Lucy Cavendish College 2014 Annual Review
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Lucy Cavendish College
2014 Annual Review
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Contents Lucy Cavendish College is one of the thirty-one constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. In the five decades since Lucy Cavendish was founded both the College and the many women who have studied here have been transformed.
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Summaries
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Features
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College news:
Alumnae and Associates
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Resident and Research Fellows
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Departing Fellows
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Students
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Staff
College reports
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In memoriam
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Formal Hall schedule
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Professor Janet Todd OBE
From our President An interesting year in the College. We have broken out of our site and built a spanking new Student Centre along Histon Road just a few minutes’ walking distance from Lucy Cavendish College; it will receive its first students in October 2014. The Centre is an exciting development expressing our need to expand, renew and change in emphasis as we go forward. Next year we celebrate our 50th anniversary. We have already started to organise our many celebratory events from parties to lectures. In addition we have also begun to gather in groups to discuss openly and imaginatively where the College might go in its next half century and, most
urgently, its next five years. Such discussions bring us together and let us discover that differences of opinion may be productive. During the six years in which I have been privileged to be President, the student body has changed radically. The average age used to be 27 but is now 23 for undergraduates while our ratio of graduate to undergraduates, once 60%
to 40% in favour of undergraduates has reversed; the number of visiting students has doubled, and they now form a substantial and valued part of our college community. During the same period some of the traditional arts and science subjects have declined, in our college as well as nationally, while the professional degrees in law, medicine, engineering and psychology have burgeoned. As a college we continue to stand by our mission: to provide a supportive place of study in Cambridge University for women over 21 who have not entered higher education at the traditional age of 18, as well as for those who choose to study at a time that suits them. However, we now serve other constituencies as well, and one of the most exciting developments of the past year has been the growing internationalism of the College, which now boasts women from 61 different countries. We can truly say that we have become a global institution.
“The average age used to be 27 but is now 23 for undergraduates while our ratio of graduates to undergraduates, once 60% to 40% in favour of undergraduates has reversed; the number of visiting students has doubled, and they now form a substantial and valued part of our college community.” The achievements in the undergraduate Tripos remain similar to previous years, a goodly number of Firsts but also too many results at the bottom of the tables, perhaps from students who underestimated the hard work and skill required to obtain a satisfactory Cambridge degree. Among the Firsts, it is a pleasure to mention Alice Schneider, a final year Sociology and Politics student, and Tianyou Qiu, a second year Psychology student, who both received the highest marks in the University this year. It is difficult to select individual achievers among the many outstanding graduate students who obtained PhDs in 2014. But, as examples of the breadth and excellence of research at this level, I will single out Natalia Egorova, a Gates Scholar who came from an arts background to pursue research in the neuroscience of language and is
Professor Janet Todd with husband, Professor Derek Hughes at 100 Histon Road
now working at Harvard Medical School; Sarra Achouri, whose interdisciplinary research at the interface between soft matter physics and placental biology has won her a Next Generation Fellowship in Cambridge; and Dr Carol Atack, who started her PhD here after achieving a first-class degree in Classics as a mature student; in October she takes up a temporary Lectureship in Classics at Oxford. The Review that follows describes the vibrancy and excitement of many aspects of the research pursued by fellows and junior research fellows (JRF’s) – I must however draw attention here to the internationally-acclaimed research of Professor Ruth Cameron from the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy. She has developed fresh insights and published extensively on controlling and directing cellmaterials interfaces, work that has therapeutic applications in dental, cardiac and haematology, as well as in breast cancer diagnosis and research. continue
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Ruth has been a fellow of the College for 22 years; our JRFs have been with us for only one or two years but they are already producing work of a very high standard and achieving recognition. Vicky Leong was awarded a 1-year ESRC post-doctoral collaboration grant, while Helen Roche has her second book contract for Third Reich’s Elite Schools: A History of the Napolas now under contract with Oxford University Press. Some of Alice Denton’s research results have just been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, while Eileen Nugent has recently accepted a temporary lectureship in the Physics Department in Cambridge. Congratulations to all of these. My own research work this year has been more consolidation than innovation. Cambridge University Press asked me to revise my Introduction to Jane Austen, a more timeconsuming job than I anticipated before I registered the huge growth of the Austen industry! It will be published by Cambridge University Press early next year. I also updated my biography of Mary Wollstonecraft, so that it can be brought out as a Bloomsbury ebook in August. Those of you who have sung with the Lucy Cavendish Singers may be interested to know that Natsuko Hirakura, a visiting scholar at our college in 2009 – 2010 and an enthusiastic member of the Singers, has translated my book about the women round the poet Shelley, Death and the Maidens, into Japanese; it will appear next year.
“In sport the greatest achievement has been rowing. Our crews both did incredibly well. W1 won blades and our W1 and W2 combined moved up more places overall than any other club and they won the Pegasus cup.” Outside teaching and research, we have had a rich year in other activities such as sport and guest lectures. In sport the greatest achievement has been rowing. Our crews both did incredibly well. W1 won blades and our W1 and W2 combined moved up more places overall than any other club and they won the Pegasus cup. The external talks before formal hall have been given by such distinguished speakers as Dr Sue Black, a Senior Research Associate in the 04
Greer have been here far longer. Catherine has been an invaluable and hugely helpful part-time Librarian for 14 years; she leaves us for a full-time position in Clare College. After many years of serving the College, the Senior Tutor Dr Stephanie Ellington and our Catering Supervisor Tasha Greer have retired. Stephanie has been a fellow at the College since 2000 and Senior Tutor for five years, during which time she has shared her home life with us in her many messages to staff and students. Her own report inside the Review gives us some idea of the multifaceted nature of the Senior Tutor role in the present day. Tasha Greer has been a cook, waitress and supervisor for 38 years; those who have been here longer than I have remember her cakes and puddings; I however recollect a very companionable presence during the many college functions, large and small. All of these will be much missed.
Outside teaching we have had a rich year in sport
Department of Computer Science at University College London and a champion for women in computing, who gave an encouraging lecture, If I can do it, so can you; the equally encouraging author Jill Dawson, who gave a talk entitled Write what you don’t know. Lord Justice Elias joined us for a lecture on Religion, Law & the Limits of Tolerance and Professor Lord Robert Winston gave a talk entitled Meddling with Female Reproduction. You may read more about this last lecture on page 10. In May we had our annual Fiction Prize dinner; the event and winner are described on page 11. As is inevitable in any educational establishment, there are always people moving on to other positions or to further study. Claire Fenton-Glynn and Jodie Allen have left after a short time here for more permanent positions and we wish them both well in their future careers. Others like Dr Stephanie Ellington, Catherine Reid and Tasha
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Reviews are inevitably nostalgic because they deal with the past. But they have the great benefit of reminding us of how much we are in an enterprise together: staff, fellows, emeritus fellows, students, alumnae and indeed the whole community of Lucy Cavendish, past and present. Inevitably for me the nostalgia is strong since my colleagues are already busy appointing my successor. Many Heads of House find this long lead-up a peculiar period, and I am no exception. But it is also a time for me to reflect on our college, about the gratitude I feel for being able to serve it and about my hopes for its future flourishing.
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“But it is also a time for me to reflect on the College, about the gratitude I feel for being able to serve it and about my hopes for its future flourishing.” That it will flourish I have no doubt, but it is worth emphasising that our sports, research, teaching, talking and events all depend on sound finances. The Bursar, Domestic Bursar, and Development Director in particular, but all of us in our different ways responsible for the running of the College, have been working hard to put Lucy Cavendish on a good financial footing. But more always needs to be done in generating student fees, in fundraising, and in developing the conference trade if our college is to grow and prosper in its next half century. There is much room for hope and ambition, but very little for complacency.
Professor Janet Todd OBE President jt272@cam.ac.uk
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Mrs Lesley Thompson
From our Bursar
Another year has flown past with the feeling that there is never quite enough time to address, as fully as I would wish, all the areas that come under my purview. Bursarial business includes finance, investments, estates, IT, Human Resources, Health & Safety, pensions, insurance and more – so it is not surprising that there is always a sense of a job never done. None of these areas are the core purpose of the College but without them the teaching and research, which do lie at the very heart of our raison d’être, could not happen. This is true both in the short term, taking a year’s perspective, but also in the longer term. I wrote last year of the need to balance the requirements of current students and fellows with those of future generations. I spend a lot of time seeking to take actions today which will put our college
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on a surer footing, not only for tomorrow but for the next decades and beyond. Securing financial sustainability is critical to this so that our college can continue to develop and provide for its students and fellows over the years to come. This is not easy work as, once depreciation is taken into account, our college continues to make a deficit every year. The older and better endowed colleges use their considerable investment income to subsidise their educational activities but we have the second smallest endowment of all the colleges, by quite some way, so even when markets are favourable and our investment managers perform well, there is limited income available to us from this route. This puts pressure on us to ensure that we seek to break even in the non-educational areas e.g. charging rents which adequately cover the costs of running our accommodation. This is tricky when we know that our students are faced with increasing costs so I was glad that we were able to agree the next three-year deal for rents and charges with our students earlier in the year.
Without bursarial business the teaching and research which lie at the very heart of our raison d’être could not happen.
Ongoing deficits erode our reserves which will eventually run out. We need to aim to make annual surpluses so that we can improve the quality of what we provide to existing college members, make the necessary capital investment in our estate and deal with a constantly demanding regulatory and technological environment. Careful management of expenditure is clearly part of this and we have made cuts, continue to exercise tight control and always seek to achieve value for money. The other side of this is working even harder to generate more income through growing our student body to achieve greater economies
of scale; through conferencing; through judicious management of our investment portfolio; and through encouraging donations from our alumnae and other supporters. We are so grateful to all who so generously support the college – every donation makes a real difference.
“We are so grateful to all who so generously support the college – every donation makes a real difference.” If you would like to know more about our college finances I am always happy to answer questions and the accounts are available on our website: lucy-cav.cam.ac.uk/about-us/freedom-ofinformation/reports-accounts
Mrs Lesley Thompson Bursar lmt37@cam.ac.uk
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Dr Stephanie Ellington
From our Senior Tutor
Since I will be retiring from my post as Senior Tutor this summer I thought I would reflect on the highs and lows of the role over the past five years and future issues. I’ve met some wonderful people both as Senior Tutor and before that as a Tutor since the late 70s; the camaraderie amongst Senior Tutors is invaluable and I am deeply grateful for both the support, and the immense hard work of the Lucy Cavendish Tutors. was volcanic ash with students unable to return from abroad after Christmas, postponement of University examinations and at least one student from the Far East unable to return until 7 weeks after the start of Lent term. The introduction of the £9,000 undergraduate fee resulted in the University and colleges reviewing student provision and, for the sake of clarity and equality, the introduction of many new policies. The vast increase in the number of MPhil courses in the University has caused problems with, in some cases, students feeling poorly-supported by their Faculties.
Stephanie Ellington at Senate House.
The role of Senior Tutor is endlessly variable and unpredictable. In my first year we had the threat of Avian flu and had to arrange flu packs and flu buddies for all students. With the immediate threat of Avian flu over, the second year was enlivened by the introduction of PBI (Points Based Immigration) and the requirement for our college to monitor the residency of all our overseas students. Then there 08
This will be a major challenge for the year 2014/15 with a considerably greater role for Graduate Tutors in all colleges and more interaction between faculties and colleges. As in schools and other universities across the country, the incidence of both mental health issues and learning disabilities amongst students is increasing at an alarming rate whilst government funding for the support of students with disabilities has already decreased significantly and is set to decrease further with effect from 2015. Amongst other funding issues the Access to Learning Fund, a government fund which has provided such invaluable support for students
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from particularly disadvantaged backgrounds, has also been terminated; the University will provide alternative funding for 2014/15 but after that the situation is unclear. Government funding for the National Scholarship Programme, introduced in 2012 in response to the increased fees payable by undergraduates, will stop after 2014. Whilst our Development Office has done wonders in raising money for student support, the needs will substantially increase as we are committed to continue to admit undergraduates from all backgrounds, as we do at present.
Within college, the student numbers have risen considerably particular amongst the graduates with numbers admitted in each year rising from about 40 in 2006/07 to over 120 in 2013/14 and we are working hard to increase our facilities for students. The new Student Centre at Histon Road will provide excellent accommodation for well over 60 students and this year, for the first time, we are providing suppers and a common room for all students throughout the summer. I wish the incoming Senior Tutor, Dr Leigh Stoeber, the very best as she faces the inevitable pleasures and challenges of her new role.
Dr Stephanie Ellington Senior Tutor skle2@cam.ac.uk
The role of Senior Tutor is variable and unpredictable.
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Professor Lord Robert Winston – Meddling with Female Reproduction
On 24th April, 2014, a capacity audience listened enthralled, as Professor Lord Robert Winston took time out from his busy schedule to visit Lucy Cavendish College. His lecture, entitled Meddling with Female Reproduction, was not only a review of his eminent career as an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, in his special field of assisted reproduction, but also a deeply philosophical treatise on eighty years of interest, with special reference to early experimentation, much of which was an attempt to produce a perfect race. He reminded us of the dangers of Eugenics, especially the intolerance and hatred shown to those whose physical, intellectual or racial characteristics were outside the norm. He looked back to the work of Patrick Steptoe CBE FRS, the gynaecologist who introduced laparoscopic surgery to the UK, and Sir Robert Edwards CBE FRS, the Cambridge physiologist, who together pioneered in-vitro fertilisation, culminating in the birth of the first ‘test tube’ baby in 1978 in Oldham General Hospital. Since then, millions of previously-infertile women have been able to experience the joy of parenthood.
Prof Winston’s early research contributed to a new understanding of the female reproductive system and some of the diseases that affect millions of women worldwide. Through close collaborations with highly skilled researchers and surgeons, the work carried out by Professor Winston at the reproductive group at Hammersmith Hospital, and subsequently the Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, has revolutionised in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) and the treatment of female reproductive diseases.
Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize 2014
2014 marked the penultimate year of the famous Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize. Open to any unpublished female novelist over the age of 21, the prize has been awarded annually and watched closely by literary agents and publishers across the country. This year potential entrants were provided with tips on character, pitch, pace and concept from top literary agent Madeleine Milburn, who was also one of our judges. Around 200 women writers sent us the first 30 pages of their unpublished novels along with a synopsis of the remaining story, providing a tantalising glimpse of the huge potential amongst these budding authors. As the closing date at the beginning of
His current research activities, a collaboration between researchers at the California Institute of Technology and Imperial College, London, has a genetic focus with diverse aims that include improving the production of stem cells from embryonic tissue and reducing genetic abnormalities in embryos.
March drew closer the cupboards filled up with reams of paper of stories sent from across the UK. The difficult job of choosing the top five from these many excellent entries fell this year to our own Emeritus Fellow, Lindsey Traub, along with Madeleine Milburn. Lindsey has been both a College Lecturer in English and Vice-President of continue
“Professor Winston pointed out that IVF is not a universal panacea...it may well be that funding these procedures is seen as an expensive luxury.” But Professor Winston pointed out that IVF is not a universal panacea; that the cost of a private clinic may be prohibitive, and that the success rate decreases markedly with maternal age. With the NHS in financial crisis, it may well be that funding these procedures is seen as an expensive luxury. 10
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Dr Ruth Jones Emeritus Fellow
Fiction Prize shortlist with Professor Janet Todd OBE
Dr Helen Taylor Fellow, Supervisor for the Graduate Course in Medicine
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the college. Addicted to fiction since childhood, Lindsey has spent her working life thinking, talking and writing about it.
“Women are very, very good at fiction” Lindsey says “and it is a privilege and a huge pleasure to be involved in awarding this prize.” Madeleine graduated from the University of St Andrews with a degree in English Literature and Language in 2004, going on to work for an independent publishing company Trojan Books in Berlin and the oldest literary agency in the UK where she specialised in foreign rights. Prior to having her own agency, Madeleine was the Head of Rights and a Literary Agent at the most commercial agency in the UK where she had three best-sellers. Reading the 200 scripts was a truly marathon task, which Lindsey achieved by assigning a number per day, often reading all day, for most of March and April. It was then Madeleine’s job to read the top 30 before the two judges compared their decisions. ‘By a miracle’ Lindsey tells us ‘we chose the same top 5’: on 6th May our short-list was announced.
A quick run through the short-listed entries; all were exciting and all could-have won. Lilian Butterwick’s A Silent World, written for young adults, is set on the bleak Lancashire moors in a dysfunctional near-future after the bees have gone. Annette Gordon’s When I was Loved is a novel about survival, control and trust, the balance and flow of money in relationships, and the complex psychology of love. In The Second Garden Joanna Merifield creates a miniature portrait of a family who experience extreme pain owing to the loss of a child, a story which is told through the eyes of their teenage daughter Stella. Anni Domingo’s Breaking the Maafa Chain is a historical novel about slavery and survival, set in the mid-nineteenth century. It tells the story of two sisters, Fatmata and Salimatu, who are captured during a raid on their village and go on to lead very different lives as a slave and as an English princess. Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant is the story of a troubled young woman trying to come to terms with her tragic past, cope with the challenges she faces day-to-day, and map out some kind of happier future, while life (past and present) continues to get in the way.
Fiction Prize shortlist winner 2014, Joanna Merifield
Choosing a winner from among these sparkling entries was clearly no easy task for Lindsey and Madeleine – I had a read too and would have been hard pressed to choose; however, after a considerable amount of deliberation, the two judges did pick a winner: Joanna Merifield for The Second Garden. A few months after the competition all shortlisted entrants are doing very well. Joanna Merifield has had interest from several agents and, spurred on by her win, is now pushing forward to complete her novel. She tells us she’d like to complete it soon “not least because there are other novel ideas circling in my head like aeroplanes, and they are impatient for instruction from traffic control!” Anni says “thank you Lucy Cavendish College for helping me to find a fantastic agent!” Anni Domingo was thrilled to tell us that Madeleine Milburn is going to represent her from now on.
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The shortlist make their way over to the dinner find out who is the winner
We are very happy to announce that the publisher Peter, Fraser and Dunlop have generously agreed to fund the final 2015 Fiction Prize. The judges this coming year include Allison Pearson, Nelle Andrews and Adele Geras. Next year will be my last year as President of Lucy Cavendish. Our college has been kind in indulging my passion for contemporary literature with the annual Women’s Word Festival and the Fiction Prize, both of which have required considerable time and work from the President’s Office. My especial thanks to Sophie Hannah, Joy Haughton, Clare Wartnaby, Helen Taylor and Jeanette Ariano. I am sure the next President will want to go in other exciting directions.
Professor Janet Todd OBE President jt272@cam.ac.uk
And more good news from a 2012 short-listed entrant, Kathyrn Simmonds. A copy of her recently published novel Love and Fallout just arrived in the post at Lucy Cavendish.
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The new Student Centre
The construction of our new Student Centre at 100 Histon Road is nearing completion. This will transform the accommodation that we have to offer. The Student Centre will provide 56 en-suite rooms and 8 flats for couples and families, together with a social space and gardens. The site is 10 minutes’ walk from our main college campus so will offer enhanced opportunities for the students to join in with college activities at Lady Margaret Road, and will be more cost-effective for our college than servicing student accommodation in houses all over Cambridge. We have been very fortunate that Dr Jane Renfrew, Emeritus Fellow and the Garden
Steward who was so instrumental in developing the garden at Lucy Cavendish, including the recent wildlife pond, took on the task of designing the garden at the new Student Centre alongside Julie Moore in our Development Office. They have been working in collaboration with Arabella Lennox-Boyd, the internationallyrecognised garden designer and multiple Gold Medal winner at the Chelsea Flower Show.
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The Governing Body made the decision to purchase, rather than rent, the development and the contract to purchase was exchanged shortly afterwards at the end of July 2013. Work started on site in August 2013, with completion by the end of August 2014, ready for occupation by students at the start of the academic year in October 2014. Such a major development has required us to take on external borrowing for the first time in order to pay for the majority of it. We were therefore very fortunate that our need for finance coincided with the launch of the Cambridge Colleges’ private placement, long term bonds borrowed by a number of colleges from financial institutions for 30-40 years at very good rates and with interest only payable until the end of the term. Other funds for the development have been raised by selling a house owned by our college that will be replaced by the accommodation at the new Student Centre, and fundraising, which is still ongoing due to the short timescale for the development from the decision to buy to completion of the buildings. The next phase of the appeal for the new Student Centre will continue through the College’s 50th anniversary celebrations. Please see the folder about the Student Centre, designed by international awardwinning designer Professor Phil Cleaver, and funded by Edwina Dunn, on our website at:
We are extremely grateful to those trusts, foundations and individuals who have already made contributions to the new Student Centre, but there is still further need for more student accommodation near Lady Margaret Road, and also facilities Student Centre folder on our main college campus for students and conferences. A gift to Lucy Cavendish for the new Student Centre will help our college ensure that it continues to provide opportunities for women 21 years and over to achieve their academic ambitions by providing the best possible living and learning environment and facilities. We would welcome your support!
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Anna Bidder Research Evenings
The Anna Bidder Research Evenings have been popular again this year, not least because of the excellent range of speakers who have shared their work with us. These are college fellows whose talks reflect the diversity and high-quality of research being pursued at Lucy Cavendish while selected graduate students, working in complementary areas, showcase their ideas in an atmosphere of informality – preceded by drinks and supper. The Anna Bidder Research Evenings are primarily an opportunity to share research while bringing together the whole college community, including students, alumnae and emeritus fellows. Everyone is welcome and we hope to see many of you there in 2014/2015. Look out for the emails headed ‘Anna Bidder Research Evening’, and sign up.
