if they are being exceptionally frustrating!’ In similar vein, Maureen Hackett remarks that ‘I have never heard Susan say a negative thing about the College, ever. Her positivity permeates the fabric and enables her to suggest improvements without ever making you feel that you have somehow fallen short, even if you have. A rare skill!’ Karen Lee comes at the same idea from the opposite direction: ‘Susan always thinks the best of people; what’s more, she values everyone equally.’

The Mistress’s desire always to look for the positive can result in speeches peppered with the words ‘fantastic’ and ‘terrific’ – a tendency she claims to have noticed only during her final weeks in office. In an echo of undergraduate drinking games, Stuart Davis decided, during one speech in Singapore, that it would ‘only be right to enjoy a mouthful of bubbly every time Susan used one of her favourite adjectives.’ He adds, with obvious delight, that he and a colleague found themselves refilling their glasses ‘rather too often.’

A final word

One of the warmest of tributes to the Mistress comes from a former member of the catering staff, Kelly BlythSmith: ‘It doesn’t matter who you are; she cares about everyone. People can go a lifetime without meeting someone as empathetic, empowering and selfless. We’ve been blessed to have her as head of this amazing institution.’ The Mistress, she concludes, will always be welcome at Girton – ‘because she is Girton.’

Jeremy West: A Musical Appreciation

A familiar and very popular presence in College for the last thirteen years, Musician-in-Residence Jeremy West heads north at the same time as the Mistress. His contributions have been numerous, both in public, and in supporting our Head of House behind the scenes in more ways than we will ever know. While his success as co-host in the Mistress’s flat, demon cook, ace photographer and most recently, talented editor and producer of many of our online lockdown event recordings, was remarkable, it is his outstanding musical offerings that will be most remembered as enriching our lives, as Gareth Wilson, Director of Chapel Music, explains

Perhaps the best way of ‘capturing’ Jeremy is to recall what I heard about him before I even met him, which was that when he asks you how you are he truly listens to how you answer him. It is significant to mention that this comment came from a student, because the thing for which Jeremy is perhaps best known and most admired, certainly in Higher Education circles, is how much he enjoys mentoring students including those not directly under his tutelage. He has been at the centre of musical life at Girton and has been very much loved for so many years not just because of his participation in musical events (which, of course, is of a world-class standard – his easy-going, unassuming nature disguises the fact that he is one of the most eminent practitioners of Historical Performance working today as co-founder of the internationally-acclaimed ensemble His Majesty’s Sagbutts & Cornetts) but because of his attending them. Although his attendance at weekly Evensong and Compline could always be relied upon, it was his presence at independent student performances and examination recitals, often in locations other than Girton, which was striking and demonstrated his commitment to the College and to those who formed part of its community.

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When I first worked with him, in January 2016, it was because one of his students from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama wanted to pursue a choral and Historic Brass project. Jeremy secured the interest of Girton Choir, chose the repertoire himself, and arranged a trip to Girton for his London-based students. That Candlemas Service became not only the basis of our first tour and recording together (the tour was to Toronto, the CD was Orlande de Lassus’ Requiem, Girton Choir’s first for Toccata Classics) but it established the pattern of what was to become a unique selling point of music at Girton: projects of Renaissance polyphony for choir and historic brass instruments. We have now undertaken seven such projects and have just completed our sixth CD recording, and it is a matter of pride and principle to Jeremy that these have overwhelmingly been populated by student musicians. Using professionals is always an option, especially given his wide range of contacts, but he has always argued that doing so goes against the spirit of what Girton is about. That many of these young players have gone on to become professional colleagues of his is something Girton should feel proud to see happen, but I suspect that for Jeremy it is simply natural instinct to pass on to others what he feels he himself has been given: on several occasions I have heard him tell the story of his

transformative experience as an undergraduate student at Durham when the late Jerome Roche (1942–94) presented to a group of students (including Jeremy) a collection of manuscripts of music which had not been heard for hundreds of years and encouraged them to play and sing it, thereby bringing to life something quite extraordinary which had lain dormant for centuries. This is an experience we aim to recreate for Girton students each year on our choir tours to which Jeremy contributes enormously, not just as a player and coach to his students, but also in terms of planning and in taking the pastoral element of such projects seriously.

Much of this comes from a deep-seated devotion to the College, to its history and what it stands for as well as to what it is now. This informed his approach to entrance interviews, a duty he and I shared as panellists on more than one occasion. In addition to having a remarkable ability to set the young candidates at their ease quickly, he has a keen ability to spot the most eager applicants, to detect who would squeeze the most out of the opportunity to study at Girton; and his inclusive approach in this regard always seems entirely natural and unforced. Those of us who know him will appreciate that this generosity of spirit comes with a welcoming sense of humour which is often as selfdeprecating as it is complimentary to others, but it is his care

Jeremy and Susan on tour with Gareth and the Chapel Choir in the Peterskirche, Vienna, summer 2022

for others that I find to be his most impressive attribute. Indeed, one very recent morning while in Vienna, he and Susan spent well over an hour helping one of his brass students write a job application to ensure that it was submitted on time. That is the kind of people they are, and the example they set is seen by others as central to what makes Girton thrive. While they have both been central to Girton’s fine brass band tradition, the GirTen and the Girton All-Stars having made dozens of highly impressive performances over the years, bringing a sense of quality and humour to May Week Concerts, Sunday recitals, and many a Formal Hall and guest event, it is arguably more important to comment upon the sense of community that these groups generate. One feels that with Jeremy it is never just about music – there is a recognition that the music cannot exist without the people who make it, and that good music-making depends upon a strong community of music-makers. This, I believe, is one of the many reasons why Girton College will miss him. It is why I will miss him.

One of Susan’s last official acts: planting a Blue Imperatrice plum in the Orchard with Jeremy, under the watchful eye of Life Fellow Roland Randall who is overseeing the regeneration of our heritage fruit collections

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Performing with historic brass students from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Eliza Baker Court

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Food for Thought

What started as a lockdown project by two Girton alumni has grown into a full-on, award-winning business, My Emissions, which has since expanded far more than either of them could have expected. It now works with almost 50 food companies to calculate, reduce and carbon label their food, has completed two investment rounds, been featured in the FoodTech 500 and Sifted’s Start-Ups to Watch, and in 2022 won a Young Innovator’s Award from Innovate UK, the government’s national innovation agency. Nathan Bottomley (2015) and Matthew Isaacs (2015) take us on their journey of discovery

In October 2015, we both moved into A Corridor to start our studies at Girton; Matt studied Law and Nathan, Engineering. We thoroughly enjoyed our time in Cambridge, and graduated with excitement about what was to come next. At the start of the 2020 lockdown, we decided to research how we could reduce our own carbon footprint. Very quickly we realised that food is one of the largest sources of global greenhouse gas emissions (at least 25%), and offers one of the best and easiest ways to reduce our impact on the planet. Our initial research showed us that data on individual foods existed, but that it wasn’t being made accessible to consumers.

With little else to do and only so many ‘virtual pubs’ you could attend before things got a little stale, we set to work researching the carbon footprint of different foods and building a comprehensive food emissions calculator. During and after our time at Girton, we had both gained some experience working in start-ups. It therefore felt natural for us to start a project together, and quickly our work on My Emissions filled our time.

For the first six months, we focused on breaking problems down into simple projects and decided what to do based on what we’d learn from and enjoy the most. Our first project was chosen based on what we wanted to see:

a simple food emissions calculator, that broke down the emissions by food item, as opposed to the ‘overall diet’ emissions calculators that were already available. Matt focused on finding existing ‘life cycle assessments’ for our database, whilst Nathan focused on developing our website and calculator.

We finished this project in three months, and published our calculator for the world to see. It was a great moment as our friends, families and other visitors started using it to learn about their food. The calculator remains live on our website, and has now received more than 120,000 uses over the past 18 months. Crucially, it showed us there was an interest in food emissions, and provided the foundation for the model we

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use today to offer carbon assessments in a more scalable way.

My Emissions helps companies understand, reduce and carbon-label their food. We believe clear climate data is the best way to inspire sustainable choices and reduce our impact from food. 67% of consumers are more likely to purchase from brands reducing their carbon footprint. My Emissions follows a data-driven life cycle assessment approach to efficiently calculate the carbon footprint of a product or meal. We collect information about each food product and meal, and rely on a mix of primary data from clients and secondary data from research to complete our calculations. All of our secondary data comes from ‘life cycle assessments’ published in peer-reviewed journals, and we are constantly adding new values as more research is completed. Every carbon label from My Emissions uses the same system boundary, which covers emissions from farming, up to when the food reaches a store, restaurant, or home. This system boundary covers the majority of a food’s emissions, allowing you to make an informed choice, and is standardised so different labels can be compared. My Emissions also offers full cradle-tograve analysis, which covers the entire lifecycle of each product/meal. My Emissions recommends this analysis if you want a full picture of a product’s impact and/or want to go carbon neutral.

The My Emissions carbon label rates a product or meal from A (Very Low) to E (Very High), based on the ‘per kg’ carbon footprint of the food. The thresholds are based on a statistical analysis of all the 3000+ foods in the My Emissions database and were audited by external consultants W2R Solutions. We believe the thresholds for a carbon label should be set by the Government (just like nutritional thresholds), and are actively engaging with regulators about this.

As is the case for many businesses, we worked incredibly hard for our first client, but once they were on board, we hit a tipping point that helped us quickly pick up new clients and grow organically. Procuring clients has provided us with both the biggest highs and biggest lows. One client meeting particularly stands out: we were talking with our largest prospective client to date and they suggested if we submitted a proposal for them with certain conditions it was a done deal. We both proceeded to dance around the room, and pulled some all-nighters the following week to meet the deadline they set us. After submitting, we didn’t hear from them for three months, and it turns out they dropped the project.

This was a humbling experience. When two months later a much larger company contacted us, we remained cool (no premature dancing) and waited until after they had signed to celebrate. It is also nice to be working with a company that your grandma has heard of so she finally understands what your job is.

As we gained more traction, we quickly realised the scale of the challenge in front of us, and knew that we couldn’t tackle it on our own. With the help of some friends, The Prince’s Trust and an Accelerator run by NatWest Bank, we developed a business plan and started to think about external investment. The turning point for us was a hectic ‘sprint week’ in early 2021. We’d been introduced to an ‘angel investor’ with lots of experience investing in earlystage companies, with whom we had weekly calls. After a while, he turned around and gave us a daunting ultimatum: ‘I’ll give you one week to get together a pitch, and if it’s good I’ll be your first investor.’

We spent the entire week developing plans, designing a presentation, and preparing for the call. Our pitch was focused on the size of opportunity, our initial traction, and why we, as two data-orientated graduates, were in

the best position to make the most of it. He grilled us for 30 minutes, giving us flashbacks to supervisions, but eventually he told us he was ‘in’: we had our first investor.

The next four months were occupied with emailing, pitching, and finding our remaining investors. A larger funding round was subsequently completed in May 2022, with a much better pitch and significantly more traction to show. The funding rounds gave us the opportunity to work full-time on developing My Emissions, but importantly we also gained a group of people who buy into our mission and have supported and advised along the way.

From two people working out of our bedrooms during the pandemic, we’re now a full-time team of nine people

committed to helping others make more sustainable food choices. Our current focus remains building a sustainable business that will survive in the long term. We’re gearing up to launch with our largest client so far and have plans to raise more funding, grow the team, and start working with more regions and sectors.

Throughout the past two years one thing has remained constant. At all points both of us have loved what we’re doing, and feel incredibly empowered by the work we’re doing. We hope that we are making a genuine difference towards climate change and our labels will help people and businesses make more sustainable choices, and that reading our story will inspire you to do just that.

Carbon labelling in action

Crouching Artist, Hidden Cobra

Carol Adlam, Mary Amelia Cummins Harvey Visiting Fellow Commoner, views Girton’s antiquities from a new angle

An artist’s eye view is much like a worm’s, I thought to myself as I shuffled my bottom along the parquet floor of the Lawrence Room, getting as close as possible to eye level with Hermione Grammatike, the mummy of a two-thousand-year-old woman who died when she was no older than a Girton undergraduate.

I was fortunate enough to have been invited there by Dr Gillian Jondorf to spend some time drawing Girton’s extraordinary museum of objects, art, paintings, sculptures and mummies (in addition to Hermione there are two tiny crocodiles).

Observational drawing underpins all my work. I draw wherever I go, to document a passing moment, and to see the intricate complexity of the world around me.

It can be awkward and time-consuming and physically taxing. But it can also be revelatory. The way we look at objects in a museum is constrained by certain parameters – our height, the position of a display case, lighting, the presence of other viewers and so forth. In my own work I’ve made a habit of pushing at these parameters. And so I lay next to Hermione. At eye level I could measure the depth of the diamond lattice tape that encases her. I could sense the tilt and solidity of her head, the way her shoulders lay on her death bed.

Next to Hermione there is a case containing funerary figurines (shabti) and a wooden figure in the form of a walking woman (LR.41–44; LR.408). Viewed from the front, as viewers would conventionally see them, the shabtis (to my mind) do not say much; instead, the neatness of their

Hermione at eye level

spacing reinforces the impression of stasis, rigidity. But from the side, they come to life. Drawing them, I saw the variation in their facial features and admired the small chisel cuts that make a frown on one and describe a plump chin on another. I saw the mask-like band of eye make-up on a third. And as I drew the fragments of hieroglyphics that were visible from my point of view, I realised that I was repeating a pattern and that they were the same – all the inscriptions on the shabtis start with a walking figure, a crook, the sun, and the eye of Horus.

I turned my attention to other objects. I admired the precision of the minuscule fingers of Isis as she cradles the back of the head of her son Harpokrates who sits on her lap (the whole thing no larger than a few centimetres) (LR.108). I caught a flash of iridescent green in a Roman unguentarium that has turned white over time (LR.819). I drew the happy coincidence of object, light and shadow that turned a procession of marching boars, tortoises, dog, and goat into a double image (LR.779–784).

I was about to leave when the Tang dynasty Horse and Rider in the corner cabinet caught my eye (LR.1056). It is apparently a mystery even to experts in the field, who have hypothesised that the figure on it is a clown, possibly female. The figure appears to be laughing, and the horse is at full gallop.

Horse and Rider is extraordinary. Drawing it revealed to me that it is composed of twisting planes, orientated around a central point – the tiny strip of white which is the stirrup on which the rider’s foot is braced. This stirrup is the single point that allows the Rider’s body to twist and brace itself backwards, its torque turning away from the twisted neck of the horse. But what could be causing this explosive moment, I wondered? I drew the horse’s Shadow procession

teeth, its mouth set in an expression that looked to me panic-stricken, and I was puzzled.

I drew the Rider’s body, and the strange object that is draped over his or her shoulder. At first I thought it was merely decorative, some sort of drape, perhaps a scarf. But then I realised that it twists under the Rider’s arm, and that its end section is not merely rising in the wind but is lifting itself of its own accord.

To test my hypothesis, I squeezed myself as low down as I could, as closely as I could to the Rider’s body, and looked up, at an angle no casual visitor to the museum will ever see. I saw nostrils, the trace of a hood at the side, and a pair of little black eyes.

The object draped around the Rider is a snake – perhaps a cobra.

Girton’s zoologist Fellow, Dr Arik Kershenbaum, has suggested that this may be a representation of the venomous Chinese cobra, Naja atra. It would need a sinologist to say what the cultural significance of the snake might be. Perhaps such a fearsome snake indicates that the Rider is a warrior. Or perhaps the snake has appeared unexpectedly, as it does in the Chinese Zodiac, in which, the story goes, it gains advantage in the race of time by smuggling itself around a horse’s leg and then dropping to the ground as the horse crosses the finish line.

My worm’s-eye artist’s view gives me no insights into these questions. But it does allow me to see overlooked or neglected details, to make new connections, and in this case, to spot the cobra that has been hiding in plain sight for over a century in the heart of Girton College.

Horse and rider

The Remarkable Lady J

Life Fellow Ruth Williams recalls the eminent Girton mathematician Bertha Jeffreys

In 1903 in Northampton, a couple with the unusual surname of Swirles, but otherwise quite ordinary, had a baby daughter whom they called Bertha. Little did they suspect that her life would be far from ordinary and that she would be involved in one of the most important scientific revolutions of the twentieth century. Her father, a leather salesman, died while she was still a toddler. Her mother was a schoolteacher, as were seven of her nine aunts, which perhaps gives a hint of her future path.

A photograph of her in her pram wearing glasses makes her look suitably studious.

Her mother taught at Bertha’s primary school and her Aunt Bertha was headmistress. She escaped from the family’s clutches when she moved to the newly-established Northampton School for Girls, where she was taught mathematics by three Cambridge women graduates. Her mother subscribed to Scientific American for her and,

Bertha and Harold in their garden at 160 Huntingdon Road, after apple picking, in 1984 (Girton College Archive GCPH 6/2/94/5)

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looking back at that time, she wrote ‘As I was brought up almost entirely by women, it did not occur to me that there was anything strange in wanting to become a mathematician or physicist.’ It was no great surprise when she was awarded a scholarship at Girton to read mathematics.

Bertha flourished in Cambridge, and found time to play the organ as well as the piano. At that time the Girton organ was hand-blown and she had to bribe one of her friends to blow it for her. She graduated with a first in 1924, then spent the next year reading Part II Physics. The practical classes were rather disastrous as she was quite clumsy, perhaps feeling conspicuous as the only woman in the class, and her practical notebook was never the same after she, her bicycle and it ended up in a ditch on the way back to Girton one evening.

What she read about the Bohr theory of atomic spectra caught Bertha’s imagination, and, having found financial support for research from Girton and a government grant, she was sent to see the distinguished physicist and Nobel laureate (in chemistry) Rutherford, who said ‘They tell me that you are not much good at experiments; you had better go and see Fowler.’ In 1925 she did indeed become a research student of Fowler, joining a distinguished company of students that included Nobel prize winners such as Dirac and Chandrasekhar. Soon she became involved in research in the new and very exciting field of quantum mechanics, which describes the properties of matter at the very smallest scale, and is the basis for much of what we now take for granted, like televisions, computers and mobile phones. Bertha encountered many eminent visitors from abroad, but it was difficult to meet and talk informally with them and with other students as the relevant societies, which met in the evenings, were not open to women.

In contrast, when she spent the winter of 1927–28 in

Germany, at Göttingen, the epicentre of the new theory, she interacted with many of its originators, like Born and Heisenberg, from whom she would have learned about the uncertainty inherent in the theory. Its fundamental entity, the wave function, encodes the probability of observing the system in a particular state. Furthermore, knowing the position of a particle very accurately necessarily limits how accurately its speed can be known, and vice versa. It was not just over physics that Bertha spent time with the researchers: as one of the few women in those circles, she played a pivotal role in dancing classes for physicists.

After completing her PhD in 1929, Bertha moved to Manchester as an Assistant Lecturer. It was here that she did some of her most innovative research; she worked on extending calculations of electron interactions to the relativistic case, which was necessary since tiny particles can move very fast, with speeds near that of light. She also included superpositions of wave functions, a crucial conceptual development in quantum mechanics. An example of superposition is the famous thought experiment of Schrödinger’s cat. In a quantum mechanical world, the cat exists in a mixture or superposition of states of being alive or dead, and only when the cat is observed does it jump into a definite state of life or death. The calculational methods Bertha was instrumental in developing have led to tabulations of wave functions for many multi-electron atoms, and these tables are still used today by atomic physicists and theoretical chemists.

Appointments followed at Bristol and at Imperial College, London, then after a further spell at Manchester, Bertha returned to Cambridge in 1938 to an Official Fellowship and Lectureship in Mathematics at Girton. She was to remain here for the rest of her career and taught many generations of women mathematics students, who have gone on to propagate her influence to ever-widening circles.

Bertha was a gifted musician and played the cello in the CUMS orchestra. Amongst the tenors in the CUMS chorus was Harold Jeffreys, a distinguished mathematician and geophysicist, a Fellow of St John’s. They had met earlier at a conference, and, chatting after rehearsals, they cemented their friendship and eventually married in 1940. (She was heard to say ‘It took a war to get us together!’) Harold was knighted in 1953 for services to science and Bertha became Lady Jeffreys or Lady J as she was known affectionately by her students.

After marriage, Bertha continued her research in quantum theory but for a while her major focus was on writing a book with Harold. Methods of Mathematical Physics, first published in 1946, is an extremely comprehensive account of the techniques which form the essential mathematical equipment of a theoretical physicist or applied mathematician. It is written in a very clear and scholarly way, with the innovation that, at the start of each chapter, there are appropriate and amusing quotations taken from sources ranging from Ibsen to Lewis Carroll. The authors were making the point that studying mathematical methods can be fun. The book has instructed generations of students and is still a recommended text at universities all over the world. When not involved in academic work, Bertha could often

be found selecting birthday gifts for the children and grandchildren of her former students, or indulging her passion for music. She had kept up her piano playing and in her nineties still played piano duets with a nonagenarian friend. She was still writing letters to colleagues who, when they saw her handwriting on a re-used envelope, realised with dismay that there must be another mistake in their book or paper. Bertha was an avid re-cycler before it was fashionable: she always wrote on the back of old examination scripts in supervisions.

Bertha’s mother and one of her aunts had lived in the Jeffreys household in their nineties, and she was determined to live longer than they had, although not bothered about living longer than Harold who had died in 1989 aged 98. She was also very sure that she did not want to see in the Millennium, with the predictions of cataclysmic (but eventually unrealised) events. She was not one to be defeated, and succeeded on both counts, dying of natural causes at the age of 96 in December 1999. Hers was a remarkable life of innovation in research in a field where there were very few women, and in teaching, stretching over almost the entire twentieth century. Formidable but warm and approachable, she was a memorable Girton figure.

Some of the many editions of Methods of Mathematical Physics

Cavendish Arts–Science Fellowship

This year we welcomed the first holder of our Cavendish Arts–Science Fellowship, funded by Dr Una Ryan OBE (Scully, 1963), which allows an artist to spend time at Girton creating new works through dialogue and collaboration with physicists at the Cavendish Laboratory. Elected to this innovative fellowship for 2021–22 was Logan Dandridge. Logan’s art interweaves research into the aesthetics of the Black radical tradition and Black visual and sonic culture with experimental moving-image works that combine language, poetry, sound and rhythm with fragmented and found images.

‘I’m no stranger to the paralysis of racialised violence’ says Logan. ‘I like to use films to help me sing, dance and shout my way through daily tumult. It’s what my ancestors would’ve wanted and how they used rhythm to heal. To this end, I like to imagine the gravity that resides within language, memory and sound. All the iterations in my work feel very fragile sometimes. I like to think that I’m building alternative histories. How many Black futures will end before they begin? As my time in Cambridge progressed, I began to approach these questions through physics. One of the first things that struck me was how broadly physicists utilise experimental systems of inquiry to challenge the status quo and resolve enigmatic topics. There is something equally radical about the process and responsibility of anyone who commits themselves to the arts.’

Logan Dandridge

Enterprise Fellowship

During the year, Girton established a new category of fellow commoners, to be known as Enterprise Fellows. We are thrilled that the first Enterprise Fellow to join us in 2022-23 will be Dr Sabesan Sithamparanathan, formerly Tucker-Price Research Fellow at Girton, and founder and CEO of PervasID, a Cambridge University spin-out company built on his groundbreaking PhD research. Sabesan is a multi-award-winning academic/entrepreneur who has invented and developed the world’s most accurate battery-free radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking technology. These tracking solutions are transforming entire industries across the world, automatically identifying and wirelessly tracking assets and inventory in the healthcare, industrial, security, retail and supply chain logistics sectors. For instance, in healthcare, PervasID solutions are being deployed in NHS trusts and EU hospitals for tracking surgical instruments to enhance decontamination and sterilisation processes, and to track other hospital assets to ensure that mission-critical medical devices are available at the right place and time, for robust and efficient care. The need for this level of traceability of medical devices has been particularly evident during the pandemic. These solutions are predicted to save £billions for NHS hospitals and will save lives. Similarly, in the aerospace industry, it is estimated that ‘Foreign Object Debris’ costs the aviation industry $13billion a year in direct and indirect costs, including flight delays, plane changes and fuel inefficiencies. Sabesan’s products can scan the tool storage cabinets used when building planes with 100% accuracy to ensure no tools have been left behind inside the plane, thus preventing delayed flights and accidents. In 2021, Sabesan won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s prestigious Silver Medal, and PervasID won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation.

Sabesan Sithamparanathan

Blooming Marvellous! A New Garden for Girton

To mark the centenary of the death of Girton’s longest-serving Mistress, Elizabeth Welsh, we held a competition to create a design for a new Sensory Garden. For this venture, Girton was awarded the 2021–22 Excellence Award for Green Impact by the University, in pursuit of its aim to be the Greenest College in Cambridge. Caroline Luker and Maureen Hackett take up the story

Miss Welsh (1842–1921) was the sixth mistress of Girton and Garden Steward, overseeing a major landscaping of the gardens during her time in office. The whole College has been so grateful for our glorious grounds and the work of our gardeners during the pandemic that we were wondering how to mark her contribution in an appropriate way, one hundred years on. The current Mistress was super-keen and we quickly realised that the College’s old croquet lawn, which hadn’t been used for that purpose for many years, could provide a site for a brand new development in our green space.

We wanted whatever replaced the lawn to be inclusive and accessible for the whole community and our neighbours: a project that could grow and develop over several years with the help of staff, students and Fellows, and one which focused on wellbeing, bio-diversity and sustainability. So in Lent Term 2022 we launched our ‘Sensory Garden’ competition. This was open to everyone in College. Entries could be a complete plan, a plan for a section, or a planting list. Entrants had to liaise with the Gardens Team to identify what recyclable materials we had around the grounds which could be incorporated, and designs had to consider sustainability (including minimal maintenance and watering); promoting biodiversity; accessibility and child-friendliness; and making it appeal to all five senses.

We were blown away by the time and thought that had gone into the ten entries we received. The judging panel consisted of the Mistress, the Junior Bursar, the College Surveyor, the Gardens Team and a guest judge, landscape architect and garden designer, Robert Myers (1987). Entries were so strong that during the judging it was agreed that each had elements which could either be incorporated into the new Sensory Garden or taken up elsewhere in the grounds, such as an idea for a maze in the shape of Elizabeth Welsh’s initials, and horticultural planting of a Girton Crest.

Joint first prizes for overall design went to Edward Carden (1st Year, Architecture), and to Fellows Sophia Shellard and Peter Sparks. Prizes for individual innovative features went to Nicole Ivanov (2nd year, Natural Sciences), the Student Services team, and Piers Bowater (1st Year, Engineering). They were melded together by Robert over a series of meetings and the final concept was reviewed by staff, Fellows and students on our Spring Garden Walk. Ideas which we also loved came from Lila Janik, Charlie Nicholson, Kristina Calver and Claire Coates. Sophia Rahim’s design got a special mention. The 19th Mistress ‘broke ground’ for the project in September 2022, just before leaving, and work on implementing the Sensory Garden will be led by our new head gardener, Julia Andersson. We now

Peter Sparks’ large-leafed textural planting

Nicole Ivanov’s ‘Elizabeth Welsh’ crushed gravel path Sophia Shellard’s ‘room 1’ grass and perennial ‘prairie’ planting

Piers Bowater’s ‘suikinkutsu’ reflective water feature

Sophia Shellard’s ‘room 2’ autumn and winter planting

Peter Sparks’ camomile lawn and Ed Carden’s mounds

Piers Bowater’s ‘waterfall’ set into yew hedge

Sophia Shellard’s ‘room 4’ scented white garden planting

Piers Bowater’s natural timber seat

Sophia Shellard’s ‘room 3’ Greco Roman gravel garden

Ed Carden/Peter Sparks’ pergola

Ed Carden’s lavender ‘sensory circle’

Charlie Nicholson’s pictoral meadow

Peter Sparks’ overall ‘room’ structure and hedges, trees etc

plan to get the community involved in digging out and rabbit-proofing the area. Once this has been completed, there’ll be an action plan for each part of the garden. In the longer term, we see this project being an opportunity for everyone to ‘muck in’, including a great chance to relieve stress over the exam period! We’ll be holding workshops for people interested in gardening, sustainability and design, which will be a really positive focus. We’ve also created

a Green Forum so that students and staff, together with Fellows, can meet to generate and discuss more ideas for how we can become and remain ‘the Greenest College in Cambridge.’ It’s been hugely enjoyable pushing forward this initiative and once the garden is finished, we hope that it will also be a benefit for the whole Girton community including our neighbours in the village, as well as one which other Colleges can be inspired by.

Peter Sparks’ tile seat

Fellows’ Garden

Brave New World: Central Bank Digital Currencies

Collin Constantine, Official Fellow in Economics, considers how the rise of cryptocurrencies is forcing a rethink of monetary policy

The development of blockchain technology, Bitcoin, and other private digital currencies or cryptocurrencies has led to an intense debate on the corresponding effects on monetary policy; and whether central banks should develop digital currencies.

Traditionally, households and firms utilise central bank money (cash) and/ or commercial banks’ money (deposits) to undertake financial transactions.

