Selwyn
Issue sixteen
Autumn 2009
Selwyn is published annually by the Development & Alumni Relations Office for the members, staff and friends of Selwyn College, Cambridge. Suggestions and contributions from readers are very welcome. The editors wish to thank all those who have assisted in the production of this magazine. Editors: Professor Richard Bowring, Master Mrs Heather Kilpatrick, Development Director Mrs Hannah Courtney, Development Officer Photographs courtesy of: Claudia Bates Howard Beaumont Jane Broach’s Paul Cash Tom Catchesides (www.catchesides.co.uk) Alexander Courtney Laura Gardiner Heidi Gastall Helen Hodges Kate Holloway Francis Howard Emma Inkester Alan Jones Heather Kilpatrick Dorothee Muller Henry Rayment Geoff Robinson Jeremy Sanders Wes Streeting University of Cambridge 800 anniversary team Roger Weston Clive Wilson © Copyright Selwyn College, Cambridge 2009 Design and Publication: Cameron Design & Marketing Ltd www.camerondm.co.uk Front cover: Alex Bates (SE 2005) competing in the pole vault. Development & Alumni Relations Office Selwyn College CAMBRIDGE CB3 9DQ Telephone: 01223 767844 Fax: 01223 767843 Email: alumni-office@sel.cam.ac.uk Web: www.sel.cam.ac.uk Selwyn College, Cambridge is an Exempt Charity (Inland Revenue number X3634)
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Phase II of Ann’s Court completed On the occasion of the opening of Phase I of the Ann’s Court development in September 2005, Dr Chris Dobson (SE 1957) and his wife Ann announced that they would give additional support to the College by making a gift from the Ann D Foundation that would enable Phase II to be built. Design work began on Phase II of Ann’s Court in September 2006 and construction work started in earnest in August 2007. On 12 February 2009 the building was ‘topped out’ with the laying of a coping stone by Chris and Ann. The couple were watched by members of the College, the construction company Morgan Ashurst and the design team. In spite of the bitter cold, the sun shone and for once during those few days there was no snow on the ground. Work continued following the topping out ceremony, although the unusually cold weather meant serious disruption to the
timetable, causing the Bursar no little concern. The delays meant that construction continued during the exam term and arrangements were put into place to minimise disruption to the students and their examinations. Hand-over was just seven days prior to the arrival of the first conference guests, much to the Bursar’s relief. Speaking about the tight schedule he said, ‘I had no contingency plan, other than to run for the hills’. The building’s first occupants arrived in mid-June for a five-day international conference on children’s bone health. The development has provided 40 new en-suite study bedrooms, grouped around nine shared kitchens. There is also space for a Junior Common Room and TV Room within the lower ground floor. Now that the former JCR accommodation in Old Court has been vacated, work has begun on developing a suite of rooms for use by the Fellowship
which will enhance the current space available in the Old and New SCRs. Speaking about the new accommodation block the Master said ‘This magnificent building is the second phase of Selwyn’s ambitious development. It will create a new centre of gravity in the College, giving us muchneeded space for accommodation and undergraduate facilities, and providing Grange Road with another splendid landmark. Yet again, we owe a great debt of gratitude to the Ann D Foundation for their continued support.’ The building will be officially opened by the University’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alison Richard, on Friday 25 September at the start of the University’s 800 anniversary alumni weekend celebrations. Heather Kilpatrick Development Director
Selwyn and Education Mike Good worked as Database Administrator in the College’s Development & Alumni Relations Office for seven years until March 2009, and is the author of the College’s 125 anniversary publication Selwyn Celebrated as well as numerous articles in previous editions of the College newsletter. We are grateful to him for his contributions over the years, and for writing this final reflection on Selwyn’s views on education in this, G A Selwyn’s bicentennial year. 2009 sees the 200 year anniversary of the births of George Augustus Selwyn and his wife Sarah
George Selwyn as a young man.
dear Selwyn; I hope you will not disagree with the man who eats you”. Back in England and still in one piece, after a visit to the Boat Race of 1870, he came across his portrait published in the Sporting Illustrated under the caption ‘the rowing bishop’ (he had taken part in the first University Boat Race of 1829), and ventured that opinions might ‘vary about the pronunciation of rowing, as applied to him’. In matters educational Selwyn was conservative, believing the only worthwhile education to be a religious one, and opposing the draft Universities Tests Act (which was intended to abolish the legal requirement for Oxbridge
George Selwyn in later life.
Harriet (née Richardson), on 5 April and 2 September 1809 respectively. George died in 1878, but Sarah outlived him by nearly 30 years (and her son by almost ten years) and died in March 1907. Selwyn’s bicentenary was marked by a one-day conference in the Cambridge Divinity Faculty on Friday 17 April, at which Archbishop Rowan Williams was present. Events in the Faculty were complemented in College by an exhibition, lunch and Chapel Evensong, with a sermon by the Archbishop. George Augustus was no academic slouch, winning a scholarship from Eton to St John’s College, Cambridge to read Mathematics and Classics in 1827, and elected Fellow there in 1833. This sharp mind lay behind an occasionally sharp tongue; he was known to be a man of decided opinions. On his departure for New Zealand in 1841, the clerical wit Sydney Smith’s valedictory remark was “Good-bye my
of reading, which you do not choose for yourself, is far more profitable than a larger amount of actual knowledge acquired by following your own inclinations. The most valuable branch of education is the discipline of the will…The greatest part of life after all is the hewing of wood and drawing of water, doing what must be done, without any question, whether we like it or not; and the sooner a man comes to that conclusion, the better for his own peace of mind’ (his italics). Such opinions on the moral as opposed to the purely intellectual aspects of education are now decidedly unfashionable, though they have certainly
Sarah Selwyn as a young woman
fellows to be members of the Church of England) in 1869 from the floor of the House of Lords. One of his first actions on arrival in New Zealand in 1842 was the foundation of a composite institution of hospital, schools and theological college at Waimate, transferred after the expiry of the Church Missionary Society’s lease in 1844 to St John’s College, Auckland, where the Theological College still thrives. CMS missionaries already working in New Zealand were impressed with the priority Selwyn gave to the establishment of good schools. But in a letter dated 30 September 1862 to his son John Richardson (later this College’s second and least academically distinguished Master from 1893 to 1898) then studying for the University entrance examination, we find him expressing perhaps surprising sentiments on the benefits of his own education: ‘the subjection of the will to a course
Sarah outlived her husband by nearly 30 years
played their part in the College’s own educational ethos down the years. Bishop Selwyn would no doubt be surprised and delighted to know that after the steady academic improvements of recent years, the College founded in his memory had in 2008 risen to the top of the academic league tables for the first time. But he would rapidly point out – with a twinkle in his eye, of course – that academic achievement ought not to be all that an educational institution is capable of offering its members. Mike Good A more detailed portrait of Selwyn the man can be found in Selwyn Celebrated, available from the Porters’ Lodge or to order through the Development & Alumni Relations Office.