“The Anna Bidder Research Evenings are primarily an opportunity to share research while bringing together the whole college community.” In Michaelmas 2013 Dr Fiona Walter and Dr Jodie Allen gave a fascinating talk on Journeys through Diagnoses combining their disciplines in a discussion that prompted a spirited period of questions. Since it was also November 6th we were treated to an unexpected, though spectacular, firework display nearby through which the speakers continued unabashed.
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Dr Vicky Leong
The Lent Anna Bidder Research Evening brought a change of approach when Dr Jackie Brearley shared her research into the education of vets in an open discussion with several of our students. This offered a route into both the theory of education in this subject and the reality of its practical application. Dr Vicky Leong treated us in the Easter term to a stimulating talk based on her award winning research into dyslexia. (Dr Leong was awarded the 2014 Glushko Dissertation Prize by the Cognitive Science Society). Posing the question of How music helps children’s language development and well-being, Dr Leong described the ways in which a cross-cultural understanding of the benefits of music might be harnessed to help those diagnosed with very early dyslexia. Anna Wong, one of our graduate students,
followed this theme with a talk on Musicking in schools where she traced the impact of music on the psychological well-being of children. The next Anna Bidder Research Evening will be in Lent 2015 when Dr Susanne Hakenbeck, recently elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, will speak about her research.
Dr Isobel Maddison Vice-President ijm22@cam.ac.uk
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Lucy Cavendish Singers
The Singers’ 6th season was once again characterised by sell-out audiences for all the Cambridge concerts. Some of the Singers’ favourite intimate venues are now too small so next year they will be moving to larger halls. The Singers have also outgrown their rehearsal space in the Music Pavilion and last September took the major step of hiring larger facilities just up the road. With seventeen singers, a bass player, pianist and violinist all needing oxygen, the pavilion started to feel just a bit too cosy! The 2013/14 season was launched with a programme entitled Sweet Prospect in the beautifully resonant Michaelhouse chancel.
“Christmas brought another capacity crowd to Lucy Cavendish College for the annual “Carols Around the Tree”.” This was the last concert with violinist, Nicky Haire, who had been with the Singers since July 2010. When Nicky moved back to Edinburgh, the search began for another violinist who could improvise on jazz and traditional tunes and turn her hand to classical music. What a delight to
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find a violinist who not only fits the bill but is a Lucy Cavendish PhD student as well! Amparo Fontaine, formerly a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Chile, joined the Singers for two concerts this year and will play in the first concert next autumn. Christmas brought another capacity crowd to Lucy Cavendish College for the annual Carols Around the Tree. Led by the Singers, the programme featured a children’s choir, readings by fellows, staff and students and lots of audience carols. The Singers also provided the choral music for the University Staff Lessons and Carols and will do so again in December 2014 for the fourth year running. For the March concert, Walkin’ One and Only, at the Bateman Auditorium, the Singers were joined by Ivan Garford, bass player and jazz pianist. Ivan played the rest of the season and is signed up for next year as well. The concert was followed by a wine reception and exhibition of Lesley Fotherby’s stunning watercolours of the Singers. See them on our website: www.lucycavendishsingers.org.uk. Sunlight and Waters, the May spring concert, was in the elegant Saloon at Madingley Hall with many alumnae and other college members in the audience. Then in June the Singers gave a fulllength programme of jazz, traditional, gospel, medieval and modern classical music before an enthusiastic audience in the parish church of St Mary’s, Buckden.
“The Singers featured in the new BBC Radio 3 programme Meet My Choir where Maria Purves talked about why the choir is so special to her.” On Sunday 6th July, the Singers featured in the new BBC Radio 3 programme Meet My Choir where, along with recorded excerpts of the Singers performing, Maria Purves (Brown, 1993 English) talked about why the choir is so special to her. To cap a wonderful year, in mid-August the Singers are looking forward to a weeklong residential singing course in Langedoc-Roussillon, southern France. Confirmed dates for 2014/15: Saturday 18th October, 2014, 6 pm, Emmanuel United Reformed Church (EURC), Cambridge. Sunday 14th December, 6 pm, Christmas concert, All Saint’s Church, Pickwell, Leicestershire. Tuesday 16th December, 3 pm, Gt St Mary’s Church, Cambridge, University Staff Lessons & Carols. Saturday 7th March, 2015, 6 pm, EURC, a concert in association with the Women of the World Festival.
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Lucy/Hughes W1 Boat Club clinch the blades in the Lent Bumps Well it has been an absolutely fantastic year for Lucy Cavendish Boat Club! Having very few seniors returning from the previous year, a President and Captain who had just finished their first year of rowing and 50 sign-ups at the Fresher’s Fair, it seemed as though this was going to be a tough and gruelling year…and it has been, but the success has made the toil all the sweeter. Traditionally in Michaelmas, the main resources of the club go into training novices – every morning boats full of 8 eager rowers took to the water and learnt the finer points of the rowing stroke: front-stops, bow pair, stern six, arms only and the all-important HOLD IT UP! In what felt like no time at all, we had our set crews and were ready for the excitement of the first competition – Queens’ Ergs (a 500m relay sprint of 8 rowers on rowing machines)! Both teams did spectacularly well with W1 finishing fifth overall in the final with an average split time of 1.55,
as well as having the fastest novice – Francesca O’Hanlon, who pulled a 1.42 average split time. Then W2 came third in their division with an impressive time of 2.03. It was a strong result and we were certain that this would just be a sign of better things to come. One week later, Emma Sprints would see the girls move from rowing machine races to the water, complete with 80s fancy dress. W1 progressed all the way to the semi-finals, and then got knocked out by Trinity Hall W1 to finish
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fourth overall. W2 had a very ‘interesting’ race with one of the girls falling off her seat and another’s blade coming out of the gate. But they still managed to give Murray Edwards a run for their money so that for most of the race they were neck and neck. Clare Novices was far less ‘eventful’ and W1 easily got through to the quarter finals. From short sprints, the crew then had to take on the ‘beast’ that is the Fairbairns race of 2.4km – not only was the distance a challenge but the near gale-force winds caused a lot of problems both at marshalling and the row-back. Even in the face of adversity, the girls put in a sterling performance to come 24th out of 42 boats.
Unfortunately W2 did not get through the ‘Getting-On Race’ and had barely been able to get their 10 outing minimum requirement to compete in Bumps because of the adverse conditions. Despite these obstacles, W1 achieved Blades, which are awarded to Crews who succeed in bumping 4 times over the four days of racing. We were the only crew to do so apart from the crew who are top of the First Division to whom Blades are always awarded. It was a wonderful achievement, particularly for our four novices in the boat, as well as our novice cox, Michelle Low, whose expert steering secured the Bump on the third day and meant that we narrowly bumped Emmanuel W2 when they were inches from bumping LMBC W2.
“The crew then had to take on the ‘beast’ that is the Fairbairns race of 2.4km.”
“Despite these obstacles, W1 achieved Blades.”
With a few outings kept going over the Christmas vacation, in no time at all, it was time for Crew Selection for our 3 boats; two would enter for Lent Bumps whilst the other was a weekend boat for those who were unable to commit to more training. With an entirely new line up in the W1 boat, there would be a lot of work to get us ready for Bumps in 6 weeks, but with our coach, Hannah Spry, nothing is impossible. Just to ‘test the water’, we entered into several races during the term but with the awful weather conditions and the closure of the river, race practice was in short supply.
After the success of Lent Bumps, the pressure was now on – with a few changes in line-ups for both W1 and W2, particularly the return of Stella Lempidaki, who had trailed for the Women’s Blue Boat, along with Izzy Vyvyan who competed at continue
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the Boat Race, training was back to full steam, and the 5.30am alarms were set for the beautiful morning outings. We were also lucky enough to have Jonas Schwenck, a rower at St Edmunds College, agree to coach our W2 boat, and he really put them through their paces! Both crews entered the Champs Eights (1.4km) race and both won their division by quite some margin – prize tankards all around! W2 easily completed the ‘Getting-On Race’, securing themselves a place in the fourth division. With both crews ready to go out and grab some greenery, Bumps was shaping up to be an exciting week! W2 just missed Blades as they were given a technical rowover on the second day. Despite rowing over on the first day, W1 continued their winning streak with four bumps, making us eligible for College Blades, as well as securing a strong place in Division Two. It was fantastic to have such great support from our college and donors on the final day as we rode past with the Lucy Cavendish and Hughes Hall flags flying high once again. The Club were also awarded the Pegasus Cup, which is given to the most successful Club in May Bumps.
“The Club were also awarded the Pegasus Cup, which is given to the most successful Club in May Bumps.”
Both myself and Catherine, the Captain, could not be more proud of everything that every rower has achieved this year. They have taken our club from strength to strength, and these results are a fitting tribute to all the aches, sweat and calloused hands that they have endured throughout the bitter cold of Michaelmas and the scorching heat of Easter. We are sorry to be losing so many key members from the Boat Club, like Kate Stevens (previous President) as well as Erin Townsend (previous Lucy Captain), as well as all our keen novices who have now concluded their Master degrees. I wish you all the best for your futures and hope that, years from now, you will come cheer for Lucy/Hughes on the banks of the Cam as future generations continue to advance the Club on to greater heights. If you would like to receive more information about our Boat Club throughout the year, please contact me so we can add you to our newsletter mailing list.
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Chancellor of the University of Cambridge comes to our college as our Visitor.
Lord David Sainsbury, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, officially visited Lucy Cavendish College in November 2013 in the official role of College Visitor. stewardess she has recently graduated in history whilst also being a single parent to her daughter. Of the visit Kate said:
In the meantime, I look forward to the new season and all the exciting challenges that await us.
Elinor George President, Lucy Cavendish College Boat Club eg405@cam.ac.uk Student’s Union President, Shelley Gathigia, Lord Sainsbury, Vice President Isobel Maddison and student Kate McCombe
The College Visitor dates from medieval times. The Visitor is called upon for the resolution of major matters arising from the College’s Statutes and Ordinances. The Statutes of the College state that the current Chancellor of the University of Cambridge shall be the College Visitor. Lord Sainsbury has a keen interest in Lucy Cavendish’s work in widening participation with, each year, at least a third of their first time undergraduates coming with Access Diplomas and comparable qualifications, rather than A-levels. He therefore met some of the students for an informal lunch, so that he could learn more about their individual, often inspiring, stories.
“Lord Sainsbury has a keen interest in Lucy Cavendish’s work in widening participation.” Amongst those present was 27-year-old student Kate McCombe. Previously flying high as an air
“Studying at Lucy Cavendish is an opportunity I never thought I would have. The supportive and creative environment has enabled me to realise my potential whilst juggling the challenges of being a single parent. I am deeply grateful for the chance Lucy Cavendish has given me to do both and it was a rewarding experience being able to share my gratitude with the Chancellor of the University.’’ Following his lunch Lord Sainsbury was taken on a tour of the college grounds to hear about the college’s unique history and plans for future developments to support women in education. President of our college, Professor Janet Todd OBE, said: “We are grateful to have the opportunity to meet the Chancellor and introduce him to some of our wonderful and amazingly diverse students. Lucy Cavendish is unique within the University and we are very proud to have the chance to show Lord Sainsbury around our college, tell him about our exciting plans for expansion and give him some taste of the kind of work that is done here.”
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Director of OFFA visits Lucy Cavendish to exchange ideas with staff and students In January 2014, Professor Les Ebdon, Director of the Office for Fair Access to Higher Education (OFFA) visited Lucy Cavendish College. Professor Ebdon’s visit involved meeting some of the students and academic staff to discuss access to higher education, and finding out more about the pioneering work our college is doing to help women achieve their academic ambitions. Professor Ebdon, Director since September 2012, shared his views on the importance of making higher education accessible to all with academic staff and students from the college. Professor Ebdon met several undergraduates who had not followed the ‘traditional’ route into
higher education – Becky worked as a pastry chef before coming to study here and Gemma was a volunteer editor and contributor to Homeless Diamonds, a magazine written by people housed in St Mungo’s hostels in central London.
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Professor Ebdon said: “It was a pleasure to hear first-hand about the excellent work being done at Lucy Cavendish, and to meet the students whose lives are being changed by higher education.”
Following his lunch Professor Ebdon was taken on a tour of the college grounds to hear about our college’s unique history and plans for future developments to support women in education. Director of Admissions for the College, Dr Emily Tomlinson, said:
Of his visit Professor Ebdon said: “It was a pleasure to hear first-hand about the excellent work being done at Lucy Cavendish, and to meet the students whose lives are being changed by higher education. I was particularly interested to meet Gemma and Becky and talk with them about how they followed non-traditional pathways to come here. It is an essential aspect of fair access that people who’ve been out of education for a while, including those who may not have formal academic qualifications or who’ve followed vocational routes, are supported to reach their potential. Everyone who has the ability and motivation to go in to higher education should have equal opportunity to do so, whatever their background.’’
“Lucy Cavendish was founded by women determined to challenge the exclusivity of Cambridge, and today’s students are the living proof that individuals from all backgrounds can study at the highest level. It has been our pleasure and privilege to welcome Professor Ebdon, who has done so much to ensure that universities, across the country, open their doors a little bit wider.”
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Lucy Cavendish College prepares to welcome the first ever ‘shadows’ aged 21 and over
Lucy Cavendish students awarded Santander Scholarship Certificates Gulya Amanova
The Cambridge University Student’s Union (CUSU) Shadowing Scheme has been promoted to applicants aged twenty-one and over for the first time this year. The scheme brings UK students from schools and Further Education (FE) Colleges without a tradition of top university entry to Cambridge for three days in February. Prospective students come to Cambridge from Thursday to Saturday, ‘shadowing’ a current undergraduate, in a subject that interests them. Shadows see everything the student does on a day-to-day basis (lectures, supervisions, playing sport, going shopping, socialising and so on), giving them a taste of what life at Cambridge is really like.
“The College is delighted that the scheme has been widened to welcome older applicants, who may be planning to start their degree a little later in life, but will also benefit from experiencing Cambridge ‘first hand’.” Director of Admissions for the College, Dr Emily Tomlinson, said: “Lucy Cavendish is delighted to welcome the ‘shadows’ and show them what a warm and diverse community exists at the college. The majority of our current students are in their twenties and many come with Access Diplomas and comparable qualifications, rather than A-levels. We hope the Shadowing Scheme will inspire more students of 21 and over to consider Cambridge as a realistic option.” For more information on the scheme and how you can take part next year, visit: www.applytocambridge.com/shadowing
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Gulya Amanova from Uzbekistan, a Ph.D Law student; Elena Demosthenous from Cyprus, a Ph.D Engineering student; Natalia Ryzhova from Russia, an M.Phil Social Anthropology student; and Kate Stevens from New Zealand, a Ph.D History student were all commended for their outstanding work whilst studying as Santander Scholars at Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge by the Director of Santander Universities UK, Simon Bray, and the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz . Natalia and Gulya both spoke at the reception about the benefits of being a Santander Scholar and the significant support towards the ongoing costs of studying at Cambridge, as well as for research trips and attending academic conferences.
“With Santander’s support I can continue my studies and complete my PhD.”
Santander Scholar – Kate Stevens Feb 2014
Unfortunately, another of the postgraduate students whose research studies are supported by Santander Universities, Irina Shaorshadze, a Ph.D Economics student, was unable to attend the reception as she is currently carrying out research in the US. Irina is working with the recently formed Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group, which connects cross-disciplinary experts to advance innovative thinking and approaches to inequality to improve individual opportunity worldwide.
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Gulya, a single mother, whose thesis subject is: The Impact of the Work of the UN Human Rights Committee on Central Asia, said: “With Santander’s support I can continue my studies and complete my PhD”. Natalia echoed this and spoke on behalf of the other Santander Scholars saying that she really appreciates Santander Universities as they had made her studies at Cambridge possible.
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New wildlife pond officially opened
The Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust have generously funded the creation of wildlife pond in the gardens at Lucy Cavendish College. The College wanted the pond to be created as a permanent recognition of the very significant, imaginative and sensitive contribution made by Dr Jane Renfrew to the gardens and to Lucy Cavendish College and the University of Cambridge. Dr Renfrew had been planning the installation of a wildlife pond in her final year at Lucy Cavendish before retiring. This pond complements the existing well-established wildflower garden and the other initiatives to attract birds and other forms of wildlife into the gardens. On 5th November 2013 the Trustees of the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust were officially
‘Doggy de-stress’ at Lucy Cavendish College During the exam period Lucy Cavendish students took a break from revision to take part in ‘Puppy Day’. puppies, and getting them used to every situation. The pups need to be comfortable interacting with members of the public and not be intimidated in crowds. Everyone wins on Pet a Pup days, the students can forget about revision for a while, puppy walkers enjoy taking their pups somewhere new and the pups get to be played with and adored for a while.”
thanked for their generous donation, as were past students of Dr Jane Renfrew who gave two flowering trees in recognition of the support that they had received during their time as students at Lucy Cavendish, but also in their subsequent careers. Patricia Duff planted one tree adjacent to the pond on behalf of the alumnae, and Dr Renfrew planted the other tree.
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Guide Dogs for the Blind visit Lucy Cavendish
Organised with the kind help from volunteers from Guide Dogs for the Blind and their wonderful canine companions students were invited to come along and stroke a puppy. There has been much research into the therapeutic benefits in stroking a pet to help with stress release and the Lucy Cavendish students put this theory to the test with a hands-on practical at puppy day. Teddy, a four-month-old black Labrador puppy still in training and Milly a golden retriever and withdrawn guide dog were more than happy to be the ‘stars’ of the day as the students spent time petting and playing with them. Gill Bane, Secretary of the Cambridge and District Guide Dogs for the Blind Association said of the initiative: “Puppy walking volunteers for Guide dogs for the Blind, spend a lot of time socialising their
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Thanks to the generosity of Dr Lindsey Traub (a past Vice-President of our college and a generous supporter of Lucy Cavendish) and the efforts of our college community, a substantial amount has also been raised to donate to the worthwhile charity, and to enable the Puppy Day to take place. Of the event, Emma Wood from the Lucy Cavendish Students’ Union Events team who organised the event said: “The day has been a wonderful way to encourage students to take time out from the revision, de-stress and get to know some of the wonderful dogs from the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. We have also raised money for the charity which will help them continue with their great work. We would like to thank the volunteers, Fran Dawson and Gillian Bane, from the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association for taking the time to visit us at Lucy Cavendish College.’’
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Lucy Cavendish takes the biscuit by supporting Cambridge women’s new bakery In March 2014 Lucy Cavendish launched the very first college biscuits in conjunction with fledgling business Cambridge Street Bakes. The range of biscuits has been launched with a Lucy Bear biscuit in a presentation tin and crested biscuit pops which are bang on trend and a sweet treat for any occasion. The items are now on sale in the College’s Porter’s Lodge but there are plans for the range to be sold online in the very near future and ideas for selection tins and seasonal products are already in the pipeline.
Jeantte Havinga (Cambridge Street Bakes), Anna Testi – first customer, John Morley – Senior Porter, Elinor George – current student
The mouth-watering iced biscuits are handmade, unique to our college and on sale to the general public as well as our college community.
“We are delighted to be the very first Cambridge college to be selling bespoke, handmade biscuits.” Of the biscuit initiative Senior Porter John Morely said: “We are delighted to be the very first Cambridge college to be selling bespoke, handmade biscuits by Cambridge Street Bakes. Not only are they delicious and make a lovely gift - especially for Easter, but it is only right that as a women’s college we support two Cambridge mums who are starting up a new business in the city.’’
“We have enjoyed working alongside Lucy Cavendish College to create this unique selection of biscuits. We see a successful future ahead alongside the College to take our business to the next level.” Plans for a 50th anniversary biscuit are underway with new style biscuit pops and display tins in the pipeline to celebrate the College’s 50th anniversary in 2015. Of the partnership Jeanette Havinga, cofounder of Cambridge Street Bakes said: “We have enjoyed working alongside Lucy Cavendish College to create this unique selection of biscuits. We see a successful future ahead alongside the College to take our business to the next level.”
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Join us in celebrating a fabulous 50 years Lucy Cavendish College 50th Anniversary
Garden Party
Sunday 14th June 1-5pm Celebrate at our 1960’s-style garden party and afternoon tea. Coconut shy, hoopla, swingboats and musical entertainment. Save the date, so you don’t miss out on this special event Tickets go on sale from January 2015
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Alumnae and Associates News
Lucy Cavendish College Alumnae Association 2013-14 The Alumnae Association started the year in style, with four events to mark the Alumnae Festival weekend in September, including a reunion dinner on the Saturday evening. The focus of the dinner was on those who matriculated in years ending with a 3 or an 8, but of course all alumnae were welcomed, as ever. It was an excellent opportunity to meet old friends, catch up with news, share food and wine – and for those with sufficient stamina, to party until the early hours of the morning!
committee was appointed, under the Presidency of Julie McDonald. Details of the committee and its officers are on the Alumnae section of the College website.
The celebration was declared a great success and we repeated the theme in 2014 for those who matriculated in the 4’s and 9’s.
“It was an excellent opportunity to meet old friends, catch up with news, share food and wine – and for those with sufficient stamina, to party until the early hours of the morning!”