Typically, we use an electronic payments system, say debit/credit cards, to utilise bank deposits. But since the recent burst of financial innovation, numerous private digital currencies compete with bank deposits and central bank money. Digital currencies are appealing because they are cheaper and less transparent than the traditional electronic payments system.

This new form of competition is potentially problematic for monetary policy and banking. First, the extensive use of private digital currencies may undermine major deposittaking institutions that provide a safe and stable return. This is an especially grave problem during periods of major economic uncertainty (a financial crisis), where the availability of private digital currencies may induce a ‘run on the banking system’, i.e. households and firms may exchange bank deposits for cryptocurrencies. Second, the effectiveness of monetary policy is compromised. Typically, commercial banks borrow central bank money to undertake transactions with other banks at an interest rate determined by the central bank. This is necessary when households and firms at Bank A use their deposits to purchase goods and services from other actors at Bank B. In short, at the

end of each day, banks owe each other deposits, and central bank money settles these liabilities. When the central bank raises the cost of borrowing central bank money, commercial banks increase their lending and deposit rates; thus, they raise the cost of using bank deposits in the economy. This is the nexus among bank deposits, commercial banks, and the power of monetary policy. However, as households and firms hold digital currencies, the demand for both cash and bank deposits falls directly. Therefore, as bank deposits dominate fewer financial transactions, commercial banks indirectly reduce their demand for central bank money. It follows that private digital currencies weaken the central bank’s power by directly and indirectly reducing the demand for its currency.

At one extreme, central banks can outlaw the use of private digital currencies to maintain their control over money and banking. But this draconian approach may undermine financial innovation, say, the development of blockchain technology. The tentative consensus is to avoid destroying the sandbox of financial innovation, where China is a well-known exception as it has banned the use of private cryptocurrencies.

Many analysts contend that the development of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) safeguards financial innovation and the power of monetary policy. But we are far from a consensus because a CBDC revolutionises money and banking in the following ways. First, if CBDCs are available

to all citizens, then it reduces the private banking system’s power to create money (bank deposits) as CBDCs are safer assets. In other words, if citizens prefer central bank deposits over commercial bank deposits, then the moneycreation mechanism of bank loans to bank deposits is significantly weakened. In one sense, money becomes truly nationalised. Secondly, since commercial banks can create loans and deposits ex nihilo – given a robust demand for commercial bank deposits – private money creation by banks tends to inflate the demand for goods, services, and financial products beyond what economic fundamentals may warrant. It follows that CBDCs stabilise the economy by reducing the banking system’s money creation power, which tends to be pro-cyclical. Thirdly, private banks are no longer ‘too big to fail’ if most citizens hold CBDCs. In the case of bankruptcy, the payments system is maintained without a financial bailout. Fourth, the central bank gains a new policy tool by paying interest on CBDC deposits. Overall, proponents contend that a CBDC promotes financial inclusion and stability and enhances the power of monetary policy.

One concern with CBDCs is that they may produce higher loan rates or reduce the extent of private credit creation by banks. Following the introduction of a CBDC, private banks may raise their deposit rates to attract customers and their lending rates to maintain profit margins. The concern of higher loan rates is still hotly debated, and some advocates suggest that central banks can engage in credit creation.

The Central Bank of Bahamas has launched its own digital currency, the Sand Dollar; and several other central banks are in the process of doing so, for example, the Riksbank – the Central Bank of Sweden. Still, major central banks like the Federal Reserve remain sceptical of the utility of a CBDC or divided about its purpose and rationale. The division of opinion was to be expected as the wave of innovation is still ongoing, and the precise role of a CBDC is still uncertain. But what we know for sure is that the recent wave of financial innovation has led to a rethink of monetary policy and banking and a lively debate about democratising the production and use of money.

A Sense of the Census: Girton in 1921

In the early summer of 1921 the College was, like the nation, still reeling from the impact of the Great War and the global influenza pandemic. No woman at Girton – whether academic, staff or student – remained untouched by the illness, injury or death of family and friends. The College had also suffered a huge setback the previous year when the University voted once again to deny women membership and to award them only titular degrees. Yet Girton remained determinedly focused on the future, and in 1921 had formed a committee with the intention of obtaining a charter of incorporation from

the Crown, to set its legal standing on a par with the men’s colleges.

On the evening of Sunday 19th June the Mistress, Katharine Jex-Blake (1860–1951), sat down like millions of others across the country to fill out the decennial census return for the ‘Girton Ladies College’ on Huntingdon Road, recording that the premises contained 225 rooms with 51 people on site. There had been a competition among students in Easter Term called the ‘Great College Calculation’ to help determine the first of these figures, which had been won by engineer

The returns for the 1921 Census for England and Wales were released earlier this year. Caroline Shenton discovers what they tell us about Girton residents one hundred years ago

The Mistress and academic staff in 1919, with those resident on Census Night in 1921 highlighted. Back row: Ethel Fegan, Pauline Leveson, Hilda Murray, Janet Bacon. Front row: Frances Cave-Browne-Cave, Eleanor Allen, Katharine Jex-Blake, Kathleen Butler (Girton College Archive GCPH 10/47/14)

Domestic staff in 1923, including some who appear in the 1921 Census. The kitchenmaids are in lighter coloured dresses; housemaids in black with plain white aprons; and parlourmaids in black with lacier aprons. Miss Hindle, the housekeeper, presides over them all in the centre of the second row from the front (Girton College Archive, GCPH 10/47/15)

Elizabeth Little. She gave the £5 prize back to the College, ‘to dispose of as popular opinion decided.’ A donation was duly made to the Central Europe Relief Fund, which had narrowly beaten the other proposal of acquiring a College peacock.

For the first time, the Census required that the employer and place of work of each resident were listed along with their occupation. For Girton this was extremely straightforward – they were the same thing – though it’s important to understand that there were many members of the College community not listed in the return. To begin with, nearly all the students were absent, it being the summer vacation. Just two were still up: there was Constance Bose, 22, from Saidpur, Benghal (today in the Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan) perhaps not easily able to leave during the summer or maybe waiting for a convenient passage home; and Irene Butler, 20, from Dullington in Northumberland, who was retaking an examination. Some College servants would have returned to their families in the holidays. Then there would have been a number who always lived offsite, including the seven men working under the direction of Jane Swindale, very recently

appointed as Garden Steward aged 52 (though listed by Jex-Blake as ‘Head Gardener’), with whom Gertrude Jekyll corresponded about planting schemes for Cloister Court and Emily Davies Court.

Those who counted Girton as home as well as Jex-Blake included the Bursar, 53-year-old Eleanor Allen (who was also the Vice-Mistress), whose lasting impact can very visibly be seen in the Dining Hall, its oak panelling installed in memory of her ‘long and unsparing devotion’ to the College. The Lecturers in residence were Frances Cave-Browne-Cave, the mathematician who later that year was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, and who drafted Girton’s ground-breaking 1924 Charter; Janet Bacon (Classics), who fourteen years later became Principal of Royal Holloway College, London; Kathleen Butler, lecturer in Italian and French, and Mistress from 1942 to 1945; the Welsh historian Mary Jones who served as Vice-Mistress 1938–1940; and Hilda Murray, who was the inspirational English supervisor of legendary Girton Mistress, Muriel ‘Brad’ Bradbrook. Equally formidable was the Librarian, Ethel Fegan, 44, who had previously been employed by Cheltenham Ladies’ College. After leaving Girton in 1929 ‘Fegs’ went on to a further

significant career in Nigeria and the Gold Coast (Ghana), both in library education and in leprosy relief. Supporting the Mistress was the College Secretary, Kathleen Robertson, 29, who was Scottish, and Junior Bursar Pauline Leveson, 48, from London.

Perhaps most interesting of all, the Census return gives us an insight into the names and backgrounds of the domestic staff who kept the College spick and span, even during vacations. In charge of all housekeeping operations was Grace Hindle, 45, who had been born in the major port city of Callao in Peru. Ethel Underwood, 32, from Low Gibton in Yorkshire, was her second-in-command. Grace oversaw a team of 30, including 23 housemaids. Their job was to do the heavy work of cleaning the bedrooms and studies, dusting and sweeping the corridors, polishing the windows, washing the stairs and other public areas, bringing in coal, laying fires and carrying away rubbish. Teenaged sisters Eileen and Nora Searle were from Grantchester and other housemaids were mostly from nearby too, including Swavesey, Bourn, Linton and Fulbourn. However a few were from further afield, including two women from Troston in Suffolk, Laura Arnold and Maude Barker, perhaps friends; Alice Dare from Finchingfield in Essex; Annie Burr from Kemptown in Brighton; Selina Butler from Shropshire; and Charlotte Nicholson from Staveley in Derbyshire, who at 53 was the oldest; the youngest, Joy Gawthrop, was 15.

There were six parlourmaids, attending to the Mistress and lecturers more directly, serving tea and meals, polishing glass and silver, ensuring the presentation and comfort of areas such as the Stanley Library and the Reception Room were maintained, and on occasion undertaking some tasks of the lady’s maid. Parlourmaids generally came from a distance, being more skilled and often chosen for their ‘presentability.’ Among them were women from Huntingdon, Norfolk, and even County Down. One parlourmaid from Newmarket –Bertha Crane – had two older sisters, Mabel and Maud, working at Girton as housemaids. All were obviously single. Working alongside them was a sole male among 50 women, 14-year-old Gerald Fabb from Fulbourn, who was employed as the College’s ‘page boy’, running errands and cleaning shoes and boots.

There is no mention of kitchen staff other than a kitchen maid called Dorothy Hall (who may in fact have been an assistant cook), so either the College cook was out on Census night, or she and other kitchen staff lived offsite. There were clearly plenty of people to feed. Similarly, the Assistant Matron Winifred Keyte, a 33-year-old widow (one wonders whether a war widow in fact), was in residence, but where the actual Matron was is not clear.

Finally, the 1921 return throws up a remarkable coincidence. The College Portress was one Annie Wilson, 39, and the Assistant Portress was Joanna Harvey, 24. Wilson was another widow, this time from Dublin, who bore the same name and marital status as the villainous scout in Dorothy L Sayers’ 1935 masterpiece of life in an all-women’s college, Gaudy Night (featuring a thinly-disguised Somerville, Oxford). But happily there is no evidence of similar dark deeds having taken place at Girton as a result. It will be another 30 years before another Census for England and Wales is published, the 1931 returns having been destroyed by an accidental fire in 1942 and no Census having been taken in 1941 owing to the war. Who knows what surprises it will hold for researchers in 2052?

A Room of One’s Own in 1921, of the kind counted in the ‘Great College Calculation’ (Girton College Archive, GCPH 10/52/31)

Jane Martin Prize for Poetry 2022

The Jane Martin Poetry Prize is awarded to poets aged 18-30 who are resident in the UK. Now in its 12th year, this national competition was established in memory of Girton alumna Jane Elizabeth Martin. This year’s winner with ‘Al-Shadhili’ was Lev Crofts (Semyonovich), a Scottish writer and school teacher currently living in London. He graduated last year from St. John’s College, Oxford, where he read Archaeology and Anthropology. While at university he edited The Isis Magazine, was the fiction editor for the Oxford Review of Books, and his poetry, prose and non-fiction has been published variously in The Isis Magazine, Industry Magazine, 1555 Magazine, The Mays Anthology and The Common Ground Magazine. Since graduating he has joined the Teach First programme and works as an English teacher in a statemaintained academy in Hounslow. Al-Shadhili was a Sufi mystic who – they say – invented coffee in order to stay awake for dhikr, a repetitive praising of God through the Islamic proclamation of faith (shahada)

Al-Shadhili

Unfocused by twelve hours of dhikr sung, Al-Shadhili, eyebags like pinned tent flaps, Stopped chanting shahada, stood-down his lips, And, returning to, removed himself from among The muttered ecstasy of their desert masjid, His praying brothers’ eyes so shut that under the lid No self could sit and block the road to God.

Through moon-lit fatigue, he could hear them singing still. In that air, the droning hum swirled the stars and made Heaven of the sands. Once-pious thoughts strayed To the notes alone, saw no godly meaning in each trill But ecstasy in its mere sound; a spiritual delight That was animal only. He awoke again to holy night, Shocked that half-dream had swept him from God.

Confronting the final temptation, sleep, Al-Shadhili shuffled brown beans from a sack. Grooved desert-horse hooves, ridged like a camel’s back, Pattered on the copper base and made a heap. He picked up a sandstone, ground them into divine Powder and drank through his nose dry Arabian wine. With this in a drink, he thought, I can focus on God.

Like sun-dried leather, he watched the water tan And brew clouds in which an oaky pleasure hung. In a sip, a full, bitter rapture lapped on his tongue. It whirled with the music, like soft wind in a dune. He tipped out the dregs and watched the sand bruise, Hellish black, which accused him: was God his excuse For coffee, or was coffee his way to God?

© Lev Crofts (Semyonovich)

An Ovation for the Senior Tutor

Senior Tutors never sleep. That at least is the impression that the friends and colleagues of outgoing Senior Tutor, Dr Sandra Fulton, have formed over nearly a decade. Sandra is Girton’s eighth Senior Tutor in just over 50 years; and third longest serving after Mr Andrew Jefferies (1996–2013) and Dr Dorothy Thompson (1981–1992). What, you may wonder, attracted her to such a daunting role? It came up at the right time, apparently, and her family were supportive of the awkward hours she sometimes works. She was supremely well qualified, being an accomplished biochemist, excellent teacher (she won a prestigious Pilkington Prize in 2016), experienced tutor and fount of knowledge on both College and University policies, practices and procedures. But above all she was and remains passionate about the transformative power of a fine education and determined to deliver it. She is always delighted when students do well, and thrilled to see them graduate, but Sandra is motivated more than anything by the prospect of seeing ‘students who have faced enormous challenges come down the Senate House steps, rightfully proud of their achievements.’ That passion, in a nutshell, is why she found herself with a 24/7 brief.

It is not as if she had no idea what she was letting herself in for. Before stepping into the role, Sandra had been a Director of Studies in Biological Sciences at Girton for nearly fifteen years, and Admissions Tutor for over five; earlier still, she had been active in supporting students and fellow lecturers at the University of Manchester. Yet in the decade since she embarked on her latest term of office, not only has Sandra come to define what the description ‘Senior Tutor’ means, but she has witnessed, championed, and taken a lead in implementing some

sweeping changes both across the University and here at Girton. She has helped transform outreach and admissions, expanded the brief for student services, driven innovation in teaching and learning, encouraged Fellows’ aspirations and more.

For Sandra, the only Senior Tutorship on the radar was at Girton, with its distinctive history and heartwarming culture: as she puts it, ‘I would not have wanted to tackle these challenges in any other college.’ Girton is certainly a community full of spirit, brimful of energy and driven by a sense of adventure towards an array of outstanding achievements. But higher education is not all plain sailing. The most daunting challenge by far has to do with mental health, especially, but not only, that of young people. Fortunately, our students are now much more ready and able to ask for help than they once were; unfortunately, the incidence and complexity of mental health conditions is growing all the time. This is not unique to Girton, to Cambridge or even to higher education as a sector. Girton, however, under Sandra’s leadership is grasping the nettle firmly, most recently by restructuring the academic division to make space for a new stream of activity dedicated to welfare, wellbeing and enrichment.

The Senior Tutor is the go-to person in times of serious trouble and Sandra has always been there for us: when tragedy struck ahead of the 2016 Spring Ball, when students or close colleagues died, when turmoil hit during Covid and when complex accounting and reporting systems needed completing on time. Whether supporting our tutors through thick and thin, engaging with student representatives, or following up with individuals, Sandra has (as our Admissions Tutor, Dr Stuart Davis, puts it) been ‘a pillar of support, with many a wise word to dispense.’ Something which, according

The Mistress, Susan J Smith, salutes Dr Sandra Fulton, who is stepping down as Senior Tutor after nine hugely demanding but highly successful years

to Vice-Mistress Dr Hilary Marlow, is ‘born out of years of experience’ as well as ‘from her desire to treat everyone – students, staff, Fellows – with the utmost dignity and respect.’ No challenge has proved too large, and indeed none too small, to attract the Senior Tutor’s energy and attention. In fact, the phrase, ‘I have learned so much working with her over the last few years’ has too many authors to list…

There are some aspects of the job that Sandra will not miss. Being on call is one of them (a 24/7 duty now shared by a team of three). Student discipline is also a tough call in the world between school and work that Colleges occupy. She will, however, miss working so closely with the tutorial team, with admissions and outreach and with the hopes and dreams of the many students who have travelled through her office. Like everybody who moves on she has unfinished business: the internships and volunteering schemes that are still to get underway, the bridging programmes that will soon enable even more students to make the most of their educational journey, an overdue review of how best to support the small-group teaching on which our whole system depends.

If the Senior Tutor had her time again, she thinks she would say ‘no’ more often. But I do not believe her. Sandra is one of the most selfless colleagues I have known. Girton is a kinder, better place because she says ‘yes’ so often, and because she is so open to new ideas and interesting ventures. That, I am sure will shape her own next steps. A well-earned sabbatical to start with, and some overdue ‘down time’, so she says. In fact, she will be out getting fit, picking up where she left off as a volunteer and enjoying a spot of travel, before returning to College to connect with old friends – something we are all, already, looking forward to enormously.

Girton Conversations

For a second year we are delighted to announce the results of the Girton Springtime Photo Competition, begun last year as part of our interdisciplinary initiative Girton Conversations, and supporting our strategy for a Green Girton. The competition attracted over 60 entries from Fellows, students and staff and the overall quality remains very high…providing quite a challenge for the judges!

Winners by Category

Black and White: Emma Latham-Jones ‘Girton pond’s reflection.’

Macro: Lucia Luengo Gutierrez ‘Mirroring nature.’

Plants: Gemma Brighten ‘Early morning autumn blossom’ (featured on p. 107 ).

SLR: Seb Falk ‘Flower power.’

Wildlife: Jeremy Feng ‘Swan by Swirles’ (featured on p. 129) and Nicole Rix ‘The watering hole.’

Runners-up included entries by Soudabeh Imanikia ‘Perspective’ (featured on p. 101), Sofija Stevanovic ‘Spring feast’ (featured on p. 70).

Wildlife: Nicole Rix ‘The watering hole’

nature’

Macro: Lucia Luengo Gutierrez ‘Mirroring

SLR: Seb Falk ‘Flower power’

Winners: John McCabe (1989), Rachel Omotani (1967 Turner)

Black and White:

Latham-Jones ‘Girton pond’s reflection’

EFirst and fourth letters respectively of superfluous words spell EDGES RISE; CENTRES TO EDGES; ONE LEFT and DIVIDING FIRSTS FROM UPPER SECONDS. The unclued row initially contained GLASS CEILING. Moving Gs to top row, then C and E to squares vacated, then first I to vacant square to left produces CLASS I LINE (with spaces). The rest of the top row (whose last letter falls outside the printed grid) is filled with unchecked letters from entries below the line. Original entries were Across: 16 eclose, 20 arle, 22 stye, 23 goatees, 33 loons; Down: 1 rages, 2 egally, 3 els, 4 mission, 5 once, 6 ogees, 7 rai, 8 akin, 9 tons, 10 algae, 17 slanders, 19 leese, 23 gratis.

Emma

Crosswords

All Change at the Top by Lex

Entries must arrive by 31 January 2023, and should be sent either by post to The Editor, The Year, Girton College, Cambridge, CB3 0JG (a photocopy is acceptable), or in scanned form to theyearcrossword@ girton.cam.ac.uk. Senders of the first two correct entries drawn will each receive £50. Details of the solution and winners will be given in The Year 2022-23

Each clue contains an extra word, to be removed before solving. From each down answer one letter must depart and be replaced by another to make a new word. The departures, taken in alphabetical order of the extra words in their clues, form a message to be written on the line beneath the grid. Appropriate letters from the extra words in across clues, taken in normal order, describe the replacements, which must be highlighted in the grid. The Chambers Dictionary (2016) is the primary reference.

Across

2. Souvenirs left amid frenzied obstinate cries (6)

7. Clever Trevor at first is unremittingly bleak (5) 11. Shakespeare’s Rosalind giving birth is significant: not married (6) 12. Reduce tariff: £1.51? (4)

13. Hostilities? Wars only mould confused small-time criminal (7)

14. Removing superfluous hairs (eliminating excess), politician returned for a bat, perhaps (6)

15. Scottish native bear observed in Auld Reekie (4)

16. First names of three successive Beatles drummers (less ordinary), signalling short suits (8)

18. Runs slowly, indulges imagination so regularly (5) 19. Tinker examines disturbed earth, finding mineral (7)

20. Herrick’s kindled old grief, having truly suffered, missing one (7) 23. Russian councils harassed French writer (5)

25. Eavesdrops with most affected parties (8)

26. Unprofessional spies from the East pursuing in line (4)

28. No shiftless youth revolutionised scientific unit (6)

30. Say again? Scholarly tutor at first having no Latin? (7)

31. Seem rather confused delivering keynote (4)

32. Forbids relative to extend estate partially (6)

33. Earl travelled on horseback to wear stiffness away (5)

34. More than one fieldwork snared soldiers in disorder (6)

Down

1. Supply church with funds again? One’s surrounded by ornate altarpieces! (12)

2. Shadowed arcade, having no luminous electrical discharge (street lit poorly) (6)

3. Having no legal claim, Tesla insulted lawyer badly (no Saint) (8)

4. Ineffectual person, one’s into devil worship (4)

5. Lacking Muscadet, Henry yearns for old wine measures (6)

6. Having oak nuts on burgeoning cedar is unusual (7)

7. Owl’s inferior: surprisingly dull! (4)

8. Bumbling policeman minded countryman’s compost heap (6)

9. Smooth soft fur afforded by Persian cat tails (6)

10. Anonymity unfortunately means nobody senses entertaining lecturer (12)

17. Sorted mail goes into filing (8)

19. Sterile gauze misplaced (Ian uses it when fishing) (7)

21. Geordie offers woodlouse ‘Goodbye’? Preposterous! (6)

22. Frightened, seeing canine dropping: ‘Holy Moly!’ (6)

23. Acted as leader: ‘Notice traps! Notice traps!’ (6)

24. Lyric poems held in closed depository? Open, on reflection (6)

27. Endlessly irritated, forgoing comfort (4)

29. First nine royal letters raised very small amount (4)

Girton General Knowledge Crossword by Dusty Answer

Across

1. Delia Derbyshire’s employer (4) 3. Venerated painting in the art collection (4) 6. Scent of fairtrade coffee from the Social Hub (5) 10. Girton Fellows (9) 11. What the Proctors are seen to do at graduations (2, 3) 12. These rustle the leaves of our copper beech (7) 13. Girton chapel falls within that of the Bishop of Ely (7) 14. See 21 16. Many are portrayed in the Lawrence Room collections (6) 18. Boots (3) 21. Bluestocking cocktail (3, 4) 22. East Anglian native woodland plants (6) 23. Old (4) 25. What all examinees should read (7) 27. Global region full of alumni (7) 29. Novel by the writer of a famous talk given in the Stanley Library in 1928 (5) 30. Lair of The Visitor’s brooch (6, 3) 31. Austin Cambridge vehicle (5) 32. Post at the end of Tower Drive (4) 33. Blasted the first trumpet against the monstrous regiment (4)

Down

1. Supposed master of ‘that infidel place’? (9) 2. What we hope Girton does for its students for life (5) 4. Pertaining to the ground floor layout (9) 5. Buster the wet – cat (5) 6. Theme of the 2020 Spring Ball (8) 7. GirTen Brass is one of several in College (9) 8. The Orchard’s Blenheim Orange (5) 9. Part of all flowering plants in our gardens (5) 15. Heading to Newmarket on the A14 (9) 17. Nineteenth Mistress’s delight (9) 19. Found at the junction of Huntingdon Road and Girton Road (6, 3) 20. Co-Founder (8) 24. First name of Vice-Mistress, 1944-48 (5) 25. Heard on the Chaplain’s saxophone (5) 26. Hardwearing floor covering (5) 28. When a Girton team loses or draws (2, 3)

Fellows’ and Staff Profiles

Karen Lee

Supernumerary Fellow

It was my history teacher at the Church of England High School for Girls which I attended in Liverpool who encouraged me to think about applying to Oxbridge. I plucked up the courage to apply (no one in my family had attended university) after another teacher took a few prospective applicants on a short trip to Cambridge where she had studied. I fell in love with Cambridge and, not imagining that it could possibly be bettered, didn’t even visit Oxford. I still vividly remember my interview with John McMullen (who sadly died recently) and drawing myself maps to find the way from my room to the Porters’ Lodge, the interview room, and Dining Hall. At that time, my school had no tradition of sending students to Oxbridge, but there was one student from St Hilda’s studying law at Downing College whose advice I followed (as I too was interested in reading law, as well as history) by applying to Downing first and Girton second (another College with a strong reputation for law). I was fortunate enough to secure a place at Girton College to read law, matriculating in 1985 (Mary Warnock was Mistress at that time). Many long-lasting friendships were formed during my undergraduate years as together we tackled essay crises, debated issues, played sport (I was goal shooter in the College netball team), participated in societies, enjoyed and learned the value of community living, and navigated the ups and downs of student life. At the end of my graduation day in 1988, I remember having a last stroll down Honeysuckle Walk (one of my favourite places in College) never imagining that I’d be back.

Having discovered that my destiny probably wasn’t life in a big city law firm and having always been most interested in the more international aspects of law, I spent some time working at the Westminster-based London office of the European Commission at a time when the United Kingdom held its presidency, and the Maastricht Treaty was being negotiated. While I enjoyed my stint in London, I never envisaged living there long-term so when I saw an advert for a research post based in Cambridge at the Research Centre for International Law, I applied and was offered the job. Having generously been given a month to decide, I decided to take up the post. I have not regretted moving back to Cambridge and broadening the scope of my work to public international law more generally.

During my time at the Centre, its role has expanded (as have its premises) and my role has developed. I have edited a number of series of law reports (including the ICSID Reports with the late James Crawford) and am currently Joint Editor of the International Law Reports (ILR) with Sir Christopher Greenwood (formerly Judge of the International Court of Justice and now Master of Magdalene College – Chris was also my international law supervisor when I was an undergraduate). The ILR is the main publication of the Lauterpacht Centre, which is one of the specialist Research Centres of the Cambridge Law Faculty (having been renamed in honour of Sir Hersch and Sir Eli Lauterpacht, who were in their day both editors of the ILR). The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law is one of the world’s most stimulating and dynamic intellectual homes for research

in international law and I have benefited from discussions and interactions with numerous visiting academics over the years (many of whom now hold senior positions in their own countries or on international courts).

The ILR is devoted to case-law, and I research and identify cases from international courts and tribunals and national courts which are important for the development of public international law. I read and analyse the judgments and try to distil the issues and what was decided in a written summary of the case which is published before the text of the judgment (as well as editing summaries

Mistress and Vice-Mistress in 2019

written by others). Cases dealing with similar issues are grouped together in the same volume as far as possible, with as much jurisdictional reach as possible. I enjoy the challenge of getting to the heart and relevance of a case, and trying to follow the reasoning in the judgments, and to express this, and what was decided, clearly and concisely in writing. It is satisfying to play a part in making certain decisions more widely available to practitioners and academics alike (decisions are not always reported in national reports and some are available digitally only for a time on certain platforms). Cases can be more easily cited in court when they have a report citation. I have also been told that users of the Reports find that the summaries add value, and that the case selection in a volume can be helpful in this digital age when a sometimes overwhelming number of apparently relevant cases can be summoned from databases at the touch of a key. Cambridge University Press considers the ILR to be the ‘jewel in the crown’ of its international law collection and normally publishes six volumes per year in print (the series is also available digitally). My role in the field of public international law seems to satisfy my interests (I have also been surprised how useful my main A level subjects of History, French and Spanish have been) and suit my aptitude and personality (I have never been drawn to arguing cases before a court or lecturing to halls of students, for example). I also like to think that, since judicial decisions are a subsidiary means for the determination of rules of law, I am in my small way contributing to the mission of making known and upholding the rule of law and participating in the role that international law can play in bringing order to chaos in its rules-based system for international society.

Karen on graduation day

I reconnected with College through Wolfson Court. My department was nearby and had a dining arrangement with ‘Wolfie’, so I went there often for lunch. One day, when I happened to be on my own, Trevor Rayment (whom I knew through church and who was, I think, ViceMistress at that time) invited me to join the Fellows. I’ve never looked back. Wolfie lunches provided an oasis in busy and stressful working days. Excellent food and congenial company –how we laughed! I got to know the small group who lunched there regularly rather well (that group included Julia Riley – who succeeded Trevor as ViceMistress and who was also my former Tutor – and Wolfson Court’s wonderful Warden, Maureen Hackett). College sadly no longer has Wolfson Court, but I will be forever grateful to it for the part it played in my re-engagement with Girton and for the friendships which were formed there.