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Longest serving Head? Francis Howard (SE 1963) retires this year and is reputedly this country’s longest-serving Head Teacher. Here, he reflects on his time at Selwyn and his 42-year career at Yateley Manor School. I came to Selwyn from Millfield School in 1963 to read English. I loved going to the Arts Theatre and the Arts Cinema, although my strongest memory is of Pete Smith and I attending the tutorials of Queenie Leavis whom we both realised was a woman who could talk, intelligently, faster than either of us could think. I also joined the Music Club, which started me on a lifelong love of music. When I went down from Cambridge I did my Cert Ed at Keble in Oxford and was
Francis with his wife, Delphina
employed straight away as Head at Yateley Manor. My wife, Delphina, and I met when she joined the school as my secretary in 1975. She is now Bursar and will retire with me. I have witnessed many changes in education over the years. I think
as a matter of policy we treat children with much more fairness and respect now. We’re less formal and hierarchical, partly because society is like that and partly because technology is a great leveller in the classroom. On the other hand, I feel sad for children growing up today with less freedom physically to roam abroad, tested to destruction from the time they enter school onwards, bombarded by commercial pressures to become early consumers and prematurely sexualised. Teaching is much more rigorously prescribed both in content and style (witness the imposition of the Literacy and the Numeracy Hour). Parents are still usually lovely, but there are more single parent families and single child families – relationships and
pressure can become much more intense. Parents and children are more often now driven by the need for success and reward, often cannot see that their own child has any faults, and are much more likely to complain and threaten to resort to legal remedies if they are unsatisfied. I still have a love of literature, reading and listening to music. I still love theatre as much as ever and the Hampshire countryside is beautiful walking country. In retirement I plan to spend more time doing the things I love – reading, walking and listening to music. I would love to try writing some fiction – just to see if I can and if anyone would want to publish it.
A Selwyn President In April this year I was elected for a second and final time to serve as National President of the National Union of Students with a landslide majority – 81% of the vote.
proportion are studying for HE qualifications in a further education college. In fact, the majority of NUS’ seven million members are studying in further education.
facing the College’s finances. The financial health of the College – and the HE sector more broadly – should continue to occupy our interests as graduates.
To say that my role is full-time would be an understatement. The last time I wrote for Selwyn I did so as President of Cambridge University Students’ Union. I would not have predicted then that I would have continued, first as a member of the NUS National Executive and then as NUS’ Vice President (Education), to rise through the ranks of a union that has been part of Britain’s social and political fabric since 1929.
I also represent a generation of students who are feeling particularly ‘crunched’ by the current recession. This year’s graduates are the first of the ‘top-up fee’ generation. They will graduate with debts averaging at just over £20,000 and enter a more competitive graduate jobs market than ever before. I am sure there are many graduates of Selwyn who owe much of their success to their time in Cambridge and who were fortunate enough to have had that experience without the burdens of debt.
Later this year, the Government will announce a review of university top-up fees and HE funding. NUS remains implacably opposed to the current variable fees system and those who seek to emulate the American market model to fund Britain’s universities. But the NUS I lead is also committed to proposing an alternative, in which those who earn more, give more back to support future generations.
The students I represent today are incredibly different from those of a decade ago, let alone several decades ago. The expansion of the higher education sector has diversified the range and missions of our universities and the student body as a whole. I believe the diversity of Britain’s higher education provision is one of its greatest strengths. The majority of students in HE today are mature; 40% are studying part-time and an increasing
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Universities did particularly badly in the recent budget, even though funding for college places and support for tackling youth unemployment was welcomed by NUS. I am regularly struck by the Master and Bursar’s repeated emphasis on the challenges
Our economy depends on increasing numbers of our workforce gaining higher level skills, but our society also needs a strong, well-funded HE sector that provides a space for critical thought and the pursuit of truth, partly for its own sake, but also to produce leaders of industry, public service, politics and civil society. Wesley Streeting (SE 2001)
Conquering new heights Heidi Gastall and Stuart Browning (both Selwyn third-year Chemistry undergraduates) climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in September 2008 in order to raise awareness the Anaphylaxis Campaign. throughout the trip: sixteen porters, a chef and the three guides all made the climb very comfortable. They were professional yet caring and encouraging.
At 4.53 am on Monday 1 September 2008, we reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. This moment made all the planning and anticipation worthwhile, and the trip provided memories to last a lifetime. The first day – 28 August – was a relatively relaxed walk through forest before arriving at our first camp to cups of chai. Surrounded by clouds, we ate delicious food
Our second day on the Machame route led us through the clouds to Shira camp (3840m) for our first view of the summit. The next day, we climbed over the Lava Tower and down to the foot of the Great Barranco Wall for a beautiful sunset. Climbing to a height of 4630m at the Lava Tower and then sleeping lower down is a useful method to acclimatise to the high altitude and avoid acute mountain sickness.