The Alumnae Association AGM was held on the Sunday afternoon, when a new augmented
As well as the 1972 celebration Conversation to mark the 40th anniversary of the admission of undergraduates to Lucy Cavendish College, the other event over the weekend was a retirement party for Jillinda Tiley. Lawyers and other guests shared memories of their time at our college; most of them were taught by Jillinda and there were many stories to be remembered and retold. There was much to reminisce about.
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A new venture for the Alumnae Association has been an e-newsletter, Nautilus, named after the beautiful shell that can be seen on our College crest. The spiral nautilus has long been an inspiration for mathematicians, scientists and creative artists, so we thought it would be a fitting symbol for a College that places
Jillinda’s retirement party with alumnae lawyers
both enquiry and inclusivity at the centre of its academic and professional life. If any alumnae have news that they would like to send for inclusion in Nautilus, please complete and submit the form on the alumnae page of the College website. We would love to hear from you.
“Lawyers and other guests shared memories of their time at the College; most of them were taught by Jillinda and there were many stories to be remembered and retold.” In June 2014, the College held its summer Garden Party and the College Alumnae Association were visibly present with our Guess-the-Weight-ofthe-Cake stall. The cake was kindly donated by Cambridge Street Bakes; it was a most impressive attraction, with chocolate icing and topped with colourful iced shortbread ‘lollipops’. We attracted many guessers – at one point, just before the official weigh-in, there was even a queue! The cake was eventually won by a current College student, who distributed many of the lollipop biscuits to the small children who were waiting around the table with their mouths open in readiness! The Alumnae Association also ensured that children attending the garden party (and some much older playfellows!) were kept amused by a variety of garden games. For the 2015 Garden Party we plan to introduce additional
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events, including a decorated bike competition and a repeat of the very successful cake stall. Over the next few years we hope to increase the number and variety of alumnae activities, both within Cambridge and elsewhere, and we are keen to reach out to those who studied at Lucy Cavendish at any time during its soon-to-be 50 year history. We began our Association in a pre-computer era and many former students are no longer on our records, so please contact us through our website; you will certainly receive a very warm welcome back into the fold.
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Alumnae News
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We always enjoy hearing about life after Lucy Cavendish and the alumnae and associate’s achievements from 2013/14 are both fascinating and inspiring in equal measure.
Her role of Legal Advisor meant she was involved with many new developments in Kosovo such as Drafting of Laws, issues related to the processes of EU integration and regional cooperation and concluding bilateral agreements. Davina was also co-coach of the team representing the University of Prishtina at the Willem C. Vis International Competition, which was held in Vienna in April 2014. juridiku.uni-pr.edu/Personeli/Personeliakademik/Mr-Sc--Dafina-Bucaj.aspx
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Deby Adinolfi Theology, 2010 Congratulations to Deby who has taken on the new position of Ordination (as transitional Deacon) – Episcopal Diocese of Arizona.
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Michelle has been a Resource Teacher since 2009 after completing her MPhil Educational Research degree at the University of Cambridge. She is currently teaching literacy to the primary/ elementary students at the Sheshatshiu Innu School, Sheshatshiu, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
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Michelle has recently become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London, England. As a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, her contribution is to share her expertise in photography, aboriginal education and educational research to the Royal Society of Arts.
Over the past year Dafina has taken on the prestigious role of Legal Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice of the Republic of Kosovo, as well as Teaching Assistant at the University Hasan Prishtina, Faculty of Law.
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This year has seen some exciting achievements for Isabel as she took on the role as Consultant Clinical & Forensic Psychologist in the NIHR’s CLAHRC East of England, and joined Cambridge Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Group. She has also been heavily involved in the British Psychological Society’s Autism and the Criminal Justice System project. Isabel also spent time supervising a PhD student, as well as working on a number of publications.
Publications 2013/14 • Langdon, P.E., Murphy, G.H., Clare, I.C.H., Palmer, E.J. and Rees, J. (2013). An evaluation of the EQUIP treatment programme with men who have intellectual or other developmental disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 26, 167-180. • Presland, A.D., Clare, I.C.H., Broughton, S., Luke, L.R., Wheeler, E., Fairchild, G., Watson, P.C., Chan, W.Y.S., Kearns, A. and Ring, H. (2013). Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity
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in adults with intellectual disabilities: A preliminary investigation, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 57 (6), 539-551. • Rowsell, A., Clare, I.C.H. and Murphy, G.H. (2013). The psychological impact of abuse on men and women with severe intellectual disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 26, 257-270. • Wheeler, J.R., Clare, I.C.H. and Holland, A.J. (2013). Offending by people with intellectual disabilities in community settings: a preliminary examination of contextual factors, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 26(5). 370-383. • Carroll, C., Watson, P., Spoudeas, H.A., Hawkins, M.M., Walker, D.A., Clare, I.C.H., Holland, A.J. and Ring, H. (2013). Prevalence, associations, and predictors of apathy in adult survivors of infantile (< 5 years of age) posterior fossa brain tumors, Neuro-Oncology, 15 (4), 497-505. • Wheeler, J.R., Clare, I.C.H. and Holland, A.J. (2013). What can social and environmental factors tell us about the risk of offending by people with intellectual disabilities? Psychology, Crime & Law. 10 doi: 1080/1068316X.2013.854789. • Farrington, C.J.T., Clare, I.C.H., Holland, A.J., Barrett, M. and Oborn, E. (2014). Knowledge exchange and integrated services: Experiences from an integrated community intellectual (learning) disability service for adults, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, doi:10.1111/jir.12131. • Gracey, F., Malley, D., Wagner, A.P. and Clare, I.C.H. (2014). Characterising neuropsychological rehabilitation service users for service design, Social Care & Neurodisability, 5, 16-28.
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Dr Angela Morecroft Gila Margolin
Attreyee Roy Chowdhury
Attreyee Roy Chowdhury Modern and Mediaeval Languages, 1995 Attreyee has taken on the new position of Vice President at Osian’s Connoisseurs of Art Pvt. Ltd, an auction house in India.
Patricia Duff Archaeology and Anthropology, 2009 Having graduating in 2012, Patricia founded ArchaeoLink within the Division of Archaeology. ArchaeoLink’s purpose is to liaise between researchers in the fields of archaeology, anthropology and heritage, and the communities in which they work, by assisting those communities to obtain educational, societal and economic benefits from their archaeology and heritage. Patricia’s first project was in in Elefsina in Greece. She and her team are currently working in conjunction with various community stakeholders to facilitate local, national and international recognition of the important archaeological site of Eleusis and to assist in the development of aspects of the site in order to increase visitor interest and experience. One of the most popular components is an Educational Resource Pack. This is a site-specific education programme specially written for the community to use in schools, museums or by children’s organisations, and includes work-sheets, lesson-plans and teacher’s notes. While at Lucy Cavendish, Patricia founded the Mature Students Network, a social organisation 36
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to support students returning to full time education after a break. The success of the Network has led it to recently become the Cambridge University Mature Students Society and Patricia is still involved as Events Coordinator and Treasurer. Patricia has given a couple of seminars at the University about routes to achieving impact and will be travelling to Spain later in the year to give a paper on the topic at the SOPA14 conference on Heritage Education and Socialisation in Rural Areas.
Gila Margolin Hebrew Studies, 1988 Gill taught Hebrew privately to a variety of students after competing her degree. In December 1998, during a stay in Provence, she had a spiritual experience which led her to find, with the help of a friend, a potential community of Prayer, Peace and Reconciliation called The Little Sisters of Joy. In 2004 it evolved into an international Foundation with over 700 Friends in 23 countries who support the Foundation in Friendship and Prayer. The aim of The Little Sisters of Joy is to build bridges of Peace between Jews and Christians and Catholics and Protestants, amongst others. Over the last eleven years Gill has given a series of Concerts for Peace and Reconciliation, in Clare, Pembroke and Robinson College Chapels. Last November Sue Gilmurray, a member of the Anglican Pacifist Fellowship, joined Gill with her own Peace Songs. Gill sang, with her guitar, songs of the 60’s, Jewish music and traditional folk. In 2012 she gave a
concert at the Michaelhouse Centre in Cambridge on the anniversary of 9/11 and everyone joined in the singing. In 2006 the first part of Gill’s autobiography, The Moving Swan, was published. It charts her life from my rich and happy Jewish childhood in London, to first studies in Glasgow in the turbulent 60’s, her move to Cambridge in 1982 and Gill’s becoming a Catholic in 1988/89. This period coincided exactly with Gill’s time at Lucy Cavendish, her studies in Hebrew and returning to Israel, making it a particularly memorable and poignant time. The memoir ends in 1999. In October 2014, in Lucy Cavendish, Gill will be launching, in words and music, the second part of her autobiography, which she has called Where the Woods meet the Water. Gill always thought that Toronto meant a Meeting place for all cultures and peoples but apparently, in one of the Native Canadian languages Where the Woods meet the Water is its real meaning. On her next visit she hopes to build on the connections she has made amongst the native Canadians (First Nations) in their centre in Toronto, whilst she is currently engaged in research into their history and culture here in Cambridge with the help of the Royal Commonwealth Society in the University Library.
Dr Angela Morecroft PhD in Egyptology, 2009 Angela has continued the research for her book on Early Travellers to Egypt, as well as translating the diary of Vitaliano Donati, an early Italian traveller and explorer. Angela recently had the opportunity to visit the Royal Alcazar Palace of Seville (Spain), one of the
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most beautiful buildings in Seville renowned for its architecture and gardens. Its history originates from a Moorish fort in the 10th century. In an impressive Cathedral next to the Palace, there is an interesting monument, the resting place of the early Italian traveller and explorer Cristoforo Colombo.
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Wendy Ann Pollard English, 1996 Wendy has been working for a considerable number of years on a biography of a renowned twentiethcentury novelist and critic with the co-operation of her children who allowed Wendy access to their mother’s previously unexamined diaries and other material. The resultant book, Pamela Hansford Johnson: Her Life, Works and Times, was published this October by Shepheard-Walwyn.
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• A conversation with Professor Martin Carver http://vimeo.com/personalhistoriesproject/ martincarver
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Conferences 2013-14
Barbara has taken on the role as Instructor, History of Africa, University of Akron, Ohio, as well as working on a number of publications and new projects.
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• Third Annual Igbo Conference Igbo Heritage; Production, Diffusion and Legacy 2 May 2014. SOAS, University of London
Publications 2013/14 • Cheryl Elman, Kathryn Feltey, Barbara Wittman. “Drawn to the land: Women’s Life Course Consequences of Frontier Settlement over Two North Dakota Land Boons, 1878-1910.” Social Science History, Vol. 37, No. 1, Spring 2013, pgs 27-70.
• Igbo-Ukwu and Thurstan Shaw www2.arch.cam.ac.uk/~pjs1011/
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Marcia also welcomed her first medical Student Selected Component (SSC) student to the department. He has finished a really important project looking at frequent A&E attenders on highdose opioids. Dr Pamela Jane Smith and Lady Dorothy Nkem Ezenwanne Carina O’Reilly (second left) with colleagues
Dr Pamela Jane Smith This year has been notable for Pamela as she has retired from running the Histories of Archaeology Research Network and the Personal Histories Project. She has helped two new wonderful teams to take over and is now devoting time to raising funds for scholarships for African students to come to Cambridge. New positions that Pamela has taken on are Lolo Onu n’ekwulu ora and Ocheze Igbo-Ukwu.
Publications 2013-14 • The Roots of an Intellectual Empire: Miles Burkitt, “Knowledge Travel”, and Archaeology in EarlyTwentieth Century Europe. Antiquity December 2013, www.antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/pjsmith338/ • The Nigerian Television Authority’s film of Thurstan Shaw’s Memorial, which I produced, is loaded. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvRwiUVhFsM&fe ature=youtu.be • Personal Histories Project films that went “live’ in 2013/2014: • The Bone Room’s Past, Professor Charles Higham http://vimeo.com/74623712 • A conversation with Mr. Mick Aston http://vimeo.com/69661995 • A conversation with Sir Tony Robinson https://vimeo.com/73564694 https://vimeo.com/63573378 38
Dr Ana Vujic Clinical Biochemistry, 2008
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• Cheryl Elman, Robert A. McGuire, Barbara Wittman, “Extending Public Health: The Rockefeller Sanitary Commission & Hookworm in the American South.” American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 104, No. 1; January, 2014. pgs. 47-58. • Barbara K. Wittman. “Mary Rodman’s Register of Public Friends, Quaker Ministers in America, 16561804.” Quaker History, Spring, 2015. • Book Publication: Barbara K. Wittman. A Community of Letters: A Quaker Woman’s Correspondence and the Making of the American Frontier, 1791-1824. • Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle, 2015.
This year Carina has taken on the busy role of Deputy Leader of Cambridge City Council.
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• Project with Elman et all: Sickness rates and race differences in the American South, 1880-1910.
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Maria has had an exceptionally busy year running the Pain Clinic at Bury St Edmunds (WSHFT); writing a specification for community pain services and fighting off the competing adversaries of shrinking budgets and new NHS Commissioning Board funding processes!
Reiko has translated two publications from Japanese to English.
At this year’s COMAR, she was re-elected deputy chair of the BMA’s Medical Academic Staff Committee. Marcia’s research activity over the last year has focused on Cancer-associated chronic pain. She has been Principal Investigator (PI) on two multi-site, multi-region studies looking at the use of cannabisderived medicine as an analgesic; developing a site as PI for a fibromyalgia study and recruiting patients for a narrative quality of life study. On the NHS front, Marcia performed a joint strategic needs assessment for chronic pain in Suffolk as part of a larger piece of work developing community services for chronic pain.
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• Chouju Giga (The Scrolls of Frolicking Animals) During the past year Ana has joined the Harvard Department of Stem Cell & Regenerative Biology, as Post-Doctoral Fellow.
• Hokusai no Fuji (Hokusai’s Mt. Fuji)
Publications 2013/14 • Riociguat reduces infarct size and post-infarct heart failure in mouse hearts: insights from MRI/PET imaging. Methner C, Buonincontri G, Hu CH, Vujic A, Kretschmer A, Sawiak S, Carpenter A, Stasch JP, Krieg T. PLoS One. 2013 Dec 31;8(12):e83910. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083910. eCollection 2013. PMID: 24391843
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Ceri Goddard
Sophie Hannah
6-7pm Thursday January 22nd
6-7pm Thursday February 12th
Named in the Telegraph’s 100 most powerful women in Britain, during her four years as chief executive of the Fawcett Society, the country’s leading campaign group for women’s rights, Goddard led the fight in the battle for maternity rights and equal pay. She launched a legal case against the Government, claiming that Treasury officials broke the law by failing to carry out an assessment of whether the plans for heavy spending cuts would hit women hardest. In 2014 she joined the Young Foundation as Director of Gender where she now leads work to tackle structural gender inequalities.
Sophie Hannah: Agatha, Poirot and Me Sophie will talk about how she came to be the first person in nearly forty years to write a novel starring Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie’s famous detective, as well as about her work as a writer of bestselling psychological thrillers and poetry. Sophie Hannah is an internationally best-selling writer of psychological crime fiction, published in 27 countries. In 2013, her latest novel, The Carrier, won the Crime Thriller of the Year Award at the Specsavers National Book Awards. Two of Sophie’s crime novels, The Point of Rescue and The Other Half Lives, have been adapted for television and appeared on ITV1 under the series title Case Sensitive in 2011 and 2012.
Harriet Lamb 6-7pm Thursday January 29th
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To celebrate our 50th Anniversary year in 2015, in addition to our regular Thursday talks, we are running a series of lectures at Lucy Cavendish College from outstanding women of achievement. Tickets are open to the general public and free of charge, so book early to avoid disappointment.
Harriet spearheaded the grassroots Fairtrade movement in the UK and is now Chief Executive Officer of Fairtrade International, the development organisation for global standards and certification. Under her leadership, Fairtrade has become one of Britain’s most active grassroots social movements. In 2008, sales of Fairtrade topped £700 million, with over 4,500 Fairtrade products available from cotton to coffee, face-cream to ice-cream. Harriet was awarded a CBE in the 2006 UK New Year’s Honours List for her contribution to Fairtrade. Other accolades include Cosmopolitan Eco-Queen 2008 and Orange Businesswoman of the Year 2008.
Hazel Thompson 6-7pm Thursday February 5th A multi-award winning British photojournalist with a passion for human rights and social issues, in the last decade, Hazel has taken up assignments worldwide in over 40 countries for media organisations such as The New York Times, Vogue, The Sunday Times and Observer Magazine. Most recently ‘TAKEN’ represents Hazel’s consuming passion; to investigate and expose the disturbing truth around India’s sub-culture of sex trafficking. Hazel immersed herself in Mumbai’s sex trade at great personal risk for over 10 years, gaining unprecedented access into the second largest sex district in Asia in order to expose the full scale of what is happening to the rest of the world.
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Barbara Sahakian 6-7pm Thursday February 19th Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Barbara has an international reputation in the fields of cognitive psychopharmacology, neuroethics, neuropsychology, neuropsychiatry and neuroimaging. She is co-inventor of the CANTAB computerised neuropsychological tests, which are in use world-wide. She is probably best known for her research work on cognition and depression, cognitive enhancement using pharmacological treatments, neuroethics and early detection of Alzheimer’s disease.
Helena Kennedy 6-7pm Thursday February 26th Helena Kennedy is one of Britain’s most distinguished lawyers. She has spent her professional life giving voice to those who have least power within the system, championing civil liberties and promoting human rights. She has used many public platforms – including the House of Lords, to which she was elevated in 1997 – to argue with passion, wit and humanity for social justice. She has also written and broadcast on a wide range of issues, from medical negligence to terrorism to the rights of women and children.
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Dr Rose L. Spear’s Blog
As chair of British Science Association Cambridgeshire (CBSA), an alumna and postdoctoral member of Lucy Cavendish College I lead the branch’s efforts to bring science ideas and activities to the public throughout Cambridgeshire. By taking talks, experiments and experts out of the lecture halls and labs of universities and into the shopping malls, pubs and cafes, the branch aims to reach out to people of all ages, especially those who feel excluded from traditional academic settings. Weeks of meetings and preparation hosted at Lucy Cavendish College culminated in several outreach events as part of the Cambridge Science Festival (CSF, 10-23rd March) and National Science and Engineering Week (NSEW, 14-23rd March). The first event, promoting CSF and NSEW, was hosted by the Arts Picturehouse Cambridge Cinema on Monday, 17 February 2014. Attended by over 200 people, the event was the most successful SciScreen held since the first Cambridgeshire SciScreen series in 2011. James Grime, PhD, mathematician and Enigma Project officer, provided an entertaining mathematical introduction to Star Trek: Wrath of Khan. James addressed questions like “What is the probability of a red shirt dying?” or “How many a’s are included in an internet search of Khaaaaaa…n!” and took questions long after the film ended. Several hundred people of all ages from pensioners to children in prams joined in hands-on experiments and activities held at the 42
Grafton shopping centre on Saturday, 8 March 2014 as a kick-off event to the CSF and NSEW. A dozen branch members volunteered in shifts throughout the day with activities including extraction of fruit DNA, forensic signatures, revealing secret waxy messages and optical illusions. The event was featured in a Cambridge News article and picture slideshow entitled Young scientists go bananas at Cambridge shopping centre – to extract DNA from the bendy fruit. During the CSF on 13 March, I was joined by Simon, the skeleton, from the Museum shop on King’s Parade, for an interactive SciBar talk in the Arts Picturehouse Cambridge bar. The audience was invited to tell their implant stories and answer questions about the numbers of bones in an adult skeleton, locations of commonly broken bones and types of materials used in modern bone implants. A lively question and answer discussion finished off the evening.
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“All people with any STEMM (science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine) knowledge and interest are welcome to join the outreach efforts of the branch. The monthly meetings are held every second Wednesday.” For more information about how to get involved and our upcoming events, contact our secretary, Jennifer Harris.
You can read more about the British Science Association on the website. You can read more about the branch on the website or on facebook (/BSACambridge, /SciBar, /SciScreen) and twitter (@BritSci_Cam).
Dr Rose Spear Research Associate Materials Science and Metallurgy, 2006 Rs489@cam.ac.uk
A final SciBar event as part of CSF and NSEW was hosted on Wednesday, 20 March 2014 at the Arts Picturehouse Cambridge bar. Satinder Gill, PhD, from the Centre for Music and Science at the University of Cambridge answered the question: “Can we live without rhythm?”
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Resident and Research Fellows News
Mol Autism. 2014 Jan 27;5(1):4. Haenisch F, Alsaif M, Guest PC, Rahmoune H, Dickerson F2, Yolken R, Bahn S. (2014)
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Multiplex immunoassay analysis of plasma shows prominent upregulation of growth factor activity pathways linked to GSK3β signaling in bipolar patients. J Affect Disord. 2014 Mar;156:139-43. Guest PC, Chan MK, Gottschalk MG, Bahn S. (2014) The use of proteomic biomarkers for improved diagnosis and stratification of schizophrenia patients.
Dr Isobel Maddison
Biomark Med. 2014 Jan;8(1):15-27. ‘Integrating the study of Christian-Jewish relations into medieval urban history’, in: ‘Plualität – Konkurrenz – Konflikt. Religiöse Spannungen im städtischen Raum der Vormoderne’, Jörg Oberste, Forum MittelalterStudien, 8 (Regensburg, 2013), 163-73. ‘The Service of Jews in Christian-Jewish disputations’, in Les Dialogues adversus Iudaeos. Permananences et mutations d’une tradition polémique. Actes du colloque international organise les 7 et 8 décembre 2011 à l’Université de Paris-Sorbonne, ed. Sébastien Morlet, Olivier Munnich and Bernard Pouderon (Paris, 2013), 339-49.