I became a Bye-Fellow in 2003 (I am grateful to Cherry Hopkins for her help in this when she was Secretary to Council); I remember Malcom Guite, our former Chaplain, being admitted to the Fellowship at the same time. I became an Official Fellow in 2004 upon becoming an Undergraduate Tutor. I became increasingly involved in College (sitting on Council and being involved in various committees, including chairing Chapel Committee, and helping with law admission interviews). I also became a regular diner at Fellows’ Tuesday served nights (thanks to the warm welcome from Marilyn Strathern who was Mistress at that time). When Julia Riley was

coming to the end of her term as Vice-Mistress, I was approached by a Fellow about standing for that role. As there seemed to be quite a lot of support for the idea (and I could not think of any good reason why not!) I agreed to my name going forward. As well as wanting to contribute to the Girton community from which I had benefited so much, I had (and still have) an enormous respect for Susan Smith (who had joined the College as Mistress in 2009). I felt that anything that I could do to support Susan in her role would be time and energy well spent for College; she has been a fantastic Mistress and we have been incredibly lucky to have her in post for thirteen years. I was elected by the Fellows as Vice-Mistress in 2014 for the three-year term and re-elected for a maximum further three years (although exceptionally I served for an extra year due to the pandemic, so stepped down in 2021).

While my academic job is mainly solitary, the role of Vice-Mistress was much more sociable so provided a good foil – sitting on Council, chairing committees, being involved in ceremonies, sitting on selection panels, presiding at/attending dinners and standing in for the Mistress at College and University events when she was unavailable, for example. Given that the Mistress is usually available (and the focus should always be on her), that emergency situations rarely arise, and following College tradition, the role is largely played out behind the scenes, its neutrality (given that no day-to-day running of the College or line management is involved), can be invaluable. Nevertheless, the role has the potential to play

I like to think that I am, in my small way, making known and upholding the rule of law

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an important part in College life; the fostering of good relationships with all is essential. I have particularly enjoyed supporting the Mistress in executing her duties, which has included being used as a sounding board when that has been helpful to the Mistress, getting to know Fellows better (and providing a listening ear when needed), and the challenge of playing a mediating role in cases of conflict, as well as trying to find fair outcomes and constructive solutions in disputes in certain circumstances. My tenure as Vice-Mistress has coincided with some challenging times in College (tough decisions have been taken, there have been some tragic losses as well as a pandemic) but also with some very joyous times such as the 150th anniversary celebrations. One of my 2019 highlights was chairing the law panel comprising Lady Hale, Lady Arden, and Dame Rosalyn Higgins at the Festival weekend.

When I stepped down as Vice-Mistress, College very kindly organised a wonderful pudding party for me (as I’m known to love my puddings!). I was so touched by the number of Fellows

who attended (people were only just starting to socialise again after the worst of the pandemic and the weather was dreadful), by the many messages of thanks I received, and by the Mistress’s kind speech. I was presented with a Photobook containing some highlights of my time in office and a beautiful bouquet of flowers. I have really appreciated Julia Riley’s wise advice over the years (she was a tough act to follow), the warm support of the Fellows (and staff) and Susan’s excellent leadership (as well as her kindness, thoughtfulness and encouragement). I am still at Girton and a Fellow (although I am taking advantage of a break from College duties and planning to visit Singapore on a Faculty Exchange scheme now that Covid restrictions have lifted) and I hope to put some of the new skills and experience I have gained to good use in the future. Girton has played a significant role in my life, and I am grateful for the colleagues and friends (past and present) whom I have met through College (three of my godchildren – Grace, Miranda and Tomás – are in fact children of OGs). It is a special place, with a special community, on a special mission, of which I am glad to be a part.

Karen chairing the Girton 150 Festival Law panel of Honorary Fellows (L-R): Lady Arden, Lady Hale and Dame Rosalyn Higgins

David Arvidsson-Shukur

Official Fellow and Tutor

As a quantum physicist at Girton, I study the fundamental principles that govern tiny subatomic particles. There is still a lot we do not understand about the way they operate –and the little that we do know is alien to how we otherwise view the world. As well as being fascinating, quantum research can be deployed to improve the technologies that we use every day. So, how did I end up as a quantum physicist?

I was born in Lund, Sweden’s oldest city. I grew up a few hours north of there, in Växjö, a city of around 70,000 best known as the hometown of taxonomist Carl von Linnaeus and for a photograph of a Jewish lady hitting a neo-Nazi on the head with her handbag. My Swedish mother comes from a family of crystal-glass craftsmen. My Kurdish father was born into a noble family in Baghdad but was forced to flee Iraq after opposing Saddam Hussein. My parents met in southern Sweden.

My mother worked as a nurse and teacher at a high school. My father was a professor of statistics and econometrics.

My sister and I had a fantastic time growing up in the forests of Småland, fishing, hunting and skiing. After attending an international high school, I moved to England to study physics at Durham University. There, I shared houses with Indians, Poles, Italians, Greeks, Hungarians, Egyptians and Pakistanis. We lived far out of town and had a stolen whiteboard on our kitchen wall. That is where my passion for quantum mechanics started.

Fishing for crayfish with friend in Sweden

Eleni Courea

I was taking an eccentric German’s course on quantum mechanics during a period when the physics community was pivoting towards utilising exotic features of quantum particles for tasks such as computing or communication. The idea of quantum computing is to control electrons, photons or atoms in a way that efficiently solves problems from chemistry, cryptography and machine learning – problems intractable to standard computers.

During my Durham years, friends and I founded the organisation Novell Gaza. We facilitated English lessons and creative-writing courses for youths in Gaza City, Palestine. Our work grew into a government-funded project and resulted in the publication of three unique short-story collections.

As I neared graduation, the eccentric German, who had taken a liking to me, wrote to Cambridge and set me up for a master’s degree there. I ended up at King’s College and started working with Professor Crispin Barnes, a Fellow of Girton and group-leader at the Cavendish Laboratory. Professor Barnes and I worked out analytical and computational models describing quantum phenomena in solid structures known as quantum dots, nanoscopic puddles of conducting material inside an otherwise insulating material.

Having fallen in love with Cambridge, I jumped at the chance to stay for an EPSRC-funded PhD in Professor Barnes’s group. During my PhD, I worked on the foundations of quantum physics. Although we can predict the outcome of quantum experiments very well, we still cannot describe what happens in such experiments. I was interested in studying the flow of information. Sending letters, emailing and talking all involve the transfer of waves or particles from a sender to the receiver – but quantum mechanics, I showed, allows for a message to appear at the receiver without the sender transmitting any particles or waves to the receiver.

In 2018, I received my doctorate and moved to Boston, USA. I was a post-doc at MIT for a year and a bit. The atmosphere there was competitive, ruthless, and incredibly stimulating. You could find people like Professor Peter Shor (who was the first to prove the immense power of quantum computers) absorbed in an intense discussion about information-hopping in black holes with an undergraduate student. There, I learned how to write algorithms for quantum computers. Moreover, my group-leader, Professor Seth Lloyd,

Flying high in Rio de Janeiro, 2015

Irati

Alonso Calafell

pushed me to apply my foundational research to useful technologies. This was good advice. Shortly afterwards, we wrote a paper showing how quantum phenomena could improve a broad class of measurements of, for example, distances, angles and gravitational fields.

Soon after the quantum-measurement paper was out, I received an offer to take up a research fellowship at Girton College. The opportunity allowed me to re-join my Londonbased journalist partner in the UK. I was admitted to Girton in the innocent, pre-Covid autumn of 2019. In this new job I had the academic freedom to explore high-risk, highreward projects in a stress-free setting. In 2021, I received a permanent research position within the Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory at the Cavendish site.

Currently, I am a tutor and an Official Fellow at Girton. I teach undergraduate mathematics and post-graduate quantum-information courses. I run a quantum-theory group with four PhD students and a handful of master’s students. Amongst other topics, we work on machinelearning algorithms for quantum computers, aimed towards, for example, simulations of molecules. We also develop technologies that utilise quantum phenomena to improve measurements of anything from time to the thickness of crystals.

That brings me up to this summer where I’m in California to present my latest paper at a conference on backwards time travel. Then I’ll be going crayfish fishing in August and will return to Cambridge in time to greet new students at Girton in October.

Blackboard with quantum portrait by visiting fellow commoner Dr Carol Adlam

Carol Adlam

Emma Brownlee

Ottilie Hancock Research Fellow in Archaeology

As soon as I was old enough to start thinking about university, I knew I wanted to study archaeology. My childhood holidays were filled with visits to ruins and museums, and I have always loved being surrounded by the past. When I arrived at Cambridge from Liverpool as an undergraduate, I had every intention of becoming an Egyptologist. But after a year studying hieroglyphs, I realised that perhaps Egyptology was not for me after all. Burials were one of the things I had most enjoyed writing about in my first-year essays, and so I picked the second-year paper on Anglo-Saxons because it seemed to involve a lot of content based around burials. I have never looked back, and after a Master’s at the Sheffield archaeology department – now sadly facing closure – I returned to Cambridge for my PhD and now a research fellowship at Girton, all broadly focused on death and burial in the early medieval world. Burials fascinate me as one of the few things we excavate which were deliberately deposited. Most of archaeology is people’s accidental leavings, but burials consist of a person and objects which were put into the ground in a deliberate way. All cultures need to deal with the problem of disposing of dead bodies, and yet there are so many different ways of doing so; burning the body, exposing it, burying it simply, or with a large range of rich objects under monumental constructions. The challenge is working out what motivates one culture to treat the dead differently from another.

When I tell people I am an archaeologist, they usually imagine me in the field, discovering

Excavating with the Channel 4 team at Althorp

ancient treasures. The reality is more mundane and most of my time is spent in libraries, reading through old excavation reports and piecing together information from lots of previous excavations. My current research looks at how burial practices varied across Europe between the fourth and eighth centuries AD, and what similarities and differences can tell us about connections between different areas. This is a complex period, when people’s identities, religions, and political structures were transformed in the aftermath of the Roman Empire. But it’s also difficult to get an overall picture of what happened across early medieval Europe because of differences in national traditions of excavation and study, as well as language barriers. Among the things I am exploring are statistical and geospatial methods of analysing archaeological data that can start to compare across those modern national boundaries, and use the vast amount of excavated data that exists to its best advantage.

If there is one thing Covid lockdowns have taught me, it’s that getting out into the field is essential for reminding me why I love archaeology. I’ve been lucky enough to excavate at some iconic sites over the past few years. Most recently, I took a group of our undergraduates to join a project investigating the monastery at Lindisfarne, one of the most important sites for understanding early Christianity, as well as a beautiful place to work. Some of my excavations have been filmed for documentaries, and last summer, fieldwork at the Althorp estate in Northamptonshire was filmed for a Channel 4 documentary. We expected to find a medieval village, but ended up excavating a Bronze Age

roundhouse and a Neolithic enclosure ditch. Working in the field requires an ability to adapt as you never know what you will find, and being filmed certainly adds to the pressure! Even when fieldwork doesn’t directly relate to the types of things I write about it, regularly keeping up my field skills makes me a better archaeologist.

Mapping cemetery sites

Painstaking work onsite

One of the joys of being an archaeologist at Girton is having the Lawrence Room available as a resource. A substantial part of the Lawrence Room collection is of the Roman and early medieval cemetery found in the College grounds in the 1880s, something relating directly to my interests. It’s quite unusual to find Roman and early medieval burial on the same site. The Girton cemetery has been somewhat overlooked because it’s such an old excavation, but the

records aren’t too bad for their time, and most of the objects survive either at Girton or in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. There’s a lot of potential to revisit the records and objects to re-evaluate the site based on current understandings of the period. This is an exciting time for the study of early medieval Cambridge, with a lot of recent excavations giving us much new information; I hope to be able to slot Girton into that picture.

Victoria Argent

In January 2022, shortly before Lent Term began, I became Head of Student Services at Girton College. Even the job title reflected the pioneering attitude of Girton, moving from the somewhat traditional college office of Tutorial and Admissions; it was clear I was joining this community during a period of progression.

Lent Term is my favourite term in Cambridge. I feel the dust has settled from the excitement of Michaelmas, the hesitation of the new students, all asking questions such as ‘How do I register my student visa?’ to ‘Where is the best takeaway in

town?’ and everything in between before they catch their breath ahead of the winter holidays. Lent Term paves the way for the inevitable anxiety surrounding the Easter (and exam) term. I saw this as my window, to get to know Girton and its people, and try to find my feet.

My first few days were spent in the Emily Davies Rooms, and I remember feeling inspired as I sat admiring the framed cheque used to secure the deposit that created this wonderful community. As I write this piece, I reflect on my first five months in post. I’ve worked with every Head of Department, finding

Head of Student Services

Vicky with her husband Dan, and daughters Jessie (4) and Ellie (2)

small ways to bring constant improvement and further collaboration. I’ve spoken to every DoS, every Tutor, about how we can improve our services to help them support our students. We’ve recruited our new Financial Welfare Officer, to tackle the ever-increasing financial burdens our students face, and give them muchneeded support.

Before arriving at Girton, I had been the Tutorial and Admissions Manager at Newnham College for ten years, and before that I had worked on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, at the Metabolic Research Labs as a Departmental Administrator. My long-standing love of Cambridge isn’t by chance. I was born here, christened at Queens’ College, and lived in the centre of town for most of my childhood. My father had a long career as a member of staff in the University, and my first University job was at Trinity College, working in the Catering Department, whilst studying for my GCSEs. My family situation changed somewhat during my A Levels, and although I was about to embark on my undergraduate degree reading English Literature at King’s College London, I didn’t. Instead, I turned to the University to find a job. I didn’t envisage it being the start of my career.

My personal experience ignited my desire to help those who didn’t think they could make it to university. Myth busting about Cambridge within our widening participation work is just one of the elements of Student Services, and with so many exciting programmes such as the STEM SMART initiative and the Foundation Year due to begin next year, I am thrilled to be a part of it.

As we manoeuvre into a new way of working and studying following the pandemic, it would be naïve to think we can ‘pick up where we left off.’ Social skills have suffered and sitting an in-person exam seems more daunting than ever before, with some students facing this for the first time this year. The Student Services team have been outstanding. Together with our welfare support networks and academic support, our students always have someone to talk to, whatever their need.

The work of Student Services is broad, but one thing is clear. Girton is in a forward-thinking phase, having recently restructured this core division to better provide for our community and our students, both undergraduate and postgraduate. With its inspirational history, engaged community, magnificent grounds and progressive attitude, I have no doubt this is a truly exciting time to be here.

Dan and Vicky started building their own home (in their spare time)

College Reports

Alumni and Supporters

Successful Completion of A Great Campaign

It is my pleasure to begin with a message of thanks to every one of the 3,895 Girtonians and friends who supported

A Great Campaign. Donations came from every continent except Antarctica, and some 36% of contactable Girtonians contributed, a remarkable figure. Many also volunteered their time and expertise, including our tireless regional associations, our Hong Kong committee, and our Institute of Public Character Board in Singapore, who have succeeded in establishing tax-free giving opportunities for Singapore residents. This is a wonderful testament to the strength of the global Girtonian community, which has helped us exceed the Campaign’s target. Hoping to raise £50 million split between donations and legacy pledges, we have secured a fantastic £57 million, with £28 million raised in donations and £29 million pledged in future legacies.

This has allowed us to endow 32 undergraduate bursaries, ten postgraduate scholarships and a range of fellowships across different disciplines. The impact on the College has been incalculable: thank you.

A Great Campaign also brought us together for many memorable events: 4,783 alumni attended one during the Campaign, including 1,300 who attended the 150th Anniversary Festival, and the 300 donors who attended our special Thank You events on 8 and 9 July 2022 to hear fascinating talks with a Girton theme, and to enjoy good music, good food and good company. We look forward to many more such happy occasions. Links to recordings from these two stellar occasions can be found on the College’s YouTube channel.

Alumni and Supporters

We were able to return to in-person events in October 2021 and held year group reunions and three MA dinners which had had to be postponed. It was wonderful to be able to welcome alumni back, at long last, and we hope to see many of you at your reunion soon. We were also able to hold our Foundation Dinner and Commemoration of Benefactors, which this year focused on the contributions of our women scientists, especially Dr Christine McKie and Dr Janet Harker. Dr Alex Liu, Christine McKie Fellow, and like Christine an earth scientist, gave an insight into how this uniquely interdisciplinary field combines the physical and the biological sciences, while Dr Stéphanie Swarbreck, Janet Harker Fellow, discussed the many important applications of her research in crop health.

The College community also came together to remember Fellow in Economics Dr Frank Wilkinson (1934–2021). Frank will be fondly recalled by generations of Girtonians for his inspiring teaching and attentive pastoral care, and he, following in the footsteps of the late Joan Robinson, established Girton as a centre for heterodox thinking in economics, a tradition which

The Mistress offering a big thank you to all our wonderful donors

Women in Sport panel. (L-R): Eleanor Oldroyd (1981), Dawn Airey (1981), Dr Alistair Brownlee (2006), Professor Dame Sarah Springman (1978)

David Johnson

Drs Lawson, Alves and Constantine continue today. It was therefore very fitting that we celebrated his life and work with a symposium which attracted an international panel of speakers, and a commemorative event with Frank’s family.

Further afield, we held our annual London Law and Finance event, kindly supported once again by Slaughter and May and Dr Guy O’Keefe (1991). This event included the ever-popular Career Networking Event, which gave some 40 students opportunities to learn more about the many exciting careers open to them in law and finance, and a lecture from Chris Hulatt (1994), co-founder of Octopus Group. Chris has had a remarkable career as a serial entrepreneur in the energy business, and it was fascinating to hear his reflections on building a business. The Mistress and I also travelled to Washington DC, where we had the opportunity to hear Dame Karen Pierce (1978), British Ambassador to the USA, ‘in conversation’ at her residence on ‘The Future of Diplomacy.’ Dame Karen gave a typically stimulating account of current events and was asked excellent questions by our guests.

During our visit to the United States, we were also able to meet many alumni as well as holding an informal gathering in New York. We hope to resume visits to our friends in Asia soon once Covid restrictions are lifted.

Other activities

This year’s Jane Martin Poetry Prize was awarded to Lev Crofts (Semyonovich) for his poem ‘Al-Shadhili’, with second prize being awarded to Bea Steele for her poem ‘Curiosities.’ This year’s Prize ceremony also remembered the Prize’s benefactor, Professor Sir Laurence Martin, a distinguished scholar of international relations and great friend of Girton who sadly died this year.

We also held a successful Giving Day and Telethon, with a focus on student support. Thank you to all who supported these, particularly those generous donors who offered matching donations and the ‘Class Champions’ who have been persuading their friends to donate.

Farewell to the Mistress

I would like to conclude with one final thank you, to our Mistress, Professor Susan J Smith. Susan has been an enormous support to the Development Office, and I know that the alumni she met at the countless events she presided over will want to join me in sending warm wishes for her next chapter. The College will be establishing a fund to support musical performance in her name, to reflect her love of music and the support she gave to Girtonian musicians. Please see this link for more information (www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/launch-susanj-smith-fund-music-performance) and do get in touch (email us on Development@girton.cam.ac.uk) if you would like to support this fund.

Easlick, Development Director

Deborah

The Tim Boniface Quintet featuring Irene Serra

Some of the 2022 student Telethon callers

Admissions and Widening Participation

Jules Pye

In October 2021 we welcomed 142 new undergraduate students to Girton. Of this number, 46% are studying a science subject and 47% are female. Of the Home students, 73% are from maintained schools. Forty-five (32%) of our new students came to us through the Winter Pool, two (1%) through the Summer Pool and two (1%) through the UCAS Adjustment scheme that supports applicants from underrepresented backgrounds who perform well in their A-level examinations.

In September 2021 Isha Cordes joined us as Schools Liaison Officer, replacing Chloe Richardson who so ably steered us through our move to online outreach events during the pandemic. Amongst other things, Isha has started a rolling programme of online applications and admissions guidance which is open to all the students in our link areas in the West Midlands and Camden, and has organised a number of popular online Master Classes given by Girton Fellows. In the Lent Term we welcomed back our first in-person school groups, providing workshops for students from Years 10 to 12, combined with tours of the College and of central Cambridge.

Girton is very strongly involved in the Cambridge University Foundation Year (FY) programme and our first FY students will arrive this October. During the year we welcomed two new FY Bye-Fellows, who have roles in developing the programme University-wide, and we are pleased that Girton will be hosting the first induction week for FY students from all participating colleges in September. We are also involved in the STEM SMART programme, a widening participation initiative in STEM subjects.

This year we were very pleased to welcome Emma Ling, who, in the role of Admissions Officer, is learning the intricacies of Cambridge admissions with great rapidity, and Vicky Argent in the new role of Head of Student Services. Last, but by no means least, we said farewell to Angela Stratford who has been the Head of Tutorial and Admissions for 20 years. Over

Flourishing at Girton: the Swirles Court allotments, tended by the Green Society

that time Angela developed an encyclopaedic knowledge of all things related to admissions, moved Girton admissions into the digital age and, with great enthusiasm, helped to drive our widening participation programme forward. She

was always a source of wise counsel and advice, and we will miss her greatly.

Bursaries and Grants

Supporting our students through bursaries and grants is crucial in allowing them to realise their academic potential and giving them the opportunity to participate in all that a Cambridge education has to offer.

The introduction of the University’s Foundation Year initiative will be a major new development in September 2022, and those admitted to this levelling-up programme will receive a Scholarship to cover their costs. Students with Care-Leaver status, or who have been in receipt of free school meals, can also receive a Digital Gateway Grant to help them with IT costs and an Educational Premium (worth £1,000) to help them with other start-up costs.

Bursaries

Twenty-nine holders of Emily Davies Bursaries (worth up to £3,500 per year) were in residence in 2021–22. The subjects read by the bursary-holders were: Archaeology; Chemical Engineering; Classics; Computer Science; Engineering; English; Geography; History; Human, Social and Political Sciences; Land Economy; Law; Modern and Medieval Languages; Music; Natural Sciences; Psychological and Behavioural Studies; and Veterinary Medicine.

Two Margaret Barton Bursaries for Undergraduate Medicine were held by students in residence in 2021–22.

Two Paresh Patel Bursaries were awarded to students reading Engineering, two Class of 1985 Bursaries

to students reading Law, and two Christine McKie Bursaries to students reading Physical Sciences. The Class of 1958 Bursary was awarded to a student reading Architecture, the Class of 1970 Bursary was awarded to a student reading Human, Social and Political Studies, and the Class of 1990 Bursary was awarded to a student reading Chemical Engineering. Four bursaries were awarded for the second time this year, made possible by generous alumni donations: the Northcroft Bursary, the Liz Brown Bursary, the Margaret Fulcher Bursary and the Juliet Dusinberre Bursary were awarded to students reading Engineering, Biological Sciences, Psychological and Behavioural Sciences and English respectively. All 15 of these awards are worth up to £3,500 per year.

One hundred and twenty-four Cambridge Bursaries (worth up to £3,500 per year) were given to Girton undergraduates in 2021–22. Thanks to the generosity of a Girton alumna the College continue to participate in the University Top-Up Bursary Scheme which provided additional financial support to 90 undergraduates from middle-income households this year.

There were four holders of Ellen McArthur Bursaries (worth £1,000 in the first year and £1,500 in subsequent years) and two holders of Jean Lindsay Memorial Bursaries (worth £800) in residence in 2021–22, all reading either History, History and Politics or Human,

Stuart Davis and Julia Riley, Admissions Tutors

Social and Political Studies. Two Anne & Caroline Wilson Bursaries were made to students reading Classics and there was a continuing Elma Wyatt Bursary to a finalist reading Clinical Medicine.

Five Rose Awards (totalling £10,500) were made to non-first-year students who were in receipt of a full Cambridge Bursary and who demonstrated the intention to benefit society and serve the community in a practical way. The Girton Pioneer Award (£500) was conferred on a student who had contributed to College life through participation in student societies, forums or welfare initiatives.

Grants

Thirty-two undergraduate students received hardship grants from the Buss Fund totalling £9,979. Eleven postgraduate students received grants amounting to £5,025 from the Pillman Hardship Fund.Grants for academic purposes totalling £5,039 were made from the Student Academic Resources Fund to 26 undergraduates. Eleven postgraduate students received grants amounting to £2,277 from the Pillman Academic Fund. Because of donations made by Girton alumni we can continue to support the financial welfare of our students. We thank them all for their continued support.

Victoria Argent, Head of Student Services

Spring Feast

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Postgraduate Affairs

Girton’s postgraduate student population continues to grow. The total intake for 2021–22 was 175 (an increase of more than 20% on the previous year’s figure of 1431). This figure included ten Girton undergraduates who progressed to postgraduate studies at Girton and five postgraduate students who went on to higher degrees such as the PhD.

Of the 175 new postgraduates, 95 identified as male, 77 as female and three as other; 47 were PhD students, 99 were studying for an MPhil or Adv Dip and the remainder were on other one-year courses (MBA, MFin, LLM, MASt and PGCE); 109 were Overseas (including EU) students and 66 Home.

Funding bodies for the 2021–22 intake included: Research body/Department (23); Cambridge Trust (16); Girton

1 Incorrectly reported in The Year 2020–21 as 145

Research Awards (3); PG Loans (UK, US, Dutch, Scottish and Canadian) (31); Self-funding (91); Other sources (Marshall Scholarships, Wellcome Trust, NHS, DAAD, Qatar Government, Chevening, Max Planck Institute, Henry Fund) (11).

The total number of Girton postgraduates has risen to 340, representing a rich and diverse international community. We are delighted to have students from the following countries in 2021–22: Albania, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guernsey, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Republic of Korea, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria,

Before the Postgraduate Feast, 2022

Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam and Zimbabwe.

Arrival and Induction 2021

College undertook an innovative pre-arrival induction programme for offer-holders in 2021, hosting four weekly Q&A sessions on Zoom in September, each of which focused on a different topic. Dr James Riley moderated each session and various members of College staff and the MCR took part as panellists. An average of 43 offerholders joined in each week, asking questions, and the feedback was good. These sessions also paved the way for greater student engagement at the in-person induction event in the first week of October, and we plan to run them again in September 2022.

Postgraduate student achievements

During the year, our PhD students participated in two joint SCR/MCR research seminars, in Michaelmas and Lent Terms, and three PechaKucha evenings at which postgraduate students talked about their research each using 20 slides in just under seven minutes. The lifting of restrictions related to Covid allowed opportunities for academic exchange once again, and our students presented their research at a wide range of international conferences.

Student Services

Wendy Klein is the full-time Postgraduate Administrator and Paula Harper assists with all aspects of postgraduate administration. Together with the current members of the Tutorial and Admissions Office they are part of a new Student Services team, led by Vicky Argent, that will engage with both postgraduates and undergraduates from initial enquiry to graduation. We have recently

created a new role within this team: Financial Welfare Officer, to help all students with budgeting and financial welfare concerns and advise on funding opportunities in College and the wider University. Nicky Shevlane has been appointed to this role and will offer targeted surgery hours to students and support them in finance-related issues.

Postgraduate Research Awards

This year Girton was able to award a range of Postgraduate Scholarships with a total value of £130,000. This provided financial support to academically outstanding students undertaking studies in a wide range of subjects, including English, Linguistics, Hebrew Studies, History, Anthropology, Economics, Computer Science and Mathematics. These scholarships are a significant factor in attracting talented postgraduate students to Girton College and we are actively seeking to expand these awards through new benefactions and through partner funding from the Cambridge Trusts and UKRI doctoral training centres.

Postgraduate Tutors

The four Postgraduate Tutors are: Dr Hilary Marlow, who is Vice-Mistress and Director of Studies in Theology and teaches in the Faculty of Divinity; Dr Sally Ricketts, who has joined the team and is covering for Dr Liliana Janik; Dr James Riley, who is Lecturer and Director of Studies in English; and Dr Sophia Shellard, who is College Lecturer in Medical Sciences and Chair of the Postgraduate Research Awards committee. They continue to uphold our strong tradition of support to postgraduate students on personal, academic and financial matters. They meet their postgraduate students individually and at social gatherings throughout the year and enjoy their company at weekly Formal Halls.

Hilary Marlow, Sally Ricketts, James Riley and Sophia Shellard, Postgraduate

Tutors

Library

At the moment I am putting cushions into newly-washed covers. Two summers ago, all our soft furnishings went into storage and the Library opened with a host of new rules and restrictions. Last summer, the comfortable chairs reappeared, and the rules and restrictions gradually disappeared during the academic year 2021–22. By the Easter Term, with the Library full of revising students, only a few tell-tale signs remained – most noticeably the carbon dioxide monitors used to check ventilation. Another example was our IT Area; originally providing 16 computers, social distancing had reduced that number to eight, and with eight we shall continue. One of the delights of having been in post over many years is being able to watch study habits evolve. Students now are using our desktop computers alongside their own portable devices, while sitting next to friends also using their own portable devices. Futureproofing had been an important element of the design of the IT Area.

Another change in study habits has been in the use of electronic or digital books, usually called ebooks. Not surprisingly, the pandemic caused a huge increase in students’ and researchers’

Jenny Blackhurst

Putting it all back together: soft furnishings and CO2 monitor, printed book and laptop

reliance on ebooks, which are very expensive and provided centrally via the University, but did not necessarily change their preferences. When we surveyed Girton undergraduate students in 2016, 87.5% said they preferred printed books. When we surveyed them again in 2021, 65% still said they prefer to use a printed book if needing to read more than one or two chapters. A similar survey across all the colleges found the same result. Knowing that two-thirds of our core borrowers prefer printed versions of the books they need to read the most has enabled us to fine-tune our stock selection. With the Bursar’s support, we are buying more, not fewer, printed books in addition to contributing to the funding of ebook provision. Girton’s most popular print

book this last year was H E Evans and A de Lahunta, Guide to the dissection of the dog, 8th edition (Elsevier, 2017), which was borrowed 15 times despite the existence of an ebook version.