The hard work began the following day, with a seven-hour trek up the Barranco Wall and on to Barafu camp (4550m) where we prepared for our summit attempt later that night. After four hours of restless sleep, we set off. Ascending the mountain seemed as if we were climbing up into the stars, but was the most difficult part as strong winds made breathing difficult. Our target of Stellar Point seemed to move further away with every step I took. We reached it just as the sun was rising, to see into the deep crater at the top of this dormant volcano. There was then just an hour’s gentle walk to the stunning summit, Uhuru Peak (5895m). The descent was very quick, and we swiftly dropped down to Mweka Camp (3100m) for a very jovial dinner. The porters sang beautiful Swahili songs to say
goodbye to us, and we reciprocated with the Swahili version of ‘Wake up, it’s a beautiful morning’, much to the delight of our guides. I climbed to raise awareness about the Anaphylaxis Campaign. This campaign provides support for people with anaphylaxis (lifethreatening allergies), and strives to achieve a safer environment for those who experience severe allergic reactions (e.g. by educating the restaurant and food industry about the importance of preventing food contamination). To find out more, or perhaps donate to this worthy cause, please visit www.anaphylaxis.org.uk. Heidi Gastall (SE 2006)
Goldie-Isis race 2009 Helen Hodges coxed Goldie in the 2009 Boat Race. She came up to Selwyn in 2005 from Westminster School to read a BA in History of Art and is currently reading for an MPhil in Management. She has coxed for various University clubs since her first year and has also raced in the May bumps for Selwyn three times. She now plans to retire from racing and hopes to study abroad next year. Here, she recalls her preparations for, and participation in, this famous race. 29 March saw the culmination of a six-month campaign. It was only when the devastation and disappointment of losing subsided
that those who took part began to appreciate how unique the taking part actually is. My experiences with CUBC in preparation for the Boat Race took me around the world. In early September 2008 I went with a crew to New Zealand to race the University of Waikato, whose crew comprised world champions and Olympic medalists in a race that is possibly more perverse than our own Boat Race against Oxford. Our win there boded well for the season, despite our being labelled
underdogs against Oxford’s squad of five Olympians; likewise, our performances at the Fours Head of the River race in November on the Thames vastly outshone Oxford’s and my crew finished fourth overall, beating all coxless boats and coming in twenty seconds ahead of Oxford’s top boat. Racing aside, an average week would see me spending over 35 hours with the squad of 23, which left rather little time for other
activities, aside from some work here and there. But as anyone who has spent time forming part of a crew to race bumps for College or part of a team elsewhere will know, the friendships and memories made during this time – meeting HRH the Duke of Edinburgh being one – are some of the most enduring and treasured of my time at Selwyn.
Helen Hodges (SE 2005) Our congratulations must also go to Julian Granger-Bevan (SE 2006) who made it onto the CUBC ‘spares’ list for this year’s Boat Race. Selwyn 2009
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Sports Bursary Scheme
Michaelmas Term 2009 will see the launch of the Sports Bursary Scheme. This has the aim of providing Selwyn sportsmen and sportswomen with financial assistance, at both team and individual level, and is intended to build upon the gifts already received from members of the Hermes Club. Further information will follow shortly. If you are interested in helping raise funds for this cause, please get in touch with the Development & Alumni Relations Office.
Sirens’ reformed The last couple of years have seen the quality of women’s sport in Selwyn improve dramatically; not only have Selwyn women’s sports teams been getting steadily better, but the number of women playing sport at University level has also increased. With this in mind we have reformed the Sirens’ Club; a society for Selwyn sportswomen founded in the late 1970s, but which unfortunately died out a few years ago. Not dissimilar to our male counterpart, the Hermes Club, we aim to represent and support Selwyn sportswomen and sports clubs, encourage participation at all levels. Currently the Club boasts an international hockey player and twelve members competing at University level in their respective sports, as well as enthusiastic and committed College captains and team members. We have had a fantastic first year in (re-)existence. A particular highlight was the inaugural Hermes-Sirens’ Dinner in January. Organised in conjunction with the Hermes boys, this was a celebratory event held in Hall for College sportspersons and sports teams. It was by all accounts a great success, with the sportsthemed bop in the Diamond after the meal making the evening a particularly memorable occasion. Another highlight was the design and purchase of Sirens’ scarves and socks, which we wear proudly around College. We have also enjoyed fortnightly meetings and end of term dinners in town. In re-establishing the Club, we have sought to get in touch with as many alumni as possible, and we’ve been delighted to hear from over 140 alumni
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Sirens. It has also been great to hear stories and anecdotes about previous Club activities. A particular favourite was a recount of late ’80s Sirens’ initiations involving throwing buckets of water out of first floor windows while those being initiated raced three-legged round Old Court – we suspect the porters might not be too happy if we decide to revive this tradition! We have also been informed that the President at this time was known to members as ‘Her Scrumptiousness’, and, much to the current President’s embarrassment, this is a tradition that we have revived. Finally, it was fascinating to see several photos of previous generations of Sirens, including one of the founding members taken in 1980. We would love to hear more from alumni, and are also keen to expand our alumni database – if you can help in either of these respects then do get in touch with the Development & Alumni Relations Office. Laura Gardiner (SE 2006) Lauren Addy (SE 2006)
A swimming
success Early in the 2009 Easter term, the weekend of Swimming Cuppers dawned, and the enthusiasm of the Selwyn girls’ and boys’ teams for this event was extremely encouraging. The heats were very well attended, with Selwyn managing to field swimmers in every event, a feat not achieved by many colleges. The team was confident as the Friday evening heats passed by, with our swimmers winning many events, including relays, by a comfortable margin. However, a tense wait followed whilst the Saturday evening heats were fought out between the other colleges, before we found out that most of our swimmers had reached the final, with every women's final including a Selwyn swimmer. The final was very close throughout, with everyone putting in 110%. In the break between individual and relay events, Selwyn was leading the women’s event by one point. Since relays provide double points, there was everything left to play for. A resounding victory in the freestyle relay pushed Selwyn further into the lead, and crowned the women’s team 2009 Cuppers Champions. Final scores were Selwyn 62 points, followed by Robinson with 60 and in third place Pembroke with 54.