Dr Anna Sapir Abulafia
Dr Anna Sapir Abulafia Dr Anna Sapir Abulafia, has had a very successful year as she was awarded the prestigious degree of Doctor of Letters. She took her Litt.D degree in the Senate House on 19 July 2014. She has also taken on the new role as Affiliated College Lecturer and DoS in History, Newnham College.
Publications 2013-14 Paperback edition of Christians and Jews in the Twelfth-century Renaissance, (London, Routledge 1995), + 196pp. 2014. ‘The Ambiguities of medieval Christian relations with Jews’, in Religiosità e civiltà. Conoscenze, confronti, influssi, reciproci tra le religioni (secoli X-XIV). Atti del Convegno Internazionale Brescia, 15-17 settembre 2011, ed. Giancarlo Andenna (Milan, 2013), 151-63. 44
Presentations 2013-14 Invited lecturer at conference organised in honour of the centenary of the birth of Bernhard Blumenkranz, Jews and Christians in medieval Europe: the historiographical legacy of Bernhard Blumenkranz, held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, 23-25 October 2013. Invited lecturer at the International symposium on Ancient and medieval Disputations between Jews and Christians: Fiction and Reality, held in Lucy Cavendish College, 2-3 April, 2014. Invited plenary lecturer at the Annual Meeting at Göttingen of the International Society for the Study of Medieval Theology on Theology and Education in Medieval Times, 19-21 June 2014.
Ramsey JM, Schwarz E, Guest PC, van Beveren NJ, Leweke FM, Rothermundt M, Bogerts B, Steiner J, Bahn S. (2014) Distinct molecular phenotypes in male and female schizophrenia patients.
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PLoS One. 2013 Nov 11;8(11):e78729.
Professor Bahn has taken on the new role of Professor of Neurotechnology, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, and has also supervised and been an Examiner for the Masters for Bioscience Enterprise course; and organiser and examiner for PartIIB Healthcare Biotech Course.
Broek JA, Brombacher E, Stelzhammer V, Guest PC, Rahmoune H, Bahn S. (2014) The need for a comprehensive molecular characterization of autism spectrum disorders. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2014 Apr;17(4):651-73.
2014 de Witte L, Tomasik J, Schwarz E, Guest PC, Rahmoune H, Kahn RS, Bahn S. (2014)
2013 Schwarz E, Steiner J, Guest PC, Bogerts B, Bahn S. (2013) Investigation of molecular serum profiles associated with predisposition to antipsychotic-induced weight gain. World J Biol Psychiatry. 2013 Sep 3.
Cytokine alterations in first-episode schizophrenia patients before and after antipsychotic treatment.
Albrecht, A, Rahmoune, H, Leedjärv, K, Knorpp, T, Joos, T, Stocki, P, Guest, PC, Bahn, S. (2013)
Schizophr Res. 2014 Feb 26. pii: S09209964(14)00071-1.
Development of a novel assay for proprotein converting enzyme activity on a multiplex beadbased array system.
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Wesseling H, Guest PC, Lago SG, Bahn S. (2014) Technological advances for deciphering the complexity of psychiatric disorders: merging proteomics with cell biology. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2014 Feb 14:1-15. Steeb H, Ramsey JM, Guest PC, Stocki P, Cooper JD, Rahmoune H, Ingudomnukul E, Auyeung B, Ruta L, Baron-Cohen S, Bahn S. (2014) Serum proteomic analysis identifies sex-specific differences in lipid metabolism and inflammation profiles in adults diagnosed with Asperger syndrome.
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Proteomics 13, 20:2976-9. Koutroukides TA, Jaros JA, Amess B, Martins-deSouza D, Guest PC, Rahmoune H, Levin Y, Deery M, Charles PD, Hester S, Groen A, Christoforou A, Howard J, Bond N, Bahn S, Lilley KS. (2013) Identification of protein biomarkers in human serum using iTRAQ and shotgun mass spectrometry. Methods Mol Biol. 2013;1061:291-307. continue
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Deng J, Lamb JR, McKeown AP, Miller S, Muglia P, Guest PC, Bahn S, Domenici EH, Rahmoune H. (2013) Identification of altered dipeptidylpeptidase activities as potential biomarkers for unipolar depression. J Affect Disord. 2013 Jul 31. pii: S0165-0327(13)00568-5. doi: 10.1016/j. jad.2013.07.015. Wesseling H, Chan MK, Tsang TM, Ernst A, Peters F, Guest PC, Holmes E, Bahn S. (2013) A Combined Metabonomic and Proteomic Approach Identifies Frontal Cortex Changes in a Chronic Phencyclidine Rat Model in Relation to Human Schizophrenia Brain Pathology. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2013 Jul 3. doi: 10.1038/npp.2013.160. Schwarz E, van Beveren NJ, Ramsey J, Leweke FM, Rothermundt M, Bogerts B, Steiner J, Guest PC, Bahn S. (2013) Identification of Subgroups of Schizophrenia Patients With Changes in Either Immune or Growth Factor and Hormonal Pathways. Schizophr Bull. 2013 Aug 9.
Proteomics. 2013 Apr 14.
Alsaif M, Haenisch F, Guest PC, Rahmoune H, Bahn S. (2013) Challenges in drug target discovery in bipolar disorder. Expert Opin Ther Targets. 2013 Feb 18. Herberth M, Rahmoune H, Schwarz E, Koethe D, Harris LW, Kranaster L, Witt SH, Spain M, Barnes A, Schmolz M, Leweke MF, Guest PC, Bahn S. (2013) Identification of a molecular profile associated with immune status in first onset schizophrenia patients. Clin Schizophr Relat Psychoses. 2013 Feb 8:1-14.
Ernst A, Sharma AN, Elased KM, Guest PC, Rahmoune H, Bahn S. (2013)
SMRI spring meeting, Baltimore, US
Jaros JA, Guest PC, Bahn S, Martins-de-Souza D. (2013) Affinity depletion of plasma and serum for mass spectrometry-based proteome analysis. Methods Mol Biol. 2013;1002:1-11.
K-A. Kwon, R. J. Shipley, M. Edirisnghe, D. G. Ezra, G. E.Rose, A. W. Rayment, S. M.Best, R. E. Cameron “Microstructure and mechanical properties of synthetic brow-suspension materials” Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications, 2014, (35) :220-230
Guest PC, Gottschalk MG, Bahn S. (2013) Proteomics: improving biomarker translation to modern medicine? Genome Med. 2013 Feb 27;5(2):17.
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Gottschalk MG1, Schwarz E, Bahn S. (2013) Biomarker research in neuropsychiatry: challenges and potential. Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr. 2013 May;81(5):243-9.
D. Ege, S. M. Best, R. E. Cameron “The degradation behavior of nanoscale HA/ PLGA and ?-TCP/PLGA composites” Bioinspired, Biomimetic and Nanobiomaterials, 2014, 3(2), 85-93, 20459858
Application of meta-analysis methods for identifying proteomic expression level differences.
Ramsey JM, Guest PC, Broek JA, Glennon JC, Rommelse N, Franke B, Rahmoune H, Buitelaar JK, Bahn S. (2013) Identification of an agedependent biomarker signature in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. Mol Autism. 2013 Aug 6;4(1):27.
Diabetic db/db mice exhibit central nervous system and peripheral molecular alterations as seen in neurological disorders. Transl Psychiatry. 2013 May 28;3:e263.
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2014 Psychaid Meeting, Amsterdam, NL Keystone meeting, Taos, US SIRS schizophrenia meeting, Florence, Italy
2013 MedImmune Meeting, Cambridge, UK NeuroBasic Meeting, Rotterdam, NL British Neuroscience Association, Festival of Neuroscience, London, UK Genetics of Addiction, Amsterdam, NL SPECTS spring meeting, Washington DC, US ICOSR schizophrenia meeting, Orlando, US www.ccnr.ceb.cam.ac.uk
Collagen scaffold imaged using X-ray microtomography to reveal 3D structure
Professor Ruth Cameron Professor Ruth Cameron has worked on a number of new insights and publications in 2013-2014 looking at controlling and directing cell-materials interfaces, as well as therapeutic applications in dental, cardiac and haematology and in breast cancer disgnosis and research. Her supervisions include Part II and Part III Materials Science.
Publications 2013-14 J.H Shepherd, S.Ghose, A. Moavenian, S. J. Kew, S.M. Best and R. E. Cameron “Effect of fibre Cross-linking on Collagen-fibre reinforced Collagen-chondroitin-6-sulphate materials for regenerating load-bearing soft tissues” Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A, 2013, 101(1), 176-184 D. Enea, J. Gwynne, S. Kew, J. Shepherd, M. Arumugam, R. Brooks, S.M. Best, R.E. Cameron and N. Rushton “Collagen fibre implant for tendon and ligament biological augmentation. In vivo study in an ovine model” Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 2013, 21(8), 1783 - 1793 Y. Solis, N. Davidenko, R. G. Carrodeguas, J. Cruz, A. Hernandez, M. Tomas, R.E.Cameron, C. Peniche “Preparation, characterization and in vitro evaluation of nanostructured chitosan/ apatite and chitosan/Si-doped apatite composites” Journal of Materials Science 2013, 48(2), 841-849 K-A. Kwon, R. J. Shipley, M. Edirisnghe, D. G. Gezra, G.E. Rose, A. W.Rayment, S. M. Best, R. E.Cameron “High-speed camera characterization of voluntary eye blinking kinematics” Journal of the Royal Society Interface 2013, 10(85), 20130227 @LucyCavColl
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K.M. Pawelec, A. Husmann, S.M. Best and R.E. Cameron “A design protocol for tailoring ice-templated scaffold structure” Journal of the Royal Society Interface 11(92) 2014, 20130958 J. V. Araujo, N. Davidenko, M. Danner, R. E. Cameron and S. M. Best “Novel Porous scaffolds of pH Responsive Chitosan/Carrageenanbased Polyelectrolyte Complexes for Tissue Engineering”J Biomed Mater Res A 2014 Feb Accepted for publication, Available online doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.35128 J. J. Campbell, L. A. Botos, T. J. Sergeant, N. Davidenko, R. E. Cameron, J. C. Watson “A 3-D in vitro co-culture model of mammary gland involution” Intergrative Biology, 2014, 6(6), 618-26 K.M. Pawelec, A. Husmann, S.M. Best and R.E. Cameron “Understanding anisotropy and architecture in ice-templated biopolymer scaffolds” Materials Science & Engineering C- Materials for Biological Applications 2014, 37, 141-147 C.E. Barrett and R.E. Cameron “X-ray microtomographic analysis of α-tricalcium phosphate-poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid nanocomposite degradation” Polymer, 2014, corrected proof available online doi: 10.1016/j.polymer.2014.06.006 C.E. Barrett and R.E. Cameron “Nanoindentation analysis of αtricalcium phosphate-poly(lactide-coglycolide) nanocomposite degradation” Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications 2014, 42, 587 – 594 continue
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K.M. Pawelec, A. Husmann, S.M. Best and R.E. Cameron “Ice-templated structures for biomedical tissue repair: from physics to final scaffolds” Applied Physics Reviews, 2014, 1, 021301
M. S. Sandhu on behalf of the UK HIV Genomics Consortium (2014): A Systematic Review of Definitions of Extreme Phenotypes of HIV Control and Progression. AIDS 28(2), 149-162.
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J.C. Ashworth, S.M. Best and R.E. Cameron “Quantitative architectural description of tissue engineering scaffolds” Materials Technology: Advanced Performance Materials, 2014 Accepted for publication, Available online
Cotten, M., S. J. Watson, P. Kellam, A. A. Al-Rabeeah, H. Q. Makhdoom, A. Assiri, J. A. Al-Tawfiq, R. F. Alhakeem, H. Madani, F. A. AlRabiah, S. Al Hajjar, W. N. Al-nassir, A. Albarrak, H. Flemban, H. H. Balkhy, S. Alsubaie, A. L. Palser, A. Gall, R. Bashford-Rogers, A. Rambaut, A. I. Zumla and Z. A. Memish (2013): Transmission and evolution of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in Saudi Arabia: a descriptive genomic study. The Lancet 382, 1993-2002.
Merlo, S., Hakenbeck, S, Balbo, A. (2013). Desert Migrations Project XVIII: The archaeology of the northern Fazzan: a preliminary report. Libyan Studies 44: 141-161.
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Organised a two-day conference on Zeitgeist: an interdisciplinary exploration at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, Bielefeld University, together with Dr Monika Krause, Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths College (September 2013).
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Gall, A. (2014): Universal HIV-1 genome sequencing for diagnostics and phylodynamics. HIV Global Resistance and Personalised Therapy for Viral Diseases meeting of the Collaborative HIV and Anti-HIV Drug Resistance Network (CHAIN), Barcelona, Spain, 12 - 14 March 2014.
Dr Astrid Gall
Dr Gall has been involved in a study on the newly-discovered Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, which was published in The Lancet. It was a large collaborative effort between Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Ministry of Health, regional laboratories and hospitals in Saudi Arabia, University of Edinburgh and University College, London. Gall, A., C. Morris, P. Kellam and N. Berry (2014): Complete Genome Sequence of the WHO International Standard for HIV-1 RNA determined by Deep Sequencing. Genome Announc. 2(1), e01254-13. Gall, A. Gurdasani, D., L. Iles, D. G. Dillon, E. H. Young, C. Pomilla, A. D. Olson, F. Ewings, V. Naranbhai, S. Fidler, E. Gkrania-Klotsas, S. Kinloch, F. Vannberg, A. Hill, J. Anderson, R. Gilson, M. Fisher, D. Hawkins, J. Fox, T. Dong, L. Wang, S. Rowland-Jones, C. Bowman, T. Yee, P. Kaleebu, C. Leen, F. A. Post, P. Kellam, K. Porter, 48
Hakenbeck, S. E. (2013). Correspondence analysis of the cremation urns. In C. Hills and S. Lucy (eds) Spong Hill Part IX: Chronology and Synthesis, pp. 168195. Cambridge: McDonald Institute Monographs.
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Invited to give a research seminar at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt (October 2013). Paper title: On the border: Diet, subsistence economy and identity in late antique Hungary. Presented at a Round Table on Identities and Alterities in Late Antiquity and Early Medieval Europe, Casa de Velázquez, Madrid (October 2013). Paper title: Memories of Empire: constructions of identity along the Danube in the early medieval period.
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Hakenbeck, S. (2013). Potentials and limitations of isotope analysis in early medieval archaeology. Postclassical Archaeologies 3: 109-125.
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Dr Susanne Hakenbeck Dr Hakenbeck was appointed University Lecturer in Historical Archaeology and Director of Studies in Human, Social and Political Sciences at Lucy Cavendish in October 2013. She was also elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in May 2014. Her supervisions include ARC1: Introduction to Archaeology and A1: History of Archaeological Thought.
Professor Christine Howe’s main research interests are children’s conceptual understanding in mathematics and science, and dialogic processes in teaching and learning. Most of her publications over the past session reflect those interests, as do her presentations at home and abroad. The latter include keynotes in Chile and Mexico, where Christine is involved in two separate British Academy funded projects. The theme of both keynotes was dialogue and learning in small group contexts, and the large audiences included academics, practitioners
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Hast, M., & Howe, C. (2013). Towards a complete common sense theory of motion: The interaction of dimensions in children’s predictions of natural object motion. International Journal of Science Education, 35, 1649-1662. Howe, C., & Abedin, M. (2013). Classroom dialogue: A systematic review across four decades of research. Cambridge Journal of Education, 43, 325-356. Hast, M., & Howe, C. (2013). The development of children’s understanding of speed change: A contributing factor towards commonsense theories of motion. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 22, 337-350. Larrain, A., Freire, P., & Howe, C. (2013). Science teaching and argumentation: One-sided versus dialectical argumentation in Chilean middle-school science lessons. International Journal of Science Education, e-print ahead of publication. Howe, C., Taylor Tavares, J., & Devine, A. (2013). Children’s understanding of physical events: Explicit and tacit understanding of horizontal motion. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, e-print ahead of publication. Howe, C. (2014). The development of scientific reasoning. In A.J. Holliman (Ed.), The Routledge International Companion to Educational Psychology (pp. 92-103). London: New York. Howe, C. (2014). Optimizing small group dialogue in classrooms: Effective practices and theoretical constraints. International Journal of Educational Research, 63, 107-115. Howe, C. (2014).’If you’ve seen it before, then you know’: Physical evidence and children’s trust in testimony. In E.J. Robinson & S. Einav (Eds.). Trust and skepticism: Children’s selective learning from testimony (pp.151-162). London: Psychology Press. Howe, C., Heim, D., & O’Connor, R. (2014). Racism, identity and psychological wellbeing: A longitudinal perspective on politically embattled relations. Ethnic and Racial Studies, e-print ahead of publication. Fung, D., & Howe, C. (2014). Group work and the learning of critical thinking in the Hong Kong secondary liberal studies curriculum. Cambridge Journal of Education, 44, 245-270. 50
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Dr Susan Jackson Dr Susan Jackson’s current role in the Department of Engineering is primarily to provide professional development training and support for the PhD students (numbering some 600) and Postdocs. As part of her own professional development, in January, she completed her ILM level 5 qualification in ‘coaching and mentoring in management’. Susan now has the rewarding experience of regularly coaching, amongst others, participants in the University’s Emerging Research Leaders Development Programme. In addition, to maintain and feed her interest in her academic discipline of materials science, she has spent the last couple of years co-editing a book with a former colleague, Dr Amir Shirzadi, from the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy. The result, Structural Alloys for Power plants – operational challenges and high temperature materials is finally due to be published in August 2014 (Woodhead Publishing).
Dr Jenny Koenig This year Dr Koenig was invited to join the Curriculum Committee of the Society of Biology which advises on school curricula. She also became a Parent Governor at the Netherhall School and Sixth Form Centre and continues to do outreach work including: Maths in Medicine a talk for the FE Summer School, University of Cambridge, June 2014.
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Presented a workshop on the effects of caffeine on the heart rate of the water flea Daphnia for primary school children, June 2014.
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Various talks on history of pharmacology and herbal medicines for Womens Institutes around Cambridgeshire.
Maths for Biologists and Psychologists (first year).
From October 2014, Dr Koenig will take over from Stephanie Ellington as Director of Studies in Pre-clinical Medicine.
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In 2014 Dr Vicky Leong was awarded a 1-year ESRC post-doctoral collaboration grant with her colleague Sam Wass. The grant will go towards research using “live EEG” to image language learning in the infant brain as it happens during social interactions with their mother.
Perspectives from the UK and the US on integrating mathematics into the teaching and learning of the biological sciences in higher education by Jennifer Koenig and Nathan Pike. Published by the Higher Education Academy.
Presentations 2013-14 University of Sydney, Australia, Institute for Innovations in Maths and Science Education. An international perspective on biomaths education. 14th April 2014. University of Bristol Education Excellence Series Teaching and Learning Maths within the Biosciences. 24th March 2014. University of Leicester Pedagogical Research Group Teaching maths in biology. 17th Sept 2013.
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Previous research has found that babies will readily learn to discriminate foreign phoneme sounds after engaging in live play with an adult, but not after watching TV which provides equivalent audio-visual input. Vicky and Sam aim to find out how language learning is “switched on” in the baby brain during live interactions with their mother, and why watching TV simply doesn’t do the trick. continue
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Publications 2013-14 Leong, V., Kalashnikova, M., Burnham, D., & Goswami, U. (accepted). Infant-directed speech enhances temporal rhythmic structure in the envelope. INTERSPEECH 2014, Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA), Singapore, Sept 14-18 2014. Leong, V., Stone, M., Turner, R. & Goswami, U. (2014). A role for amplitude modulation phase relationships in speech rhythm perception. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 136, 366-381. Leong, V., & Goswami, U. (2014). Impaired extraction of speech rhythm from temporal modulation patterns in speech in developmental dyslexia. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8:96. Leong, V., & Goswami, U. (2014). Assessment of rhythmic entrainment at multiple timescales in dyslexia : Evidence for disruption to syllable timing. Hearing Research, 308, 141-161. Soltesz, F., Szucs, D., Leong, V., White, S., & Goswami, U. (2013). Atypical entrainment of Delta oscillations to rhythmic stimulus streams in developmental dyslexia, PLOS One, 8(10): e76608. Goswami, U., Mead, N., Fosker,T., Huss, M., Barnes, L., & Leong,V. (2013). Impaired perception of syllable stress in children with dyslexia: A longitudinal study. Journal of Memory & Language, 69, 1-17. Goswami, U. & Leong, V. (2013). Speech rhythm and temporal structure: Converging perspectives? Laboratory Phonology, 4, 67-92. Thomson, J., Leong, V. & Goswami, U. (2013). Auditory processing interventions and developmental dyslexia: a comparison of phonemic and rhythmic approaches. Reading and Writing, 26, 139-161.