Finally, on a personal note, after five years of dividing my time between the Library and the Thrive programme, from July 2022 I will be 100% Librarian. I will not be forsaking Thrive completely, though, and I look forward to increasing the Library’s user education and teaching under the Thrive programme’s umbrella.

Jenny Blackhurst, Librarian and Official Fellow

ArchiveThe focus in the Archive this year has been on visiting researchers. The Archive re-opened to researchers in May 2021 on a limited basis, and we extended our opening hours in September 2021. Although there are still limitations in place, due to the ventilation system that serves the Littler Reading Room and other areas, the Archive is now open three days a week, although where possible extra days have been offered. It has been very rewarding to have researchers making use of our collections again, albeit time-consuming. There has been high demand for appointments and nearly all the available appointments have been booked several months in advance. It has also been nice to welcome back overseas researchers and we have had visitors from America, China and Australia to name but a few.

Our researchers have been studying a wide range of topics including: music in women’s intellectual life; early female

lecturers in the University of Cambridge; nineteenthcentury female artists and writers; the early history of the College; and individual members of the College. The collections consulted have also been wide-ranging and have included the personal papers of Emily Davies (1872; Mistress), Bessie Rayner Parkes, Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, Dorothy Needham (1915 Moyle), Helen Cam (1921; Fellow), and Eileen Power (1907, later Postan; Fellow). It has also been nice to see some of our smaller collections being consulted, such as the personal papers of literary editor and musician Sophia Turle, Alice Zimmern (1881) and Marion Bidder (Greenwood 1879). The catalogues for all these collections are available to view on ArchiveSearch: https://archivesearch.lib.cam. ac.uk/repositories/19.

We have received a variety of accessions this year and we were particularly pleased to accept the personal

papers of Frank Wilkinson (1976; Fellow); the personal papers of Sheelagh Jefferies (1944); and a notebook of a geography field trip to Switzerland, 1978. However, partly due to the pandemic, we have a large cataloguing backlog in the Archive, which we estimate will take several years to clear. We are investigating ways to address this and I remain grateful for the patience and understanding of all those who have donated material to the Archive. I am also grateful to Joan Bullock-Anderson, our Consultant Cataloguer, who has worked onsite one day a week slowly addressing this backlog.

Finally, I am happy to report that two of our volunteers, Cherry Hopkins (1959 Busbridge) and Anne Cobby (1971) have now been able to return to the Archive.

Hannah Westall, Archivist and Curator (Pictures)

Certificate awarded to Marion Greenwood by the University of Cambridge, having attained a 1st class in Part II of the Natural Sciences Tripos, 1883 (archive reference: GCPH 11/4a/26/10). This certificate is part of her personal papers held in the Archive

Culture and Heritage

We were delighted this year to re-open the People’s Portraits and the Lawrence Room, welcoming visitors back into College to enjoy our collections. The People’s Portraits exhibition re-opened in September 2021 on a limited basis but is now open daily 9am–5pm. The Lawrence Room reopened in June 2022 for its regular Thursday afternoon openings, staffed by volunteers.

The 2021 Alumni weekend remained online, but as usual showcased the richness of our collections. Dr Kersten Hall (Visiting Fellow at the University of Leeds) gave the Library talk about Florence Bell (Girton 1932), an X-ray crystallographer who worked with William Astbury. The Lawrence Room talk was given by Dr Kate Spence (Senior Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology and Fellow of Emmanuel College), who took the Lawrence Room’s Egyptian headrest as a starting point to explore the domestic architecture of Amarna and how its inhabitants lived and worked in their houses.

The People’s Portraits reception saw the unveiling of the collection’s latest portrait: Louisa by Frances Bell (RP). Luke Syson (Director and Marlay Curator of The Fitzwilliam Museum) spoke about works of art by women and of women, exploring the relationship between the artist and the sitter, especially when both are women. Frances Bell then introduced the portrait of Louisa, a fellow artist and one of her oldest friends. She explained that she was interested in dual light when she painted the portrait, but that she sees

the portrait as one of friendship. The online format allowed the audience to enjoy a tour of Frances’ studio.

The Lawrence Room also went online for Open Cambridge 2021, in which Caroline Brett (1978) interviewed Emma Brownlee (2020; Fellow) about early medieval cemeteries and particularly the burial ground at Girton. However, the Humanities Writing Competition for sixth formers was able to return to an in-person award ceremony in May 2022. The winning entries focused on a string of beads from one of the graves in the Girton cemetery, an ancient Egyptian shabti, and a Greek Tanagra figurine of a pig.

New additions to the collections were received, and we were delighted to accept a beautiful group of Neolithic flint axe-heads given by Ann Carey (1952 Patrick) and two pictures bequeathed by Elizabeth Dixon (1946 Stone). Conservation work was carried out on our portrait of Henry Tomkinson by Mary Macleod. And a new project commenced, with the aim of assessing the artwork on display and how this might be enhanced to reflect the College and its community today. As part of this, our collection affectionately known as the ‘rogues’ gallery’ has been re-hung in the 1873 entrance hall. The project will continue into the new year, when we plan to display modern photographs of members of College.

Westall, Archivist and Curator (Pictures)

Hannah

Louisa by Frances Bell (oil on canvas), 2019 (archive reference: GCPH 11/23/46)

Music

In the 2019–20 issue of The Year, I reported on the series of celebrity recitals that marked Girton’s 150th anniversary. Noting that the final concert, a violin recital by Charlie Siem (2005), was cancelled because of the pandemic, I concluded ‘our main anniversary series will keep on going, perhaps even into 2021.’ With the benefit of hindsight, of course, this was too optimistic: Charlie’s recital, which I had the pleasure of accompanying, eventually took place in June 2022, as an upbeat to the Mistress’s final Summer Guest Night. His bravura renditions of Brahms’s D minor Violin Sonata and showpieces by Wieniawski and Kreisler clearly enthralled a capacity audience in Old Hall.

In fact, the anniversary season continued into July with several performances woven into the weekend celebrating

the completion of A Great Campaign. The main musical event was a very well received recital given by upand-coming mezzo-soprano Joanna Harries (2006), accompanied by recently graduated Music student Kevin Loh on guitar and the Director of Music on piano. A sequence of songs, from the Renaissance to the twentieth century, interspersed with solo instrumental pieces, offered a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the achievements of a recent alumna and one of the most talented undergraduate instrumentalists of recent years. We wish Kevin well as he embarks on postgraduate work in the US.

Events such as the thank-you weekend are often graced by more informal music. Accordingly, the main meal, a dinner in the marquee, featured music from our current Chaplain and his predecessor – ‘Chaplains Ancient and Modern’, as we have learned to call them. Malcolm Guite’s band, Mystery Train, rounded off the evening with dance music after Tim Boniface had entertained diners with one of the starriest jazz combos ever heard at Girton. The virtuosity, energy and subtlety of his quintet captivated all those present.

In the past, occasions such as this have often included brass music directed by Jeremy West, one of our Musicians-in-Residence who, sadly, will leave Girton at the end of September along with the Mistress. This seems a fitting moment to thank Jeremy for all he has done for College music over the past thirteen years. Most current and recent members of College will be aware of Jeremy’s advocacy of brass music, perhaps also of his remarkable skills as cornett player. What many will not know is just how much time he has devoted to supporting all types of music making in Girton – from the Choir to individual students, whom he has often advised on their recital programmes. There is a fuller tribute to Jeremy on page 22. We could not have asked more of

Charlie Siem with the Visitor, the Mistress and Martin Ennis after his concert in Old Hall in June 2022

Phil Mynott

him; his generosity of spirit has, frankly, been second to none.

The past year has seen our resident brass ensemble, GirTen – and its All Stars offshoot – reach new heights (as well as challenge the Trades Description Act, with numbers seeming to increase exponentially). In part, that is down to a particularly talented group of players; in part, it reflects the presence in College of Andrew Kershaw, one of our Mary Amelia Cummins Harvey Visiting Fellow Commoners. Andy has brought remarkable energy and vision to brass music at Girton, and we thank him for all he has achieved during his Covid-extended tenure. It is perhaps fitting that his time here comes to an end at much the same moment as Jeremy’s residence at Girton.

Recently, we also said farewell to Cevanne HorrocksHopayian (2004), whose term as another Mary Amelia Cummins Harvey Visiting Fellow Commoner, similarly extended because of Covid, finishes this summer. Over the past two years, she has contributed much to College life: she composed a new work for a Girton brass ensemble, arranged for Girton Choir to record two of her pieces on a CD that also featured the London Symphony Orchestra, and engaged productively and supportively with Fellows and students alike. She will be much missed.

The most ambitious concert of the year combined valedictory and celebratory notes. ‘A Polychoral Extravaganza’, which took place in late April, was to have brought together all of Girton’s Music Fellows, all

Rob Jones directs Girton College Orchestra and Choir in Verdi’s ‘Va pensiero’ from Nabucco

our Musicians-in-Residence and many current and past Girtonians, alongside the University Chamber Choir (which I direct) and members of the University’s Collegium Musicum (directed by Margaret Faultless). Sadly, Nicholas Mulroy, one of our Musicians-in-Residence, fell ill hours before the concert; however, another, Andrew Kennedy, generously helped fill the gap. The concert, built round 33-part and 40-part compositions by Tallis, Striggio and Giovanni Gabrieli, was dedicated to the Mistress, who contributed cameo appearances on the sackbut. The start of the Mistress’s time in office was marked by a concert featuring Girton Choir and two Girtonian soloists, Charlie Siem and Mateusz Borowiak (2006), accompanied by the London Mozart Players. It was highly gratifying that the other bookend to her tenure led her to share the stage

with so many members of College. The sheer scale of the event reflected the enormous gratitude felt by Girtonians, not least by me, for Susan’s support for music.

‘A Polychoral Extravaganza’ was the first event in Girton since the pandemic to bring together massed forces of instrumentalists and singers. This year’s May Week Concert was no less ambitious. Put together by Rob Jones and Kevin Loh, outgoing Presidents of the Music Society, it was a celebration of the achievements of a highly talented cohort of students who, despite the pandemic’s restrictions, managed to keep Girton buzzing with music. It would be impossible to name all those involved. However, I should like to highlight the 2022 graduands who played particularly important roles in Girton music over the past three years. Apart from the two GCMS Presidents, we must mention Sam O’Neal, a truly indefatigable accompanist, as well as Rachel Armitage, Ailsa Critten, Charlotte Howdle and Jemma Starling. As for the May Week repertoire, few will ever forget the excitement of Girton Orchestra playing Arturo Márquez’s Danzón No. 2 under the talented direction of Rob Jones. I suspect this was the loudest (acoustically unenhanced) performance ever heard at Girton; more importantly, it was surely one of the most viscerally intense interpretations this piece has ever received.

Other highlights of the year included a recital given by Matthew Schellhorn (1995) in November 2021 prior to a recording of piano works by Herbert Howells, a series of chamber-music concerts featuring Girton’s numerous holders of University Instrumental Awards, and the recital given by cellist Pál Banda in October 2021 before the Ceremony for the Commemoration of Benefactors. Accompanied by the Director of Music, Pál gave an unforgettable performance of Schubert’s ‘Arpeggione’ Sonata alongside works by J. S. Bach and Popper.

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Joanna Harries and Kevin Loh at the ‘Big Thank You’ Weekend in July 2022

Finally, I should mention the spirited flute, clarinet and piano recital given as part of the 2021 Roll Weekend by Lloyd Hampton, Maddy Morris and Louie McIver, the three Music students who matriculated in 2018. This was the last of the virtual concerts put together at Girton during the pandemic.

Choir

When last year’s edition of this volume was being prepared, Girton Choir’s summer tour was in question and it was not certain that it would take place. Covid hit us hard and, with track-and-trace being at its most influential, it became clear to us, three days after the tour had already started with around a third of our number (including both organ scholars) being required to isolate, that we would have to remain on-site at Girton and make trips from there rather than travelling to a different residence in Durham as had thitherto been the plan. So the choir tour of 2021 assumed a more improvisatory form, involving expeditions to Ely, London, other churches in Cambridge, and even Girton parish church itself. An online concert was broadcast from the Dining Hall and an evening recital was given in the Eliza Baker Courtyard. With the help of some former Girtonians and other friends, our recording went ahead and Marc’Antonio Ingegneri volume 2 was created (about which more later), but for many the real success of the project was that, despite all odds, it had not collapsed.

There was therefore a certain symmetry between that experience and that of our recording of a Sunday Worship programme for BBC Radio 4 at the end of November. We were eager to repeat the experience of our earlier endeavour of 2019, to relive the buzz of having the microphones in the chapel, the thrill of an augmented congregation and so on, but this was not to be because the BBC themselves were unable to attend the recording

As we have seen, my record as seer is flawed, but dare we hope that the 2023 Music report will be a Covid-free zone?

Martin Ennis, Austin and Hope Pilkington Fellow in Music, and Director of Music

owing to Covid among their own ranks. At first, things did not look hopeful for the broadcast but, as had been the case in the summer, we were not to be deterred; since we were in possession of sufficiently adequate equipment we requested to be allowed to record the service ourselves. The BBC acquiesced and, despite the additional time this took in an extra-cold chapel (open windows still being a requirement), we managed to record and produce the programme and had nearly thawed out in time to hear it broadcast the following Sunday morning.

It has therefore been a year of repeatedly having to overcome seemingly insurmountable difficulties in order to do what we most enjoy: making music. And although Covid remains very much a concern, the opportunity to pursue a regime which more closely resembles a ‘normal’ pattern was not one we were prepared to miss. We have not been able to make our regular cathedral visits, welcome school choirs or have joint services with other Colleges, but the choir have taken the return to near-normality in their stride and have completed what has been in many ways their strongest year for some time. The performance of music by our own students (Felix Elliott, Alice Rivers, Joe Wardhaugh, and Tom Williamson) alongside other living composers, many of whom receive few performances elsewhere, remains a notable feature of our work, as does our collaboration with our saxophoneplaying chaplain, Tim Boniface. The release of Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian’s CD Welcome Party (to which the choir

contributed three tracks alongside performers from the London Symphony Orchestra) in November was an exciting event, and the eventual release of Marc’Antonio Ingegneri volume 2 on 1 April 2022 was a particular highlight. As was the case with volume 1, international sales have been high and critical acclaim has been, if anything, even more enthusiastic, with BBC Radio 3 devoting considerable airtime to the disc on Record Review and Record Review Extra

As I write we have just returned from our tour of Bavaria and Austria, performing in astonishing venues in

Regensburg, Salzburg, Passau, Linz and Vienna, culminating with a concert in London after completing our recording of Marc’Antonio Ingegneri volume 3. As this was our first international tour since 2019, there was a palpable sense of excitement and joy throughout the project, perhaps more so than has ever been the case in the past. I have a sense that this latest tour more than anything else will help cement a return to the full activity and industriousness for which Girton Choir has become renowned.

Gareth Wilson, Director of Chapel Music

Performing at the Pfarrkirche St Paul in Passau, Summer 2022

The Chapel’s biggest congregation this year came on 5 December, as listeners to BBC Radio 4’s Sunday Morning Worship were welcomed to Girton College for an Advent service entitled ‘The Dawn from on High.’ A rich selection of music performed by the Chapel Choir, a baroque ensemble and the brass quintet was woven together with reflections and readings from students, the Mistress and the Vice-Mistress; and a sermon from the Chaplain. The service was deeply Girtonian and a privilege to be part of; and we were delighted to receive letters from alumni and beyond expressing thanks for the service and its uplifting content.

There is often a behind-the-scenes story, though, and Radio 4’s audience were blissfully unaware of the efforts required to enable the broadcast to go ahead. On the morning of the recording, Covid prevented the BBC production team from entering the site. Following a dash for what equipment we could find, the entire recording was made by the Chaplain; Jeremy West, Musician in Residence; and Andrew Kershaw, Mary Amelia Cummins Harvey Visiting Fellow Commoner: each of whom had recording experience, but usually a little more time to prepare. Supplied to the BBC little more than 24 hours later, the recording itself was

something of which all who were involved can be very proud indeed.

Regular services have been served faithfully by a Choir that has gone from strength to strength this year, by a dedicated team of Chapel Wardens, and by an array of guest speakers who are always appreciated by Choir and congregation. Visitors enjoy our services and the socialising afterwards, which is, of course, so much richer than last year. Special mention must go to a choir jazz jam in the Fellows’ Dining Room following the conclusion of Lent Term’s services – a great fun evening that the Chaplain, for one, hopes will be repeated.

The Chapel Committee are especially grateful to the Friends of Girton College Chapel, whose generosity enabled the purchase of a bespoke set of altar frontals that weave together various shades of each liturgical colour for an image that speaks of our diversity and liveliness. It has been a great relief to receive the Chapel ‘back’ after last year’s screened-off configuration, and in addition to services, I know it is warmly appreciated by many who find within its walls a welcome peace, depth and stability amongst the busyness and challenges of College life.

Tim Boniface, Chaplain

One of the new altar frontals by Croft Designs, obtained through the generosity of the Friends of Girton Chapel

Jeremy West

Research Evenings

In the age of streaming and TV box-sets we are never short of entertainment. But if you want a series that can simultaneously unpack the human experience, probe the frontiers of science, and make history come alive, then research evenings at Girton are the only answer.

This year offered multiple insights into the artistic world, beginning in Michaelmas Term with Dr Carol Adlam – our Mary Amelia Cummins Harvey Visiting Fellow Commoner – and her talk: ‘Illustration, Considered as One of the Fine Arts.’ This stunning visual tour through Carol’s work culminated in the revealing of an intricate 3D model representing scenes from a graphic novel.

In February, our attention turned to moving images, with PhD candidate and film scholar Ido Rosen presenting his thought-provoking study of antisemitic tropes in: ‘Religion, Ethnicity and Blood: The Jewish Vampire in the TV Series Juda.’ This was followed in May by film-maker Logan Dandridge – Girton’s first ever Cavendish Arts–Science Fellow – presenting a screening of his ground-breaking new experimental film: Antiphony. The film emerged from reflective conversations with Cambridge physicists and uses physics as a medium through which to ‘reckon with the continuum of black experience.’

The challenging complexity of our twenty-first century material world was revealed by Linda Layne’s absorbing examination of over-consumption in her anthropological paper: ‘“I am Buried Here”: One middle-class American mother’s struggle with overabundance.’

In November, we welcomed Dr Cristina Penasco and Dr Matthew Agarwala from the Bennett Institute for Public Policy to discuss their participation in the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. Reasons for hope and reasons for despair were on offer in equal number. If such existential thoughts lead to a jangling of the nerves, then it’s useful

to at least know how those nerves work (to stretch a segue). Susanne Mesoy provided just such insight with her paper: ‘Channel your passion: How ion channels make our nerves go.’

Other presentations took us even closer to the boundaries of known science, and then invited us to peer over the edge. In early May, PhD candidate Yasmeen AlMufti offered us a ‘Whistlestop Tour of Living Forever’, a fascinating analysis of the science of ageing and the tantalising question of whether we can ever turn back the clock. This was followed in late May by Dr David ArvidssonShukur’s: ‘Quantum Mechanics: Making the Impossible Possible.’ This mind-blowing presentation included an examination of whether it is physically possible to be in two places at once. As long as one of those places is a Girton College research evening, the future looks bright!

This gazing into the scientific future was balanced by taking a longer-lens look at the past, with several outstanding historical papers this year. In November, Dr Anna Nickerson presented a fascinating look at the life and times of Gerard Manley Hopkins. Her paper, subtitled ‘why being a hot mess of an academic is totally OK’, offered some comfort to those of us living the contemporary academic life. In February, Dr Emma Brownlee took us rather further back with an examination of ‘Death in Early Medieval Europe’, in which she utilised big data approaches to map and analyse changing funerary practices.

From the autumnal evenings of October, to the late spring sunshine of May, the Fellows’ research evenings once again showcased a stunning cross-section of the extraordinarily rich research life of this college. A deep thank-you to all who contributed.

Dennis Grube, Official Fellow for Postdoctoral Affairs

Hail and Farewell

During the year, the Fellowship sadly lost Life Fellow Dr Betty Wood, and Barbara Bodichon Foundation Fellow, Sir Laurence Martin. Both are commemorated elsewhere in this issue along with another Barbara Bodichon Fellow, Colin Tyler, whose election was reported last year.

Professor Susan J Smith was elected to a life fellowship at the end of her term of office, and her distinguished successor as Mistress, Dr Elisabeth Kendall, will be introduced to readers of The Year in the next issue. Dr Sandra Fulton stepped down as Senior Tutor after nine years of outstanding and extraordinarily hardworking contribution to our academic endeavour, but will continue as an Official Fellow. We look forward to welcoming Professor Toni Williams as our new Senior Tutor in October 2022.

New Official Fellows elected in 2021–22 were Dr Stéphanie Swarbreck, Janet Harker Official Fellow in Biological Sciences; Simon Fairclough, Official Fellow for Music Performance; and Dr John Tadross, Official Fellow in Medicine. Shortly before the end of the year, we elected Dr Marta Gentilucci, as Official Fellow for Music Composition, and Dr Jacob Currie as Official Fellow in Classics. Dr Matthew Neal and Dr Sally Ricketts arrived as Official Fellows on taking up tutorships at Girton, and existing Fellows Dr Seb Falk and Dr David ArvidssonShukur also took on that crucial College office. We welcomed Dr Will Barker as our new Rosamund Chambers Research Fellow in Astrophysics, while the artist Logan Dandridge was our first Cavendish Arts–Science Visiting Fellow. We were also delighted to host as Mary Amelia Cummins Harvey Visiting Fellow Commoner for 2021–22 the graphic artist Dr Carol Adlam. Two of her predecessors, the musicians Andy Kershaw and Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian, also completed their Coviddisrupted residencies from 2019–20 and 2020–21.

A host of new Bye-Fellows were elected: in Clinical Medicine, Dr Katie Burton and Dr Jonathan Fuld; in Veterinary Science, Dr André Kortum and Dr Alice Bird; in Land Economy, Dr

Stefania Fiorentino and in Biological Sciences, Dr Soudabeh Imanikia. In preparation too for the arrival of the first Cambridge University Foundation Year students in October 2022, Dr Marieke Dhont and Dr Shyane Siriwardena joined us.

Two long-standing members of the fellowship, Professor Per-Olof Wikstrøm (Criminology) and Dr Neil Wright (Classics) retired at the end of the academic year; and Professor Evis Sala (Medicine) left Cambridge to take up a distinguished post in Rome. Professor Colm Durkan, long-time supervisor, tutor and Director of Studies in Engineering, Dr Dennis Grube, Official Fellow for Postgraduate Affairs, and Dr Thomas Roulet, Official Fellow in Sociology and Management Studies, also left but will continue their other roles within the University. Dr Linda Layne, Bye Fellow (Social Anthropology) returned to California and Dr Frances Brill, our first Margaret Tyler Research Fellow in Geography, went to a new venture in London.

Among College staff, Girton has not been immune to ‘the Great Resignation’ which is affecting so many employers across the country in the wake of the pandemic. Our tireless Assistant Bursar, Catherine Rawlings, left to become Head of Finance at Pembroke College. Rachael Kent took over her role, while Caroline Quelch, Payroll Manager; Liz Heselwood, Management Accountant; and Karen Dalton, Summer Programmes Administrator, also departed. Tony Hall, our Head Porter, retired early with the thanks of a grateful College. We also said goodbye to Jenny Griffiths, Graduate Administrator and Chloe Richardson, Schools Liaison Officer.

Mark Foreman, our longstanding Catering Manager, retired, having seen us through the pandemic and many happier times so successfully. Vincent Howard arrived to step into his capable shoes. Other leavers from the department were Kelly Blyth-Smith and Karen Gibbs, Front of House Team Leaders; Marilyn Smith, Kitchen Assistant; Julie Drawwater-Bell, Bar Supervisor; Artur Myszka, Chef; Kevin Sheen, Catering Systems Coordinator; and Jake Carter, Kitchen Porter. Romain

Baron, Deputy House Manager and Martin Brittain, Carpenter, also departed, as did Ruth Long, Assistant Librarian providing maternity cover. Finally, in the gardens, we also said farewell to Richard Hewitt, our long-time Deputy Head Gardener; Colin Osborne, Gardener; and Will Cook, Grounds Assistant.

To all those leaving, we thank them for all their contributions – whether brief or of many years’ standing – and send everyone our best wishes for their future plans.

Among College staff, Vicky Argent joined us as Head of Student Services taking over from Angela Stratford who left us as Head of Admissions and Tutorial after two decades of dedicated service. The reconfigured Student Services team now also includes Wendy Klein, Postgraduate Administrator; Emma Ling, Admissions Officer; Isha Cordes, Schools Liaison Officer; and Nicky Shevlane, Financial Welfare Officer. Our new Head Porter is Steve Fleming. Tiffany Orgill became our Payroll Manager and Hannah Taylor and Jenny Dunstall our new Summer Programmes Manager and Administrator respectively. Our catering ranks were swelled by Kinga Vincze, Sous Chef; Daniel Wiseman, Jamie Burton, and Mark Foster-Johnson, Chefs de Partie; Tamas Lehrreich, Commis Chef; Social Hub Operators Sue Ardley, Ben Rahim, Ellie Courtney-Jones, Sharon Lewis, and Jasmine Touchent. Further arrivals during the year were Rafal Juszczak, Assistant House Services Manager; Tom Hammond, Development Officer; Amy Sayers, Night Relief Porter; and Scott Reeve, Maintenance Assistant. Welcome!

Caroline Shenton, Secretary to Council

Dr Marieke Dhont

Dr Stefania Fiorentino

Dr Katie Burton

Dr Sally Ricketts

Dr Jonathan Fuld

Mr Simon Fairclough

Dr John Tadross

Dr Shyane Siriwardena

Dr Marta Gentilucci

Creature Comforts

Ridley (2009–2021) joined Girton in 2016, when Dr Seb Falk was appointed a Research Fellow. Born in Canada, he came to the UK at the age of two. His quiet, gentle temperament (and large size) made him a natural therapy dog, and he soon qualified for the Pets as Therapy scheme. His first posting was to the Arthur Rank Hospice on Mill Road. In 2017 he – alongside Dr Kershenbaum’s dog, Darwin – became one of Girton’s first pair of therapy dogs. His regular therapy sessions, held on the croquet lawn or outside the library

as part of the Thrive programme, were popular with both students and staff. Elsewhere, he was an occasional presence around the college – though he fortunately avoided crossing paths with Buster the cat – and once even attended a meeting of the College Council. After 18 months’ absence during 2020–21, when Seb returned as an Official Fellow last October Ridley resumed some therapeutic duties – sadly curtailed by his sudden death at the age of twelve. He will be greatly missed by friends at Girton and across the University and city.

Ridley with some of his many admirers

Seb Falk

Student Reports

JCR

The JCR’s bounce back from Covid began with a very successful in-person International Freshers’ Week and Freshers’ Week, which featured an ‘AlphaBop’, the traditional ‘Hunt’ and matriculation photos and brunch as well as a fancy dress pub crawl and a selection of movie nights. The Girton community had been somewhat splintered during Covid with it being difficult to socialise, and the Freshers’ Week clearly showed that even after nearly two difficult years the famed Girton community spirit was and is still truly present. The election of Giovanni Bernardi as the first ever Freshers’ Representative on the JCR Committee later that term was well received and we look forward to the ideas and

insights he will bring when organising the next Freshers’ Week.

To continue beyond Freshers’ Week, a few JCR-wide events were organised during all three terms. These included ice skating just before the Christmas break, the incredibly popular welfare petting zoo and several editions of the Girton JCR Pub Quiz. The Girton-wide community, but also communities within Girton, were celebrated through several themed formals, including the Green Formal and its plant raffle as part of the Girton Green Society’s ‘Green Week’ in February, the JCR Formal in March for newly elected committee

The JCR Committee for 2022. Front row (L–R): Sharvani Sivakumar, Jules Pye, Ella Honey, Riyaan Misra, Harry Goolnik; Middle row (L–R): Emma Scott, Joe Bray, Kirsty Newman, Joseph Hanlon, Katie Lane, Ursula Cranston; Back row (L–R): Giovanni Bernardi, Zac CopelandGreene, Uday Modhwadia, Weza Magalhães, Hasan Lone, Kia Taylor-Powell, Sophie Richardson, Jemima Pain, Katie Proctor

Katie Clark

members and the LGBTQ+ Formal. Easter Term saw the long-awaited BME Formal as well as the first ‘Marriage’ Formal in three years. An Anniversary Formal is also organised for the cohorts who missed out on a similar ‘Marriage’ Formal because of Covid.

Possibly the clearest signs of the Girton team spirit making a strong in-person comeback this year have been the major events at the end of Lent and Easter Terms. Lent saw the first-ever sports day in Girton during which we faced Somerville, our sister college in Oxford. Girton emerged victorious after a long day of football, rugby, frisbee, mixed lacrosse, netball and

‘primary school sports.’ Lent Term was rounded off with the first major ball in Cambridge post-Covid, organised by presidents Tilly Palmer and Eva Scarlett Murray and their team. The Girton Spring Ball 2022 – with the theme of ‘Absurdism’ – was a roaring success, with students and staff alike praising the committee for their excellent work and risk management. We concluded this year with the Girton Garden Party, which made its return after a two-year absence and was organised by its committee headed by Emma Scott.