The mixed team came joint third overall, and every single team member performed to an excellent standard, of which we are all very proud. Emma Inkester (SE 2006)
Cuppers victory Following on from their 2008 Athletics Cuppers success, the Selwyn men were under pressure to retain the trophy. Here, Alex Bates writes about the team’s recent exploits. The Selwyn Athletics Team has gone from strength to strength this year. With the success of the Selwyn men last year fresh in our minds, the team was keen to show that was not just a one-off event. Over the course of the year, Cambridge University Athletic Club organises two Cuppers competitions, the first in October, ‘Winter Cuppers’, and a second in April, known as ‘CUAC Sports’. This year saw even greater success for Selwyn as the men won both competitions and the women came a very commendable second in Winter Cuppers. For Winter Cuppers, the Selwyn men went out in force to
ensure the famous trophy won last year was not given up lightly. Comprising a team of the College’s best sportsmen, Selwyn triumphed with a score of 232, to Queens’ 179. Unfortunately for the women the weekend ended in disappointment losing to St Catharine’s 223 points to 195. However this was an outstanding achievement in one of the most competitve athletics competitions in years. For CUAC Sports, the men once again came out victorious giving the porters another trophy to show off in the P’Lodge. From CUAC Sports, eight Selwynites were selected for the Varsity Match, one of largest selections from any college. These athletes were: Alex Bates (PV), Ed Moyse (400mH, HJ), Ray Malekout (LJ), Andy Owen (200mH, 400m, 400mH), Greg Dickens (HT), Hermes President Patrick McGarry (HT), Tom Roberts (SP) and Joanna Melluish (HT). All these athletes contributed to the largest Varsity Match victory in modern times, and a fantastic ending to a great year for Selwyn sport. Alex Bates (SE 2005)
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Future Events Please contact the Development & Alumni Relations Office if you would like to enquire about any of the following events. Booking forms and further details are available on the College website at www.sel.cam.ac.uk/alumni/EventsCalendar/index.html. Saturday 5 September 2009 1969 and 1979 Reunion A dinner will be held in College for those celebrating 40 and 30 years since matriculation, with a chance to meet up in Cambridge during the afternoon. Partners are welcome. Overnight accommodation will be available in Selwyn. If you have not already received information and a booking form, and would like to attend, please contact the Development & Alumni Relations Office, or visit the website. Saturday 12 September 2009 1959 Reunion All who matriculated in 1959 are invited to a reunion dinner on 12 September. Partners are welcome. Tours have been organised for the afternoon. Overnight accommodation will be available in Selwyn. If you have not already received information and a booking form, and would like to attend, please contact the Development & Alumni Relations Office, or visit the website. Saturday 26 September 2009 Selwyn Association Annual General Meeting and Dinner All alumni and former Fellows are invited to the Association Annual General Meeting and Dinner. Those who came up in 1999 are particularly encouraged to attend. Partners are welcome. Overnight accommodation will be available in Selwyn. If you have not already received information and a booking form, and would like to attend, please contact the Development & Alumni Relations Office, or visit the website.
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Saturday 17 October 2009 Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire, Lunch A lunch will be held at the Martin's Arms, Colston Bassett. Members and guests welcome. Further details to follow in August. Monday 2 November 2009 Reception and dinner, Oxford and Cambridge Club, London A reception and dinner will be held at the Oxford and Cambridge Club, Pall Mall, London, for all alumni and former Fellows. Further details will follow in late September. Saturday 6 March 2010 1882 Society Dinner All those who have made provision for the College in their Will and are members of the 1882 Society are invited to dine in College on the evening of 6 March. Partners are welcome. Booking forms will be mailed in early December. Saturday 27 March 2010 MA Dinner At the start of 2010, the Tutorial Office will be in touch with all of those who matriculated in 2003, with details about the MA Congregation and College dinner. For further information, please contact the Praelector’s Secretary, Mrs Margaret Hay, on 01223 335897 or at mmh29@cam.ac.uk. Friday 2 July 2010 Commemoration of Benefactors All members who matriculated before 1960 or in 1965, 1975, 1985 or 1995 are invited back to College for Evensong followed by a reception and black tie dinner in Hall. Booking forms will be mailed in April.
Saturday 3 July 2010 Donors’ Garden Party An informal garden party, open to all donors and members of the 1882 Society, will be held in the College grounds. Live music and children’s entertainment will be provided. Guests, including children, are most welcome. Booking forms will be mailed in May. Saturday 4 September 2010 1980 and 1990 Reunion A dinner will be held in College, marking 20 and 30 years since matriculation. Partners are welcome. Overnight accommodation will be available in Selwyn. Further details will be mailed after Christmas.
Selwyn in the US Saturday 26 September 2009 Museum tour and reception All alumni and former Fellows based in or around New York are invited to a tour and reception at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. If you have not already received information and a booking form, and would like to attend, please contact the Development & Alumni Relations Office, or visit the website.
Saturday 11 September 2010 1960 and 1970 Reunion All who matriculated in 1960 or 1970 will be invited back to College to celebrate 40 and 50 years since they came up. Partners are welcome. Overnight accommodation will be available in Selwyn. Further details will be mailed after Christmas. Saturday 25 September 2010 Selwyn Association Annual General Meeting and Dinner All alumni and former Fellows are invited to the Association Annual General Meeting and Dinner. Those who matriculated in 2000 are particularly encouraged to attend.
Saturday 5 December and Thursday 10 December 2009 University 800 celebration events The Development Director will be attending the New York Gala on 5 December and the San Francisco reception on 10 December and hopes to see many friends during the visit. Alumni events are planned around these two occasions, details of which will follow in September.
2010 Reunions Chapel Choir, Michaelmas Term 2009 Sunday 8 November, 8.30 p.m. Concert, Selwyn College Chapel Music: Duruflé’s Requiem In association with Selwyn College Music Society Tuesday 17 November, 7.30 p.m. John Armitage Memorial Concert, King’s College Chapel, Cambridge Sung by Selwyn, Jesus and Girton choirs This forms a part of the Cambridge Music Festival Wednesday 18 November, 7.30 p.m. John Armitage Memorial Concert, St Margaret’s, Westminster Tuesday 8 December, 1.10 p.m. Christmas Concert, Bury St Edmunds RC Church Wednesday 9 December, 7.30 p.m. Christmas Concert, All Saints’ Church, Pickwell, Rutland
Lent term 2010 Saturday 16 January, 7.30 p.m. Concert, King’s College Chapel, Cambridge Joint with CUMS I, and Trinity and Jesus choirs Music: Britten’s War Requiem Sunday 14 February, 7.30 p.m. Valentine’s Concert, Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds Saturday 27 February, 5.00 p.m. Evensong, Tewkesbury Abbey
Easter term 2010 Sunday 18 April Services at Westminster Abbey Choral Matins: 10.00 a.m., Eucharist: 11.15 a.m., Evensong: 3.00 p.m. For further information about the choir, or any of the above choir engagements, please contact the Director of Music in Chapel, Sarah MacDonald, on 01223 335877 or at seam100@cam.ac.uk.