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Leong, V. (Aug, 2014). The child as a ‘naive engineer’ : Computing phonology from the emergent temporal structure of the speech signal and implications for dyslexia. 14th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop, Lancaster, UK. Leong, V. (July, 2014). Finding the rhythm in speech through speech-brain structure mapping. Robert J Glushko Dissertation Prize talk, 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Quebec City, Canada. Leong, V. (May, 2014). The child as a ‘naive engineer’ : How the brain extracts phonology from the speech signal and implications for dyslexia. International Symposium on Early Childhood Development. Convened by the Nanjing Education Bureau and the Chinese Ministry of Education. Nanjing, China. Leong, V. & Goswami, U. (March, 2014). Neural processing of speech rhythm in dyslexia. British Dyslexia Association 9th International Conference. Guildford, UK. Leong, V. (2013). Speech rhythm and learning to read: Lessons from dyslexia. Young Investigator presentation, 25th Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar. Cambridge, UK.
Invited talks: Leong, V. (June, 2015). The neurocognitive basis of language acquisition and dyslexia. Invited webinar, AAFMUA Fujian NeuroPsychiatry Club, China. Leong, V. (March, 2015). Acoustic-emergent phonology : Booting up language from the speech signal. Invited colloquium, Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck College, University of London UK. Leong, V. (Sept, 2014). Acoustic-emergent phonology. Invited colloquium, MARCS Institute, University of Western Sydney (Prof Denis Burham, collaborator). Sydney, Australia. Leong, V. (Sept, 2014). Acoustic-emergent phonology. Invited talk, National Acoustic Laboratories, Macquarie University. Sydney, Australia.
Leong, V. (July, 2014). Acoustic-emergent phonology : Booting up language from the speech signal. Invited talk, Nelson lab, Harvard University. Boston, US.
Inevitably, writing has had to take a back seat this year but, as Dr Maddison notes, she has managed to work on the following texts which have either appeared or are forthcoming in 2014:
Leong, V. (June, 2014). The child as a ‘naive engineer’ : How the brain extracts phonology from the speech signal and implications for dyslexia. Invited talk, Evelyn Perinatal Imaging Centre, Addenbrooke’s Hospital. Cambridge, UK.
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Leong, V. (May, 2014). Language learning and the infant brain. Invited talk, Anna Bidder research evening, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, UK.
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Leong, V. (Feb, 2014). Language and the learning brain. Invited lecture, 11th annual Oxford Brain Day. Public event organised by the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education. Oxford, UK.
Prizes 2014 Robert J. Glushko Dissertation Prize Awarded by the Cognitive Science Society to recognise an outstanding PhD dissertation in cognitive science.
Katherine Mansfield and World War One: Katherine Mansfield Studies, Vol 6, guest editor with Alice Kelly, (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2014). Katherine Mansfield’s Writing Game and World War One, Katherine Mansfield Studies, Vol 6 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2014). Woman as Joker: Elizabeth von Arnim and Elizabeth Taylor, Women: A Cultural Review, 25 (1) May 2014. In addition, Dr Maddison is joint organiser, with Dr Erica Brown and Jennifer Walker, of the inaugural conference on Elizabeth von Arnim which was held at Lucy Cavendish College in September 2015.
Travel Grants: Guarantors of Brain Travel Grant. Experimental Psychology Society Grindley Grant. www.cne.psychol.cam.ac.uk/people vvec2@cam.ac.uk
Dr Isobel J Maddison In the past year Dr Maddison’s work has diversified to take in the role of Vice-President. Reflecting on the year she says, ‘this has been, as new positions always are, a fascinating challenge and I’ve learned, and am still learning, a great deal. I’ve particularly enjoyed being more involved with the Alumnae Association and the Emeritus Fellows, as well as continuing to teach and direct studies for our large group of English students’. We are expecting six undergraduates in English in October 2014 and three Erasmus students, bringing the total number of undergraduate English students studying at the college to seventeen.
Leong, V. (August, 2014). Acoustic-emergent phonology : Booting up language from the speech signal. Invited talk, Haskins Laboratories, Yale University. New Haven, US. @LucyCavColl
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and the Cambridge Craven Seminar (with Ingo Gildenhard) – as well as coordinating a panel entitled ‘Another Greece: Unexplored aspects of 19th and 20th-century German philhellenism’ for the European Social Science History Conference 2014 (University of Vienna). Additionally, she has given guest lectures at the University of Münster and the Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies, University of Nottingham, and presented invited papers at the University of Manchester, the Institute of Historical Research, and in Cambridge. She is also delighted to have been given the opportunity of taking on the role of Director of Studies in Classics during Easter and Michaelmas 2014. In other news, her second book, provisionally entitled The Third Reich’s Elite Schools: A History of the Napolas, is now under contract with Oxford University Press. Finally, in terms of non-academic activities, she produced the premiere production of her husband Oliver Rudland’s opera Pincher Martin, based on the novel by William Golding, at the Royal College of Music from 24th-26th July 2014.
Select Publications 2013-2014 ‘Zwischen Freundschaft und Feindschaft: Exploring relationships between pupils at the Napolas (Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalten) and British public schoolboys’, Angermion: Yearbook for AngloGerman Literary Criticism, Intellectual History and Cultural Transfers / Jahrbuch für britisch-deutsche Kulturbeziehungen 6, 2013, pp. 101-26. ‘Wanderer, kommst du nach Sparta oder nach Stalingrad? Ancient ideals of self-sacrifice and German military propaganda’, in Making Sacrifices: Visions of sacrifice in contemporary culture, ed. Nicolas Brooks, Gregor Thuswaldner, Vienna 2014. ‘Blüte und Zerfall: “Schematic Narrative Templates” of decline and fall in völkisch and National Socialist racial ideology’, in The Persistence of Race From the Wilhelmine Empire to Nazism: Re-examining constructions and perceptions of cultural narratives of race in German history, 1871-1945, ed. Lara Day, Oliver Haag, Oxford 2014.
Select Presentations 2013-2014 “The Cadets are Revolting”: Reactionary violence, the Freikorps, and the legacy of the “Great” War for the Royal Prussian Cadet Corps, Perspectives on the “Great” War International Conference, Queen Mary, University of London. 54
“Anti-Enlightenment”: National Socialist educators’ troubled relationship with humanism and the philhellenist tradition, European Social Science History Conference 2014, International Institute of Social Research, Vienna.
Banks J, Hollinghurst S, Bigwood L, et al. Preferences for cancer investigation: a vignettebased study of primary care attenders. Lancet Oncol, 2014. Usher-Smith JA, Thompson MJ, Walter FM. ‘Looking for the needle in the haystack’: a qualitative study of the pathway to diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in children. BMJ Open, 2013.
Education for Death? The glorification of self-sacrificial heroism in Prussian cadet-school literature, invited paper, Institute of Historical Research Life-Cycles Seminar, University of London. Writing a History of the Napolas: Problems and perspectives, Modern German History Workshop, University of Cambridge. Nazi Elite Schools and International Exchange, invited paper, presented as part of an interdisciplinary seminar series entitled ‘Young in Dangerous Times: Children and Youth in Global History’, University of Manchester. Narrating the Fall of Empires in Weimar and National Socialist Racial Ideology, invited paper, Fieldnotes Seminar: Histories of Archaeology and Anthropology, Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge. Herrschaft durch Schulung: The Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalten im Osten and the Third Reich’s Germanising mission, Nationalsozialismus und Regionalbewusstsein im östlichen Europa: Ideologie – Machtausbau – Beharrung international conference, organised by the Europäisches Netzwerk Erinnerung und Solidarität and the Institut für Zeitgeschichte, Slovak Embassy Berlin.
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Presentations 2013-2014 Rubin G, Walter FM, Emery J, Neal R, Hamilton W, Wardle J. Prompt diagnosis of cancer in primary care: what have we learnt? Br J Gen Pract, 2014. Banks J, Walter FM, Hall N, Mills K, Hamilton W, Turner K. Patients’ experiences of decision making and referral from primary care to specialist investigation for symptoms associated with lung and colorectal cancer. Br J Gen Pract, 2014. Shephard EA, Neal RD, Rose P, et al. Clinical features of multiple myeloma in primary care. Br J Gen Pract, 2014.
Shephard E, Neal R, Rose P et al. Clinical features of kidney cancer in primary care: a case-control study using primary care records. BJGP, 2013.
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Walter FM, Burton H, Emery J. Chronic disease prevention in primary care; how and when will genomics impact? Br J Gen Pract, 2014. Usher-Smith JA, Emery J, Kassianos AP, Walter FM. Risk prediction models for melanoma: a systematic review. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 2014. Waller J, Evans R, Simon AE, Sekhon M, Walter FM, Buszewicz M. Increasing awareness of gynaecological cancer symptoms: a GP perspective. Br J Gen Pract, 2014. Watson E, Rose P, Frith E et al. PROSPECTIV – A pilot trial of a nurse-led psycho-educational intervention delivered in primary care to prostate cancer survivors: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 2014. Rashid MA, Edwards D, Walter FM, Mant J. Medication Taking in Coronary Artery Disease: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Synthesis. Ann Fam Med, 2014. Emery JD, Reid G, Prevost AT, Ravine D, Walter FM. Development and validation of a family history screening questionnaire in Australian primary care. Ann Fam Med, 2014. Birt L, Emery J, Prevost AT, Sutton S, Walter FM. Psychological impact of family history risk assessment in primary care: a mixed methods study. Family Practice, 2014. Kebble S, Abel GA, Saunders CL, et al. Variation in promptness of presentation among 10,297 patients subsequently diagnosed with one of 18 cancers: Evidence from a national audit of cancer diagnosis in primary care. Int J Cancer, 2014.
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Conferences 2013-2014 July 2014: Society of Academic Primary Care SAPC annual meeting, Edinburgh, UK. Presentations of the SYMPTOM study. June 2014: National Cancer Registry Service, Cambridge, UK. ‘Factors associated with time to diagnosis and stage at diagnosis for lung and colorectal cancer: results from a prospective cohort study’. June 2014: Cambridge Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, UK. ‘Optimising symptomatic cancer diagnosis in primary care’. June 2014: Cancer Research in Primary Care annual meeting, Winnipeg, Canada. Presentations of the SYMPTOM study. Nov 2013: National Cancer Research Institute Conference 2013, Liverpool, UK. Workshop: ‘Improving the design and reporting of studies on early diagnosis across all cancer types.’ Oct 2013: Melanoma Focus, Royal College of Physicians, London UK. ‘The missed melanoma- a primary care view for improvement’. Oct 2013: RCGP Conference, Harrogate, UK. Stories from the Frontline, RCGP Cancer paper of the year presentation, & ‘Why do some patients present with thicker melanomas?’
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2013-8: Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne, Australia. 2014-7: Extended as Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia.
Supervisions Dr Juliet Usher-Smith gained a distinction in her MPhil in Primary Care Research.
New developments Member of the University of Cambridge School of Medicine’s Athena Swan Steering Group which gained a Silver Award in 2013. Redesigning the MPhil in Primary Care Research for re-launch in 2015. www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/people/pcu-group/ pcu-senior-academic-staff/fiona-walter
immunity is dependent on transmission intensity and is associated with IgG1 to worm-derived antigens. J Inf Disease (ePub ahead of print).
Departing Fellows
Pinot de Moira A, Fitzsimmons CM, Jones JM, Wilson S, et al. Suppressed basophil histaminerelease and other IgE-dependent responses in childhood schistosomiasis/hookworm co-infection. J Inf Disease (epub ahead of print). Castelino JM, Routledge MN, Wilson S, et al. Aflatoxin exposure is inversely associated with IGF1 and IGFBP3 levels in vitro and in Kenyan schoolchildren. Mol Nut Food Res (ePub ahead of print). Wilson S, Jones FM, Kenty L-C, et al (2014). Post-treatment changes in cytokines induced by Schistosoma mansoni egg and worm antigens: dissociation of immunity and morbidity associated type-2 responses. J Inf Disease 209: 1792-800.
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Dr Claire Fenton-Glynn Dr Claire Fenton-Glynn has taken on a new post as Consultant on Child Rights with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. She has also been responsible for supervisions in undergraduate Family Law and Criminal Law and Graduate supervisions in International Human Rights Law and joined Kings College London as a lecturer in 2014. Books “Children’s Rights in Intercountry Adoption: A European Perspective” (Intersentia, forthcoming September 2014)
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Dr Shona Wilson Shona Wilson has had a successful year winning the Leverhulme-Royal Society Africa Award (capacity building scheme): “Transmission dependent variation in Schistosoma haematobium anti-fecundity immunity. She has also taken on the new post as Lecturer, Parasitology, Department of Pathology Dr Wilson also supervised MVST part 1b Biology of Disease during 2013-14.
Publications 2013-14 Wilson S, Jones FM, van Dam GJ, et al. Human Schistosoma haematobium anti-fecundity
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Alison Vinnicombe I have thoroughly appreciated being more involved with the student side of college life; as a tutor I have been provided with a greater insight into what we can do to make the student experience at Lucy Cavendish the best possible. I have continued to be a part of the Lucy Cavendish Singers and this year, as well as our sold-out run of concerts, we were featured on Radio 3 The Choir, and went on a summer workshop for a week in the Languedoc.
“Human Rights and Private International Law: Regulating International Surrogacy” (2014) 10(1) Journal of Private International Law 157 “The Child’s Voice in Adoption Proceedings” (2014) 22(1) International Journal of Children’s Rights 135-163
Book Chapters
“Anonymous Relinquishment and Baby-Boxes: Life-saving mechanisms or a violation of human rights?” in Katharina Boele-Woelki and Nina Dethloff (eds), Family Law and Culture in Europe: Developments, Challenges and Opportunities (Intersentia, 2014)
Case Notes “Replacing One Type of Oppression with Another? Same-sex couples and religious freedom” (2014) 73(1) Cambridge Law Journal 31
July 2014 The Child’s Voice in Hague Abductions, Journal of Comparative Law Workshop, London, United Kingdom
April 2014 International Surrogacy: Where to from here? Deakin University Staff Seminar Series, Geelong, Australia
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Pawelec, K. M., Husmann, A., Best, S. M., & Cameron, R. E. (2014). Understanding anisotropy and architecture in ice-templated biopolymer scaffolds. Materials Science & Engineering C, 37(C), 141–147. doi:10.1016/j.msec.2014.01.009 Pawelec, K. M., Husmann, A., & Best, S. M. (2014). Ice-templated structures for biomedical tissue repair: From physics to final scaffolds. Appl. Phys. Rev. 1, 021301 (2014); http://dx.doi. org/10.1063/1.4871083 Dr Anke Husmann
Dr Anke Husmann This is my second and final year as a Daphne Jackson and Lucy Cavendish Research Fellow. I have very much enjoyed my time as a research fellow and have been thankful for the opportunity to return to research. Although the transition from experimental condensed matter physics – my field of expertise prior to the fellowship – to medical materials felt slow at times, this intellectual journey has been very stimulating, and it has resulted in three co-authored papers and an additional one in preparation. In September 2013, I attended the annual conference of the European Society of Biomaterials where I presented a poster and immersed myself in talks about all aspects of biomaterials. The Daphne Jackson Trust invited me to give a talk on my work at their bi-annual conference in London in October 2013. During Michaelmas and Lent term, I was fortunate to supervise a Part III student on a project in our lab. He won a well-deserved first departmental prize for his thesis. I am looking forward to continuing my work in the Cambridge Centre of Medical Materials in the foreseeable future. It has been a great pleasure being part of the group.
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Since our foundation in 1965, we are proud to have played a key role in furthering opportunities for woman at Cambridge. Our students come from all walks of life, and each year go above and beyond to achieve success academically and also outside of their academic studies. Analysis methods for pathway detection in cancer, 11th International Meeting on Computational Intelligence Methods For Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, Cambridge, June 26-28 , 2014.
List of Presentations Poster Numerical simulation of thermal profiles in freeze drying moulds.
C. Angione, A. Occhipinti, and G. Nicosia, Satisfiability by Maxwell-Boltzmann and BoseEinstein Statistical Distributions, ACM Journal of Experimental Algorithmics, 2014. (In press)
A. Husmann, K.M. Pawelec, S.M. Best, R.E. Cameron European Society of Biomaterials Conference, Madrid, September 8-12, 2013 Accepted poster presentation for European Society of Biomaterials Conference, Liverpool, August 30 - September 3, 2013
Talk Understanding nucleation and ice growth in collagen slurry. A. Husmann, K.M. Pawelec, R.E. Cameron London, 2013 Research Conference, The Daphne Jackson Trust
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Annalisa Occhipinti Annalisa Occhipinti a first year PhD student in Computer Science won the prize for ‘Most Inspiring Presentation’ in the ‘Minute Madness’ competition at a special event celebrating the 10th anniversary of ‘women@cl’. Annalisa’s talk was about the application of Mathematics in anti-cancer research and was entitled Can a Mathematician help a doctor? Her presentation looked at ways of investigating how to find the best drug dosage to kill cancer cells by using Mathematics (all in one minute!).
Publications A. Occhipinti, A. Iuliano, H. Xu, C. Angelini, I. De Feis, and P. Liò, Network-Based Survival
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‘I found a court full of stasis’: political and historical argument in biographical letters, The Platonic Letters: Readings and Receptions, UCL, September 2013.
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Iulia Comsa Iulia Comsa, a PhD student, received an equal first prize at the School of Clinical Medicine Research Day in the oral presentation category. Iulia’s 10-minute talk was entitled Graphs and the brain: from social network measures to predicting recovery from coma and aimed to describe her PhD project to a general, non-scientific audience. The event was open to all graduate students of the School of Clinical Medicine, and the symposium included oral and poster sessions showcasing the work of PhD and MPhil students, as well as postdoctoral researchers at the Addenbrooke’s Biomedical campus.
Reflections from our students – Dr Carol Atack My eighth and final year as a student at Lucy Cavendish My eighth(!) and final year as a student at Lucy Cavendish has been a busy one. Not only did I complete, and submit, my PhD thesis, and continue to supervise for several colleges in Greek literature, history and philosophy, but I also gave some new papers and shepherded some others along the path to publication. In 2014/15 I will be working in Oxford as a temporary college lecturer in Classics at St Hugh’s College, as well as giving a series of faculty lectures on Thucydides. I’m very much looking forward to seeing how the classical world looks from the perspective of the Other Place… 60
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During this year I gave several papers to conferences and seminars: highlights were conferences in Madrid and Israel, and a very enjoyable seminar at the Institute for Historical Research in London. Along with Lucy Cavendish Research Fellow Dr Helen Roche I organised the annual workshop of the Legacy of Greek Political Thought research network at Cambridge in December. Here’s a list of papers I gave over the last year or so: Xenophon and the Performativity of Kingship, The Use and Abuse of History (festschrift for my PhD supervisor Paul Cartledge), Cambridge, September 2014. Metaphor and meaning in the political myths of Herodotus, Science/Fiction/History: The Literary in Classical Historiography, Athens, September 2014. Plato’s Statesman and Xenophon’s Cyrus, Plato and Xenophon, Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, June 2014. Virtue and the Metaphysics of Monarchy: Aristotelian Arguments, Contemporary Aristotelian Studies Group annual workshop, University of South Wales, Caeleon, December 2013. The philosopher and his equals: Jacques Rancière and Alain Badiou in dialogue with Plato, Ancient Ideas in the Contemporary World, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, November 2013. Aristotle’s pambasileia and the metaphysics of monarchy, History of Political Ideas/Early Career Seminar, Institute for Historical Research, University of London, November 2013.
My paper The Discourse of Kingship in Classical Athenian Thought was accepted for publication by Histos, the journal for ancient historiography; several of the above papers and some from earlier years are slowly making their way through the publication process. I also contributed to The Authenticity of Plato’s Seventh Letter, to be published by Oxford University Press. I was originally contracted by Dominic Scott to provide general editorial assistance on this volume, which contains seminar papers originally given by the distinguished ancient philosophers Michael Frede and Myles Burnyeat, but ended up writing a series of explanatory endnotes to accompany the papers written by the late Professor Frede, and was promoted to being a co-author. The book presents in detail a series of literary, historical and philosophical arguments against the authenticity of Plato’s Seventh Letter, which contains an account of Plato’s interventions in Sicilian politics, and a summary of his philosophical doctrines. I don’t think I anticipated that my academic life would be anything like this when I arrived at Lucy Cavendish as a fresher in 2006, and I owe many thanks to all the Lucy Cavendish fellows and students who’ve supported me along the way, as well as the generous college support that has enabled me to attend some of these conferences.
