Other College News

Green Impact Award

The Lucy Cavendish College community is proud to celebrate its Gold Award for the 2019/2020 Green Impact year, for the second year in a row! Established by the NUS, Green Impact is an award-winning behaviour change programme which empowers participants to make improvements to sustainability. A bespoke workbook provides a structured framework for taking action. Auditors for the Green Impact Awards praised our commitment to making the College greener: “Overall we are very impressed by how much Lucy Cavendish has done to promote sustainability and environmentally friendly practices among both staff and students this year.” Lucy Cavendish College is delighted to announce that three US Gates Scholars will be joining the Community Gates Cambridge offers 80 full-cost scholarships to outstanding applicants from countries outside the UK to pursue a full-time postgraduate degree in any subject available at the University of Cambridge. Joining us this academic year are three outstanding scholars. Yesenia Brambila (PhD Classics): She hopes to not only further our understanding of festivals and their ties to the community in the ancient world but also to learn how to take this understanding and apply it to strengthening the ties between communities today. Morgan Healy (PhD Education): Morgan plans to address these issues by designing a play-based parenting intervention that helps young children develop key higher cognitive capacities, called executive functions. Christina Meister (MPhil Conservation Leadership): Christina looks forward to working with others to protect people and wildlife throughout the world.

Lucy Cavendish renews its ANUK ‘assured accommodation’ accreditation

Lucy Cavendish’s accommodation is regulated through a scheme run by Accreditation Network UK (ANUK). Lucy Cavendish College was inspected as part of a peer-topeer system which ensures the College adheres to all the principles of the Code.

The Lead Verifier said: “The amount of information provided before the inspection was impressive and enabled the visit itself to be extremely thorough. Lucy Cavendish is in very safe hands with your staff, policies, procedures and implementation. I was also very impressed with the amount of information you provide to your student body and will be taking some of these ideas and sharing with others as ‘best practice’. You should be incredibly proud of all the work you and your team have

done.”

New post-doctoral Research Associates

This year we welcomed 10 new Research Associates, following a competitive application process, who embrace in their research the College vision of tackling the complex global challenges facing us in the 21st Century, both within and outside academia.

Our new post-doctoral Research Associates are: Stephanie Brown (Dept of Psychiatry), Laura Fachal (Wellcome Sanger Institute), Amir Jassim (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute), Katharina Kessler (Dept. of Veterinary Medicine), Simon Larmour (Institute of Criminology), Mary Murphy (Faculty of Education), Isabel Nimmo (Department of Biochemistry), Célia Raimondi (Babraham Institute), Amelia Soderholm (Dept of Medicine), Zhong-Nan Wang (Dept of Engineering).

Success for our second residential Creative Writing Course

The Lucy Cavendish College Creative Writing Course, open to all prose writers, regardless of experience or gender, is the perfect opportunity for writers to boost their creativity, confidence, and writing skills. Writers spent the week learning from published authors, fellow writers and industry experts, in a relaxed and inspiring atmosphere. Each day featured a writing workshop, a talk by an author, editor or agent, and free time for writing – guiding writers towards publishing success. Writers received feedback on their work in group sessions and in one-to-ones with experts. The residential option included ensuite accommodation and food, including a three-course dinner and drinks reception on Saturday evening. The course this year was led by writer and teacher Miranda Doyle, and Jo Browning Wroe, a writer and Creative Writing Supervisor at Lucy Cavendish College. Guest speakers include authors Catherine Chanter (The Well, The Half Sister), Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott (Swan Song), Frances Maynard (The Seven Imperfect Rules of Elvira Carr) and Sara Collins (The Confessions of Frannie Langton, coming soon), as well as Nelle Andrew, literary agent at PFD, and Gillian Stern, editor and ghost writer.

Lucy Cavendish College successfully launched its first ever, fully-inclusive, Bridging Week

The concept of the College’s unique Bridging Week was introduced to support and bring together all of its first year undergraduate students and aimed to help attendees settle into student and college life from both a social and academic perspective; a structured, comprehensive and diverse induction process.

Before the fun and chaos of Freshers’ Week, the Bridging Week, where food and accommodation was paid for by College, welcomed all students, regardless of background, to experience collegiate and university life at Cambridge. It allowed students to familiarise themselves with their surroundings, visit departments and experience their first Formal Hall. They also got to meet their Tutors, their Directors of Studies and Supervisors. They were given a subject specific piece of work to produce for, or discuss at, a mini supervision (in-college small group teaching session). The College put together a short programme of academic skills workshops and induction sessions to help prepare students for the coming Term. These carried on throughout the year and students were able to access them as and when they needed them.

There was a strong emphasis on socialising, so the new arrivals could meet their whole year group in College and start making friends. It also gave them the opportunity to build a support network. Matriculation took place during the Bridging Week, achieving another milestone before the beginning of term.

Vice-Chancellor announces the Harding Challenge: doubling the impact of donations

The Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen Toope announced the Harding Challenge, made possible by the £100 million gift to the University from David and Claudia Harding earlier this year. This Challenge is an opportunity to enhance the impact of your generosity and multiply the power of your donation. Your donation to College student support will benefit not only students at Lucy Cavendish College but also undergraduates in greatest need across Cambridge, enabling us to do more for them than ever before. It will in turn inspire others. Gifts of any size up to £100,000 qualify — every pound makes a difference.