1960 matriculation reunion – 11 September 2010 Selwyn is arranging for us and our partners to meet for a dinner in College on Saturday 11 September, preceded by the possibility of optional afternoon tours in the city. I guess most of us will have retired by now but with diaries fuller than when we were working, it is important to peg the date. Whether it was the Mitre Players, the Selwyn/Homerton Choir, the Hermes Club or possibly even the Boat Club that engaged us in the 60s, next year will be the time to relive the memories of 50 years ago and I shall certainly be looking forward to catching up with lots of friends then. James Trevelyan Year Representative for 1960 1970 Year Group Representative sought We are looking for a willing volunteer to act as year group rep for those who matriculated in 1970. Next year marks the thirtieth anniversary since your matriculation, and a special event is being planned for 11 September 2010. If you are interested, please contact the Development & Alumni Relations Office. 1980 matriculation reunion – 4 September 2010 Hard though it is to believe, it will soon be 30 years since the Selwyn College 1980 intake first encountered each other one early October day. Over the following three years, this group established important, and often lasting, relationships that for some have remained active to this day, and for others are now for the most part pleasant memories. I think you will be interested to hear that the College is organising a reunion of our year group, on Saturday 4 September 2010. All who matriculated in 1980 are warmly invited back to Selwyn for this. The main part of the reunion is a formal dinner in Hall in the evening (partners welcome but not obligatory!), but there will also be a chance to meet up during the day (more details later). Those who made it to the 25-year anniversary dinner which was organised a few years back all said how much they enjoyed meeting up with old friends again, and looking around the College
(it has changed quite a bit!). They encouraged us to organise another one, so we have done so. I really hope you can carve out the time for this. The more people who manage to make it, the more enjoyable it will be for everyone. If anyone is interested in helping to drum up support for this event, please contact the Development & Alumni Relations Office or me (spargosindeal@aol.com). Peter Spargo Year Representative for 1980 1990 matriculation reunion – 4 September 2010 Twenty years on … There will be a reunion for those who matriculated at Selwyn in 1990, plus their partners and children, on Saturday 4 September 2010. The intention is to make the event as inclusive as possible, with child-friendly activities in the afternoon, followed by an adultsonly dinner in the evening. Brunel James is coordinating the event, and would welcome suggestions from the 1990 group about how to make the most of this opportunity (bruneljames@orange.net). Brunel James Year Representative for 1990 2000 matriculation reunion – 25 September 2010 Crikey! In 2010 it’s going to be ten years since we arrived as bonnyfaced freshers at the gates of Selwyn Towers expecting to absorb wisdom and counsel from learned scholars. Wisdom turned out to be realising that Cindies with the light on is worrying, and counsel was not arguing with the ladies behind the bar. Anyway, College is planning to hold a dinner to mark our ten years. The planned date is 25 September 2010, which coincides with the University Alumni Weekend. We would like to get as many of the 2000 intake to the dinner as possible, and maybe roll this over to a Sunday lunch, probably in Grantchester. So please put it in your diary and we will be writing out with more information over the coming months. All the best, wherever you are and whatever you may be doing... David Cockayne Year Representative for 2000
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Row, row, row… The weekend of 13-14 June saw a number of alumni come together for an enjoyable weekend of rowing nostalgia which included watching the May Bumps, attending the Boat Club Dinner and the chance to get in a boat on the Cam.
The 1959 first Lent boat, of whom six revisited College this June
A group of 1973-76 vintage gathered for the occasion, including Charlotte Matts (formerly Carey) who was amongst the first female students to arrive at Selwyn and make their mark on College sport. The 1959 crew reunited as well, with six of the original nine present, as well as Julia Pollard proudly representing her late father, Patrick Fordham. It was noted that the line-up can now boast both a CBE and an MBE making for a rather distinguished crew. Finally, six of the original 1969 first Mays Blades Crew managed an outing on the river including Mike Gardiner, Dick Harrison, Huw Champion, Graham Davenport, Bob Shannon and Peter Collier.
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Top: The 1969 first Mays Blades Crew reunite with the help of two subs Bottom: A 1973-76 reunion.
Adam Clifton and Jennifer Thomson report on the College’s rowing year. As SCBC had a smaller number of returning seniors than in previous years and a number of trialists we were fortunate to get such a promising intake of novices who went on to form the core of a successful M2. In the Fairburn Cup, M1 finished in the top fifteen for the first time in a long while as well as racing successfully in the IVs division.
This year the SCWBC had a good intake of novice rowers. Both the novice boats successfully competed in Clare Novice regatta and Fairbairn’s with NW2 becoming one of the highest novice boats on the river. This led to a strong Lent term of rowing, which resulted in the first boat gaining blades, an accomplishment which has not been seen from a Selwyn first boat for a number of years. The second boat held their ground in a tough division.
M1 once again dropped two places in May bumps, but M2 bumped up three, regaining their place in the M2 division.
May term was again competitive with strong first and second boats. The Women’s first boat started fifth in the second division. With the boats all around being of the same standard they rowed over three days and bumped on the last. Therefore they finished fourth in the second division. The Women’s second boat started twelfth in the third division. They bumped up on the first day then rowed over before being bumped by two very fast crews. The end result was thirteenth position. All in all, this year has been quite successful for the Women’s side of SCBC hopefully setting us up strong for the next few years.
Adam Clifton (SE 2006)
Jenny Thomson (SE 2008)
Lent saw late crew changes and training hampered by flooding, but some very strong rowing despite an eventual down two for M1. M2 finished up one place despite their inexperience. Both M1 and M2 competed at the Head of the River Race in London.
Events Gazeteer As ever, 2008-2009 has seen a busy round of events and reunions taking place both in College and around the country. On 13 September 2008, the 1978 and 1988 matriculands gathered for their 20 and 30 year reunions. 1958 and 1968 held their celebration the following week. Sunand Prasad (SE 1969, RIBA President) and Paul Finch (SE 1968, editor of Architectural Review and other publications) took a group of 1968 matriculands on a tour of the buildings on the Sidgwick Site. Other reunion activities included punting along the Cam and enjoying a tour of the Fitzwilliam Museum. September 2008 Alumni Weekend saw a Selwyn boat on the river. An alumni VIII and an alumni IV both had outings and a chance to spar against several Fitzwilliam alumni crews. The VIII comprised rowers who matriculated in 1998 while the IV included rowers from the 1960s as well as Chris Lloyd, Selwyn’s boatman. The IV did well, beating a Peterhouse IV over 600m down the reach and drawing with the Fitzwilliam alumni IV. The Selwyn VIII were unlucky to lose to the Fitzwilliam VIII but overall it was a greatly enjoyed afternoon’s rowing. Monday 12 January saw a new departure for alumni events. Under the auspices of the
newly-formed Selwyn London Group, current students travelled to London for drinks and sandwiches at the Oxford and Cambridge Club in Pall Mall, and an opportunity to chat with a number of London-based alumni about a range of careers. Following on from the success of this event, a further careers evening has been planned for October 2009. As part of this initiative the Development & Alumni Relations Office is looking to create an expanded careers networking scheme, details of which can be found in a questionnaire enclosed with this Newsletter. On Saturday 18 April 2009 we welcomed a large number of undergraduates and their parents for our second annual Parents’ Lunch in Hall. The student organising Committee (comprising Katie Hickman and James Cook) hosted the guest speaker, Professor Colin Humphreys (SE 1989), who not only regaled the assembled group with outrageous anecdotes about Cambridge and university life but also encouraged those students present not to measure their worth in financial terms and to take the opportunities afforded them to make a
difference in these currently turbulent and troubled times. A gathering of a different kind took place in Gloucester on Saturday 30 May, when 30 alumni and guests enjoyed a tour of the beautiful Gloucester Cathedral, famously used as the setting for the BBC’s adaptation of Joanna Trollope’s The Choir and as Hogwarts School in the Harry Potter films. Details of the building’s stunning architecture were brought to life by tour guides Robin Lunn (SE 1956 and Gloucester Cathedral tour guide) and John Lawrence (of Emmanuel College). Gloucester was abuzz on the day with a tall ships festival at the docks and some familiar historical figures in and around the Cathedral precincts. Following the tour we enjoyed a delicious two-course buffet lunch in the Cathedral’s medieval Parliament Room, after which Mike Young (SE 1957 and Selwyn Association Secretary) updated the group on events in College. Heather Kilpatrick Development Director
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Jeremy Sanders:
My 800 Anniversary Year Professor Jeremy Sanders became a Fellow of Selwyn College in 1976 and works within the Department of Chemistry in the University. He is also Head of the School of Physical Sciences as well as Deputy Vice-Chancellor, and is Chair of the University’s 800 Anniversary Committee. Here he speaks about his work, and his role in the 800 celebrations.