Graduate Research: Understanding Complicated Pregnancies – Katerina Georgopoulou I originally graduated from the University of Crete, with a degree in Molecular Cell Biology. During my final year as an undergraduate, I carried out an internship at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, and returned to the city to study for an MPhil in Medical Sciences under the supervision of Dr. Miguel Constância in the Department of Obstetrics and
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Gynaecology, School of Clinical Medicine. I was also a member of the Centre for Trophoblast Research, where I received part of my academic training. I am about to begin a PhD in the field of cardiovascular research and pregnancy disorders at Imperial College London. My MPhil project focused on IGF2 (Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2), a protein hormone similar to insulin that is present in the placenta and the embryo during pregnancy. This growth factor has been well characterised in mouse and human pregnancy and there is extensive literature describing its role in different aspects of embryonic and placental growth, including the development of foetal pancreatic cells. By using a combination of genetically-engineered mouse models in which IGF2 was absent from either the embryo, or the placenta, or both, I discovered that IGF2 is also critical for the growth of the so-called vascular tree of the placenta (made up of arteries, veins and small capillaries). The embryos I studied are smaller than those of normal mice and their placentas develop a smaller, less dense vascular network. The vascular tree of the placenta is crucial during
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pregnancy, as it is the place where nutrients are transferred and gases exchanged between the circulatory system of the mother and that of the foetus. It has been shown that the placentas of embryos that are born growth-restricted have less developed blood vessels. Interestingly, in many cases of pre-eclampsia (the most prevalent pregnancy-related disorder, occurring in 3%5% of pregnancies), the underlying pathology is identified as angiogenic dysfunction: an abnormality or impairment in the formation of new blood vessels. Studying vascular growth in the placenta, alongside placenta development more generally, is key to improving our understanding of pre-eclampsia and other so far unknown causes of pregnancy complications. Apart from the immediate threat posed to the mother and the embryo during a pre-eclamptic pregnancy, the baby is also at higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases as well as diabetes during adulthood. This indicates the importance of the placenta, and the extent to which the life of the baby is predetermined before it comes out of the womb. Within the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, there is an ongoing large-scale study led by Professor Gordon Smith, for which placentas from over 2,400 women with various pregnancy disorders have been collected and will be analysed for the identification of specific biochemical markers that enable the prediction of a high-risk pregnancy. It is hoped the study will help clinicians screen for stillbirth, which can result from pre-eclampsia. Being part of the Department, and the University of Cambridge, has been an invaluable experience for me, because I have had the chance to work with people eager to share their expertise and love for research. Among them is my supervisor Dr. Miguel Constância, who gave me the opportunity to be part of his team and to contribute to this highly exciting field. I am also grateful to my College, Lucy Cavendish, for the amazing academic environment it provided for me and the life-time friends that I made there during my studies. During my journey, I encountered many challenges, including tight schedules for my experiments, time management and difficulty striking a balance between lab and
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College/social life, and I would particularly like to thank my College Tutor, Dr Susan Jackson, for her mentoring and her advice.
I can continue to work full-time in a London law firm while studying. When I started my Creative Writing degree I knew I would have to write a 15,000 word dissertation in the second year, which I assumed would be a section of a novel. However, in our first residency the biographer Michael Holroyd came to speak to us about what he calls “recreative fiction”, the art of biography. The thought of travelling the world as Michael does, researching lives of interesting people, sounded fascinating.
the relationship between Woolf and Mansfield. It has been inspiring to have the encouragement of my fellow students, particularly the “Lucy Cavendish Four”, and I even had a poem published in the Cavendish Chronicle. A great advantage of studying at Cambridge is access to the Cambridge library system, most of which is online, and I want to make full use of this resource while I have it. And after that, with a lot of hard work and even more luck, perhaps Katherine and Virginia may be coming to a bookshop near you!
In my second residency I was working on a short story and comparing it to the work of Katherine Mansfield, the famous New Zealand expatriate writer. As I lived in New Zealand for ten years I have always read and enjoyed Mansfield’s work, but while reading about her creative process I realised that every writer had a different opinion about her life, and particularly about her relationship with the Modernist writer Virginia Woolf. Were they best friends, or professional rivals? Intrigued, I decided to make this volatile relationship the subject of my dissertation. Laura Shepperson-Smith
Graduate Research: Researching for Creative Writing – Laura Shepperson-Smith Although I have undergraduate degrees in Law as well as English and Classical Studies (studied at the University of Auckland) and I have practised law for over ten years now, I have always loved creative writing. My short story, ‘Smile and Wave’ was published online at Every Day Fiction, and I maintain my own blog. When I saw that the University of Cambridge was offering a part-time Masters degree in Creative Writing, I decided to apply. I was fortunate to be one of 18 students accepted on the inaugural course, which is studied part-time at beautiful Madingley Hall, just outside of Cambridge. We have four concentrated weeks of class time, or residencies, over the first year, which means that students can join us from all over the world, and
Researching for creative non-fiction is similar to the research I did in my earlier English degree, but it is not identical. Biographies are aimed at the popular market, who may be very well-read but would not be considered academics or experts in the field. While facts still need to be checked, the writing needs to be entertaining and engaging. The writer needs to remember that she is telling her readers a story, and there is a place for imagination. Accordingly, while I have begun reading the journals and letters of Woolf and Mansfield, I am also doing what the biographer Richard Holmes called “footstepping” – following in the footsteps of the subject to recreate their lives. Earlier this year I visited Virginia Woolf’s home, Monk House, at Rodmell, and in October I will visit Katherine Mansfield’s childhood home in Wellington, New Zealand. While I may not get much in the way of new facts from these visits, I do find that visualising the homes of these writers allows me to better picture their lives, which in turn, helps me to describe their lives and surroundings in prose. While we only need to write 15,000 words for our dissertation, my intention is to use the next year to complete a book-length biography of @LucyCavColl
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Lucy Cavendish Graduate Movie Night – Kyaelim Kwon On Friday 29th November, several Lucy Cavendish students spent the entire night in the common room watching Hollywood classics and Broadway musicals. Starting in the 50s’ Cuba with Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights, the next destination was the 90s’ New York with Broadway rendition of Rent. With pizza, popcorn, wine, and most importantly, great company, the event was a fantastic success. For Claudia, a PhD student who spends most of her time at the Engineering department, the event gave her a rare opportunity to just relax and mingle with other Lucy Cavendish students. It also inspired Kavana, an LLM student, to consider having a Bollywood film night in the near future!
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Night Future Foreign Policy Launch: The Voice of the Next Generation – Stephanie Ma I was with Future Foreign Policy from their very inception, including when Future Foreign Policy (FFP) was just a blog edited from a ‘dorm’ room. So it needless to say it’s become much more since then. But there was also another Lucy Cavendish link, FFP invited an old Lucy Cavendish Law Society favorite, Hilary Stauffer, previously from Reprieve, to speak about the use of drones and the threat of terrorism. Indeed, it seems the Lucy Cavendish Law Society is everywhere these days! Quick introduction on FFP: it is a startup by two international relations graduates from SOAS and Royal Holloway who want to make career in foreign policy more accessible and impose some structure onto the murky waters of entering foreign service. What began as a blog is now a start up with major partners including Chatham House and with Lucy Cavendish Law Society as its main sponsors. The launch event started off bright and early. When we walked in we were given very swanky name cards as well as two tickets for us to attend our preferred seminars later. It is worth mentioning that refreshments were also very elaborate, with 20 types of tea to choose from and some nibbles helped us start conversations with our fellow participants. As we settled down for the first session, Recent trends in Foreign Policy by James de Waal from Chatham House, we knew we were in for a dynamic day.
As the day progressed, all the talks were popular, but by far the most anticipated talk of the day was the career panel on foreign policy, after all we weren’t dressed in our press-ironed suits for nothing, were we? Seasoned veterans included Adam Tyndell, Co-founder of the China-Britain Youth Association and Simon Moss, Co-founder of the Global Poverty Project. The panelists were refreshingly candid and their sincere attitudes encouraged participants to put forth their most honest questions and in return received honest answers. The general takeaway point seemed to be that, like all careers, with a little tenacity and persistence, students can and will change foreign policy. Perhaps the most unique element of the event was FFP’s use of Twitter and other social media platforms to engage the audience in real time. Normally ushers are adamant about switching off your phone, but on this day phones not only could remain on and in our hands, we could facebook and tweet to our heart’s content, likely making the day much more tolerable for all of us. There were two screens set up next to the speaker and we when we tweeted we added ‘#FFPLaunchEvent’ or ‘@LucyCavColllege’ to our tweets. We got to see our fellow particpants’ thoughts, musings and favorite quotes on the speakers on the screens, which refreshed itself every five seconds. Even myself, with only a handful of followers or so, increased my number of followers by ten percent, bringing my total to a grand sum of fifty. So needless to say, I found the day very productive. The effective use of technology is a good reflection of the FFP spirit. By being able to share your thoughts and engage with your audience in real time, FFP is harnessing the energy and connecting the potential of young people with the world of foreign policy. I am proud to be part of a society that supports a great cause and actually fun events. Oh, and in case anyone is wondering: no, no one’s phone ever went off!
Staff News
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Our staff continue to do an excellent job in supporting the College and have had a very productive year. Inevitably there have been some starters, movers and shakers. Arrivals
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Katie McNally joined as Assistant Domestic Bursar on 3rd March 2014.
Nicola Shadrack, Finance Assistant, left on 28th March 2014. Nicola had worked for the College since 2001.
Oonagh Moule, Chef is expecting her second son in September 2014.
Dan Mason, Chef started on 1st July 2014 to cover Oonagh’s maternity leave.
Carol Peresson joined as Finance Assistant on 17th March 2014.
Victoria Heath, Development and Alumnae Relations Coordinator left us on the 11th July to get married on the 18th October 2014.
Raimonda, Housekeeping Assistant/Till Operator and Dan Mason who works in the kitchens have had a baby boy, Ostin, born on 1st May 2014.
Alison Lucas joined the gardening team on a permanent basis with effect from 1st July 2014.
Grazyna Szaniawsksa started on Monday 14th April in Housekeeping.
Catherine Reid, Librarian left on 31st August 2014 after nearly 14 years at our college.
Michail Najdenov is working on a permanent basis from 1st July as a Kitchen Porter.
Helen Taylor joined as Executive Assistant to the President on 1st June 2014.
Tasha (Kathleen) Greer retired this summer and Christine Houghton writes her a personal farewell on page 32.
Celine Carty started as Librarian in September 2014. Celine joins the College from the University Library.
Professional Development For the first time, our college is offering a Business Administration Apprenticeship programme in conjunction with Cambridge Regional College. The purpose of the role is to deliver much needed support to various departments throughout our college whilst offering the individual an opportunity for workplace experience in the early stages of their career.
workplace development. Deborah Curran-Millar has started a Facilities Management course and Dan Mason, a Professional Cookery course. Finally we would all like to wish congratulations to Tara Rice who has recently completed her NEBOSH Health and Safety Qualification.
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Farewell to Catherine Reid
It is with very warm wishes that we reluctantly say goodbye to Catherine Reid who leaves us to take up her new role as the Forbes Mellon Librarian at Clare College, Cambridge. Catherine joined us as Librarian in October 2000. Since then she has contributed greatly to the development of the Library including transferring 20,000 records from the University’s old to the new union catalogue and growing our collections from 20,000 to 30,000 volumes.
Whilst in post, student numbers have doubled yet Catherine has taken pride in continuing to respond quickly to requests for books and ensuring our collections continue to provide the resources required for undergraduate and taught postgraduate courses. With the proliferation of electronic resources, Catherine has also developed a programme of information and research skills sessions to teach users how to successfully find, access and assess the information they need to successfully complete their studies. She was also one of six College Librarians involved in setting up a project which has evolved into the current ebooks@cambridge service which develops and supports both librarians and library users in the use of a growing collection of electronic books. As a member, and now Chair of the Ebooks Advisory Group, and as the former Secretary and a current member of the Cambridge College Libraries Forum, Catherine has also helped to raise the profile of our college by sharing her expertise and collaborating with other members of the Cambridge library community.
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introduction of the weekly Elevenses in the Library sessions, at which college members are invited to join us for free tea, coffee and biscuits, have been particularly successful in welcoming newcomers to our college, supporting students through times of stress and helping new friendships and working relationships to flourish. Catherine was also one of a group of staff who began the tradition of lining our college road to cheer graduands as they process to Senate House. Ask anyone who knows Catherine to describe her and the words that are so often repeated are ‘kind’, ‘friendly’ and ‘helpful’. It is no coincidence that those same words are regularly used by our users to describe their experience of the Library. Amongst her many contributions the warm, welcoming and supportive atmosphere that Catherine has been so instrumental in fostering is perhaps her most heartfelt and enduring legacy. We know that Catherine would want us to thank, on her behalf, all her colleagues at Lucy
Cavendish for their help and support, particularly Dr Jane Renfrew, former Fellow Librarian and Dr Stephanie Ellington, Senior Tutor. She would also want us to extend her thanks to the Library and IT Teams for their hard work, including former colleagues Joan Harris, Assistant Librarian, Ursula Lyons, Library Volunteer and Karen Davies, Archivist, as well as to our many donors for their kind generosity. Catherine has not only been an incredibly supportive colleague and mentor but she has also become a very dear friend and while we all wish her the very best of luck and happiness in her new role, we will miss her greatly.
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Farewell to Tasha Greer
Tasha was born and raised in Cambridge. For a number of years she, and her husband Den, moved to Canada. Two of their sons were both born there whereas their third son was born in Cambridge. It was a number of years later, in 1976, that Tasha joined our ‘young’ college as a cook but like many people in our early years she did many jobs, as well as cooking she got rooms ready for students and guests, made curtains and helped with general upkeep. She remembers sherry being served in Mrs Bulman’s sitting room before Formal Hall on the first floor for Strathaird (now rooms B2 and B3). Her food is delicious, innovative and tasty. Tasha was always trying new recipes, up-to-date with trends and her puddings and cakes were legendary. One computer officer did his best to get her to market her Eccles cakes!
“She is the ultimate team player and someone I am glad was part of the team. She loved helping and training our casual staff.” She was instrumental in the kitchen move from Straithard (now Wolfson Room) which served the Dining Room (now Wood-Legh) to Warburton Hall. She took in her stride going from cooking for a maximum of 50 to 140 diners.
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Tasha retired from cooking after approximately 25 years but had too much energy to retire completely and we did not want to let her go so we quickly persuaded her to join our ‘front of house’ team and she soon showed she was superb at that job too. She threw herself in wholeheartedly and bought her skill, attention to detail, professionalism, friendliness, loyalty and an ability to deal with a myriad of ‘guests’ who dine in college including royalty, academic guests and celebrities. She particularly enjoyed meeting our students. She had many Heads of Department over the years in College and in the kitchen and she worked with each one of them with great loyalty helping each one, giving her utmost and getting on with the job needing to be done,if perhaps ‘moulding’ them to the way things are done!
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Den her husband, her three sons all married who have given her grandchildren and a great grandchild who she loves spending time with, and she takes great interest and pride as they grow up and develop their own lives. As well as a wonderful cook she is a talented seamstress and has made coats, suits and many other items of clothing. She loves her holidays with Den has enjoyed weeks in Spain, Cyprus and Turkey. She keeps herself fit and never misses her ‘Aqua Keep Fit’ classes and enjoys days out with her many friends.
We will not replace Tasha. I met her in 1990 and over 24 years I have relied on her and know if Tasha is on duty everything will be done to a very high standard. We shall miss her calm and friendly disposition and thank her so much for the years she has given our college.
Christine Houghton Domestic Bursar mch27@cam.ac.uk
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Dr Emily Tomlinson
Report from our Admissions Director
It has been another varied, stimulating and challenging year for Admissions at Lucy Cavendish. Whilst the University of Cambridge attracted record numbers of applicants in 2013/14, and there was some increase in interest from mature students, this interest was confined to a limited range of subjects. The Cambridge Graduate Course in Medicine continues to boom, with twenty-five applications for every place; we had a stream of high-quality applicants to the College in Human, Social, and Political Sciences and Psychological and Behavioural Sciences, and were able to recruit several strong candidates in Law via the University’s Winter Pool. Other subjects have effectively ‘flatlined’ in terms of applicant numbers.
“The Cambridge Graduate Course in Medicine continues to boom, with twenty-five applications for every place.” We have also had to be mindful of the need to shore up quality, in an era where league tables are increasingly scrutinised. To this end, we have implemented a series of changes to the undergraduate admissions process, including the introduction of two Subject Interviews, and a requirement that examples of written work be submitted in advance. The Cambridge Graduate Course in Medicine has moved away from conventional interviews altogether, and now uses the Multiple Mini-Interview format, meaning that short-listed candidates pass through no fewer
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than ten assessment stations, each presenting them with a different question, scenario or task. These stations are staffed by assessors from across the three admitting colleges and the Clinical School: a good example of the cross-collegiate co-operation that is coming to characterise undergraduate admissions, more and more.
“Mature students are ever younger, and the average undergraduate entrant to Lucy Cavendish in 2014 will be 22.” The demographics of our college are still shifting, in line with student demographics nationally. Mature students are ever younger, and the average undergraduate entrant to Lucy Cavendish in 2014 will be 22. Our student community is more international than it used to be. This year, we welcomed our first visiting undergraduate from the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, with which we have a formal partnership, alongside a lively influx of Erasmus exchange students. We are likely to admit ‘independent’ visiting students from Europe, Latin America and the US in 2014, alongside three-year undergraduates from at least twelve countries.
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The internationalism of our intake means that both our college’s website and social media presence play a critical part in outreach. The Lucy Cavendish Admissions pages have been extensively revamped, a new online Prospectus was launched in May, and we have a thriving Facebook Offer-Holders page. Our greatest asset, however, is of course our people. Gaby Jones,Tutorial Office Manager, continues to respond patiently and wisely to the myriad enquiries we receive each day, supported by Rachel Clarke and Sarah Thomas. Our Mature Outreach Ambassador, Isobel Cohen, has visited Further Education (FE) Colleges around the country, offering mock supervisions and interviews to Access Diploma students. We also owe a debt of gratitude to the Students’ Union,
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Dr Orsola Rath Spivack
Report from our Graduate Tutor
The graduate community in college is continuing to grow, reaching 243 students in total this year, of which 121 started at the beginning of the current academic year, joined later by a further 11 new graduates in Lent and Easter. The research environment is enriched by the contribution of the many College Research Associates, who hold postdoctoral positions in the University in fields such as Physics, Archaeology, Genetics, History, Sociology and many more. The annual programme of graduate events has been further expanded this year, to include sessions such as ‘Research Speed Networking’, facilitated by Dr Astrid Gall, and a ‘Knowledge Café’, led by Dr Sue Jackson, which have proved very popular.
One of the Anna Bidder Research Evenings this year was a joint presentation by Dr Vicky Leong (Research Fellow) who spoke on How might music help children’s language development and well-being? and Anna Wong (PhD, Education) who gave a talk on ’Musicking’ in schools and students’ psychological wellbeing.
The programme also included our regular workshops on a variety of graduate skills. Particular thanks should be extended to our previous College Librarian, Catherine Reid, whose information skills sessions on ‘Literature Searches’ and on ‘Referencing Systems’ are always useful and greatly appreciated by our students. Early career advice is essential to graduates, especially those on one-year courses and those planning internships, and they benefited in October from a talk by Katie Hewitt, from the University Careers Service, and from networking with IBM staff and a talk by Valory Batchellor on Opportunities for Women in Technical Careers at an IBM STEM Careers Event.
The Graduate Research Day at the beginning of the Easter Term was as successful as ever, and enriched by the increasing participation of postdoctoral members of our college, as the number of our Research Associates continues to grow. The poster competition, which was introduced for the first time last year, was won by Katie Peterson (PhD, Psychiatry) with her poster on Apathy, ventriculomegaly and neurocognitive improvement following shunt surgery in normal pressure hydrocephalus.
Many graduates have again distinguished themselves, achieving College and University prizes and external awards: Siobhan Chomse (PhD, Classics) was again elected to a studentship from the Jebb Fund; Siri Luthman (PhD, Physics) was awarded a Schiff Studentship; Sandra Baquié (Graduate Diploma, Economics) was awarded the Stevenson Prize for the top performing student; Annalisa Occhipinti (PhD, Computer Science) won the prize for ‘Most Inspiring presentation’ with Can a Mathematician help a doctor?, in the events marking the 10th anniversary of ‘women@ cl’; Iulia Comsa (PhD, Clinical Neurosciences) won the ‘Popular press audience’ prize at the Clinical Medicine Research Day, with her talk
Enass Abo Hamed – PhD in catalytic chemistry, funded by the EPSRC, she has a strong interest in alternative energy production
“The poster competition, which was introduced for the first time last year, was won by Katie Peterson (PhD, Psychiatry) with her poster on “Apathy, ventriculomegaly and neurocognitive improvement following shunt surgery in normal pressure hydrocephalus”.” Social events and interdisciplinary networking with PdOC, the University Society for Postdocs, have continued throughout the year, thanks to the coordinating efforts of Sarah Covshoff, and concluded with a summer buffet in August.
on Graphs and the brain: from social network measures to predicting recovery from coma; Enass Abo Hamed (PhD, Chemistry) won the poster award in the Gordon Research Seminar at the Noble Metal Nanoparticles Gordon conference at Mount Holyoke College; Yuting Li (PhD, Earth Science) was awarded a Schlumbeger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellowship; Tianqi Dong (PhD, Engineering) won the Roger Kelly Award for Best Young Researcher Presentation at the Venice International School on Lasers in Materials Science.