Katie Clark, JCR President

Girton Spring Ball 2022

All photos: Tobia Nava

MCR

This year has also marked the reawakening of the MCR, as we emerged from long-imposed restrictions of the Covid period. While postgraduates do have a habit of losing themselves in wider University activity, we regularly found reason to come together at Girton to celebrate and reconnect with College life.

Our social calendar saw a return of many old favourites and exciting new additions, with strong engagement across the board. The academic year kicked off with a fully in-person Freshers’ Fortnight, with a packed schedule of events hosted across College and in town, much to the delight of our new students. This trend

continued throughout the year, culminating in three vibrant terms of research events, formal dinners, discussion groups and late-night parties for the MCR to get their teeth into. We saw the back of tedious Zoombased socialising and welcomed exciting new initiatives, with the most significant including an inaugural dinner with our sister college Somerville in Oxford. The much-anticipated MCR Super Formal returned after a two-year hiatus, with the Hall packed for an Oscars-themed extravaganza of live music, free-flowing drinks and fantastic food. Our termly PechaKucha and joint research seminars with the Fellowship saw record engagement, with presentations from a wide range of disciplines, ranging from black hole science to medieval funerary practices. The MCR community has truly been rallied and looks set to continue in strength for years to come.

The MCR faced a unique challenge this year in welcoming a new cohort of students while attempting to re-engage those who started their course during the subdued pandemic period. Now the appetite for online activities has faded, it has been a huge pleasure to welcome old and new students back on site, especially those who make the trek from far-flung corners of Cambridge. While many of us may now be looking towards our next adventure, we hope that our experiences at Girton will unite and inspire us in the future.

Finally, a great deal of appreciation must be expressed to the MCR Committee for its stewardship of the postgraduate community and tireless efforts to enrich our University experience. Their dedication is commendable and has had a positive impact across our community.

Cowperthwaite, MCR President

George

Enjoying the Postgraduate Christmas Formal Hall

Student Societies and Clubs

Girton College Islamic Society. Zuhr (afternoon) prayer being performed at 2pm, after attending brunch, in Cloister Court during Easter term. ‘Where possible we try to pray in congregation or attend the congregations held at Cambridge Eco Mosque as encouraged by our faith. Being able to pray on college grounds, more specifically on the grass, is a luxury not everyone in the University is given.’

Nasar Siddiqui

Martha Hoult

Girton’s Mixed Lacrosse team, the Cloud Leopards, hanging out in the trees in their highly recognisable kit and awaiting their next prey

The Girton College Eurovision Appreciation Society ‘offers a year-round opportunity for students to come together and celebrate the song contest that has united audiences world-wide. The society values the diversity of the competition but also its members, and strives to appreciate the range of cultures brought together, to establish a collaborative global community. Viewing the contest itself in Easter term is an invaluable chance to have fun, drink wine and enjoy cheesy music amidst the stress of academia.’

Girton College Engineering Society enjoying their first event after Covid restrictions were lifted in October 2021, under cover in Ash Court

Yasmin Meddour

Matias Silva

Co-Presidents Jules Pye and Joseph Hanlon at the first wine and cheese night of the revived Girton College French Society: created for Francophones and Francophiles alike

Tom Howlett and Lauren Court playing the comic duo in the GADS Christmas pantomime: Max in Top Boots written by Zac Copeland-Greene, directed by Harriet Wadey and Harry Goolnik. (The eponymous Max is the Mistress’s cat)

Nick Carter

Kirsty Newman

‘Our first 11-a-side victory! We won 3–2 against Sidney/ Magdalene in a CUWAFL league match. This team was almost non-existent before Michaelmas Term 2021, yet over just two terms we have managed to form an incredible squad. Many players joined having little experience, highlighting the impressive progress we’ve made. The future looks mighty for the Gedwards lionesses indeed!’

Girton College Men’s Football Club (in green) at the annual Old Boys match, which was won by the students for the first time in six years, in a closely fought 2–1 victory

The Gedwards (Girton/ Murray Edwards) Women’s Football Club in March 2022.

Mariella Hartley

Emma Cornwell

An intercollegiate vegan cooking class co- organised by Girton Green Society as part of the University-wide May 2022 Green Week. ‘On the menu were a delicious vegan Mac & Cheese and Butter Tofu Curry as well as an unctuous Olive Oil Chocolate Cake for dessert. We also heard from Save Soil Cambridge about the implications of the soil crisis on the food we eat.’

Girton College Mixed Water Polo Club members following their 24-hour Swimathon in aid of The British Red Cross Society in March 2022. ‘Swimming lengths of Girton’s pool through the night, we raised a fantastic £7,419 for their Ukraine Crisis Appeal’

Mia Becker

Andrew Te Water Naude

Our first game for the Girton College Women’s Basketball Team, against Darwin. We were a little nervous, and tensions were high. Grace Taylor, our player of the match, is pictured with the ball. Unfortunately, we didn’t win, but we’re planning a rematch soon

Georgie HodgkinsBrown of the Girton College Mixed Hockey Team with the ball in the Cuppers quarter-final against the Christ’s and Pembroke team

Kristina Calver playing our inaugural home game for the Girton College Table Tennis Team. We hosted Hughes Hall, another team to make their league debut in Lent Term. We would go on to lose the tie 2–7 against the eventual division six champions, two points rescued by a great performance from Jackie Luo

Nina Wittmann

Nimotalai

Lawal

Alexander Wignall

Jack Davis of the Girton College Mixed Netball Team marks his opposite St Catharine’s player. We beat St Catharine’s to win division three and get promoted to division two! It looks likely that we will also be promoted to division one after Lent term so it has been an extremely successful season

Warming-up, distributing bibs and general chaos preceding a Girton College Ladies’ Netball match on a particularly chilly day in January 2022

Callum O’Kane

Izzy Porter

Evan Hall of Pirton

Football

high to take the ball against St John’s, lifted by Aakash Gupta and Max Hall. The match unfortunately ended 0–21 to St John’s, but Pirton had many debutants and a good chance for squad rotation. St John’s remained the only team we did not beat this year

The Girton Purple Squirrels Ultimate Frisbee win against the Somerville College team at the Girton–Somerville sports day. This concluded a successful term in the Cambridge College league during which we were promoted to the first division

(Girton/Pembroke) Rugby

Club soaring

Jacqui Gaiser-Porter

Tom Stokes

Roll of Alumni

2023 – Calendar of Events

Hosting events is an important way for the College to stay connected with alumni and supporters, and we look forward to resuming our regular activities as soon as is advisable.

Our provisional schedule for 2023 is set out below. We very much hope that the events scheduled for 2023 will be able to go ahead, but please note that all events are still subject to official Public Health guidelines and changes may still be made. To ensure you receive your invitation, and the latest news and information, please update your contact details by using the form on page 149 or on our website.

All events take place in College, unless otherwise stated.

February

TBC: Mountford Humanities and Arts Communication Prize

TBC: Hammond Science Communication Prize

23rd: Alumni Formal Hall

March

8th: Law and Finance Networking Reception in London

11th: Girton Alumni Sports Association Sports Matches and Dinner

TBC: MA Dinner

TBC: MA Congregation

April 28th: Spring Gardens Walk

May 4th: Jane Martin Poetry Prize

6th: Medical and Veterinary Society Dinner

25th: Alumni Formal Hall

June

17th: May Bumps and Boat Club Dinner

20th: May Week Concert

23rd: Summer Guest Night

September

16th: Alumni Reunion Dinner for 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2013

Roll of Alumni Weekend:

23rd: Library Talk (all welcome) 23rd: Lawrence Room Talk (all welcome) 23rd: People’s Portraits Talk (all welcome) 23rd: Concert for the Roll (all welcome)

23rd: Roll of Alumni Dinner (all welcome, especially Matriculation years 1963, 1973, 1983, 1992, 1993 and 1994)

24th: Gardens Talk (all welcome)

October

14th: Commemoration of Benefactors and Foundation Dinner

17th: Autumn Gardens Walk

26th: Alumni Formal Hall

More details of the Roll of Alumni Weekend and Dinner can be found on page 150. Details of other events in the calendar can be found in due course on our website at www.girton.cam.ac.uk.

Regional Associations

An overview of the activities of regional associations at home and abroad

Cambridge Local Girton Association

Despite the constraints of Covid, the CLGA enjoyed a programme of events, held almost entirely over Zoom, and in this respect we are immensely grateful to Hilary Goy for making her IT facilities available to us and acting as host. Many of the talks, on a wide variety of subjects, have been suggested by members of the Committee, and these have been much appreciated.

Especially during the pandemic, the CLGA has been delighted to welcome visitors from the London Girton Association and from St. Anne’s Society.

• 1 May, 2021: Dr Seb Falk, now once again at Girton, spoke on his recently-published book, The Light Ages: A Medieval Journey of Discovery

• 26 June, 2021: Dr Arik Kershenbaum, Fellow of Girton, spoke on another recent publication, his The Zoologist’s Guide to The Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens and Ourselves

• 20 October, 2021: Dr Patricia Fara gave a talk entitled A Lab of One’s Own: Science and Suffrage in World War I

• 6 November, 2021: At the CLGA AGM Jane Liddell King spoke about her relative, Ida King, the first black woman to study at Girton.

• 18 December, 2021: The Hon. Dr Jocelynne Scutt spoke on The Women’s Bill of Rights.

• 8 January, 2022: Retired microbiologist Dr Richard Freeman gave a talk on ‘Antibiotic Resistance.’

• 26 February, 2022: Katie Childs, a Girtonian and Chief Executive at Chawton House, spoke on ‘Botanical Women.’

• 22 April, 2022: Catherine Ansorge kindly organised a visit to the University Library Exhibition, ‘Samurai: History and Legend.’

Sadly, talks planned for March and May had to be cancelled owing to illness, but members of the CLGA are looking forward to a showing by Amy Erickson on 23 July of the film ‘As is Their Due’ about the early Girton and Newnham graduates returning to Cambridge to receive their Honours Degrees.

We also look forward to hearing Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian, speaking on ‘Burning the Books: A History of Knowledge Under Attack’ in October, and are planning further events during the autumn.

Email: clga@girton.cam.ac.uk Website: www.sites.google.com/site/cambridgelga

London Girton Association

In the autumn of 2021, we had an excellent online talk from historian and writer Margaret Willes, entitled ‘Botanical Shakespeare and London.’ Our Spring 2022 programme included an online talk by Dr Caroline Shenton about her recent book, National Treasures: Saving the Nation’s Art in World War II. We were delighted that members of the Cambridge Local Girton

Association and the Wales and West Girton Association were able to join us online for a wonderfully engaging and informative lecture on the various museums and the, often rather eccentric, directors and curators who sent the nation’s art to safety all over the country.

In March, members were happy to be able to meet in person once more, for a tour of the Royal Courts of Justice.

Our summer event took us to Kew Gardens. Libby Insall had given us a fascinating tour of the newly renovated Temperate House in September 2019, and this time she escorted us to the southern end, near the wonderfully restored Great Pagoda, a folly completed in 1762 for Princess Augusta, the founder of the Gardens, where we visited the newly planted Chinese area around the Pagoda itself, as well as the Japanese Garden.

The LGA Book Circle, set up in March 2020 at the beginning of lockdown, has continued to thrive, with monthly meetings online to discuss a mix of fiction and non-fiction.

Email:lga@girton.cam.ac.uk Website: www.girton.cam.ac.uk/london-girton-association Facebook: www.facebook.com/LondonGirtonAssociation

Oxford Region Girtonians

Regrettably the ORG has taken the decision to cease formal operations. We do, however, keep in touch informally, continuing the friendships developed over the years, so anyone in the Oxford area wishing to have contact with fellow OGs is very welcome to get in touch.

Contact: Meg Day (1967) Email: org@girton.cam.ac.uk Tel: 01865 375916 Website: www.oxfordregiongirtonians.org.uk

Manchester Association of Cambridge University Women

Following the disappointment of having to cancel our Annual Dinner in 2021 it was fabulous to meet up again at Northenden Golf Club for a wonderful evening in March 2022. With only one speaker we were given an extended presentation by Dr Ruth Thompson who is a GP working with the homeless community in Manchester. Her talk was fascinating and thought-provoking and an insight into a world that most of us knew little about.

The postponed summer visit to Southern Cemetery morphed into an autumn event and a group of members were treated to an excellent visit orchestrated by Manchester tour guide Ed Glinert to learn about the prominent women and other interesting characters buried there.

I am pleased to report that the trees planted at Manchester High School and Withington Girls’ School to honour women in Cambridge and their outstanding connection with, and contribution to, Manchester from the earliest days are all thriving.

The 2021 AGM was again held on Zoom… a relatively short but lively affair and the 2022 AGM due at the beginning of October is scheduled to happen in person! Fingers crossed.

WhatsApp is organised by Helen Brown (St John’s), and you can be included by contacting her at: helenbrown070@gmail.com. All new members of whatever age are warmly welcomed. Come and join us. Email: Macuw@cantab.net

David Johnson

Wales and the West Girtonian Association

• After the worst of Covid, the WWGA embarked upon a programme of five events based on feedback from the members.

• Both the Ravilious exhibition and the talk from Jill Denman in October 2021, and the Bath Archives and Abbey visit some seven months later, were very well received. The Chief Archivist revealed Bath’s treasures in a personalised tour. After lunch opposite the Roman Baths, we had a very instructive tour of the renovations to the Abbey and the new music school, amidst a Shakespearean rehearsal in Nazi uniform which added a degree of surrealism!

• The ongoing knock-on effect of Covid has undoubtedly meant fluidity in everyone’s diaries as well as unexpected bouts of infection, so Heather Toomer’s talk on her spectacular lace collection will now take place in 2023.

• A small but enthusiastic group visited “The Newt in Somerset” and enjoyed exploring an amazing environmentally-run estate which boasts Roman ruins, outstanding gardens and orchards, a gardening museum and a cider making plant –and of course another excellent lunch!

• In September we have a fascinating talk from Girtonian, Dr Josephine Flood, an expert in aboriginal archaeology and mountaineering (a skill she learnt ascending Cambridge’s buildings!) and in October a tour of the Sir Ken Stradling Collection in Bristol, which is a world class display of art and design artefacts dating from the 1930s.

Sadly, Diana Episcopo (Medical Sciences 1956), one of the energetic founders of the group, died in July 2022 and members raised a teacup to her memory.

Everyone is welcome; please contact fjwhallworth@ gmail.com for further details. More details can be found at: wwga@girton.cam. ac.uk or www.girton.cam.uk/wwga

New York Girton Association

The New York Girton Association has been unable to meet; we hope to continue with our programme of events once it is safe to do so. We would welcome hearing from any Girtonians who would like to speak at future events. Please contact us at newyorkga@girton.cam.ac.uk to be included in our emailing list.

Hong Kong Committee

We would be delighted to hear from any Girtonians based in Hong Kong. You can reach us via the College or by following our Facebook page. Join the group here: https://facebook.com/ groups/539478213416164

Births, Marriages and Deaths

Births

Bubb. On 18 October 2021, to Hester (2013 Dishman) and James, a girl, Naomi Eleanor, a sister to Noah James (born 29 December 2019).

Butterfill–Pace. On 28 May 2021, to Rachel Butterfill (2009) and Elliot Pace (2009; Fitzwilliam), a girl, Helena Ffion.

Etheridge. On 5 September 2021, to Camilla (2011 Gibbons) and George, a boy, Gabriel Hollis.

Nickerson. On 18 December 2021, to Anna (2013; Fellow) and Chris, a girl, Poppy Mary Joy.

Parker–Tadross. On 13 April 2022, to John Tadross (2022; Fellow) and Jennifer Parker, a boy, Felix Henry.

Wright. In June 2021, to Jonathon (2003) and Charlotte, a boy, Peter William Andrew, a brother to Martha.

Naomi Eleanor Bubb

Helena Ffion Butterfill–Pace

Gabriel Hollis Etheridge

Poppy Mary Joy Nickerson

Felix Henry Parker–Tadross

Marriages and Civil Partnerships

Butterfill – Pace

On 21 December 2019, Rachel Butterfill (2009) and Elliott Pace (2009; Fitzwilliam College).

Kaplan – Harris.

On 4 October 2019, Claude Kaplan (1990) and Sarah Harris.

Vintiadis – Loewy

In 2018, Marianna Vintiadis (1991) and Margherita Loewy.

Williams – Cotter

In June 2021, Alexander Williams (2002) and Robert Cotter.

Alexander Williams (2002) and Robert Cotter

Rachel Butterfill (2009) and Elliott Pace (2009; Fitzwilliam College)

In Memoriam

ANDREWES DODD. On 23 July 2021, Georgina Mary (Andrewes) MA (1978 Natural Sciences)

After graduation Georgina obtained a PGCE and went to teach in Kenya with VSO. She subsequently worked for the BBC African Service and as a writer and editor. Her novel Behind the Waterfall was published in 1988. She married Daniel and they had three children, Madeleine, Alexander and Rosamund who miss her deeply.

AUTY. On 31 January 2022, Kathleen BA (1938 Mathematics) Kathleen attended Cambridge Training College, now Hughes Hall, and then taught Mathematics for many years. She retired in 1978 as Head of Mathematics at Skipton Girls’ High School. She enjoyed the outdoors and was a passionate member of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. In 1988 Kathleen became a Licensed Reader in the Church of England, retiring in 2005. She died aged 101.

BARCLAY. On 22 July 2018, Ruth Gwendoline BA (1941 Natural Sciences)

BARNES. On 17 February 2022, Marian Nora (Sampson) MA (1953 Natural Sciences)

BECKHAM. On 10 June 2021, Ann Gertrud (Roberts) MA (1978 Medical Sciences)

Dr Ann Roberts was a Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist who worked at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Welwyn Garden City and then at

Harperbury near Radlett. She was also a medical manager, clinical supervisor and mentor. She married Michael Beckham, a prominent TV journalist. They shared a wide range of interests in art, music and travel and are survived by their children, Daisy and Alexander.

BOWKER. On 2 September 2021, Anne Jarvis (Bennett) MA (1960 Natural Sciences)

BRADSHAW. In 2021, Janice Mary (Gent) MA (1951 Law)

BROWN. On 30 May 2021, Ann Macrae (Charlton) BA (1960 Modern and Medieval Languages)

Ann was a well-known figure in Chiswick, as the owner of Strand Antiques. What was less known was her work for the Security Services in a senior role. She loved foreign travel (she had a house in France, but was unable to visit Russia), her allotment, the theatre and wild swimming. Widowed early, she is survived by her two sons, Rory and Hugh, and friends remember her charm, energy and kindness.

BRYAN. On 17 December 2020, Elisabeth Jean (Brodie) MA (1958 Modern and Medieval Languages)

BUTCHER. On 6 August 2021, Felicity Ogilvy (Jackson) MA (1945 History)

CALVERT. In May 2021, Drusilla Mary Elizabeth (Dean) MA (1963 Music; 1965 Anglo-Saxon)

Scientists, teachers, doctors, homemakers, spies, vets, artists, writers, lawyers and much more: this year’s Girtonian lives remembered

Georgina Andrewes Dodd

Kathleen Auty

CHAMBERLAIN. On 22 June 2021, Janet Elizabeth (Lance) MA (1951 Natural Sciences)

CHAPMAN. On 2 February 2021, Alison Mary Kay (Sayles) (1983 History)

DENNIS. On 28 February 2020, Dorothy Mary (Hinnels) MA PGCE (1950 History; 1952 Theology)

Dorothy gained a PGCE from Hughes Hall after graduating from Girton, and subsequently specialised in nursery education and pre-school teaching. She married the Revd John Dennis, later Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, and had two sons, John and Peter. She was hugely loved by them and her wider family, and also in the local community.

DIXON. On 6 January 2021, Elizabeth (Betty) Edith (Stone) BA (1946 English)

EASTON. On 21 October 2021, Vera (Elliott) MA (1944 History)

ENISTO. On 11 January 2018, Georgina Anne (Redding) MA (1965 Medical Sciences; 1967 Natural Sciences)

Georgina undertook her medical training at Guy’s Hospital in London, and specialised in child psychiatry. She became senior registrar at Guy’s and then a consultant for Cornwall Health Authority. She was mother to Peter, Siobhan and Jessica.

GRUNDY. On 29 September 2021, Stephan Scott PhD (1991 Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic)

Stephan completed his undergraduate studies

at Southern Methodist University, Texas, before coming to Girton. After graduating, he wrote his first novel Rhinegold and subsequently published several science-fiction novels. He also published works on Germanic culture and traditions under the pen name ‘Kvelduf Gundarsson.’ In 1994, he married Melodi Lammond. His hobbies included nature, woodworking, jewellery making, gardening and historical re-enactment.

GULLACE. On 11 April 2022, Hilary Ann (Keeble) MA (1954 English)

After graduation, Hilary worked at Christie’s and married Italian psychiatrist, Carmelo Gullace, from Calabria. They subsequently moved to Rochester, New York. Hilary did the bookkeeping for Carmelo’s private practice, raised three children, and was an indefatigable reader, quilter and gardener. Carmelo died in 2017. She is survived by her brother John, her children, Nicky, John, and Joe, as well as her six beloved grandchildren.

HIRD. On 4 February 2020, Jean Laura (Harmer) MA (1949 Natural Sciences)

HOLLINGSHEAD-FOX. On 7 April 2022, Sheila (Hollingshead) MA (1964 Natural Sciences)

Sheila came to Girton as a mature student with a PhD in Chemistry from Manchester already under her belt. She qualified as a doctor but retained a strong professional interest in biochemistry and pharmacology, researching and publishing and later going into general practice. She married Ian in 1960 and was the devoted mother of Andrew, and grandmother to Harry and Freya.

Stephan Grundy

HOPE. On 9 September 2021, Margaret Daphne (Boutwood) MA (1944 History)

Daphne took a secretarial course after Girton and became a fashion journalist for Women’s Journal and The Sunday Times. Her articles appeared in Punch, The Times, Homes and Gardens and elsewhere, and in the 1980s she branched out into short stories for women’s magazines and a novel for Mills & Boon. She married John in 1956 and had three children: Tom, Jane and Emma (the latter a notable shoe designer).

JONES. On 16 December 2021, Nesta Kathleen MA (1937 Classics)

Nesta was always proud of being a ‘Girton Girl.’ She taught Classics in North Wales and Bedford, before becoming Headmistress of the Kingsley School, Leamington Spa, in 1961. Retiring in 1977, she had an active social life and enjoyed reading, as well as going on cruises with her sister and friends. The last of her generation at 104, she was a beloved aunt and godmother.

KENYATTA. In 2008, Carol Stephanie Eve (Smith) BA (1961 Geography; 1962 Archaeology and Anthropology)

KNELL. On 31 December 2020, Jean Elizabeth Rait (Brown) MA (1958 Natural Sciences)

Jean was a Scots-woman of deep intelligence, intuition, and integrity; powerfully maternal and privately Presbyterian, she put her family before her career. She married Alan and had three sons. Her progress in pathology was interrupted by her husband’s career and move to Oman. There she worked surveying eye disease in children, travelling to remote villages.

KUHN. On 26 January 2021, Jehane Robin (Barton; formerly Mrs Burns) MA (1957 Moral Sciences).

Jehane was an artist, editor and Italophile, with a career which ranged from semantic analysis for machine translation at the Centro di Cibernetica in Milan to the California office of the American industrial designers, Charles and Ray Eames. She was married twice, in 1962 to the art historian Howard Burns, and in 1982 to Thomas S. Kuhn, the noted historian of science. She is survived by her three stepchildren, eight grandchildren, and one greatgrandchild.

LEADER. On 11 January 2022, Ninon Anne Marie (Neményi; formerly Mrs Kovesi) PhD (1957 Modern and Medieval Languages). Obituary on p. 117.

LOVEGROVE. On 18 August 2021, Janet (Bourne) MA (1952 Music) Janet was a freelance musician and journalist, including time spent as a sub-editor at Vogue, and had a lifelong love of music, both as a teacher and performer (she had a wonderful singing voice). She also was a longstanding, and very popular, working governor of Brighton College, from 1976 to 2001, and huge believer in life-long education. She married the judge Geoffrey Lovegrove and had three children: James, Kate, and Philippa.

MARR. On 14 April 2021, Pamela Jane (Swanney) MA (1974 Archaeology and Anthropology; 1975 Land Economy) Deeply loved by her husband Alfie and children Tom, Jo, Chris, Shonagh and Neil, and all those

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who met her. She will be missed by everyone whose lives she touched around the world.

MARRS. On 3 February 2022, Margaret Olive (Lewin) MA (1948 Mathematics)

Margaret became Senior Operator of the original Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer (EDSAC), an early British computer constructed at Cambridge University’s Mathematical Laboratory. She continued her career as a programmer at the Department of Control Engineering, the Cambridge Local Examination Syndicate and the University of East Anglia. Married and widowed twice, she loved listening to and playing music.

McMULLEN. On 14 April 2022, John (1980 Official Fellow in Law; 1986 Teaching Officer in Law; 1988 Bye-Fellow in Law). Obituary on p. 120.

MITCHELL. On 7 September 2021, Margaret Joyce (Allen) MA (1952 Natural Sciences)

NAGY. On 19 August 2022, Jean Alison (Livingstone-Learmonth) BA MusB (1953 Music) Jeannie was encouraged by her grandmother to attend the Royal College of Music after her mother’s death. After Cambridge, she lived in France with her husband, the painter Imre Laszlo Nagy, translating and writing. After Imre’s death, despite considerable infirmity, she celebrated his paintings with exhibitions in Paris and Budapest.

NICHOLLS. On 2 June 2021, Jennifer Mary (Thomas) MA (1954 Law)

Following her call to the Bar, Jenny married fellow lawyer Donald (later Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead). Her priority became family and

the homes they made in Surrey and Hong Kong. Her experience heavily influenced Donald’s landmark speech in the House of Lords (White v White), in recognising the ‘equality of division’ between wage-earners and home-makers in the distribution assets during a divorce. In 2015, Jenny was delighted to celebrate her 80th birthday at Girton, with her family.

NOWELL. On 22 October 2020, Anne-Marie Elion (Giles) MA (1943 Modern and Medieval Languages)

Anne-Marie started learning Russian in the civil service, before translating U-Boat logs for the US Navy in Bremen, and subsequently worked at the Maison Française in Oxford. There she met her husband, Robert, and had Tess, Richard, John and David. While maintaining a wide circle of friends, she had a diverse range of part-time jobs and hobbies.

PAPWORTH. On 10 December 2021, Helen Louise (Garson) MA VetMB (1971 Medical Sciences; 1974 Veterinary Science)

POOLE. In July 2021, Margaret Cynthia (Smith) MA (1956 Natural Sciences) Margaret was a gifted teacher and champion of children’s science education. She set many a child on a path to success, including Shaun Fitzgerald (Official Fellow), who acknowledges his debt to Margaret, not just for her teaching, but for encouraging him to apply to Girton. She was married to Geoffrey (d. 2019) for 60 years and had Richard, Simon (d. 1980) and Sally. In retirement she continued her many interests in the local community at Chichester, including bridge, the Arts Society, Rotary and the church.

Jean Nagy

Jennifer Nicholls

POXON. On 25 July 2021, Eileen Margaret (Gale) MA (1957 Geography)

Eileen’s career as a geography teacher took her to posts in north London, Jamaica and Hampshire, and she wrote numerous geography textbooks, including PhotoMapwork for the Caribbean and multiple volumes of World Around Us and Visual Geogs She kept in touch with many of the class of ’57, and is survived by her husband John (a Selwynite and also a geographer), whom she married in 1961, and their three daughters.

QUINN. On 23 May 2021, Madge MPhil (1982 Education Studies)

Madge had studied maths and qualified as a teacher at Leicester University, and she settled in Uganda from 1967. She came to Girton to undertake a further degree which enabled her to branch out into teacher training for a further twenty years, at the Institute of Teachers’ Education, Kyambogo, and at Makerere University. In 2006 she received an MBE for services to education and development in Uganda.

ROBERTSON. On 15 September 2021, Ian PhD (1982 Engineering)

RODRIGUEZ. On 28 November 2018, Judith Catherine (Green) MA (1960 English)

Judith was an Australian academic and poet. Her many published volumes of poetry (often illustrated with her own linocuts) won international acclaim. She won the PEN International/Peter Stuyvesant Prize for Poetry in 1981 and the Christopher Brennan Prize in 1994, the same year that she was made

a Member of the Order of Australia. She is survived by her second husband, Tom Shapcott, and her four children by her first marriage.

RUMBLE. On 13 January 2022, Sheila Christine MA (1954 Modern and Medieval Languages) After Girton Sheila gained a diploma in theology from the University of London. Her career was spent teaching Spanish in schools in Hertfordshire and Leeds. Retiring to Hunstanton in Norfolk, she was an active member of her local Anglican church and a founder member of the Hunstanton U3A.