The theme of the year is Transforming Tomorrow: Cambridge transforms the people who work and study here, and it transforms the world through the ideas that it produces. The year opened with bell-ringing and a spectacular light show on the walls of the Senate-House and the Old Schools. The light show, seen by over 10,000 people during three chilly January evenings, was a pageant of Cambridge history and achievements. The highlights of the show were two series of amusing new sketches by the illustrator Quentin Blake, featuring Newton and Darwin. You can watch it at www.800.cam.ac.uk/page/85/800th-anniversary-light-show.htm On 18 July we will be holding a party in the Botanic Gardens for almost 10,000 University and college employees and their families, and four days later a BBC Prom concert will feature performers and composers with Cambridge connections, including members of Selwyn Chapel Choir. The finale at the end of the year is still at an early planning stage. Cambridge Ideas is a series of on-line videos and podcasts on our website, highlighting the contributions being made today in Cambridge to solving some of the world’s pressing problems: so far these include the credit crunch, science and terrorism, the genetics of obesity and how to tackle the looming energy problem. Other activities and events initiated by staff and students thread throughout the year, providing entertainment and education for all ages and interests. A football match between Cambridge United and Oxford United raised over £3000 for Camfed, our charity of the year, which provides educational opportunities for girls in Africa. The 800 celebration is separate from the fund-raising development campaign, but the two operations collaborate closely. As a Deputy VC, I also chair other committees, mainly in the Clinical School interviewing potential lecturers across the whole spectrum of clinical areas. However, my main job since January 2009 has been as Head of the School of Physical Sciences. I am responsible for eight departments, making up about a fifth of the University’s academic activity: Applied
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Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry, Geography, Earth Sciences, Materials Science and Metallurgy, Physics, and Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics. That covers operational and strategic aspects of teaching, research, appointments, finance and buildings embracing over 2000 undergraduates, 800 PhD students, 300 academic staff, and 1000 support and research staff. The range of science that I need to embrace is wonderfully stimulating. As a professor in the Chemistry Department, I have a lab and research group, exploring new ways of understanding molecular recognition. In a typical week I have numerous informal meetings with my PhD students and postdocs about their research, with the 800 anniversary team, and with administrators and heads of department about school and department matters; I chair or attend assorted formal meetings all over the University; I also go to research lectures in various areas, deal with an endless stream of e-mails and telephone calls and have too many working dinners. And outside Cambridge there are also meetings and research lectures, which often afford some quiet time on trains… Serious reading and writing are limited to early mornings, weekends, and the occasional quiet evening. We also try to fit in music and theatre: I write this in the week after we enjoyed Janácek’s Katya Kabanova at the Arts Theatre and Handel’s Ariodante (thanks to Andrew Jones) in West Road. ^
In 1209 a group of scholars left Oxford and settled in a small town south of the Cambridgeshire fens. The University of Cambridge has decided that this event marks its foundation, and so this year we are celebrating our 800 anniversary (see www.800.cam.ac.uk for details). I chair the Committee that oversees the whole celebration; an excellent professional team actually does the organisational work. The honorary – unpaid – title of Deputy ViceChancellor gives me some apparent status in negotiations.
I have been a Fellow of Selwyn since 1976, and was initially quite involved in Selwyn’s academic life, but in 1992 I became Assistant Head of the Chemistry Department and since then have been pulled ever more strongly away from College into the broader management of the University. I hope that those members who wonder why I am so rarely in Selwyn have a better idea of how I spend my time. I do come in occasionally, greatly enjoy the experience, and then wonder why I don’t do it more often! Jeremy Sanders (SE 1976)
Focus on the Master As part of our continuing series of profiles, the Development Director interviewed the Master about his early years, his academic career and his current interests. Richard Bowring was brought up in the North Somerset countryside, between Clevedon and Bristol. His father was finance officer for a group of psychiatric hospitals in the Bristol area and his mother was a primary school teacher and librarian. Having failed his eleven plus, he eventually managed to gain a place at Blundell’s School in Tiverton, where he boarded, and it was in his last year at Blundell’s that interest in Japan and Japanese began to take shape, although he finds it difficult to pinpoint the reasons. He recalls looking up Japan in the Encyclopaedia Britannica and finding that the Jesuit Francis Xavier had been convinced that Japanese was the language of the devil it was so difficult. He also remembers a comment by his History Master that the Battle of Tsushima, where Japan sank the Russian Baltic fleet, was one of the most important of modern times; and a book of Chinese calligraphy played its part. Perhaps his choice also included an element of rebellion, since his House Master had already complained of his choice of German for A-level as the ‘language of the enemy’. Japanese was clearly going one better.
After completing Part II he moved to Hong Kong to work as a management trainee with Cathay Pacific Airways. He travelled widely in South-East Asia and was eventually transferred to the Tokyo office. Susan, a Newnham graduate whom he had met in his last term at Cambridge, moved to Tokyo at that time and they were married in the British Consulate in 1970.
He came up to Cambridge to study Japanese along with five other students, three of whom left after the two-year Part I. Three remained to graduate. Classes were held in a large old house on Brooklands Avenue, which was a good hike from Downing for 9.00 am lectures. Each subject was allotted one room, with a small library set around the walls.