Iulia Comsa (PhD, Clinical Neurosciences) won the ‘Popular press audience’ prize at the Clinical Medicine research day, with her talk on “Graphs and the brain: from social network measures to predicting recovery from coma.” The Kate Bertram Prize for Distinguished Performance in non-Tripos Examinations was awarded to Zsofia Deli (LLM), Jessie Ingle (LLM), Emilja Marcinkeviciute (LLM), and Theresa Lederer (starred First and one of the highest overall results in Part III Mathematics). The Alumnae Association Prize for Graduate Excellence went to Yujun Qiao (Part III Mathematics). continued
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Other academic College Prizes for the current year haven’t been awarded yet. The following academic prizes were awarded to last year’s graduates: Kate Bertram Prizes: Melissa Bintoro (MPhil, Development Studies), Ana Doblas (LLM), Anaïs Harle (LLM), Katharine Hodgson (MPhil, Theoretical and Applied Linguistics), Adela Komorowska (LLM), Mathilde Whitburn (MPhil, Education). Simms Prize for best results in Education: Sophie Wustefeld (MPhil, Education). Those who have completed their studies are going on to a variety of interesting and prestigious positions all over the world. Among the many different destinations: Sarra Achouri (PhD, Physics) has been awarded a prestigious Next Generation Fellowship from the Centre from Trophoblast Research in Cambridge, and appointed Research Associate in the Biological and Soft Systems Group at the Cavendish Laboratory. Anna Andreou (PhD, Chemistry) will start a postdoctoral position in Glasgow University, working with Prof. Lee Cronin on 3D printers for drug synthesis. Carol Atack (PhD, Classics) will start a oneyear position as a College Lecturer in Classics at St Hugh’s College, Oxford; Rana Bilbeisi (PhD, Chemistry, and a former Schlumberger Faculty for the Future Fellow) has started as a Postdoctoral Associate in New York University; Namukale Chintu (PhD, Management) has just been appointed Director of the London Africa Office of Syntaxis Capital; Akansha Dubey (LL.M) has been appointed Special Assistant to the Director General of the National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Dehli;
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Natalia Egorova (PhD, Cognition and Brain Science) is now Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School; Ketaki Patel (PhD, Engineering), currently working as a researcher with Toshiba, will join the Cambridge Office of Marks & Clerk as Patent Attorney in their Electronics Team; Amy Prendergast (PhD, Archeology) has been awarded one of 288 Alexander von Humboldt post-doctoral fellowships worldwide, and will work at the University of Mainz; Geetanjali Sharma (LL.M) has just been appointed Advocate at the Supreme Court of India and a Director at IDIA in New Dehli, which seeks to empower underprivileged students through legal education; Lucia Tantardini (PhD, History of Art) has joined Clare Hall, Cambridge, as a Research Fellow; Evangelia Vezouviou (PhD, Biotechnology) has joined Philips research team in Cambridge; Yang Yang (PhD, Education) has joined Shanghai Jiao Tong University as a Research Associate, and will work in Cambridge on a new joint project in collaboration with the Department of Sociology. Many more have joined the growing cohort of Lucy Cavendish alumnae in influential and distinguished positions in research, finance, government offices, intergovernmental organizations, and a range of other fields. Congratulations and best wishes to all!
“Many more (graduates) have joined the growing cohort of Lucy Cavendish alumnae in influential and distinguished positions in research, finance, government offices, intergovernmental organizations, and a range of other fields.”
Graduate Research day report: Catherine Lewis-Smith (PhD, Divinity) gave an insight into the depiction of angels in the Bible, and theological discussions about their nature, and the qualities of those who seem to recognise an angel of the Lord straight away, and those who don’t. Hazel Freestone (PhD, History) outlined the background to the implementation of clerical celibacy in England and Normandy during 10501150, and discussed her research into its timing and causes, including the influence of Canon Law and the ban on sexual relations for priests. Christina Woolner (MPhil, Social Anthropology) offered a glimpse into the complex process of negotiating peace and stability, drawing on her experience of fieldwork in Somaliland and offering an overview that ultimately challenges accepted models. Nidhi Chaudhary (PhD, Land Economy) discussed ways of understanding the growth of the software sector in India through different models of innovation. Zongyan Huang (PhD, Computer Science) explained the essence of machine learning, and gave examples of how it can be used in choosing variable ordering for feasibility and optimum performance. Carron Blom (PhD, Engineering) explored the complexity of decision making by States and argued how models for infrastructure fitness need to be not just ‘fit for purpose’, but dynamic and able to adapt to long-term developments. @LucyCavColl
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Elena Demosthenous (PhD, Engineering) described some of her results from Direct Numerical Simulations of turbulent premixed flames, and how this helps in developing better models for dual fuel combustion, which has been identified as a promising technology for lower emissions and high efficiency. Shobana M Sivanendran (PhD, Engineering) talked about her experimental and numerical research into Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers pre-stressed concrete, to develop better guidelines for using this new construction material, increasingly popular as an alternative to steel reinforced concrete. Della Murton (PhD, Geography) explained how she is using colour reflectance to analyse sediments collected from the Vale of York, to shed light on the paleoenvironmental changes that occurred in that region during the last glacial period. Viktoria Urland (Erasmus exchange Master’s, Chemistry) described her study of porphyrin peptide assemblies, aimed at creating new molecules with special properties which, because of the ubiquity and significance of naturally occurring porphyrins such as haem, play a crucial role in many applications, for example drug delivery and biosensors. continued continued lucy-cav.cam.ac.uk
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Evangelia Vezouviou (PhD, Biotechnology) described her work in developing real-time biosensors for glucose testing in diabetes management, with far reaching potential in both human and commercial terms, which could ultimately lead to entirely new approaches, perhaps even including building a new pancreas. Dr Kate Baker (Research Associate, Cambridge Infectious Diseases) explained how cognitive development is underpinned by brain development, which is regulated by specific genes, and how it is increasingly possible to identify the genetic cause of severe neurodevelopmental disorders. Christy Hung (PhD, Babraham Institute) explained the process of axonal transport in neurons, its importance in ensuring the normal functioning of all cells, and how its disruption is implicated in many neurodegenerative disorders.
Dr Rath Spivack’s Fellow’s report: It is now a year since I was appointed Senior Research Associate in the DAMTP. Aside from research and various teaching-related activities, including lecturing a Part III course and supervising
Part III Essays, my increased involvement with the Faculty has also encompassed driving our successful bid for an Athena SWAN award, in my role as Athena SWAN Coordinator. I am now following through the many initiatives we promised in our Action Plan for promoting gender equality. These include increasing the number of female applicants at all levels, right through from undergraduates to senior academic appointments in Mathematics, and implementing family-friendly practices for all.
“I am delighted to be participating in a new three-year programme on “Current frontiers in inverse problems”, funded by the London Mathematical Society. It has been challenging combining my responsibilities in college with increased research, but the effort is gradually paying off and I am delighted to be participating in a new threeyear programme on Current frontiers in inverse problems, funded by the London Mathematical Society. I also very much look forward to changing my role from DoS to PhD Supervisor for Yujun Qiao, who will be starting her research on the Regularisation of Nonlinear Inverse Problems in October.
Mrs Catherine Reid and Ms Jo Harcus
College Library report
We’ve enjoyed another productive year in the Library, building on last year’s initiatives, developing new skills and continuing to provide a warm and welcoming place to work, network and take a break. “Every Thursday morning students are encouraged to take a break and join library staff in the foyer for a free hot drink and biscuits.”
We are currently writing up a paper on ‘Some Results for a Multiplicative Regularisation Approach for Inverse Problems in Image Processing’, arising from work that started with a summer project last year. My work in stochastic wave scattering is also continuing, and the first of a series of papers in progress has now appeared: Efficient boundary integral solution for acoustic wave scattering by irregular surfaces (arXiv:1407.5560, 2014), with a second on Backscatter statistics at low grazing angles with the parabolic integral equation due shortly.
Last year’s introduction of the Library and IT Helpdesk, has also helped to make us more accessible and provide a focus for enquiries. Staff are available at the desk, located at the library entrance, at set times during the term to offer a friendly welcome and assist with information and basic IT enquiries. This has encouraged students to be less hesitant in venturing behind the library counter to seek help when we’re in our offices.
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The Library is increasingly well used for study particularly from the Easter vacation onwards but also during evenings, overnight and at weekends throughout the year. The Elevenses in the Library sessions, which were introduced last year to support students through the stress of exams, proved so popular that they have now become a permanent fixture. Every Thursday morning students are encouraged to take a break and join library staff in the foyer for a free hot drink and biscuits. Tutorial staff and tutors also drop by at this time when they can. As well as providing opportunities to chat and relax, these sessions have enabled members of college to make new connections, build working relationships and share academic interests.
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In April we both successfully completed the Level 3 Award in Education and Training. We will be sharing our experience and further developing our teaching skills this summer by contributing to a peer support teaching skills course for Cambridge librarians. During this academic year we have provided information skills sessions on selecting and using reference management software and literature searching. These sessions were offered to postgraduate students from Lucy Cavendish, Wolfson and St Edmunds Colleges as part of a programme organised by Dr Orsola Rath Spivack.
“We have provided information skills sessions on selecting and using reference management software and literature searching.” In February, Catherine and Gill Saxon, Library Assistant, worked with Kathryn Jakob, a postgraduate student studying for an MPhil in Children’s Literature, to produce a display of children’s books from the rare books collection. All members of Kathryn’s course and supervisors were invited to view the books in the foyer and to join Library staff, Library Committee and other guests afterwards at formal hall. The display remained in place for a week and received positive feedback from Kathryn, her guests and others in College. The College was again involved in the University Open Cambridge weekend in September. Tours of our college included the Library, and were led by Catherine and Caroline Sier, Development Director.
We have also been involved in a number of collaborations with the wider library community. Catherine has recently become Chair of the ebooks@cambridge Advisory Group which advises on the development of the University’s rapidly growing collection of electronic books. Along with two other members of the group, Catherine spoke at the annual libraries@cambridge conference about how the drop-in ebook training sessions they offer help to improve the quality of service offered by the University’s libraries. Jo recently re-joined the local committee of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) as Treasurer. The committee provides support and CPD opportunities for those working in all sectors of the library and information profession across the East of England. She has also joined the Librarians in Training steering committee which organises a range of sessions to allow Cambridge librarians to share their knowledge, skills and expertise.
Mr Vince Lucas
Report from our College Garden
After the wettest winter on record (December being the warmest) we experienced the third warmest spring since 1910. Needlesss to say many bulbs got off to an early start particularly Aconites and Snowdrops followed by Daffodils. Following the departure of Ross Albon we were joined in March by Meg Cobley a trainee from the Womens Returners to Amenity Garden Scheme. This is an organisation that gives women an opportunity to train and experience working life in a large ornamental garden, she is
here on a twelve month placement for two days per week. One other change has been for Alison Lucas to be made a permanent employee. Work has continued on the wildlife pond. In late February the turf was stripped from one side of
Students at work in our College Library
We would like to thank Gill for all her hard work and support, particularly in preparing displays and the Library Guide and maintaining the space and resources in the reading rooms. We would also like to thank those who have donated books and funds throughout the year.
“We would also like to thank those who have donated books and funds throughout the year.” We look forward to another rewarding year in the Library and invite you to follow all our news on Twitter @LucyCavLib.
Catherine Reid Librarian
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the bank at the back and prepared for planting with the addition of mushroom compost. This was contained with a line of large stones around the water’s edge. Planted into this area were Cornus, Iris siberica, Primula bulleyana, Astilbe, Hosta and Geums. Work is ongoing with more to be done this autumn to reflect the wider range of planting situations available. The pond itself is gradually being colonised by a variety of insect life, these includes newts, frogs, waterboatman, pond snails and pond skaters. None have been introduced; they possibly arrived on the plants in the pond or just find it themselves. One feature of established wildflower meadows can be tall lush grass growth at the expense of other flowering plants. In an attempt to reduce the dominance of the grasses bare earth strips were produced using a scarifier in autumn and seed was sown onto these strips, a general wildflower mix was used and Yellow rattle an annual that is semi-parasitic on grass and some
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clovers. The plant attaches its roots onto the roots of the grasses; this weakening of the more competitive plants allows other flowering species to establish that should in time give greater diversity. This will again be carried out this autumn to ensure the process continues.
“The cluster of these pods it said to resemble a bird’s toes and claws.” Wildflowers this summer in the meadow area have included common knapweed a tallish plant with a pink thistle-like flowers, lady’s bedstraw a low growing plant with a frothy creamy yellow flower, the tall ox-eye daisy with white petals surrounding a yellow centre, tufted vetch which has pea-like lavender blue flowers and scrambles through other plants and birds-foot trefoil, the small but bright yellow flowers of this low growing, spreading plant gives way to seed pods which give the plant its common name. The cluster of these pods it said to resemble a bird’s toes and claws.
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The annual cycle of weeding, mowing and pruning etc continues the tasks which form so much of the work of the garden staff. Due to the part-time nature of the garden maintenance at the College, improvements have to be scheduled around this core work when time permits.
Growth is not just confined to the garden; the College has grown in size with the new development of the Histon Road accommodation building. This presents fresh challenges regarding the maintenance of the garden area here but change is inevitable and long term it presents the garden staff with further opportunities.
“Stipa gigantea, the tall oat-like grass has established itself this year.”
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One such scheme has been the redevelopment of College House mound, the planting of which is filling out nicely. Stipa gigantea, the tall oat-like grass has established itself this year. Its two metre flowering stalks blending well with the equally tall mauve topped flowers of Verbena bonariensis.
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Mrs Christine Houghton
Report from our Domestic Bursar
It’s hard to believe that another year has passed since I last wrote a report for the Review. The days, months and years fly past in this job. Partially due to the fact it is so busy, dealing with many areas of College my day can change in an instant if when I arrive there is a leak in the ceiling all else takes a back seat. We deal with all accommodation and no day goes by without a number of queries, issues and organising on that front including maintenance, boilers, plumbing, electrics, fire alarm etc. As well as keeping up- to-date with regulations and inspections and organising College events, planning budgets and overseeing refurbishment and building work, showing conference organisers around College and hopefully converting enquiries to bookings and then meeting, greeting and ensuring all conferences have the best service we can give…. All in a day’s work, and it’s truly never a dull day.
“As one member of our staff put it we all put on our ‘Hotel Service’ hats for 3 months.” After Graduation in June, always a special event, we were straight into conference season. This is a challenge for the team who rise to the occasion admirably, getting bedrooms ready and catering for breakfast, lunch and dinner. As one member of our staff put it we all put on our ‘Hotel Service’ hats for 3 months. We had a successful summer with repeat guests and some new ones. As well as conferences we use the summer to carry out our maintenance. We are always 82
striving to give our students and guests better facilities and each year we carry out a programme around our conference business. During Summer 2013 we carried our roofing projects, repaired balconies, replaced worktops, refurbished Albion Yard putting in a new kitchen and bathroom and decorating throughout; a new bathroom in St Peters St, decoration and some revamping at 137 Chesterton Road, a new shower in Strathaird and a new path from the Porters’ Lodge to Strathaird as well as much other work upgrading electrics and detectors.
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Bollywood and St Valentines evening. Brunch and Sunday lunch in term are very popular with friends and family enjoying the College’s catering. Our salad bar at lunchtime gets much praise from everyone and homemade soup and puddings are also much in demand.
My thanks go to my Domestic Bursary teams in Catering, Housekeeping, and Maintenance and Gardens who along with Porters’ Lodge and other departments look after all college members and guests.
“We are always striving to give our students and guests better facilities.”
Please do remember college if you have a conference, bed and breakfast requirement, wish to book a celebratory event, birthday, wedding, christening and I would be delighted to discuss your requirements and help you with a booking.
We welcomed returning and new students at the beginning of October 2013. We took part in the College’s Facilities Fair which gave us a great opportunity to meet new students and give them our Meet the Team flyer which gives them information on who to go to if they have a query. Dining in Warburton Hall is a very important part of College life and the Catering Team are always looking at new ideas for meals and menus. Formal Hall is very popular, and as well as designated academic nights on Thursdays we have had some fun Friday nights, Halloween,
The main excitement for this year is the wonderful new Student Centre which we will have ready for new academic year 2014. It will be a wonderful centre for our students and we look forward to getting it ready for the first residents. It will be a challenge and a lot of planning but that is what we enjoy.
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report on that major development for our college.
Mrs Caroline Sier
It has been exceptionally busy balancing the demands of a major capital appeal with a very short timescale, the critical annual fundraising income, alumnae relations and the other work of the Development Office. We are extremely fortunate that the need for an additional experienced fundraiser has been recognised by great regular supporters of the College, who have made the magnificent donation of 100% funding the salary and costs of a Head of Fundraising post for a period of three years. We are enormously grateful to them, and particularly lucky to have appointed Jo Ryan, who has been the Senior Development Officer at Newnham College for the last 6 years.
Report from our Development Director I wrote in the last Annual Review about the first event to celebrate the 40th anniversary of undergraduates being admitted to Lucy Cavendish, and the first women undergraduates to be admitted to Churchill, Clare and King’s Colleges. The second event, which consisted of Conversations on Science, Society and the Future, and on Culture and Media took place at the 2013 Alumni Festival weekend in September. The afternoon of discussions was introduced by the Master of
Churchill College, Sir David Wallace and Professor Janet Todd, the President of Lucy Cavendish College, and featured alumnae and leaders in the topics being discussed from the four Colleges.
Jo Ryan, Head of Fundraising
The other activities at the 2013 Alumni weekend Festival were a Reunion Dinner for alumnae who matriculated in the ‘3s and ‘8s, a retirement party for Jillinda Tiley with Law alumnae, and, of course, the Alumnae Association Annual General Meeting. At the AGM Kelly Smith was thanked as the retiring President and Julie McDonald (2002, Law) was elected as the new President of the Alumnae Association. A number of new Members were elected onto the Committee: Mary Dezille (2000, Social & Political Science), Judith Roberts (1973 Education with English), Alison Russell (1983, Social Anthropology), Diana Sawyer (2009, Educational Research), Sheila Scarlett (2001, Modern and Medieval Languages), Rose Spear (2006, Materials Science & Metallurgy) and Gemma Wise (2005, Medicine). As well as the ongoing fundraising for student support and the annual operating costs of Lucy Cavendish, the major focus for raising money has been the new Student Centre on Histon Road, and there is more detail about that in the specific
Edwina Dunn, another tremendously helpful supporter of our college, brought her “What I See” project team to film at Lucy Cavendish in January. “What I See” is a non-commercial project developed by Edwina as a global exploration of what it means to be a woman. We were delighted to welcome Edwina and the “What I See” team to Lucy Cavendish to film the President, other members of the Lucy Cavendish community and some key women from the University of Cambridge. It was a fascinating day and a great opportunity to meet up and discuss the issues. A very fruitful collaboration and a thoroughly enjoyable day with remarkable women. We have had the opportunity to thank donors to our college at two specific events this year: the annual Celebrating Student Success Formal Hall in February, when some, but sadly not all, of our generous supporters who fund student bursaries, studentships, prizes and other critical ways of ensuring that our undergraduate and graduate students can continue their studies and research, were able to come to Formal Hall and meet the students. Once again, in June, Caroline Stenner and Ray Smith kindly hosted an open-air Bumps picnic party for donors to the College on their beautiful riverside wildflower meadow at Fen Ditton. The crew of Speedwell, the eight racing boat generously donated last year by Dame Veronica Sutherland DBE,CME , were in continue
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Dr Sarah Gull
Report from the Curator
The College is pleased to be acquiring “The Treasury Of Atreus”, by Daphne Reynolds, which will be hung in the library over the summer in place of “Cattle in a Bright Field” (2003) by Simon Carter, which is currently on loan and will be returning to Suffolk. Bumps Party 2014
fine form all Bumps week as you will see from the Boat Club report, and triumphed yet again on the Saturday afternoon. They were so successful and quick away from the start that they bumped almost immediately, so were already celebrating by the time that they reached the river meadow! It was a wonderful conclusion to a happy afternoon and gave us all the opportunity to cheer their great success in 2014 Bumps races.
In the Development Office we have been making preparations for the College’s celebration of its 50th anniversary in 2015, and with very generous support have commissioned a film of A Day in the Life of Lucy Cavendish College, and a book of 50 interesting facts about Lucy Cavendish College, which we very much hope that you will enjoy in 2015.
“The Treasury of Atreus” is a large oil painting 76 x 51 inches, signed by the artist. It was painted in 1961 and exhibited at the Drian Gallery in Porchester Place that year under the directorship of Halima Nalecz. Reynolds became Chairman of the Women’s International Art Club from 1964 to 1967. After retirement to Suffolk she was a co-founder of the Gainsborough Print Workshop in Sudbury.
The painting is currently in Suffolk and will be placed in the College Library. I hope you have a chance to view it for yourself. In the meantime any suggestions for artworks for Histon Road would be gratefully received.
Dr Sarah Gull Curator and Fellow seg30@cam.ac.uk
We are extremely grateful to all those of you who have so generously made gifts to Lucy Cavendish during the year. Every gift, no matter what the size, is valued and makes a real difference to the College’s ability to transform women’s lives and work. Thank you!