SCHAFFER. On 19 January 2022, Nina Valerie (Thomas) BA PGCE (1952 Geography) Girton was profoundly formative in Nina’s intellectual life and it always retained a special place in her heart. She worked at South Hampstead School for twenty years, where she is well-remembered as a vibrant, warm and inspiring Geography teacher. She regularly attended College events, first with her husband and, after he died in 1999, with her children, Daniel, Benny and Rachel.

SEARS. On 26 December 2021, Joan (Tulley) BA (1941 Natural Sciences)

Joan died aged 98, after a long and fulfilling life as a loving wife, daughter and mother of three. At Girton she was a good friend of Brenda Ryman (later Mistress of Girton), who became one of her daughter’s godmothers. A teacher and magistrate, and always a devout Christian, Joan took a very active role supporting various churches and local hospitals in Nottingham, as well as several international Christian charities.

SPELMAN. On 3 November 2020, Margaret (Westerby) MA (1944 Geography)

After Girton, Margaret taught in various schools in South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. She always recalled the great friendships and conversations she had in College, and being one of the youngest, aged 70, at the College’s reception and lunch when pre-1948 graduates finally received their degrees in 1998.

STANCOMB. On 30 June 2021, Judith Charmian (Cooper; formerly Mrs Higgens) MA (1961 English)

STEVENS. In May 2021, Elizabeth Mary (Vines) BA (1942 Modern and Medieval Languages; 1945 Geography)

Elizabeth (known as Mary until about 30 years ago) became a legal secretary, working for the British Council in Greece, for the BBC, and for Peter Benenson, the founder of Amnesty. She married Sam Stevens in 1963 and retained vivid memories of her time at Girton, keeping in touch with her Italian tutor. Until very recently she still could, and did, quote the opening lines from Dante’s Inferno

SYDENHAM. On 4 September 2021, Priscilla Angela (Tannett) MA LLB (1958 Law)

Angela qualified as a solicitor and became a noted expert on land law. She was Chief Legal Adviser to the Country Landowners’ Association and the author of several standard works which have gone through numerous editions, including Public Rights of Way and Access to Land, and Common Land and Village Greens: The Modern Law. She was an enthusiastic sailor and greatly enjoyed taking her shrimper out on the Alde

and sailing with friends in Turkey and elsewhere. Angela married Colin Sydenham in 1964 and is survived by her three children and nine grandchildren.

TAYLER. In 2021, Moya Elizabeth (Fry) MA PGCE (1952 Modern and Medieval Languages)

THOMSON. On 9 December 2021, Susan Mary (Dowty) BA (1960 Economics)

After a spell working in the Ministry of Defence, Susan qualified as a solicitor in 1971 and was a member of the Westminster Deanery Synod. She married Peter, Director-General of the Advertising Standards Authority, in 1968, and was the much-loved mother of Alexander, Rebecca (Bobby) and Ben.

TYLER. On 29 April 2020, Colin Douglas (2020 Barbara Bodichon Fellow). Obituary on p. 122.

VAN’T HOFF. On 27 January 2020, Rosemary Anne (Cooper) BA (1943 Natural Sciences) After training at King’s College Hospital London, Rosemary became a clinical neurophysiologist, and was based in Stoke-on-Trent for many years. She retired to the Meon Valley near Portsmouth with her husband, Walter, a physician, where they loved to sail in their Sadler 32, ‘Caduceus.’ She was immensely proud of their three sons.

WAKEFIELD. In 2020, Larissa Violet MA PhD (1978 Natural Sciences; 1982 Zoology) Larissa was a highly successful researcher, working first on cytoplasmic components that regulate gene expression in development, then on the influenza virus, and on drug-resistant strains of TB. Away from the lab, Larissa was

a talented artist, following in the footsteps of her potter father in Scilly, where she was born. Her work was popular and unusual, often using inspiration from molecular biology for her designs. She is survived by her husband Stephen Kearsey and daughters Nina and Emily.

WALKER. On 17 March 2022, Jennifer Mary (Charlton) MA (1954 Natural Sciences)

Jennie qualified as a gastroenterologist, married George, and adopted four children, in later life retraining as a GP. With her husband she renovated and lived in a ramshackle farmhouse near Bath for over 50 years, and took on the monumental task of restoring her listed 13th century tithe barn, wrecked by the hurricane of 1987, which became a venue for local concerts and events. Jennie also enjoyed skiing, sailing and walking.

WERDMULLER. On 19 September 2021, Patricia (Gillham) MA (1954 Geography) Pat qualified with a PGCE from the University of London after leaving Girton, and then emigrated to Kenya to train teachers and teach Geography in Nairobi. She met Otto there and they married in 1963. They moved to Jamaica, where Otto died in 1971, leaving her with two small sons. Pat eventually moved back to the UK and lived in Pembrokeshire and then Cambridge. She was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

WHITAKER. On 20 November 2021, Rosemary (Bechler) MA PhD (1970 English) Rosemary became active in the peace movement (particularly European Nuclear Disarmament), and political journalism. She was

chair of the National Peace Council in 19956 and in 2000 she co-founded Peaceworkers UK, followed in 2001 by the web platform openDemocracy. Most recently she had been active in DiEM25, the movement for a progressive EU.

WILSON. On 17 April 2022, Sheila Antoinette (Sapte) MA VetMD (1952 Natural Sciences; 1955 Clinical Vet Course) Noni, as she was known, went on to train as a veterinary surgeon and ran her own practice in Beaconsfield for many years. She married Robert in 1958 and had two children, Sally and Malcolm. She died peacefully at home, aged 90 years, and was a much-loved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

WOOD. On 3 September 2021, Betty Christina MA PhD (1971 Official Fellow in History; 1974 Director of Studies in History; 1995 Lecturer and Reader; 2001 Supernumerary Fellow; 2011 Life Fellow). Obituary on p. 124.

WRIGHT. On 27 May 2021, Elizabeth Anne (Miller) BA (1956 Classics) Anne met her husband Peter (Trinity Hall) at Cambridge and treasured her Girton friends throughout her life. A gifted linguist, she applied her sharp mind and remarkable empathy to being a selfless home-maker and mother to her four children, with distinguished spells in Bogotà, the Citizen’s Advice Bureau and the magistracy.

WYBOURNE. On 24 February 2022, (Driana Enid) Sister Catherine MA (1972 History). Obituary on p. 126.

Jennifer Walker

YOFFE. On 13 July 2014, Elizabeth Hebden (Mann) PhD (1946 Mathematics)

After undergraduate study at the University of Melbourne, Elizabeth came to England in 1946 and completed a PhD at Girton on differential equations of elasticity and plasticity, marrying physicist Abe Yoffe in 1949. She subsequently researched, taught and published at the Cavendish Laboratory and the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, living in Cambridge for the rest of her life. Elizabeth had four children: Deborah, Gideon, Susan and Jonathan.

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Obituaries

NINON LEADER (1933–2022)

Ninon Leader, who died earlier this year aged 88, was a scholar of Hungarian culture, writer, editor and broadcaster. From 1978 until 1993, living in London, she was senior producer in the Hungarian section of the BBC World Service. During those years, her radio series The Brits: A User’s Guide was a great success both in Britain and in Hungary. She wrote a book about the London she loved to explore, published in 2012 as Londonban Van, Hej,

Sok Számos Utca… (There are Many Streets in London…), with the drawings of Mátyás Sárközi.

Ninon was born in Budapest in 1933, into a Jewish family, and survived the second world war on false papers and by going into hiding. Her father, Imre Neményi, was a journalist, who died after the war having done forced labour under the Nazis, so for a couple of years she was in an orphans’ home. The Scottish Mission where she hid was run by her godmother, the heroic charity worker Jane Haining, who in 1944 was deported by the Nazis and murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Ninon joined the youth section of the Hungarian Writers’ Union, and went on to study Hungarian Literature and Language at the Eötvös Loränd University in Budapest from 1951, gaining a first class degree in 1955. While there, she made a youthful marriage to the poet Endre Kövesi, and won numerous poetry reciting competitions at the university thanks to her clear, expressive voice and impressive presentation. Although she had already graduated, she took part in the studentinitiated revolution of October 1956, and had to flee Hungary after its brutal suppression by the Soviet army.

Like many Hungarians of the same generation, after arriving in Britain and a spell at the Bell School of Languages in Cambridge, Ninon obtained a research scholarship to study, in her case at Girton from 1957 to 1960, working on the themes and motifs of Hungarian classical ballads. She received her doctorate in 1962. During this time she was employed as a supervisor in Hungarian, and then as a temporary library assistant at Queens’ College.

She had married Elliot Leader, a Cambridge physicist, in 1959, her first marriage having ended in divorce, and travelled with him first to Geneva where she taught English at the Ecole Smith, and then to the University of California at Berkeley where she taught Hungarian literature from 1962 to 1965. Her doctoral thesis, Hungarian Classical Ballads and Their Folklore, published by Cambridge University Press in 1967 (and reissued in 2011), received many favourable reviews.

On returning from the US, Ninon was elected to a research fellowship at Clare Hall, Cambridge, and for some years taught Hungarian there and in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages. It was when she and her family moved to London in the early 1970s that she joined the Hungarian section of the BBC World Service, first as a freelancer, and then became its senior programme organiser for nearly two decades. She also had an extensive sideline in editing psychoanalytic academic journals, entries for the Encyclopedia Britannica and the Slavonic Review, short stories, radio plays and documentaries.

Ninon was a most likable person, with a wonderful sense of humour who would invariably end her telephone calls with a new joke or an old anecdote. She kept her cheerfulness as well as her intellectual alertness to the very end of her life. Ninon is survived by Imre (a Professor of Pure Mathematics at Cambridge) and Darian (a psychoanalyst), the sons from her second marriage, which ended in divorce, and five grandchildren.

George Gömöri

PROFESSOR SIR LAURENCE MARTIN (1928 2022)

The Girton community was saddened to learn of the death on 24 April of Professor Sir Laurence Martin DL, a Barbara Bodichon Fellow of the College.

Sir Laurence was a world authority on international relations and politico-military affairs, a distinguished Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University, and a great friend of Girton who will be greatly missed by many here. The College sends its condolences to his family and all who knew him.

Born in Cornwall and educated at Christ’s College, Cambridge, and Yale University, Sir Laurence held academic appointments at Yale, MIT, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Wales, Aberystwyth (where he was Woodrow Wilson Professor) and King’s College London, where he was professor and head of the Department of War Studies from 1968 to 78. He was subsequently Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University and Director of the Royal Institute for International Affairs (‘Chatham House’).

His many books included Peace without Victory, Arms and Strategy, Strategic Thought in the Nuclear Age, The Changing Face of Nuclear Warfare, and NATO and the Defence of the West. In 1981 he gave the Reith Lectures for the BBC on the subject of ‘The Two-Edged Sword: Armed Force in the Modern World’, and in 1994 he was knighted.

He will be remembered at Girton as the benefactor of the Jane Martin Poetry Prize, now one of the UK’s leading prizes for young poets, and the Jane Martin Fellowship in English, established in memory of his daughter (Girton 1978).

The Mistress, Professor Susan J Smith, said ‘Laurie was a force for good: a kind, wise, man, with a can-do attitude, full of energy and brimming with ideas. He was a great support to Girton and to me – a fine colleague and a friend. We shall miss him enormously.‘

Deborah Easlick, Official Fellow and Development Director

JOHN MCMULLEN (1954–2022)

It is with sadness that we report that Dr John McMullen passed away suddenly in early 2022. John was born on 29 March 1954. He had a long association with Cambridge, first as an undergraduate at Emmanuel College (1975), followed by MA (1979) and then a PhD at Girton in 1993. John was a valued member of the Girton teaching community from 1980 to 2000. He was held in high regard as an Official Fellow in Law for six years from 1980 to 1986, then as a Teaching Officer in Law (1986–1988) and finally as a Bye-Fellow (1988-2000). During this time, he continued to supervise Girton undergraduates and assist with the admissions process.

He was a dedicated and inspiring teacher, even giving up his Saturdays to drive from Nottingham to Cambridge to supervise Girton law undergraduates. Professor David Mead comments that: ‘I had the good luck to be supervised by him in my final year. He had agreed to supervise both Labour and Company Law, so I decided to take both of them. I have no idea what time he would have had to leave Nottingham on a Saturday morning but he was there, in Girton, for a 9am start – not once during that year did I regret giving up my Friday night so that I would be ready for the two hour-long supervisions the next day. John was exactly what you’d want – and I needed – from a college supervisor in the final year: supportive and encouraging, but probing and questioning and pushing us all on.’

He inspired and mentored many undergraduates, not only from Girton, but also at Leeds University, where he was a Visiting Professor. Paula Hodges

QC remembers John fondly as her Director of Studies at Girton. She writes: ‘John was a very modest, mild mannered man, who cared deeply about teaching and the law students whom he taught. Indeed, I wouldn’t be where I am today if John hadn’t spotted that I was wavering between a career as a solicitor and going to the Bar. For fear of my running back to South Wales where I grew up, John arranged a placement for me at Herbert Smith (as was) over the summer of my second year. I confess that I had not heard of the firm, but John could not have made a better choice for me and I made an application for articles with Herbert Smith at the end of my two-week stint. Luckily, they accepted me and I have spent the last 35 years at the firm enjoying a wonderfully fulfilling career.’

John developed a highly successful private practice, with a national and international reputation. Legal 500 described him as ‘one of the country’s highest-profile employment lawyers.’ Adam Lambert, who is an employment and labour law partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, also recalls John’s memorable Saturday morning supervisions and his remarkable expertise on TUPE, the transfer of undertakings, which in UK law is the protection afforded to employees’ terms and conditions when a business or service changes hands:

During his career, John managed to balance his teaching commitments with writing leading student and practitioner texts and also running his successful legal practice as a solicitor specialising in employment law. His practice led to him leading the employment team at Pinsent Masons for many years

and more recently he was a partner at international firm Spencer West LLP.

In the early 1990s, the balancing act between teaching and law practice meant that his supervisions in both Labour Law and Company Law had to take place on Saturday mornings every fortnight. This meant that his students needed to have slightly tempered Friday nights but, more significantly, it was him sacrificing part of his weekend for the benefit of his students.

He was highly respected as an employment lawyer and his death was announced by the UK Employment Lawyers’ Association by email to thousands of employment lawyers. His

reputation was not just in the UK; he was due to speak in June 2022 in Athens at the European Employment Lawyers’ Association’s annual conference on the subject of the transfers of undertakings in Europe. His frequent posts on LinkedIn about key TUPE or redundancy cases were very often the first that his employment lawyer followers had heard about the cases, and were the most informative summaries.

He authored Redundancy Law and Practice and Business Transfers and Employee Rights into several editions and numerous bulletins (the latter reaching its 50th bulletin shortly before his death). Both are leading authorities for practitioners and feature in hard copy form in many major law firm libraries, which is remarkable in the digital age. Only a couple of weeks before his death, he announced that he had been invited to be a contributor to the student text Smith & Wood’s Employment Law, which he described as ‘fulfilling my dream.’

For employment lawyers, it was his expertise on TUPE for which he will be remembered most of all. On that subject he was recognised as being in a league of his own, often referred to by other TUPE experts as ‘the TUPE guru’ or simply ‘TUPE King.’ It is an area of employment law that is either loved or hated by practitioners, but those that share John’s enthusiasm for it turn to his writing for inspiration and authority.

I always found John to be a generous, warm, wise and good-humoured colleague. He would

have been amused to know that his fantastic Doc Marten patterned brown brogues were the subject of undergraduate envy in 1988 and are still remembered today. As well as being a dedicated teacher, highly-respected practitioner, and prolific writer, he was an ardent supporter of Manchester United, a keen cyclist and a great lover of travel in Turkey. Our condolences to his long-term partner, Joy Elvy, and his family. He will be greatly missed.

Stephanie Palmer, Official Fellow in Law

COLIN TYLER (1932–2020)

Colin Douglas Tyler was born in Wednesbury in the Black Country on 13 July 1932. His father, Hezekiah (known as Bill) Tyler, was a hoe-maker and metal worker, and his mother Nellie May (known as May) was a housewife. Colin’s early education was disrupted – many teachers had been called up to the armed forces – and this greatly worried his parents. Through connections at his church, Bill was eventually able to find Colin a school placement and secure extra tuition to enable Colin to pass the 11+ in 1943. Tragically that summer Bill died aged just 49, leaving May to bring up Colin and his younger sister, Shirley, alone. Financially, life was very difficult. May received help from a local charity, and Colin received free dinners from his school, Queen Mary’s Grammar School in Walsall. Despite Colin’s mother only having had a basic education and no training for any occupation, she persevered and obtained a post as an assistant teacher, and was able to see Colin and Shirley through school.

Colin progressed through Queen Mary’s – he became a prefect and was vice-captain of rugby and cricket – sitting for the Higher School Certificate in 1950 and doing well enough to receive a State Scholarship. He was advised by his Classics Master to apply for a place at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was accepted. There was then a rush to complete his two years of National Service before October 1952. Once Colin arrived at Cambridge he decided to read Law rather than Classics with a view to finding a career and earning a living. He threw himself into studies (he recalled lively supervisions with Freddie Odgers) and played rugby and football before turning his attention to rowing, which was to become his main sport while at Emmanuel.

In Michaelmas Term 1953, through a roommate’s girlfriend, Colin met Girtonian Margaret Hughes (Geography, 1953) and accompanied her to the Girton College Ball. He in turn invited Margaret to Emmanuel’s May Ball. From there a friendship blossomed and he courted her for the remainder of his time in Cambridge. They enjoyed playing tennis together and took trips to the Arts Cinema and the Arts Theatre, interests they shared throughout their lives. In his final year Colin hung up his blades to concentrate on his academic work and to spend more time with Margaret. He completed his studies in 1955, and it was with great pride that his mother attended his degree ceremony.

After graduation Colin set about qualifying as a solicitor, and once Margaret graduated, the following year, she pursued her career

in teaching. They married in 1958. Colin soon obtained a job with Wragge & Co in Birmingham (which became one of the largest law firms in the country outside London) to specialise in company law, and he would become a highly respected corporate lawyer. Initially though, at Wragge & Co, Colin found himself thrown in at the deep end so had to learn rapidly. He gradually found his feet, and then prospered, becoming a Partner in the firm in 1963, a position he held for the next 30 years. While Colin was a Partner the firm expanded enormously. When he joined it had about eight Partners and 45 staff. When he retired, it had around 45 Partners and 500 staff.

During this time Colin and Margaret welcomed two sons, David and Richard, and they moved to Moseley in Birmingham into what would

become their family home for the next 30 years. Colin and Margaret loved to travel – Portugal, France, Spain, Italy were favourites but they also visited Zimbabwe, Botswana, Argentina and Chile – and pursued their shared interests which included tennis, golf, gardening (especially alpine gardening), trips to the theatre and art galleries, classical music and painting. Colin became proficient at picture framing and helping Margaret with her exhibitions.

Margaret sadly died in July 2018. Colin set up a special memorial for her at Girton, establishing the Margaret Tyler Research Fellowship in Geography (see The Year 2019–20) to provide a five-year postdoctoral research opportunity for an outstanding Geographer. In recognition of his generosity Colin was elected a Barbara Bodichon Foundation Fellow. He would also be elected a Benefactor Fellow at Emmanuel College in recognition of his donation to a fund there that will help students from low-income families.

Sadly the admissions ceremony for the Barbara Bodichon Foundation Fellowship could not be held until the summer of 2021, over a year after Colin’s death. He was represented at the ceremony by his sons David and Richard.

Colin’s support for education at Cambridge is a lasting legacy that will benefit students and early-career researchers for generations to come, recalling the motto of his old school Queen Mary’s Grammar: Quas dederis solas semper habebis opes (‘It is only what you give that you will keep as eternal riches’).

David and Richard Tyler

BETTY WOOD

(1945–2021)

Betty Wood was born in February 1945 in Norfolk, where her father worked as a railway guard. She attended grammar school, first in Fakenham and then in Scunthorpe after the family moved to Lincolnshire. Betty always strongly identified as East of England working class: in terms of where her family lived, the sort of food and drink she liked and her committed support for the local football team. And this gave her a grounded and completely natural concern for access and inclusiveness in College and University affairs. She had surely experienced prejudice and discrimination in her own life and career, but her instinctive feminism and egalitarianism were always expressed as a matter of practical support for others.

When Betty went into higher education her first degree was from Keele in geography (BA, 1967) and then she went to London for an MA in economic and social history (1968). Increasingly keen to specialise in the history of the United States, she made a rather bold move for a young woman from her background by going to the University of Pennsylvania for three years to do a history PhD, which she completed in 1975, having seen the aftermath of the civil rights movement and continuing racial tension in the USA at first hand. This would become the basis of her career as an outstanding historian of Early America and of slavery in particular.

Betty became a Fellow of Girton in 1971, was appointed to a University Assistant Lectureship in 1974 and to a full University Lectureship shortly afterwards: she was the only female lecturer in the Cambridge History Faculty at the time, until more

were appointed after 1979. She is remembered as one of the most effective and student-focused secretaries of the Degree Committee which handled postgraduate courses, and in 1999 she became a Reader in American History in recognition of her distinguished research output. From 1974 to 1984 Betty was Director of Studies in History at Girton and thereafter continued to take an active interest in the admission of new undergraduates and the well-being of the College historians until her retirement in 2011. She was a quietly reliable and supportive colleague who helped to calm down potentially fraught situations with good sense and a few kind words, usually beginning with ‘My dear.’ She also had rather a sardonic sense of humour: the College’s most recent appointment as a History Fellow, Simone Maghenzani, recalls that Betty gave him a bottle of gin when he arrived, saying: ‘Trust me, you’ll need it more than me now: I am retired!’ Betty was an animal-lover, who apparently got away with keeping a dog in her rooms when she lived in College. However, she gravitated towards cats when she moved into her own home, where she was also a keen gardener.

Betty quietly and steadily made a number of major contributions to the understanding of her field: partly by focusing closely on the state of Georgia; but also structurally by integrating the history of the American colonies with that of the Caribbean; and then again by emphasising the agency of enslaved people, women in particular. She had a particularly strong reputation for digging up previously under-used sources and working out how to interpret them, which enabled her to pursue her interests across several areas of inquiry. In Women’s Work, Men’s Work (1995) her

attention was on their informal economic production and exchange when they were not working for their masters. In Come Shouting to Zion (published in collaboration with Sylvia Frey in 1998) it was on their changing religious ideas as they were converted to Protestant Christianity, which she saw as perhaps the defining moment in the history of African Americans.

Thus, Betty’s approach to this potentially inflammatory field was always multi-faceted rather than simplistic and monocausal. Accordingly, her 1998 survey of the origins of American slavery argued that it was not the simple result of racial prejudice but of a complex combination of prejudices against non-Christians; responses to existing models of slavery in the neighbouring Spanish and French colonies; and pragmatic assessments of labour shortages. A long video interview with her

Dr Betty Wood with Dr Alastair Reid

about this was made for the series ‘Africans in America’, which is now available on YouTube. Her open-mindedness made Betty an inspiring and supportive supervisor of graduate students across an unusually wide range of topics: she had 19 PhD students in all, many of whom went on to become leading figures in the field: and, of course, they came back to pay tribute and give presentations at a memorable event to mark her College contribution, held at Girton in 2017.

When Betty retired, a similar special meeting had been held in her honour attended by the leading American historians in the UK with a number of distinguished colleagues coming over from the USA to join them. Then, in 2018, she was appointed an Honorary Foreign Member of the American Historical Association. The same transatlantic recognition was evident in the many expressions of sadness and respect which appeared on social media in the weeks after her passing: ‘a great historian of slavery’, ‘a guiding light in connecting historians working in the US and the UK’, ‘a smart and generous colleague.’ But perhaps the one which best summed up Betty’s distinctive energy and presence came from nearby, as her Cambridge colleague Professor Jon Parry of Pembroke College wrote:

For me, Betty was Girton through the late 70s and 80s, as well as a tremendous force for good in the History Faculty. Her combination of directness, charm, empathy and good sense was very appealing: admirable and quietly subversive at the same time.

Alastair J Reid, Life Fellow

DRIANA WYBOURNE

(1954–2022)

Driana Wybourne – in religion Dame Catherine, and to her thousands of online followers @Digitalnun – came up to Girton in 1972 to read History after attending Boscombe Convent school in Bournemouth. She was immensely proud to be a Girtonian. On graduating she stayed to work for a PhD (never completed) in mediæval Spanish monastic history, specifically the twelfth-century expansion of the Cistercians into north-west Spain. This required gaining access to Spanish libraries and archives by diplomacy and other forms of persuasion, and produced anecdotes such as her being locked alone and unsupervised in a cathedral archive for the duration of a Spanish lunch hour, or having a baby thrust into her arms while its mother washed her skirt in the font.

In preparation for her research Driana set about reading the complete works of St Bernard of Clairvaux in Latin, and before she had finished the first volume she was under the saint’s spell. She felt stirrings of a call to monastic life which strengthened during her research, and while still doing her doctoral work made contact with the scholarly Stanbrook Abbey in Worcestershire. Advised not to rush into things but to extend her experience, she worked for a few years in banking, work which would stand her in good stead later. In 1981 she became a Benedictine nun at Stanbrook; the novitiate was tough and she nearly left, but in 1987 she made her solemn profession, thereafter living the regular pattern of prayer and study, alone and in community: the daily monastic round which became ‘the weft and warp of my life.’

During her Stanbrook years, Sister Catherine acquired additional skills. As cellarer (Bursar), she learned the wise handling of money, the management of land and the maintenance of buildings and their contents. She became a gifted handpress printer at the Stanbrook Abbey Press, developing a finely trained eye for layout, colour (shades of black, say), choice of font, paper… creatively attuned to circumstance, whatever the task, whether a beautifully bound and illustrated volume, a greetings card, or a simple form or handout. That in turn fed a detailed understanding of information technology, with knowledge of coding and website and app design. She acquired the alias @Digitalnun, mildly miffed to be beaten to @Cybernun by another early adopter. She wrote too: a new translation of the Rule of St Benedict, and articles on the Rule and on various religious women. She once wrote of the Benedictine ‘duty of learning or scholarship’ accompanying the duty of prayer.

When in 2003 Stanbrook Abbey moved to North Yorkshire, some members of the community decided not to follow. In 2004, the independent Holy Trinity Monastery was founded, with Sister Catherine as its Prioress. Their first home was in Oxfordshire, in East Hendred. There the community remained until 2012, when they transferred to a barn conversion at Howton Grove in Herefordshire, on the edge of the Golden Valley.

The nuns had to be financially self-supporting, and Catherine’s IT skills were put to use. They founded Veilpress, a design agency providing print and web design services, and they

produced audiobooks. However, their main activity was through the internet, using contemporary technology to take their life of prayer to others, in the Benedictine spirit of hospitality. For nearly 20 years, Digitalnun’s blogs and tweets, on theology, spirituality, some despair-inducing Vatican document, current affairs or life at the monastery, attracted a

following of some 30,000 people, reaching many with no previous contact with monasteries, and who found their preconceptions on the subject radically challenged.

Catherine’s keen intelligence was well trained and wide-ranging; her voice, in writing and in speaking, was gentle and nuanced, one of clarity with charity and meticulously precise. She never preached from a superior pulpit; her seriousness about serious things went hand in hand with a delightful, often self-deprecating sense of humour. She was fun, and she believed God was ‘much more fun than we often allow him to be.’

At the same time as her internet ministry Sister Catherine exercised her many and varied practical abilities to run the monastery, maintaining buildings and cars, raising and managing funds, writing hymns, gardening, producing wholesome food at minimum cost, and tending the community’s two beloved dogs, successors of

the family basset hounds of which she drew cartoons while at Girton. One of her last blog posts spoke of her ‘undiminished delight in poetry, music and the natural world.’

In 2014, Catherine was diagnosed with the cancer she would survive for eight more years. Through repeated, arduous treatments she made strong bonds with those who cared for her, showing self-effacing courage and unfailingly prioritising the needs of others. She continued her online ministry, albeit less intensively as she became more ill, mentioning her health rarely until, in December 2021, she reported that no more could be done for her medically. Her physical condition deteriorated sharply, and she died at home in her monastic community in February 2022. Pioneering to the end in the Girton tradition, she is the first woman to be interred in the monastery graveyard of Belmont Abbey.