After a year in Tokyo, he decided that a career in business was not for him and he returned to Cambridge to read for a PhD in Japanese literature. He subsequently won a Leverhulme scholarship to travel back to Tokyo and turn the thesis into a book. His first teaching position was at Monash in Melbourne, where he stayed for two years and where their daughter, Imogen, was born. He then moved to an Assistant Professorship at Columbia, but one year of life with a young child on the edge of Harlem in the late 1970s persuaded him to accept the offer of a post at Princeton, where he stayed until his return to Cambridge in the summer of 1984. Within six months a Chair of Japanese was established in the Faculty, a post that he has held ever since. Japanese had in fact been in danger of closure before he returned so his first task was to raise more funds. The timing was propitious and he eventually managed to raise enough endowment to support three lectureships and to create the East Asian Reading Room (Aoi Pavilion) in the University Library.
In the summer of his first year, he had the opportunity to kayak through Japan’s Inland Sea and out into the Pacific as far as Tokyo as part of an Anglo-American National Geographic expedition. Despite having had only six months of language training, he was one of two interpreters for the group. The first word he learned on arrival was, appropriately enough, ‘coastguard’. ‘Strong wind’ and ‘large wave’ came later.
He was nicely settled until early in 2000 he received a letter from John Morrill asking whether he might be interested in the Mastership of Selwyn. His name had apparently bubbled up in several quarters. The process of selection was exhaustive (and undoubtedly exhausting for the Fellows) and took about nine months. He was duly elected Master September 2000. Mrs Bowring works nearby in the University’s Old Schools, where she is the University Draftsman in charge of, among other things, the daunting Statutes and Ordinances. Professor Bowring continues with his University teaching and research. In 2005 he published The Religious Traditions of Japan 500-1600. ‘My next book will concentrate on 1600–1868, and is a continuation of the religious and intellectual history of Japan’, he says.
Richard Bowring (far right, wearing a white bandana) kayaking in the Pacific coast off Japan
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wwweb services The internet has become one of the most popular and accessible methods of communication over the past few decades. It is for this reason that Selwyn has steadily increased the amount of information available on the College website, with a range of facilities now on offer. We understand that not everybody has an internet connection, nor do they all have a desire to, so we do not have any plans to stop our more traditional methods of communication. Read on to learn a little about what the alumni pages of the website offer. www… Online directory The Online Directory provides an electronic alternative to the old-style paper version, the last edition of which was produced in 1998 just before the Government introduced legislation that prohibited such publications. The on-line version differs in the respect that each member can choose how much of their personal data is visible to the rest of the Selwyn community, and is therefore in accordance with the Data Protection Act. To access the Directory, go to http://alumni.sel.cam.ac.uk. Once you have entered your log-in details, you will be able to alter your own profile, and read those of your contemporaries. Any information you type in is automatically sent to the Development & Alumni Relations Office, so it is an easy way to keep the College up-to-date with your current details. If you do not have a password, please contact us. The Directory was launched in March 2008 and within six months well over one thousand people had registered. This number has continued to grow, and the Directory has proved to be a valuable resource to those who use it. We would encourage all those who have not yet signed up to do so.
www… Events Booking forms and details about all events organised by the Development & Alumni Relations Office are available at www.sel.cam.ac.uk/alumni/ EventsCalendar. In addition to listing costs and timings, useful information about accommodation, parking and what’s on is provided.
www… Alumni bulletin board This is a new departure for the College, and still on trial. The aim of this service will be to allow alumni to advertise any events (e.g. concerts, lectures, lunches) on the website that they feel will be of interest to other members. In addition there is a year groups noticeboard designed to enable
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you to flag up information that would be of interest to your contemporaries. It is not intended to be used to advertise business services. The noticeboards are available at www.sel.cam.ac.uk/alumni/Notices/ noticeboard.html. If you would like to add to them, please contact us.
www… Year Representatives A complete list of year and country representatives is available at www.sel.cam.ac.uk/alumni/Yeargroups. The website offers the facility to e-mail any of the representatives, through secure on-line forms, if you wish to do so.
www… Publications In Michaelmas 2008, the first on-line edition of the Newsletter was posted on the website. In addition to displaying all the published articles, we include links to related websites, and a wider range of photographs. On this page, you are also able to fill in a form to submit an entry for the ‘Members News’ section of the annual College Calendar. The deadline for the 2008-09 edition has now passed, but if you would like to include anything in the 2009-10 Calendar, please do visit www.sel.cam.ac.uk/alumni/Publications.
www… Giving to Selwyn This section of the website outlines the different ways in which you can give to the College, whether it be a standing order, through your employer, or by including Selwyn in your Will. Information about our current campaigns and tax-efficient giving can also be found here. Donation forms can be downloaded, or you can give through our quick and easy to use online facility. See www.sel.cam.ac.uk/alumni/giving
www… Merchandise These pages show a complete catalogue of merchandise available from the College, along with a downloadable order form. Please see www.sel.cam.ac.uk/alumni/Selwynmerchandise.
A Phantom in Chapel Selwyn College Music Society plays an important part in the life of the College, putting on a series of weekly concerts throughout term-time, with the David Briggs concert being the largest venture of the last academical year. The Society is largely run by undergraduate Committee members who were proud and honoured to welcome such a distinguished performer to College.