Caroline Sier Development Director cs554@cam.ac.uk
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Donors
We would like to thank all those who have already generously contributed to supporting our college:
A Mrs Patricia Aarseth, Ms Donna Abercrombie, Dr Anna Abulafia, Professor Juana Acrivos, Addleshaw Goddard, Mrs Anne Ahmed, Ms Nadiah Al-Ammar, Dr Elise Alexander, Dr Patricia Alireza, Mrs S M Allam, Dr L E Allen, Dr P C Allgood, Mrs Margaret Allison, Mrs Dorothy Allison, Mrs P Ambikapathy, Dr Charles Anderson, Mr and Mrs J Armstrong, Ms Helen Arnold, Miss Tina Asgarian, Dr Carol Atack, Atack van Someren Charitable Trust, Dr H J Atherton, Miss B Atkins, Mrs Ruth AttarianHamilton, Ms Linda Austin, Ms Zoe Austin, Miss Fatima Azzam
B Miss Julia Bagguley, Ms J R Baines, Miss Janet Ball, Dr Angela Barbour, Barclays Bank Plc, Ms Lydia Barnes, Miss Betty Barr, Dr Christobel Barretto, Dr Janice Bates, Miss Rosalind Bax, Dr Mary Baxter, Dr Arin Bayraktaroglu, Mrs Sylvia Beamon, Mrs Gillian Beard, Professor Margaret Beare, Becker Trust, Ms Lorraine Bedwell, Dr J E Beenen, Ms Fazilet Bekiroglu, Dr Hilary Belcher, Mrs Prudence Bell, Ms J K Mactaggart, Professor Catherine Belsey, Mrs Fiona Bengtsen, Ms Sarah Bennett, Dr Veronica Bennett, Professor
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Irene Bergal, Dr Tiffany Bergin, the late Dr Anna Bidder, Bidwells, Dr Sandra Billington, Dr Eleanor Birks, Dr Erica G Bithell, Mrs Eunice Black, Professor Dame Carol Black, Mrs P M Blake, Dr Felicity Blunt, Miss Marjorie Bocking, Ms Miranda Bolter, Professor Malcolm Bolton, Mrs Kathryn Bond, Dr Eileen Bone, Revd Connie Bonner, Mrs M S Boorman, the late Miss Margaret Bottrall, Dr Maria BoubaThompson, Mr Charles Boundy, Mrs S A Bowden, Mrs G R Bowness, BP plc, BPW, Dr Bohuslava Bradbrook, Ms P Bradley, Mrs Elisabeth H Bragg, Mr Stephen Bragg, the late Margaret Braithwaite, Dr Jacqueline Brearley, Professor Gwen Brickett, Mrs Susan Brindley, Ms L Brokenshire, Dr and Professor Brooke, Professor C Brooke, Mrs C Brooks, Professor Sarah Brown, Mrs Maureen Brown, Ms R Brown, Miss S A Brown, Sharon Brown, Mrs E Brumfit, Ms I Brunskill, Kathryn Buck, the late Mrs Margo Bulman, Ms C Burnett, Ms Elizabeth Burney, Mrs Margaret Butler, Ms M F Butler, Dr Martin Buzza, Ms S Byrne, Ms N Bystriakova
C Sir Adrian Cadbury, Dr Ann Caesar, Mrs M A Cag, Dr Anne Calabresi, Professor Ruth Cameron, Miss Clare Campbell, Camstead, Dr Clare
Carey, Mr Angus Carlill Dr Nancy Carlton-Smith, Mrs J R Carne, Dr David Carter CVO, Ms E D Carter, Ms Andre Chadwick, ChadwyckHealey Charitable Trust, the late Dr Nien-Chuang T Chang, Dr Liz Chapman, Chawton House Library, Mrs R E Chazallet, the late Mrs Mary Cheney, Professor W Cheong, Miss G Cheung, Ms Anne Chippindale, Dr J K Chothia, Dr I C H Clare, Ms P A Clark, Dr Ann Clarke, Ms Ritva-Liisa Cleary, the late Mrs Eileen Clifford, Ms M Coates, Dr Anne Cobby, Miss S Cockburn, Baroness Cohen of Pimlico, Mrs Ann Colcord, Mrs M R Coleman, Dr Jane Collier, Mrs A Collins, Community Foundation of New Jersey, Sir Jolyon Connell, the late Mrs Louisa Connor, Mrs R Constantine, Ms Audrey Cook, the late Dr Pauline Cooper, Mrs Ann Corsellis, Mrs J Cosslett, Ms E S Cotton, Mrs Beverley Cottrell, Barrie Cottrell, Mrs P M Courtney, Ms Mary Courtney, Miss D Craig, Dr Harriet Crawford, Ms Fiona Crawley, Mr Fred Crawley, Mr Charles Crawley, Mrs Elizabeth B Cruickshank, Mrs J M Culshaw, CUP
D D.M.G. Roper Charitable Trust, Mr John Dabrowski, Dr S Daikou, Dr Anne Dain, Danish Friends of Dame Anne, Ms L Darby, Professor Leonore Davidoff, the
late Dr Hilda Davidson, Ms Meryl Davies, Mrs Julie Davies, Lady Davies, Mrs Queenie Davies, Dr Jane Davies, Mrs S V Davis, Mrs P D Dawes, Miss Julie Dawson, Mrs H A Day, Mrs Barbara De Smith, the late Miss Monica Deacon, Deloitte, the late Mr Felix Dennis, Ms M Dezille, Mr Alan Dickinson, Dr Anne Dillon, Dr Pat Dittner, Mrs I W Dixon, Mr, James Dixon, Mr Peter Dixon, Mrs J Dobbie, the late Professor B J T Dobbs, Mrs K E Dolman, Ms C A Donaldson, Ms Fiona Dorman, Mrs A Doubleday, Ms Catherine J Dougherty, Dr S C Doyle-Morris, Queen Margrethes Dronning, Professor Sheelagh Drudy, Dr C Druilhe, Ms Susan Duerden, Mrs G M Duncan, Ms Edwina Dunn and Mr Clive Humby, Mrs Elaine Durham, Mrs F M Dyson
E Mrs Jan Eade, Mrs F A R Edington, Mrs Sarah Edmonds, Dr Joan Edwards, Professor Heather Eggins and Professor Jack Simmons, Ms J Eliot-Webb, Dr Stephanie Ellington, Ms C Elliott Byfield, Dr S Elneil, Dr Ernestine Elster, Miss J Elston, the late Prof Dorothy Emmet, Ernest Hecht Charitable Foundation, Dr Edith Esch, Mr George Evans, the late Mrs Jessie Evans, Miss S Eward
F Fairway Trust, Ms Mireille Farjon, Mrs E W Fillipich, Ms F Fletcher, Mrs M Fonceca, Ms I E Foster, Jeanne Foster, Ms Lesley Fotherby, Dr L J Foxcroft, Ms Sarah Frantz, Miss C Fraser, Friends of Lucy Cavendish College Library, Dr Linda Fritzinger
G Mrs D Gaberdiel, Miss Caroline Gaitley, Dr Olga Gandelman, Professor Margherita Ganeri, Dr A Gannon, Dr Joyce Garnier, Rev Dr J S Gay, Mrs Edith George, Ms A Giannousi, Mr John Gibbins, Mrs H M Gibson, Dr Jenny Gibson, the late Miss Phyllis M Giles, Dr D
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H H&R Block Foundation, Dr Esther Haines, Miss L Haire, Mr N Hammond, Ms Sophie Hannah, Miss Judith Hanratty, Ms J Hardie, Mrs Mary Hill Harris, Dame Pauline Harris DBE, Mrs S E Harrison, Mrs Rosemary Hartley, Dr, Anne Hartree, Mr Nigel Harvie, Mrs J V M Hastie, Mrs S K Hathaway, Mrs Iola Haverstick, the late Dr Mary Hay, Mr Roger Haydock, Mrs R H Haynes, Mrs J Hazelton, Mr R Hetherington, the late Dr Catherine Hebb, Mrs Dorothy Heeneman, Mrs S H A Hefferon, Heffers, Dr Henriette Hendricks, Dr E Hepple, Dr Gertraud Herbert, Dr Judith Herz, the late Ms L Hesselman, the late Mrs Phyllis Hetzel, Ms Joanna Hewitt, Mrs G R Heyworth, Dr N Heyzer, Dr C M H Hiley, Ms Margaret Hiley, Dr Penny Hill, the late Mrs E J Hill, Miss M S Hirst, Mrs Elizabeth Hodder, Ms T Hodgett, Mrs Margot Holbrook, Miss C R Holloway, the late Lady Honeycombe, Mrs C E Hopkins, Mrs S J Horne, Mrs Christine Houghton, Houston Crest, Professor Christine J Howe, Mrs M Howes, HSBC Cambridge, Miss Y Hu, Lady Rosemary Hughes, Mrs S I Husain, Dr Janet Huskinson, Dr Anke Husmann, Mr Alwin Hutchinson, Mrs O J Hutton, Ms F Hutton, Lady Jocelyn Huxley
J Ms AF Jackson, Dr Susan Jackson, Baroness James of Holland Park OBE, Professor Mary James, Susan James, the late Madeline Jaques, Ms Susy Jepson, Dr Christopher Johnson, Ms E O Johnson, the late Mrs Ellen Johnson, Miss L Johnston, Mrs E W Joly, Dr Ruth Jones, Mrs E M Jones, Mrs S M Jones, Mrs Stella Jones, the late Miss P M E Jones, Dr Valerie Joysey, Mrs E M Jurd
K Mrs H Kamon, Dr L S Kaplan, Ms Katie Karnezos, Miss L Kaye, Mrs Eleanore Keenan, Dr KellyYork, Miss D A Kemp, Mr Guy Kennaway, Mrs Eleanor Kennett, Ms A Khan, Dr L S Khemlani, Mrs Sung-Joo Kim, Mrs F J King, Mrs S S B Kirby, Mr Bill Kirkman, Mrs Anne Kirkman, Ms J Klass, Wendy Klein, Dr Scott Kleiner, Ms Frances Knight, Dr Jenny Koenig, Mrs Susan Koenigsberg, Professor Thomas Korner, Professor K O Kupperman
L Professor V La Grand, Ms S La Rotta Morales, Mrs D E L Lamont, Ms M A Larsen, the late Dr Ilse LasnitskiGlucksmann, Dr M P Latshaw, Laura Ashley Foundation, Mrs C Lavender, Mrs M Lavery Callaghan, Mrs C Law, Mrs Clare Lawrence, the late Dr Marie Lawrence, LCC Alumnae Association, Dr Shirley Lee, Ms Natalie Lee, Mrs Y Lee, Ms H E Lees, Ms Melanie Leggatt, Leonard Cohen Trust, Ms H Levey, Miss C Lim, Dr Ann Limb OBE DL, the late Dr EJ Lindgren-Utsi, the late Mrs B S Lipke, Mrs Lini Lipton, Miss Elisabeth Little, Dr Alison Littlefair, the late Dr Joan Liversidge, Dr R Livesley, Miss R Loader, the late Mrs Joan Longuet-Higgins, Mrs M Lonsdale, Mrs C Lowton, Mrs Angela Lucas, Mrs Ursula Lyons
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M Mrs J F Macaskie, Mrs J MacDonald, Miss Anna Mace, Miss M E MacGlashan, Mrs Ellen Mackintosh, Dr Francis Macnaughton, Dr Isobel J Maddison, Ms Mandy Maddock, Mr Keith Maddocks, the late Ms Susan Maddocks, Dr Mirca Madianou, Dr R Mains, Ms Daniela Manca, Ms Paddy Mannion, Professor John Margolis, MariaMarina Foundation, Ms Sofia Maroudia, Dr Patricia Marsh, Ms H Marshall-Quinn, Mrs J Maude, Mrs S C McDonald, Ms C B McGilvray, Dr Jane McGregor, Ms H R McGregor, Professor R P J McIntosh, the late Mr Donald McIntyre, Mrs M McLellan, Ms Lorna McNeur, Dr R McQuillan, Dr J Meade, Ms Caroline Meenagh, Merck & Co, Dr L C Mercy, Dr. A B Merrill, Ms Tamara Micner, Microsoft Corporation, Ms S S C Mills, Mrs N Minshull-Beech, Mrs C Mitchell, Dr Kate Mitchell, Ms Pauline Molyneux, Miss C Molyneux, Mr Philip Moore, Dr A L Moore, Dr Clare Morgan, Miss A Morgan, Ms Mary Morman, Dr Sheila H Morris, Dr W S Morrison, Dr C Moutsou, the late Dame Anne Mueller, Ms C S Muther, Professor Anna Muthesius
N Professor Yasuko Nakajima, Mrs H M Napier, Ms K S Naughton, Lady Newns, Miss H Niimi, Mr and Mrs G Nissen, Dr Marion Nixon, Dr A Nureddin
O Dr P A O’Connor, Ms Susan Offen, Dr Sarah Ogilvie, the late Dr Barbara Oldham, Ms M E Onwochei, Dr Emanuela Orlando, Dr Peter Outen
P Miss S L Page, the late Ms Verily Paget, Dr C A Pannell, Ms Elizabeth Parker, the late Lady Ruth Parkes, Dr Teresa Parodi, Mrs
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M A Parry, Mrs J C Payne, the late Professor Carol Peirce, Mrs Caroline Pelz, Dr Margaret Penston MBE, Baroness Perry of Southwark, Mrs A Petrie, Pfizer Foundation, Dr Stephanie Pilkington, Dr W A Pollard, Mrs S E E Poole, Ms Christina Poole Majerus, Miss J M Potter, Mrs Evelyn Povey, Mrs K L Powell, Ms Carole Price, Dr M L Prior, Mrs P L Purdy, Mrs Brenda Purkiss, Dr Drew Purves, Dr Maria Purves
R Dr S G Raban, Mrs J A Rae, Dr Anita Rampling, Mrs Ann Ramsay, Mrs Anna Rankin, Dr Orsola Rath Spivack, Miss Susan Rawlings, Ray Wattles Dyslexia Trust, Ms K J Reddy, the late Miss J M V Reddy, Dr J R Reeve, Ms C B Reid, Dr Jane Renfrew, Research Centre for International Law, Dr CM Richards, Clare Richards, the late Ms Anne Richards, the late Mrs H E Richardson, Mrs A Richmond, Dr S J Ridyard, Dame Stella Rimington, Ms Anita Robboy, Mrs Valerie Roberts, Mrs D H Roberts, Ms J A Roberts, Mrs H Roberts, Mr Duncan Robertson, Mrs D A Roberts-Semple, Mrs Nicole Robinson, Miss K Robinson, Ms P O H Robinson, Ms J E Robinson, Mrs F A Rodgers-Jenkinson, the late Mrs S M Rodwell, Dr Gillian Rogers, Dr J C B Ross, Mrs A Royce, Mrs Elizabeth Rushden, Miss A M E Russell, Mrs J Rutter, Dr A J Rylands
S The late Mrs J H Salingar, Dr R C Salzberger, Dr Ruth Salzburger, Mrs Z G O Sanigar, Dr Robert Sansom, Santander Universities, Ms S Santos, Mrs S H Sarginson, Saxton Brampfylde International plc, Ms S E Scarlett, Dr M S Schofield, Ms N F Scrivener, The Hon Dr Jocelynne Scutt, Ms U Shahani, Dr Liudmila Sharipova, Ms Juliet Sharpe, Professor C Thurstan Shaw, Mrs L B Shaw-Miller, Dr Jenny Sheppard, Ms Deepa Shetty, Mrs L E Siegle, Ms Caroline Sier Ms F Silva, Mrs Ruth Silver, Mrs E I Simmons,
the late Mrs Joan Simms, Ms J Simpson, Mrs P Sinha, Mrs H F Skelton, Mrs A Skingley, the late Dr Lucy Slater, Dr Pamela Smith, Mrs Kate Soar, Mrs Sarah Soliman, Ms Natasha Solomons, Mr Alex van Someren, Ms J Somerville, Mrs E G Speller, Mr Jeremy Speller, Dr Mary Spens, the late Dr Teresa Spens, Dr Helga Spevack-Husmann, Spire Healthcare, Dr C A Spohn, Professor H M Spufford, Mrs Natasha Squire, St John’s College, Ms Nanette Stangroom, Dr Jo Stanley, Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust, Mrs Barbara H Stanton, Mr Julian Stargardt, Dr J C C Stark, Dr Ruth Staunton, Mrs K M Steele, Dr Janet Stein, Ms K A Stephenson, Mrs M Stern, Dr T A Stevens, Miss G F Stiff, Dr A Stockl, Mrs L M A Stone, Ms Alison Stone, Ms Patricia C Storace, Mrs E S Stuart-Clarke, Dr W Sudbury, Professor Yaeko Sumi, Mr P Supramaniam, Sutasoma Trust, Dame Veronica Sutherland, Dr Ruth Swetnam, Dr G Switek
Ms Virginia Valian, Vandervell Foundation, Mrs S L VaughanHospedales, Dr Patience Vellacott, Mrs Clyte Venvell, Dr K Verclas, Dr Ilse Vickers, Ms Alison A Vinnicombe, Dr Linda Voigts
W W Hart & Son Ltd, Dr R C Wachsmuth, Ms A Wade, Dr Setsuko Wake-Naota, Professor Katie Wales, Revd A D Walker, Dr Fiona Walter, Dame Anne Warburton, Dr Kate Ward, Mrs Avis Waring, Ms P S G Warren, Dr S Wassmann-Wilken, Ms Monica Waters, the late Miss E G Watson, the late Mrs W K Webb, Mrs C J Weller, Miss Elbereth Wentzel, the
late Miss Margaret Wethered, Dr Joyce Wheeler, Ms Joy Whitby, the late Dr J E Whiteley, Mrs M C Whittome, Miss J Whitworth, Lord Taylor William, Ms D Williams, Rachel Williams, Mrs M C Williamson, Ms J E Willis, Dr Jean Wilson, Dr Anji Wilson, Mrs T Wimhurst, Dr Susan Withycombe, Dr B K Wittman, Dr S Wolfe, Wolfson Foundation, Ms J C Wood, Miss P Wood, Ms Lenore Woodley, Mrs F Woolf, Ms Carol Woolsey, the late Mrs Mary Worden, Professor Patricia Wright, Dr G Wright, Mr S Wroe, Mrs I WuenschmannLyall, Miss Luned Wynn-Jones
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In Memoriam Sadly this year we lost a valued member of our College community. Our thought go out to her family and loved ones.
Professor Margaret Spufford OBE Research Fellow at Lucy Cavendish College 1969-1972
1935–2014
We were saddened to hear of the death of Professor Margaret Spufford, former Lucy Cavendish Research Fellow, who passed away at the age of 78. Professor Margaret Spufford OBE
Professor Spufford was a historian of the 16th and 17th centuries. Her studies of life in rural England explored the intellectual live of peasant communities. Her studies challenged the view that peasants were passive recipients of ideas from the church and manor house.
Following the death of her daughter, Bridget from a rare genetic disorder, Margaret established a trust to support a hostel for severely disabled students in Cambridge. This enabled young people to study and live independently – something Bridget had not been able to do.
Margaret’s high level of scholarship was combined with a lightness of touch. Her approach to social history was firmly rooted in hard-headed analysis, which combined differences of wealth, agricultural systems and patterns of communication.
In 1996, Margaret was appointed OBE for services to Social History and to disabled students. Professor Spufford is survived by her husband Peter, Emeritus Professor of European History in the University of Cambridge, and her son.
In 1962 Margaret married Peter Spufford who would become a leading medieval monetary historian at Cambridge. Together they had a close and formidable academic partnership.
In honour of Margaret’s time as the Calouste Gulbenkian Research Fellow at Lucy Cavendish, the College has established a new prize – the Margaret Spufford Memorial Prize and is to be awarded for the MPhil dissertation in history or historical subject with the highest distinction mark(s) in that year. Many friends, colleagues and former students have generously donated towards the Prize.
Following her time at Lucy Cavendish College, Professor Spufford lectured at Keele University, before returning to Cambridge as a Senior Research Associate at the History faculty and a Fellow of Newnham College.
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In 1994 she was appointed Research Professor in Social and Local History at the Roehampton Institute (now Roehampton University).
This is a fitting tribute to all the support Margret gave to graduate students during her time at our college.
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Formal Hall Schedule 2014-15
On Thursdays and some Fridays during Term we have a Formal Hall, a convivial, formal-but-relaxed occasion which is a great opportunity to meet others, invite guests and relax amongst good company and with lovely food. Michaelmas term 2014
16 January
“Harry Potter” theme
22 January
Burns’ Night
29 January
Silver Dinner, Fine Arts, Chinese New Year
5 February
Celebrating Student Achievement: Bursaries, Awards and Prizes
12 February
History, Philosophy, Classics, Linguistics and Languages, Land Economy, Geography, Economics and Management Studies Subject Night
13 February
Halfway Hall*, Black Tie dinner (no gowns)
19 February
Human, Social and Political Sciences, Psychological and BehaviouralSciences, Education
26 February
Law and Criminology Subject Night
16 October
Matriculation Dinner, Arts and Social Sciences
5 March
International Women’s Day
17 October
Matriculation Dinner, Science (including Medicine and Veterinary Medicine)
12 March
Medicine Subject Night
23 October
United Nations Day
13 March
1960’s theme**
30 October
Sports Formal Hall
31 October
Halloween (no gowns)
6 November
Veterinary Medicine Subject Night
13 November
Science, Engineering, Architecture, Technology, Maths Subject Night
20 November
English Subject Night
27 November
Thanksgiving
4 December
Christmas Dinner
5 December
Christmas Dinner
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Lent term 2015
Easter term 2015 23 April
Gardens and College Community***, Scarlet Dinner
30 April
50th Anniversary Black Tie Formal Hall
7 May
Graduate Students and Research Fellows
14 May
Fiction Prize
21 May
Partners and Friends
28 May
Supper (no Formal Hall)
4 June
Nearly Final Formal
11 June
Final Formal
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Lucy Cavendish College
College Merchandise Looking for the perfect memento of your time at Lucy Cavendish or wish to find a commemorative gift for a family member? We have a range of college merchandise to purchase including: • Handcrafted silver brooch
All products are available from our Porter’s Lodge. To view the full range visit: www.lucy-cav.cam.ac.uk/ support-us/merchandise
• Lucy Cavendish College t-shirts • Lucy Cavendish College Cava • Lucy Cavendish Scraggy Bear • Lucy Cavendish College Shield of Arms • USB Stick
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