Eric Southworth and Anne Cobby

The College Orchard in 2022

Andrew Callaghan

Visitor: The Rt Hon Baroness Hale of Richmond, PC, DBE, MA, Hon FBA, Hon LLD, Hon FRCPsych

Mistress: Professor Susan J Smith, BA, MA, DPhil (Oxon), PhD, AcSS, FBA, FRSE

Fellows and Officers of the College, June 2022

Honorary Fellows

Professor Anita Desai, CBE, BA (Delhi), FRSL

The Rt Hon the Lord Mackay of Clashfern, KT, PC, Hon LLD, FRSE

HM Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Hon LLD

Miss E Llewellyn-Smith, CB, MA

Dame Bridget Ogilvie, DBE, AC, PhD, ScD, FIBiol, FRCPath, FMedSci, FRS, Hon DSc (Nottingham, Glasgow, Bristol, Dublin, Durham, Kent, ICL, Leicester, Manchester, St Andrews)

Professor Dame Gillian Beer, DBE, MA, LittD, BLitt (Oxon), Hon DLitt (Liverpool, Leicester, London, Sorbonne, Queen’s Univ Belfast, Oxon, Harvard, St Andrews), FBA, FRSL

The Rt Revd David Conner, KCVO, MA

The Rt Hon Lady Arden, PC, DBE, MA, LLM, Hon LLD (Liverpool, Warwick, Royal Holloway, Nottingham, UCL)

The Rt Hon Baroness Perry of Southwark, MA, Hon LLD (Bath, Aberdeen), Hon DLitt (Sussex, South Bank, City), Hon DEd (Wolverhampton), Hon DUniv (Surrey), Hon DLitt Hum (Mercy College NY), FRSA

Dame Rosalyn Higgins, GBE, QC, LLB, MA, Hon LLD, Hon DCL (Oxon), Hon LLD (LSE), FBA

Dame Ann Bowtell, DCB, MA, PhD (London)

Professor Dusa McDuff, BSc (Edinburgh), PhD, FRS, Hon DSc (Edinburgh, York, Strasbourg)

Viscountess Runciman of Doxford, DBE, BA

The Rt Hon Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, PC, MA

Lady English, MA, MB, BChir, MRCP, FRCPsych

Ms J Rachel Lomax, MA, MSc (London)

Dr Margaret H Bent, CBE, MA, MusB, PhD, Hon DMus (Glasgow), Hon DFA (Notre Dame), Dr hon c (Montreal), FBA, FSA, FRHistS

Dame Elizabeth L A Forgan, DBE, BA (Oxon), Hon FBA

Professor Dame Frances M Ashcroft, DBE, MA, PhD, ScD, FRS

Professor Dame Athene Donald, DBE, MA, PhD, FRS

The Rt Hon Dame Elizabeth Gloster, PC, DBE, MA

Professor Dame Madeleine J Atkins, DBE, MA, PGCE, PhD

Professor Dame Sarah M Springman, DBE, MA, PhD, FREng, FICE

Ms Daphne Todd, OBE, Hon PhD (De Montfort)

HIH Hisako, The Princess Takamado of Japan, MA, PhD, Hon LLD (Alberta, Prince Edward Island), Hon EdD (Hannam), Hon PhD (Josai)

Professor Dame Pratibha Gai, DBE, BSc, MSc, PhD, FRS, HonFRMS, FRSC, FREng

Ms Sandra B Toksvig, OBE, MA, Hon DLitt (Portsmouth, York St John, Surrey, Westminster, Leicester)

HE Dame Karen E Pierce, DCMG, MA, MSc

Dr Suzannah C Lishman, CBE, MA, BChir, MB, Hon FRCPI, Hon DSc (Swansea)

Barbara Bodichon Foundation Fellows

Mrs Sally Alderson, MA

Mrs Margaret Llewellyn, OBE, MA

Mrs Veronica Wootten, MBE, MA

Miss C Anne Wilson, MA, ALA

Dr Margaret A Branthwaite, BA, MD, FFARCS, FRCP

Dr Ruth Whaley, BA, MA, PhD (Harvard)

Miss Sarah C Holt, MA

Mr Colin S Grassie, MA

Mr Leif O Høegh, MA, MBA

Ms Gladys Li, MA

Fellows

Enid A C MacRobbie, MA, PhD (Edinburgh), ScD, FRS, Life Fellow

Dorothy J Thompson, MA, PhD, Hon DLitt (Liverpool), FBA, Life Fellow

Melveena C McKendrick, MA, PhD, LittD, FBA, Life Fellow

Nancy J Lane Perham, OBE, MA, PhD, ScD, MSc (Dalhousie), DPhil (Oxon), Hon LLD (Dalhousie), Hon ScD (Salford, Sheffield Hallam, Oxford Brookes, Surrey, Heriot Watt), Life Fellow

Joan Oates, BA (Syracuse), PhD, FBA, Life Fellow

Gillian Jondorf, MA, PhD, Life Fellow

Jill Mann, MA, PhD, FBA, Life Fellow

Ruth M Williams, MA, PhD (London), ScD, Life Fellow

Julia M Riley, MA, PhD, Life Fellow, Tutor for Admissions and Director of Studies in Astrophysics

A Marilyn Strathern, DBE, MA, PhD, Hon DLitt (Oxon, St Andrews), Hon ScD (Edinburgh, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Durham), Hon Doctorate (Panteion), Hon DPhil (Papua New Guinea), Hon DSocSci (Queen’s Univ Belfast, Yale), FBA, Life Fellow and Former Mistress

Roland E Randall, MA, MSc (McGill), PhD, Life Fellow

Martin D Brand, MA, BSc (Manchester), PhD (Bristol), Life Fellow

John E Davies, MA, BSc, PhD (Monash), Life Fellow

David N Dumville, MA, PhD (Edinburgh), Life Fellow

*Abigail L Fowden, MA, PhD, ScD, Life Fellow

Juliet A S Dusinberre, MA, PhD (Warwick), Life Fellow

Thomas Sherwood, MA, MB, BS (London), FRCR, FRCP, Life Fellow

Richard J Evans, MA, PhD, MRCVS, Life Fellow

Alastair J Reid, MA, PhD, Life Fellow

Sarah Kay, MA, DPhil (Oxon), LittD, FBA, Life Fellow

Howard P Hodson, MA, PhD, FREng, Life Fellow

Peter C J Sparks, MA, DipArch, RIBA, Life Fellow

3 Stephanie Palmer, LLB (Adelaide), SJD (Harvard), LLM (Harvard), Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Law

Frances Gandy, MA, MCLIP, Life Fellow

1 Christopher J B Ford, MA, PhD, Professorial Fellow (Physics)

Charity A Hopkins, OBE, MA, LLB, Life Fellow

W James Simpson, BA (Melbourne), MPhil (Oxon), PhD, Life Fellow

Anne Fernihough, MA, PhD, Life Fellow

1 Angela C Roberts, PhD, Professorial Fellow (Behavioural Neurosciences)

3 Hugh R Shercliff, MA, PhD, Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Engineering

3 Martin W Ennis, MA, PhD, FRCO, KRP (Organ; Köln), KRP (Harpsichord; Köln), Austin and Hope Pilkington Official Fellow, Director of Studies in Music and Director of College Music

John L Hendry, MA, PhD, Life Fellow

1 Jochen H Runde, MPhil, PhD, Professorial Fellow (Economics)

Dennis Barden, MA, PhD, Life Fellow

Andrew R Jefferies, MA, VetMB, FRCPath, MRCVS, Life Fellow

Juliet J D’A Campbell, CMG, MA, Life Fellow and Former Mistress

Peter H Abrahams, MBBS, FRCS (Edinburgh), FRCR, DO (Hon), Life Fellow

Deborah Lowther, MA, ACA, Life Fellow

Clive Lawson, MA, PhD, Frank Wilkinson Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Economics

Julian D Slater, PhD, BVMS (Edinburgh), Supernumerary Fellow (Veterinary Medicine)

A Mark Savill, MA, PhD, FRAeS, Life Fellow

1 Per-Olof H Wikström, BA, PhD (Stockholm), FBA, Professorial Fellow (Criminology)

1 S-P Gopal Madabhushi, PhD, Professorial Fellow and Director of Studies in Engineering

2 P Mia Gray, BA (San Diego), MRCP (Berkeley), PhD (Rutgers), Supernumerary Fellow (Geography)

Neil Wright, MA, PhD, Official Fellow (Classics)

Ruth M L Warren, MA, MD, FRCP, FRCR, Life Fellow

*Alexandra M Fulton, BSc, PhD (Edinburgh), Official Fellow, Senior Tutor and Director of Studies in Biological Sciences

Maureen J Hackett, BA, MA (Southampton), Official Fellow, Tutor and Junior Bursar

1 Crispin H W Barnes, BSc, PhD (London), Professorial Fellow (Physics)

10 Judith A Drinkwater, MA, Official Fellow, Tutor and Director of Studies in Linguistics and Modern and Medieval Languages

*1 Colm Durkan, BA, PhD (TCD), FInstP, FIET, Professorial Fellow, Director of Studies in Engineering

1 Edward J Briscoe, BA (Lancaster), MPhil, PhD, Professorial Fellow (Computer Science)

K M Veronica Bennett, MA, BSc (Leicester), PhD (CNAA), Life Fellow

3 Harriet D Allen, MSc (Calgary), MA, PhD, Official Fellow, Tutor and Director of Studies in Geography and Education

*11 Shaun D Fitzgerald, OBE, MA, PhD, FREng, Official Fellow (Engineering)

Stephen Robertson, MA, MSc (City), PhD (London), Life Fellow

The Revd A Malcolm Guite, MA, PhD (Durham), Life Fellow

*9 Stuart Davis, BA, PhD (Birmingham), Jean Sybil Dannatt Official Fellow, Tutor for Admissions, Tutor and Director of Studies in Modern and Medieval Languages

3 Benjamin J Griffin, MA, PhD, Official Fellow and Director of Studies in History

*8 Fiona J Cooke, MA, BM, BCh (Oxon), PhD (London), MSc, FRCP, FRCPath, DTM&H, Official Fellow (Medicine) and Dean of Discipline.

Ross Lawther, MA, PhD, Olga Taussky Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Mathematics

Karen L Lee, MA, Supernumerary Fellow (Law)

2 Stuart A Scott, MA, PhD, Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Chemical Engineering

3 Stelios Tofaris, MA, PhD, Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Law

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6 Liliana Janik, MPhil (Torun), PhD, Official Fellow, Tutor for Postgraduates and Director of Studies in Archaeology

2 Samantha K Williams, BA (Lancaster), MSc, PhD, Official Fellow and Director of Studies in History

2 Nik Cunniffe, MA, MPhil, MSc (Bath), PhD, Official Fellow (Biological Sciences)

3 Katherine Hughes, BSc, BVSc (Liverpool), MRCVS, PhD, Dip ACVP, FRCVS, Non-Stipendiary Fellow (Veterinary Medicine)

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Helen A Van Noorden, BA, PhD, Wrigley Official Fellow in Classics

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Amy R Donovan, BA, MPhil, MSc (UCL), PhD, Official Fellow, Tutor and Director of Studies in Geography

4 Alexander G S C Liu, MA, MEarthSci (Oxon), DPhil (Oxon), Christine McKie Official Fellow in Natural Sciences

8 Morag A Hunter, MA, PhD, Official Fellow, Tutor and Director of Studies in Physical Sciences

3 Heidi Radke, DVM (LMU Munich), DrVetMed (Zurich), FRCVS, Supernumerary Fellow (Veterinary Medicine)

Emma J L Weisblatt, BA, MB, BCh, MRCP, MRCPsych, PhD, Official Fellow, Tutor and Director of Studies in Psychology, and Psychological and Behavioural Sciences

*Sophia M I Shellard von Weikersthal, BSc, PhD (Freiburg), Tutor for Postgraduates and Official Fellow (Pharmacology)

2 Henrik Latter, BA, BSc, MSc (Sydney), PhD, Bertha Jeffreys Official Fellow in Applied Mathematics

1 Matthew J Allen, MA, VetMB, PhD, Professorial Fellow (Veterinary Medicine)

*James Wade, BA (Boise State), MA (York), PhD, Jane Elizabeth Martin Official Fellow and Director of Studies in English

R James E Riley, BA (Lancaster), MA (Lancaster), PhD, Muriel Bradbrook Official Fellow, Tutor for Postgraduates and Director of Studies in English

*9 Simone Maghenzani, MA, BA (Turin), MA (Turin), PhD (Turin), Marilyn Strathern Official Fellow, Director of Studies in History and Praelector

Samuel D Grimshaw, MEng, PhD, Mitsubishi Senior Research Fellow and Director of Studies in Engineering

Arik Kershenbaum, MA, PhD (Haifa), ScD, Official Fellow, Tutor and Director of Studies in Biological Sciences

Deborah J Easlick, BA (Bristol), Official Fellow and Development Director

7 Andrew C Irvine, BSc, PhD (Sussex), MA, Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Physics

16 Sebastian L D Falk, BA (Oxon), PGCE (Buckingham), PhD, Official Fellow in the History and Philosophy of Science and Tutor

Aaron Hornkohl, BA (Biola), MA, PhD (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Official Fellow, Tutor and Director of Studies in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

3 Claire E White, MA, PhD, Brenda Stacey Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Modern and Medieval Languages

4 Shona Wilson Stark, LLB, LLM (Aberdeen), PhD, Official Fellow (Law)

Jenny K Blackhurst, MA (St Andrews), MA (UCL), MCLIP, Official Fellow for Life Skills and Librarian

*Carolina C Alves, BSc (UNESP), MSc (UNICAMP), PhD (SOAS), Joan Robinson Research Fellow in Heterodox Economics and Director of Studies in Economics

*Hilary F Marlow, BA (Manchester), BA (KCL), PhD, Official Fellow and Vice-Mistress, Tutor for Postgraduates and Director of Studies in Theology, Religion and Philosophy of Religion

1 Evis Sala, MD (Tirana), PhD, FRCR, Professorial Fellow (Medicine)

4 Diana Fusco, BPhys (Milan), MPhys (Milan), PhD (Duke), Official Fellow (Physics)

3 Thomas J Roulet, MSc (Audencia, Nantes), MPhil (Sciences Po, Paris), PhD (HEC, Paris), Official Fellow and Director of Studies in Sociology and Management Studies

The Revd Charles J M Bell, MA (Durham), MA, PhD, MB, BChir, John Marks Official Fellow, Director of Studies in Medicine and Praelector

2 Dennis C Grube BA (Tasmania), LLB (Tasmania), PhD (Tasmania), GradDipEd (Canberra), Official Fellow for Postdoctoral Affairs

Anna J Nickerson, MA, PhD, Katherine Jex-Blake Research Fellow in English

David Arvidsson-Shukur, BSc (Durham), MASt, PhD, Official Fellow and Tutor

Christian Keime, BA (Sorbonne), MPhil (Strasbourg), PhD, Eugénie Strong Research Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics

*James S Anderson, MA (Oxon), Official Fellow and Bursar

Frances N Brill, BA, MSc (LSE), PhD (UCL), Margaret Tyler Research Fellow in Geography (to 1 May 2022)

Emma C Brownlee, BA, MA (Sheffield), PhD, Ottilie Hancock Research Fellow in Archaeology

Collin M Constantine, BSc (Guyana), MSc (SOAS), PhD (Kingston), Official Fellow (Economics)

Thomas C Hawker-Dawson, MA, MPhil, Brenda Hale Official Fellow in Law

7 Sally L Ricketts, BSc (Loughborough), PhD (Manchester), Official Fellow and Tutor for Postgraduates

Stéphanie M Swarbreck, BSc (Nantes), MSc (Nantes), PhD (Lancaster), Janet Harker Official Fellow in Biological Sciences

Matthew R J Neal, MA PhD, Official Fellow and Tutor

William E V Barker, MSc, PhD, Rosamund Chambers Research Fellow in Astrophysics

Simon N Fairclough, MA, Official Fellow for Music Performance

John A Tadross, BSc, PhD, MBBS (Imperial), FRCPath, Official Fellow in Medicine

Bye-Fellows

Alice Bird, MA, VetMB, DipECVAA, MRCVS (Veterinary Science)

The Revd Timothy R Boniface, BA (Exeter), MA (Nottingham), PhD (Durham), Chaplain

4 Caroline J A Brett, MA, PhD, Director of Studies in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic

Kathryn J Burton, MB, BChir, MRCP, MD, FRCPH, Director of Studies in Clinical Medicine

Stephen A Cummins, BSc (Durham), PhD (Durham), Director of Studies in Computer Science

Marieke I Dhont, BA, MA (KU, Leuven), PhD (KU, Leuven/UC, Louvain), Foundation Year Bye-Fellow

12 Claudia Domenici, BA (Pisa), MA (Lancaster), Director of Studies in Modern and Medieval Languages

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Margaret Faultless, MA, Hon FBC, FTCL, ARCM, Hon RAM (Music)

Sarah L Fawcett, BA, BM, BCh (Oxon), MRCS, FRCR, PhD (Medical and Veterinary Sciences)

Stefania Fiorentino, BEng, MEng (‘Tor Vergata’, Rome), PhD (UCL), Director of Studies in Land Economy

Jonathan P Fuld, MB, ChB (Sheffield), PhD (Glasgow), FRCP, Director of Studies in Clinical Medicine

14 Marie-Aude A C Genain, DVetMed (ENVA), MSc (Université Paris-Est), Director of Studies in Veterinary Medicine

Soudabeh Imanikia, BSc (Shiraz), MSc (KCL), PhD (KCL), (Biological Sciences)

André J Kortum, BVSC (Bristol), MRCVS, DipECVIM-CA, (Veterinary Science)

John Lawson, BA, PhD, Director of Studies in Politics, International Relations and Sociology, and Psychological and Behavioural Sciences

Ian Lewis, BSc (London), PhD (Computer Science)

Eleonora Po, DVM (Bologna), MS (Illinois), Director of Studies in Veterinary Medicine

Shyane Siriwardena, BA (Ottawa), MPhil, PhD, Foundation Year Bye-Fellow

Mark Smith, LLB (Reading), LPC (Law), MBA (Henley), MSc (Henley), Bye-Fellow for Workplace Transition

John W Wills, BSc, PhD (Swansea), Bye-Fellow for STEM Career Transition

Gareth F Wilson, BMus, MA, PGCert, DipPGPerfRAM, DipRAM, Director of Chapel Music and Assistant Director of Music

External Directors of Studies

Barbara Bodenhorn, MPhil, PhD, Director of Studies in Social Anthropology

Timothy Brittain-Caitlin, MA, DipArch (UCL), PhD, RIBA, Director of Studies in Architecture

Rebecca Fell, MA, ICAEW, PhD, Director of Studies in Modern and Medieval Languages

Richard Jennings, PhD, Director of Studies in Philosophy, and History and Philosophy of Science

Frank E Salmon, MA, MA (Courtauld), PhD, LittD, Director of Studies in History of Art

Rebecca Tropp, BA (Columbia), MPhil, PhD, Director of Studies in History of Art

Musicians in Residence

Andrew Kennedy, MA, PGDip (RCM)

Nicholas Mulroy, MA, PGDip (RAM), ARAM Jeremy West, BA (Durham), Hon FRWCMD

Visiting Fellows 2021–22

Carol Adlam BA (Durham), MA (Exeter), MA (Anglia Ruskin), PhD (Sheffield), Mary Amelia Cummins Harvey Visiting Fellow Commoner

Logan R Dandridge, BA (Virginia), MFA (Oxon), Cavendish Arts–Science Artist in Residence

17 Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian, MA, PGDip (TCM), Mary Amelia Cummins Harvey Visiting Fellow Commoner

17 Andrew Kershaw, BMus (RAM), PGDip (TCM), Mary Amelia Cummins Harvey Visiting Fellow Commoner

Lectrice

Inès Legrand (Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon)

Secretary to Council

Caroline Shenton, MA (St Andrews), DPhil (Oxon), PGDipARM (UCL)

Notes

* Member of Council 1 University Professor 2 University Professor (Grade 11) 3 University Associate Professor (Grade 10) 4 University Associate Professor (Grade 9) 5 University Assistant Professor 6 University Assistant Director of Research

University Senior Research Associate

University Teaching Associate/Associate Lecturer

Faculty Affiliated Lecturer

Secretary A, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Director of the Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge

University Senior Language Teaching Officer

Director of Performance, Faculty of Music

Principal Radiologist, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Director of the Cambridge University Centre for Music Performance 16 University Pro-Proctor 17 Completing a previous year’s residency disrupted by the pandemic

University and College Awards

Cambridge University Further Degrees and Awards University Higher Degrees

ScD: A L Kershenbaum

PhD: J L Allen, N Al-Mulla, S S-O Ams, C W Ashling, T P Bailey, R A Clements, B T Dimanov, S Fairbanks, D E Gaona Erazo, A Garaizar, W F Greenwood, J Gross, R Hall, H H H Hanafy, R J Hill, M R Huss, M Inì, S Iranipour, A A Lasek, H Lian, F Lisica, A H Park, K Pittas, C T B Samarakoon, A D Smith, K A Stevenson, A J Stretton, M Venkateswaran, T A G Wright, K Zhang

LLM: S Bansal, T H T Do, A Gerasimenko, H S Gupta, V M Haeberle, M J Hasler, D K Kaul, R Kohli, K S Lau, F Reilly, A H Singh

MRes: Z Huang, T Irigoyen Lopez, D M Kelly, H Luo, Z Zhang

MPhil: S Adams Williams, D Akar, A Anan, A Ayida, B D Baars, P D Banks, L M Boulanger, A Broughton, L G Buonasorte, E Chatfield, X Chen, E Chiariotti, C I Chilala, Y L Cohen-Shah, L Churchwell, H K Das, J H De Voy IV, M A D Easton, F K M Elaboudy, L C Elliot, S A Firnadya, R A H Forrest, I M Gander, Y Gao, G Ghasemi, C-F E H Graf Von Hardenberg, S Greif, M R Ground, F Guo, C J Halton, T Handoko Lumarso, S U Haq, S Hatan, T A A Heim, J P John,

K A Johnston, O Kácha, C E Kaczmarczyk, F P Kerschbaumer, A Khanduja, J S Kim, Z Z Kritikos, J M Kurtz, A R A Lebbe, R Li, W Li, S L Long, T-I Ma, A McKimm, J Mickus, A Mikalauskas, S D C Orellana Aguirre, A Pasolini Dall’Onda, T R Phillips, C J Pottle, J Qin, Z Qu, A Radescu, P D Ralbovsky, S V Reichel, Z Ren, F Ridder, G Rubin, T W Runciman, B W Sadler, S Shambhawi, A K Shuaib, D Stastna, E B Tarry, G Taylor, F P A W Thesleff, J M Tsui, L Vehn, S T Walsh, M Wei, M E Wiliam, T R Williamson, L Xia, X Zhang, B Zhou, J Zhou, X Zhou, J Z Zymeri Jr

MASt: A L Danhaive, A Gupta, O M Lloyd, E L Lundstrum, D Mehta, S U J Priot, D Ryder, A R Sengupta

MFin: N A Brown, S J Fleischer, D Goldshtein, A Zavarschi

MEd: R Frost, L Keeling

MBA: J Chen, J C B Payne, T R Vinopal, C X Zheng

University Prizes for Academic Excellence

Graeme Minto Prize for Management Studies: I Lamba

William Vaughan Lewis Prize: S W Allen, E Moore Winifred Georgina Holgate Pollard Memorial Prize: S W Allen

College Awards

College Competition Prizes

Barbara Wrigley Prize: E Suckling

Hammond Science Communication Prize: N Cardoza and T M Green (Judges’ Prize), J Rich (Pathology Prize), J Hanna and C A Forrest (Audience Prize), J Pearson (Abstract Prize)

Humanities Writing Prize: Henry Dinwiddy (First Prize), Imogen Taylor (Second Prize), Carl Scandelius (Third Prize), Anna Woolley, Emma Lester and Barbara Dooley (Highly Commended)

Jane Martin Poetry Prize: Lev Crofts (First Prize), Bea Steele (Second Prize)

Mountford Humanities and Arts Communication Prize: C M C James and Z J Copeland-Greene (Judges’ Prize), Z J Copeland-Greene (Lawrence Room Prize), E E Latham-Jones (Audience Prize), H M Jacob (Abstract Prize)

Ridding Reading Prize: T R Phillips (Overall Prize), G Taylor (Runner-up), A H Singh (Highly Commended)

Rima Alamuddin Prize: S O’Neal

Tom Mansfield Memorial Prize: S O’Neal

Postgraduate Research Awards

Dinah James Scholarship: E Xiao

Doris Woodall Studentship, Irene Hallinan Scholarship, J E Cairnes Scholarship: P Dash Girton Singapore Scholarship: C C Hsu

Joyce Biddle Scholarship: J Davies

Maria Luisa de Sanchez Scholarship: E Sosa El Fakih

M M Dunlop Scholarship, Doris Russell Scholarship: R N Jamieson

M T Meyer Scholarship: L Liu Pfeiffer Scholarship: Z Huang

Rosalie Crawford Scholarship, G M Gardner Scholarship: D Salmoiraghi

Ruth Whaley Scholarship: F Zheng Stribling Award: D Teng

Partner-Funded Awards

Cambridge Opportunity Master’s and Rosalie Crawford Girton Studentship: K Clark, C Doyle, E Owusu-Nepaul ESRC DTP Studentship and Rosalie Crawford Girton Studentship: K Piccin Hebrew Studies, Cambridge Trust and Ida and Isidore Cohen Girton Studentship: L Völk

NIAB, Cambridge Trust and Rosalie Crawford Girton Studentship: A Damm Rowan Williams Cambridge and Rosalie Crawford Girton Studentship: D Romero

Postgraduate Scholarships

College Scholarships

Angela Dunn-Gardner: A L Danhaive (Astrophysics), C R Valentine

(Architecture and Urban Studies)

Emily Davies: J S Kershenbaum (Sociology)

Henry Tomkinson: D Akar (Computer Science), Y Gao (Computer Science), H-B Li (Computer Science), C-Y Peng (Computer Science), M Salam (Computer Science)

Rosalind, Lady Carlisle: A Gerasimenko (Law), M J Hasler (Law), R Kohli (Law)

Sir Francis Goldsmid: B Wang (Economics)

Classics

Jane Agnes Chessar: B D Baars, M A D Easton

Mathematics

M T Meyer: O Lloyd, F J Marañón González, D Ryder

Medical and Veterinary Medicine

Edith Lydia Johns: H Hasan, D R Hines

Undergraduate Scholarships

College Scholarships

Alice Violet Jenkinson: W A Gilchrist (Economics), T M Green (English), A Nielsen (Economics), A Smyth (English), T A Williamson (Natural Sciences, Physical)

Angela Dunn-Gardner: S W Allen (Geography), E C Honey (Geography)

Barbara Bodichon: S Chen (PBS), K Florin-Sefton (HSPS), I Lamba (Management Studies)

Ellen McArthur: S W Allen

(Geography), M Averof (HSPS)

Emily Davies: K Biggs Williams (Geography), A O Valentine (Geography), C Weatherhogg (Geography)

Henry Tomkinson: C Hong (Engineering), H L Nguyen (Engineering), L Nicholls (Engineering), J A Slimmon (Engineering), K Strama (Engineering)

Lilias Sophia Ashworth Hallett: R Marques Monteiro (Engineering), T Patterson (Computer Science), S Sinclair (PBS)

Mary Ann Leighton: T R A Downey (Engineering), C H Y Lau (Engineering), Z J McGuire (Natural Sciences, Physical), E McMullan (Natural Sciences, Physical), J S Rodgers (Engineering), K Shah (Engineering), J Werner (Natural Sciences, Physical), A S York (Engineering)

Mary Graham: S J Davidson (TRPR), P D Dimitrov (Natural Sciences, Physical), A Mukherjee (Economics), T Niu (Natural Sciences, Physical), J Tall (Natural Sciences, Physical), M Wright (Economics), X Zhang (Economics)

Mary Higgins: G Aston (Philosophy), M Crawford (English), J L Fletcher (Computer Science)

Mary Sparke: M W Kimani (HSPS), T K Rich (ASNC), M Y Yap (Law)

Rosalind, Lady Carlisle: M Averof (HSPS), E I Christie (Chemical Engineering)

Sir Arthur Arnold: E Bulut (Law), C Coleman (Law), E C Dearden-Williams (HSPS), O E Robinson (Law), J R Terrill (Natural Sciences, Physical)

Sir Francis Goldsmid: R K Armitage (English), L Benvenuti Arbio di Gattinara (Philosophy), W De Jonghe (Natural

Sciences, Physical), O Freeman (English), J Humphries (Natural Sciences, Physical), E Kesterton (ASNC), W M B Matthews (ASNC)

Classics

Amelia Gurney: L Stabile

William Menzies: E E Nott

History

Russell Gurney: E Callaghan, J Coffey, J Denton, J Durand, S W Rayner, E Thomas, I Yerassimou (History and Modern Languages)

Florence Ethel Gwyn: J Ayliffe (History and Politics), J Blackwood (History and Politics), A Chapman (History and Politics), S L M Putman

Mathematics

M T Meyer: J M Gibbon, J J Hickingbotham, T Lowe, T S Mehta, D Miller, M Mrugala, A Pietraszkiewicz, T Pietrzycki, M J R Stear, L Wilkinson

Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

John Bowyer Buckley: K W N Go (Medicine), M A King (Veterinary Medicine), S Nayak (Medicine)

Edith Lydia Johns: Y Guo (Medicine), F Magjuni (Medicine), S M Ng (Medicine), N L A Wittmann (Veterinary Medicine)

Modern and Medieval Languages

Jean Hunter: D Hobbs

Todd Memorial: K E Cleary, T Harris, J A Hawkes, O J Ings, N Schmittzehe, F W Stott

Music

Sophia Turle: F Elliott, E L Scott, J R Starling

Natural Sciences (Biological)

John Bowyer Buckley: T Allen, J T Brabin, P Desikan, B W Z Tan

Undergraduate Prizes

Senior College Prizes

Thérèse Montefiore Prize (joint): R K Armitage (English), S J Davidson (TRPR)