Valentine’s Day this year saw a rather different sort of celebration in Selwyn to the traditional dinner for two. David Briggs, a world-renowned organist who specialises in the art of improvisation, performed an improvised organ accompaniment to the 1929 silent black and white film Phantom of the Opera in Selwyn Chapel. Selwyn is fortunate to have a fantastic organ and it was a pleasure to hear it played so expertly to such a packed Chapel. The evening, organised and run by Selwyn College Music Society was well supported by the student population, as well as by members of the public. The concert whisked Selwyn Chapel into the twenty-first century for the evening, with the erection of a large screen in front of the altar for the projection of the film. Meanwhile, a monitor on the organ’s music stand was linked to the projection at the front of Chapel, ensuring that Briggs’ original, improvised accompaniment would be perfectly synchronised with the film showing to the audience. Although this was David’s umpteenth performance, the visiting projectionist (who works extensively with him) assured us that each and every improvisation has been different – an incredible testimony to Briggs’ creativity. David was organ scholar at King’s College, Cambridge and, although he now lives in America, he returns to England regularly to give master classes at the Royal Northern College of Music as well as in Oxford and Cambridge and to give performances in top venues around the United Kingdom. With such stunning improvisation skills, it was refreshing to discover that David Briggs’ performance was accessible for any audience member. His talent was equally appreciated by music lovers, organ enthusiasts and film fanatics. For the improvisation in Selwyn, David included references to various staple works of the classical repertoire as well as some more comical references to popular tunes such as Yellow Submarine and Row, row, row your boat. All in all, it was a wonderful evening, showcasing Selwyn’s excellent organ and adding another exciting event to Selwyn College Music Society’s concert calendar. Briggs’ impressive talent was a joy to experience, and he made the evening a very special occasion which will be remembered in Selwyn for a long time. Kate Holloway (SE 2007)
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Year Group Representatives
Alumni services
1947 Stan Bunnell
Tel: 020 8455 3379
1954 Michael Day
daysludlow@yahoo.co.uk
1959 Alfred Waller
alfred@wallerfawley.co.uk
1960 James Trevelyan
jwitrevelyan@yahoo.co.uk
1962 David Denton
tripled@fsmail.net
1963 Andrew Millinger
andrew.millinger@virgin.net
1964 Roger Le Clercq
rogerleclercq@btconnect.com
1965 Mike Walton
mike.walton@waitrose.com
1966 John Barnard
therealjb@tiscali.co.uk
1967 Michael Rowles
michael.rowles@bristows.com
1968 Michael Folger
mfolg@aol.com
1969 Nick Mercer
nick.mercer@london.anglican.org
1974 Nigel Hirst
nhirst@hadenfreeman.com
1976 Charlotte Carey Matts
ccareymatts@aol.com
Friends of the Choir Friends of the Choir, launched to great success in 2008, exists to keep people in touch with the progress of the current Chapel Choir, and to provide financial support for it. For a small subscription, all Friends receive regular updates about the Choir, and have the chance to come back each year to sing with other Choir alumni, and to dine together afterwards. Anybody who did not sing with the Choir, but is interested in joining, is most welcome. For further information, please contact the Development & Alumni Relations Office or go to www.sel.cam.ac.uk/chapel/choir /#friends
1977 Malcolm Burwell
mcburwell@aol.com
1978 Gareth Quarry
gareth.quarry@ssq.com
1979 Kevin Brown
kevin@epublish.co.uk
1980 Peter Spargo
spargosindeal@aol.com
1981 Catherine Wightwick (née Carr) catherine@wightwick.co.uk 1982 Stephen Speak
stephen@speakfamily.com
1984 Peter Thacker
peter@pthacker.com
1985 Vanessa Webster
vanessa@vanessawebster.com
1986 Mark Carey
m.carey@moodmedia.com
1987 Anna-Louise Brown (née Parkin) anna-louise@wealthbuild.com.au 1988 Sarah Johnston Matt Sloan 1989 Adrian McAra Francis Simon
sarahlouisejohnston@gmail.com mattsloan@discover.com adrianmcara@tiscali.co.uk fransimons@mac.com
1990 Brunel James
bruneljames@orange.net
1991 Sian Walters
walterssian@hotmail.com
1992 Karen Knighton
karen_knighton@hotmail.com
1993 Graeme Daykin
Graeme.daykin@mac.com
1994 Mary Clegg
marylclegg@hotmail.com
Charlotte Dalton
charlotte.dalton@btinternet.com
Liz Ross Martyn
lizrossmartyn@yahoo.co.uk
1995 Jonathan Halliwell
hallisax@yahoo.com
1996 Matthew Cheeseman
egp05mjc@sheffield.ac.
Selwyn London Group Selwyn London Group has recently been formed, with the main aim of organising a range of events in London throughout the year. The programme is arranged by a small committee, who are all current members of the Alumni Association Committee. They receive administrative support from the Development & Alumni Relations Office. The work of the group is designed to complement the existing events programme that the College offers. London Group events will be advertised on the College website at www.sel.cam.ac.uk/alumni/Events Calendar and by e-mail to those who have opted to receive notifications this way. If you would like to be added to the e-mail notification list, or would like to receive the information by post, please contact the Development & Alumni Relations Office.
uk ruthlongmaid@hotmail.com
Selwyn College Mailing Policy
1997 Claire Wood
c_e_wood@hotmail.com
1998 Rebecca Candy (née Chesson)
becky.candy@cantab.net
1999 Dominic Ashcroft
dominic.ashcroft@gs.com
Selwyn College keeps in touch with members and friends with a number of mailings throughout the year.
2000 David Cockayne
david.cockayne@nyypct.nhs.uk
2001 Amit Bhola
amit.bhola@citi.com
Ruth Longmaid
Jack Butler
jack@future-foundations.co.uk
James Thompson
james_thompson44@hotmail.com
2002 Kelly Bond Shiraz Masood
We hope that you are happy for us to contact you in this way, but if you would prefer not to receive mailings, please contact the Development & Alumni Relations Office.
Keeping in Touch We are always very happy to hear of your news and achievements, so please stay in touch by contacting us in the Development & Alumni Relations Office or by logging into our recently launched Online Directory at http://www.alumni.sel.cam.ac.uk. This directory replaces the printed College Directory and is a great way to ensure that you are looking at the latest contact information for your contemporaries and friends. All members for whom we hold valid contact details will have been provided with log-in user names and passwords. If you have not received this information, have lost your password, or are only recently back in touch with the College, please contact the Development & Alumni Relations Office at: alumni-office@sel.cam.ac.uk or 01223 767844. All details that you enter in the Directory will automatically be passed onto the College’s main alumni database, but please note that if you directly inform the office of changes by other means (e.g. by e-mail or phone), these updates will not be transferred to your Directory entry, since you have control over the data appearing there. Dining Rights Those of you who are MAs or who have taken any other masters or higher degrees are entitled to dine at High Table on three evenings per year on Tuesdays or Thursdays, providing there are at least six current Fellows present. You may bring a guest at your own expense. To book, please contact the Catering and Conference Office on 01223 335855 or at catering@sel.cam.ac.uk. Staying in College We have a small number of guest rooms available to alumni throughout the year. These are basic rooms and are usually in one of our hostels. To book, contact the Porters’ Lodge on 01223 335846 or porters@sel.cam.ac.uk.
klb49@cantab.net shiraz@cantab.net
Development & Alumni Relations Office, Selwyn College, Cambridge CB3 9DQ Telephone: 01223 767844 Fax: 01223 767843 Email: alumni-office@sel.cam.ac.uk Web: www.sel.cam.ac.uk