Laurie Hart Prize: S W Allen (Geography)

Tutors’ Prize (joint): N Lawal (Chemical Engineering), G Ragozzino (English) Directors of Studies’ Prizes for Outstanding Achievement: C Coleman (Law), I Lamba (Management Studies), T K Rich (ASNC)

Economics, History and Law

Anita Banerji: W A Gilchrist (Economics) Margaret Hastings: O E Robinson (Law)

Mary Arden: M Y Yap (Law) Thomas and Elizabeth Walton: X Zhang (Economics) Engineering Satyanarayana Madabhushi: J A Slimmon

English Charlton Award: A Smyth Eileen Alexander: M Crawford

Medicine and Veterinary Medicine Appleton Cup: Y Guo (Medicine)

First Class Prizes

(Made to undergraduate examination candidates ranked in the top 25% of the First class)

C B West: R Marques Monteiro (Engineering)

Charity Reeves: O Freeman (English)

Edith Neal: K W N Go (Medicine), S Nayak (Medicine)

Ellen Delf-Smith: J T Brabin (Natural Sciences, Biological)

Gwendolen Crewdson: T Niu (Natural Sciences, Physical)

Isabella Crawshaw: M Averof (HSPS)

Jane Catherine Gamble: T Patterson (Computer Science)

Lilian Knowles: E Bulut (Law), J Durand (History)

Mary Ponsonby: J A Hawkes (Modern and Medieval Languages)

Phyllis Tillyard: E C Dearden-Williams (HSPS)

Raemakers: S Chen (PBS)

Achievement Awards (Made to undergraduate examination candidates ranked in the top 10% of the Upper Second class)

Beatrice Mills: S R Oatley (Engineering), E Prager (Engineering), M Wang Almedia E Silva (Engineering)

Christina Barnard: J Ackers (Computer Science), P Bowater (Engineering), H Liu (Engineering)

Eileen Power: A T L Richards (History)

Jane Catherine Gamble: V F Filip (Engineering), P Jiang (Engineering)

Layla Adib: F A D V McMullan (Natural Sciences, Physical)

Leslie Hall: S J H Brierley (Veterinary Medicine)

Lilian Knowles: A R Kennedy (Economics)

Marion Bidder: J A Gough (Natural Sciences, Biological)

Mary Ponsonby: A Wylie (MML and Classics)

May Smithells: F Mortimore (Mathematics)

Ming Yang Lee: A Corlett (Medicine)

Thomas and Elizabeth Walton: W K Magalhaes (Law)

Music Awards

College Music Scholarship: K K W Loh (guitar)

London Girton Association Award: A A Rivers (oboe)

Organ Scholarships: F Elliott, E E Nott

Daphne Braggins Organ Award: T A Williamson

University Instrumental Awards: V Baycroft (viola), Z Brufal de Melgarejo (violin), I G Chan (cello), C J Howdle (violin), C S Jones (cello), R Jones (viola), K K W Loh (guitar)

Daphne Bird Instrumental Awards: V Baycroft (violin), Z Brufal de Melgare jo (violin), I G Chan (cello), C J Howdle (violin), C S Jones (cello), R Jones (viola), S O’Neal (piano), E L Scott (violin), J R Starling (piano)

University Choral Awards: I A Benson, J Newbold, C A Ramsay, J J Robinson

Jill Vlasto Choral Awards: C I Nicholson, S O’Neal

Siem Music Prize: E L Scott, J R Starling

Travel Awards

Adela Marion Adam: N Schmittzehe

Charlotte Rycroft: J Ayliffe, E C Honey, J P Pye

College Travel Scholarship: E Weber

Dorothy Chadwick Travel Prize: D Bacon, G Jackson

Dorothy Tempest: B Bullough

Edith Helen Major: K N S Asakura, J Humphries

Eileen Ellenbogen: S J Davidson E M and F A Kirkpatrick: I Yerassimou

E M Pooley: K E Cleary

J K Brightwell: L J Favarato, F A Fox, M A Malem, N Sharifu

Johanna Stevenson: C Coates

Judith Eccleshare: S W Allen, J Denton

K J Baker: T Bullivant, S Sivakumar

Marina Shakich: J McDermott, M Wang Almeida E Silva, T A Williamson

Mary Morrison: E Callaghan, C M C James, A R Nicholson

Rosemary Delbridge: J Blackwood, J M Gibbon

Sheila Spire: J D Bray, N A Daniels, H Goolnik, C J Howdle

Sports Awards

Sport-specific Awards

Alpine Skiing: E Augustaityte

American Football: P Jiang Athletics: A J Dray

Basketball (Men’s): D Ryder Basketball (Women’s): M Hoult

Cheerleading: K E Green

CU Rifle Association (Target Rifle): J S Rodgers

Dance: I Yerassimou

Dance (Cambridge University Dance Competition Team): A R Nicholson

Eton Fives: S L Yuen

Fencing: O J Klein

Field Hockey: T A Fairhurst Football (Men’s): R Linney Football (Women’s): T K Doubleday

Korfball: M P Gaiser-Porter, J M Gibbon, A Glasspool, N Kasakaitis

Hockey: G Hodgkins-Brown

Judo: J Homann, S Sarantellis-Komninellis

Lacrosse (Men’s): S W Allen

Modern Pentathlon: L Steele

Rowing: O Morley

Rugby League (Men’s): T Allen, T M Green, J S Rodgers

Rugby League (Men’s CURLFC): E Chatfield

Squash: I P Duncalf

Swimming: A H J Collins, K W N Go Tennis: V Baycroft, E C Healy

Water Polo: E Carden, S Chen, E C Honey, A Leeson

Volleyball: M L Labrunie

Named Sports Awards

Diana Lees-Jones Award: E Augustaityte

Joan McGrath Sports Award: T A Fairhurst, A Leeson

Robin Sports Award: A H J Collins, O J Klein, O Morley, S Sarantellis-Komninellis

Anna Leeson (HSPS, 2020), sports awards recipient and University Women’s Water Polo captain, at the Varsity Match 2022

Nordin Catic

Appointments of Fellows and Alumni

BELL, C J M (2018; Fellow) appointed Research Fellow at St Augustine’s College of Theology; Lead for the Changing Face of Medicine Commission at the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.

PANDA, S K (1987) appointed as an IEEE Power Electronics Society Distinguished Lecturer, for a two-year term, with effect from 2022.

SCHELLHORN, M T (1995) elected Patron of the National Youth Arts Trust, March 2022.

SPRINGMAN, S M (1978; Honorary Fellow) appointed Principal of St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford, with effect from 1 February 2022.

VAN NOORDEN, H (2009; Fellow) appointed Short-Time Fellow at the Centre for Advanced Studies ‘Beyond Canon’ at the University of Regensburg, 25–29 April 2022.

VINTIADIS, M (1991) appointed Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of 36Brains, with effect from 2020.

Awards and Distinctions

ABRAHAMS, P (1993; Fellow) awarded 2021 BMA Medical Book Award in the Basic and Clinical Research category, for his book Weir & Abrahams’ Imaging Atlas of Human Anatomy, 6th Edition.

BONIFACE, T R (2020; Chaplain and Bye-Fellow) awarded Highly Commended in Working in Partnership with Students at the Cambridge Student Union Student-Led Teaching Awards, May 2022.

DASGUPTA, S (2014) awarded Finalist of Bayly Prize 2021 (runner-up) by Royal Asiatic Society, for her PhD thesis entitled The Accommodation City: Private Low-Income Housing and Urban Space in Dhaka and Mumbai.

DE BONO, A M (1965 Fingleton; Fellow 1975-76) appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours List, for services to occupational medicine.

FAWCETT, S L (2008; Fellow) awarded Highly Commended in Small Group Teaching (Science and Technology) at the Cambridge Student Union Student-Led Teaching Awards, May 2021 and May 2022.

FITZGERALD, R C (1986 Parker) appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours List, for services to cancer research.

GARIA DE LEANIZ, D (2018) selected as one of the top ten most promising Aerospace and Communications Engineers in Spain by Nova Talent, May 2022.

HUGHES, K (2009; Fellow) elected Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for meritorious contributions to clinical practice, 2021.

ISAACS, M (2015) awarded 2021 Young Innovators Award by Innovate UK.

LEWIS, G (1978; 2011 Mary Amelia Cummins Harvey Visiting Fellow Commoner) appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours List, for services to literature.

MANNS, J P (2007) appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours List, for services to planning, real estate and built environments.

PANDA, S K (1987) awarded Best Paper Award 2021 by the Singapore Berkley Building Efficiency and Sustainability in the Tropics 2 research program, for his joint paper Transactive Energy Market Framework for Decentralized Coordination of Demand Side Management Within a Cluster of Buildings, December 2021.

PLUMMER, E R (1983 Lunn) appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours List, for services to medicine.

RADKE, H (2011; Fellow) elected Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for meritorious contributions to clinical practice, 2021.

SMITH, L M (1978) appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours List, for services to engineering and material science.

SPRINGMAN, S M (1975; Honorary Fellow) appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2022 New Year’s Honours List, for services to engineering and to international sports administration.

TETLEW, R N M (1964 Bywaters) awarded the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation, for her outstanding contribution to interfaith relations in Birmingham over four decades, in the 2022 Lambeth Awards, March 2022.

WRIGHT, B A (1972) appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Further Academic and Professional Qualifications

KERSHENBAUM, A (2014; Fellow) Doctor of Science (ScD), from the University of Cambridge, April 2022.

ZUURMOND, M A (1985 Hooper) PhD in Global Disability and Health, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Fellows’ Publications

Recent publications by Fellows and Officers of the College include:

P ABRAHAMS. (All joint) Weir & Abrahams’ Imaging Atlas of Human Anatomy, 6th edition (Elsevier, 2020); ‘Anatomy of the axillary arch: from its incidence in human to an embryologic and phylogenetic explanation of its origins’, Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy 43(5) (2021); ‘Venous system mapping of the digits and the hand: an anatomical study and potential surgical applications’, JPRAS Open 33 (2022).

D ARVIDSSON-SHUKUR. (All joint) ‘Qubit-excitation-based adaptive variational quantum eigensolver’, Communications Physics 4(228) (2021); ‘Negative quasiprobabilities enhance phase estimation in quantum-optics experiment’, Physical Review Letters 128(22) (2022); ‘Physical and chemical characterization of sediments from an Andean river exposed to mining and agricultural activities: the Moquegua river, Peru’, International Journal of Sediment Research (2022).

C J M BELL. ‘Witness-in-communion: a theology of existence to essence during the pandemic’, Theology 124(4) (2021); Queer Holiness (Darton, Longman and Todd, 2022).

T BONIFACE. ‘McLaughlin, Eleanor, Unconscious Christianity in Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Late Theology: Encounters with the Unknown Christ. London: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2020’ (book review), International Journal of Systematic Theology 23(4) (2021).

C BRETT. (Joint) Brittany and the Atlantic Archipelago, 450–1200: Contact, Myth and History (CUP, 2021).

F BRILL. ‘Practising comparative urbanism: methods and consequences’, Area 54(2) (2022); (joint) ‘Anticipating demand shocks: patient capital and the supply of housing’, European Urban and Regional Studies (2022); ‘Cladding and community: coming together in times of crisis’, City 26(2–3) (2022);

‘Constructing comparisons: reflecting on the experimental nature of new comparative tactics’, Urban Studies 59(8) (2022).

C CONSTANTINE. (Both joint) ‘Economic and political determinants of the South African labour share, 1971–2019’, Economic and Industrial Democracy (2021); ‘Varieties of functional income inequality in Latin America: Chile and Mexico compared’, Socio-Economic Review (2021).

N J CUNNIFFE. (All joint) ‘Epidemiological and ecological consequences of virus manipulation of host and vector in plant virus transmission’, PLoS Computational Biology 17(12) (2021); ‘Modelling interference between vectors of nonpersistently transmitted plant viruses to identify effective control strategies’, PLoS Computational Biology 17(12) (2021); ‘The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118(23) (2021); ‘COVID-19 hospitalization rates rise exponentially with age, inversely proportional to thymic T-cell production’, Journal of the Royal Society: Interface 18(176) (2021).

A DONOVAN. (All joint) ‘Exploring the gap between policy and action in disaster risk reduction: a case study from India’, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 63 (2021); ‘Building back better from COVID-19: knowledge, emergence and social contracts’, Progress in Human Geography 46(1) (2022); ‘Development of forecast information for institutional decision-makers: landslides in India and cyclones in Mozambique’, Geoscience Communication 5 (2022); Invited perspectives: Views of 350 natural hazard community members on key challenges in natural hazards research and the Sustainable Development Goals’, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 22 (2022).

S FALK. ‘“El Capri Kylex”: a Franciscan astronomical mnemonic’, Journal for the History of Astronomy 52(3) (2021); ‘Computing and copying tables in late medieval monasteries’,

Editing and Analysing Numerical Tables: Towards a Digital Information System for the History of Astral Sciences, ed. M Husson, C Montelle and B van Dalen (Brepols, 2022); ‘Why we read in History of Science’, Why We Read: 70 Writers on Non-Fiction, ed. J Greywoode (Penguin, 2022).

S FIORENTINO. (All joint) ‘Blockchain-based smart contracts as new governance tools for the sharing economy’, Cities 117 (2021); ‘The future of office space & corporate real estate strategies in the post-Covid city’, Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society 15(2) (2022); ‘Corporate occupiers’ attitude to flex space in the post-Covid environment’, Journal of Property Investment & Finance (2022); ‘Building denser, building taller: explorations in place-making in London’, Sustainable High-Rise Buildings: Design, Technology, and Innovation, ed. K Al-Kodmany, P Du and M M Ali (The Institute of Engineering and Technology, 2022).

S FITZGERALD. (All joint) ‘Visualising SARS-CoV-2 transmission routes and mitigations’, BMJ 375 (2021); ‘Expert elicitation on the relative importance of possible SARS-CoV-2 transmission routes and the effectiveness of mitigations’, BMJ Open 11(12) (2021); ‘Are medical procedures that induce coughing or involve respiratory suctioning associated with increased generation of aerosols and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection?

A rapid systematic review’, Journal of Hospital Infection 116 (2021).

J FULD. (All joint) ‘Physiological effects and subjective tolerability of prone positioning in COVID-19 and healthy hypoxic challenge’, ERJ Open Research 8(1) (2022); ‘The health system response to long COVID in England — at a critical juncture’, British Journal of General Practice 71(712) (2021); ‘Physical, cognitive, and mental health impacts of COVID-19 after hospitalisation (PHOSP-COVID): a UK multicentre, prospective cohort study’, Lancet Respiratory Medicine 9(11) (2021); ‘Clinical characteristics with inflammation profiling of long COVID and association with 1-year recovery following

hospitalisation in the UK: a prospective observational study’, Lancet Respiratory Medicine 10(8) (2022).

D C GRUBE. (Both joint) Comparing Cabinets: Dilemmas of Collective Government (OUP, 2021); ‘Groupthink, polythink and the challenges of decision-making in Cabinet Government’, Parliamentary Affairs (2021).

B M HALE. Spider Woman: A Life (Bodley Head, 2021).

A J KORTUM. (Both joint) ‘Clinical findings and outcome following medical treatment in dogs with idiopathic renal haematuria: 41 cases (2001–2018)’, Journal of Small Animal Practice 62(10) (2021); ‘Breed-related expression patterns of Ki67, γH2AX, and p21 during ageing in the canine liver’, Veterinary Research Communications 45(1) (2021).

K L LEE. (Joint editor) International Law Reports: Volumes 197 to 199 (CUP, 2022).

S MAGHENZANI. (Joint editor) British Protestant Missions and the Conversion of Europe, 1600–1900 (Routledge, 2022);‘The “common good”’, A Cultural History of Democracy in the Renaissance (Volume 3 of A Cultural History of Democracy: Volumes 1–6), ed. V Cox and J Paul (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021); (joint) ‘Antonio degli Albizzi and Lutheran propaganda in early seventeenth-century Italy’, Journal of Ecclesiastical History 73(2) (2022).

H MARLOW. (Joint editor) Eschatology in Antiquity: Forms and Functions (Routledge, 2021); ‘“As I looked”: visionary experiences and conceptions of place in the book of Ezekiel’, Eschatology in Antiquity: Forms and Functions, ed. H Marlow, K Pollmann, and H Van Noorden (Routledge, 2021); (joint editor) The Oxford Handbook of the Bible and Ecology (OUP, 2022); ‘Reading from the ground up. Nature in the book of Isaiah’, The Oxford Handbook of the Bible and Ecology, ed. H Marlow and M Harris (OUP, 2022).

S PALMER. (Both joint) ‘Mavericks or misconstruction? A reply to Campbell and Allan’, Journal of Law and Society 48(1) (2021); ‘Protection of human rights’, Constitution and Governance in the UK, ed. A Menon, J Rutter and S Overton (UK in a Changing Europe, 2022).

H RADKE. (All joint) ‘Evidence-based evaluation of ownerreported outcome measures for canine orthopedic care –a COSMIN evaluation of 6 instruments’, Vet Surgery 51(2) (2022); ‘Analysis of feline humeral fracture morphology and a comparison of fracture repair stabilisation methods: 101 cases (2009–2020)’, Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery 24(6) (2022); ‘Description of neurological mimics presented to the neurology service of a small animal referral hospital’, Veterinary Record 190(9) (2022).

S RICKETTS. (Joint) ‘Improving the resolution of canine genome-wide association studies using genotype imputation: a study of two breeds’, Animal Genetics 52(5) (2021).

A C ROBERTS. (All joint) ‘Controlling one’s world: identification of sub-regions of primate PFC underlying goal-directed behavior’, Neuron 109(15) (2021); ‘Higherorder brain regions show shifts in structural covariance in adolescent marmosets’, Cerebral Cortex (2022); ‘Differential effects of the inactivation of anterior and posterior orbitofrontal cortex on affective responses to proximal and distal threat, and reward anticipation in the common marmoset’, Cerebral Cortex 32(7) (2022); ‘Prefrontal cortex and depression’, Neuropsychopharmacology 47 (2022).

J RUNDE. (All joint) ‘From dishwashing to dishwasher cooking: on social positioning and how users are drawn towards alternative uses of existing technology’, Cambridge Journal of Economics 45(4) (2021); ‘F H Knight’s Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit and J M Keynes’ Treatise on Probability after 100 years’, Cambridge Journal of Economics 45(5) (2021); ‘Commentary on Brian T McCann’s “Bayesian

Updating”’, California Management Review (2021).

S J SMITH. (Both joint) ‘Tenure transitions at the edges of ownership: reinforcing or challenging the status quo?’, Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 53(8) (2021); ‘Housing and economic inequality in the long run: the retreat of owner occupation’, Economy and Society 51(2) (2022).

M STRATHERN. ‘Counting generation(s)’, Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 46(3) (2021); ‘The mediation of emotions: on aspects of dispute settlement and violence in Hagen’, HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 11(1) (2021); ‘Terms of engagement’, Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale 29(2) (2021); ‘Horizons of comparison’, Social Anthropologies of the Welsh: Past and Present, ed. W J Morgan and F Bowie (Sean Kingston Publishing, 2021).

J A TADROSS. (All joint) ‘A survey of the mouse hindbrain in the fed and fasted states using single-nucleus RNA sequencing’, Molecular Metabolism 53 (2021); ‘MC3R links nutritional state to childhood growth and the timing of puberty’, Nature 599 (2021); ‘Aldehyde-driven transcriptional stress triggers an anorexic DNA damage response’, Nature 600 (2021); ‘New molecular techniques for exploring neuronal appetite pathways’, Current Opinion in Endocrine and Metabolic Research 22 (2022).

D J THOMPSON. ‘1. Laying the foundations for Roman Egypt’ and ‘2.9 Religious change under Roman rule’, Roman Egypt: A History, ed. R S Bagnall (CUP, 2021); ‘Alexander and Alexandria in life and legend’, A History of Alexander the Great in World Culture, ed. R Stoneman (CUP, 2022).

H VAN NOORDEN. (Joint editor) Eschatology in Antiquity: Forms and Functions (Routledge, 2021); (joint) ‘Introduction’, Eschatology in Antiquity: Forms and Functions, ed. H Marlow, K Pollmann and H Van Noorden (Routledge, 2021).

C WHITE. ‘The affair before the affair: Zola, Dreyfus and the Lourdes scandal’, French History 35(3) (2021).

J WILLS. (All joint) ‘Empirical comparison of genotoxic potency estimations: the in vitro DNA-damage ToxTracker endpoints versus the in vivo micronucleus assay’, Mutagenesis 36(4) (2021); ‘Developing ovine mammary terminal duct lobular units have a dynamic mucosal and stromal immune microenvironment’, Communications Biology 4(1) (2021); ‘Inter-laboratory automation of the in vitro micronucleus assay using imaging flow cytometry and deep learning’, Archives of Toxicology 95(9) (2021); ‘Formulation of metal−organic framework-based drug carriers by controlled coordination of methoxy PEG phosphate: boosting colloidal stability and redispersibility’, Journal of the American Chemical Society 143(34) (2021).

Music

M FAULTLESS. (Orchestral co-leader) Johannes Brahms: Piano Concertos, András Schiff, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (ECM New Series, 2021).

C HORROCKS-HOPAYIAN. (Recording engineer, producer and voice) Welcome Party (NMC Recordings, 2021); (duet and aria) The Nightingale of a Thousand Songs, Antechamber Music II (Accidental Records, 2022); (joint artist) Rites for Crossing Water (Accidental Recordings, 2022); (music annotations to limited edition book) Rites for Crossing Water, Crewdson & Cevanne (Ludic Rooms, 2022).

J WEST and G WILSON. (Joint) Marc’Antonio Ingegneri: Volume Two: Missa Voce mea a5, Motets for Double Choir, Girton College Chapel Choir, Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (Toccata Classics, 2022).

Jeremy West

Alumni Publications

Recent publications by alumni of the College include:

ALBARDIAZ, R (1994). ‘Non-verbal communication: an update on smell’, Education for Primary Care 32(6) (2021).

CHRISTOPHER, J A (2017). (Joint) ‘Subcellular proteomics’, Nature Review Methods Primers 1(32) (2021).

DUNSMORE, L G (2012). (Joint) ‘Controlled masking and targeted release of redox-cycling ortho-quinones via a C–C bond-cleaving 1,6-elimination’, Nature Chemistry 14 (2022).

KONING, A C (1972). Twist of Fate (Arbuthnot Books, 2021).

HEWITT, S E (2009). All Down Darkness Wide (Penguin, 2022).

NYAMWERU, C K (1961). Some Traditions of the Akamba of Kenya (Old Africa Books, 2021).

NZELU, O N (2007). Here Again Now (Little, Brown Book Group, 2022).

PIOTROWSKA, J M (2014). (Joint) ‘On the quenching of star formation in observed and simulated central galaxies: evidence for the role of integrated AGN feedback’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 512 (2022).

RANDLE, R E (2011). (Joint) Our Burning World (Stainer & Bell, 2021).

ROBINSON, A (2009). Vagrancy in the Victorian Age: Representing the Wandering Poor in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture (CUP, 2021).

WILLIAMS, A B (2002). Secular Verses (2021).

YAMAMOTO, D M (1968). Wild Boar (Reaktion Books, 2017).

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Roll of Alumni Dinner and Weekend

The Roll of Alumni Dinner is open to all Girtonians and their guests

If you would like to help organise a reunion for your year or for any special group such as a particular subject or society, please get in touch with Dr Emma Cor nwall, the Alumni Officer, for assistance.

Draft Programme of Events

23 September 2 023

Library Talk

There will be a talk for Girtonians and their guests at 11 00 (details TBC later in the year)

Lawrence Room Talk

There will be a talk for Girtonians and their guests at 14.00 (details TBC later in the year)

People’s Portraits Talk

There will be a talk for Girtonians and their guests at 16 00 In addition, a new portrait for the Girton People’s Portraits exhibition will be unveiled (details TBC later in the year)

After noon Tea

From 15 30

Concert

A musical performance will follow after noon tea at 18 00 (details TBC later in the year).

Dinner in the Hall 19 00 for 19 45

All Girtonans are invited to the dinner We are pleased to be hosting reunion tables for those who matriculated in 1963, 1973, 1983, 1992, 1993 and 1994

24 September 2 023

Gardens Talk

There will be a talk for Girtonians and their guests at 10 30 (details TBC later in the year)

Invitations for the Roll of Alumni Dinner and Weekend, and details on how to book, will be circulated in Easter 2023 Please do get in touch if you require any further information in the meantime Emma Cor nwall, Alumni Officer, The Development Office, Girton College, Cambridge CB3 0JG alumni@girton cam ac uk or +44 (0) 1223 338901

Jeremy West

Supporting Girton College

Thanks to your generous support A Great Campaign has created solid foundations on which to build Girton’s future. There is still much more for us to do, however, to ensure that the opportunity to join Girton is available to all who are academically talented and wish to study here That is the aim of our student support initiatives and this year our priorities are:

Ground breaking initiatives to increase diversity Girton is one of a small number of Colleges involved in both the University of Cambridge’s Foundation Year and STEM SMART pilot projects These initiatives aim to help give even more young people the opportunity to study Arts, Humanities and STEM subjects at Girton by tackling educational disadvantage at secondary school level. In raising funds for our access initiatives, Girton will be able to continue its participation in these important and innovative projects and explore further ways in which we can break down barriers to higher education

Providing a financial safety net, in the form of bursaries and hardship grants, to every Girton student who needs this support Each year, more of our students find themselves in need of financial help, either because they cannot otherwise afford to accept a place at Girton, or because, once here, they cannot afford to fully embrace all that Girton, and Cambridge, have to offer As many of you are aware, the Girton experience can be life changing, in part because of the wide range of intellectual, creative and sporting opportunities available to students By endowing more bursaries we can ensure that financial barriers to taking up a place at Girton are reduced. By increasing the endowment of our hardship grants we can help students who experience unexpected financial pressures whilst here or help them to make the most of the opportunities offered by the College

Growing our postgraduate community More and more careers now require the advanced knowledge and experience gained through a higher degree, and our postgraduate community has grown to reflect this From teachers to lawyers to doctors to veterinary surgeons to engineers and, of course, future academics, the training and pioneering research undertaken by the postgraduate students of today is vital for the innovations needed by the world of tomorrow. Although student loans are now available to postgraduates from the UK, the cost of undertaking a postgraduate course is significant, and can be prohibitive, especially for an overseas student. Your support has meant that postgraduate scholarships for talented candidates from Hong Kong and Singapore have been established Girton is looking, however, to support more students, from even more areas of the world, such as Africa, Europe, and North America By raising funds to support postgraduate scholars we can ensure the opportunity to undertake a Master’s or a PhD is available to the most exceptional candidates wherever they come from

Continuing to grow our unrestricted permanent endowment capital The tremendous support received during A Great Campaign has led to a transformational growth of our restricted and unrestricted permanent endowment capital, building on the foundations that will help us secure Girton’s future By growing the unrestricted permanent endowment capital even further, we shall ensure that the College has the ability to face successfully whatever challenges the future may bring

We shall be very grateful for your gift, at whatever level suits your circumstances Gifts may take the form of cash, shares or financial instruments; alter natively, you could remember Girton in your will

Please note that the College is a registered charity, which means giving can be tax efficient Those living in the UK, USA, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore and certain European countries can make a tax efficient donation

Transnational Giving in Europe: https://donate transnationalgiving eu/landing/girton?lang=en EN

USA: www cantab org/supporting cambridge/how to make a gift

Canada: The University of Cambridge is recognised by Revenue Canada for the purposes of charitable giving to the University and Colleges and is authorised to issue receipts on behalf of both to enable Canadian donors to claim deductions when computing their taxable income Please let us know by email on making your donation if you require a receipt

Hong Kong: Please contact The Friends of Cambridge University in Hong Kong, Ms Cannie Kwan at: kwanc@hkbea com

Singapore: Residents in Singapore can now make donations to the College tax effectively Please email development@girton cam ac uk or cantabscholarships@gmail com for more details

Donations can be made using the form overleaf or online at: www.girton.cam.ac.uk/giving

For more information about supporting Girton College, or to talk to us about a specific fund or gift, please contact the Development Office on +44 (0)1223 766672 or email us at development@ girton.cam.ac.uk.

Giving to Girton

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Please pay the Monthly Quarterly Annual sum of £ commencing on ending on To Girton College, Cambridge, Account number 40207322 at Barclays Bank PLC, St Andrew’s Street, Cambridge CB2 3AA (sort code 20 17 68) Signed Date / /

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IMPORTANT: Please also sign the Gift Aid form if you are a UK taxpayer.

Gift Aid Declaration

Boost your donation by 25p of Gift Aid for every £1 you donate Gift Aid is reclaimed by Girton from the tax you pay for the current tax year. Your address is needed to identify you as a current UK taxpayer

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Please retur n the completed donation form and Gift Aid declaration (if appropriate) to The Development Office, Girton College, Cambridge CB3 0JG.

Alter natively you can email the form to development@girton cam ac uk Girton College likes to keep in touch with all our alumni and supporters and data held by the College will be used for alumni relations and fundraising purposes For more details about how we use this information, please visit www girton cam ac uk/gdpr