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Sun, 14/06/2015 - 01:00
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Tue, 09/06/2015 - 01:00
The Cambridge May Bumps - the most important inter-collegiate rowing event of the year - took place
from Wednesday June 10th to Saturday June 14th. Overall, it was a disappointing week for the Selwyn
crews: the College finished next to the bottom of the table with a net Pegasus Cup score of -28.
The bright spot was a good performance from the M1 boat, who started at the top of Division 2 and -
Sun, 07/06/2015 - 01:00
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Sat, 06/06/2015 - 01:00
The College hosted a dinner for major benefactors on Saturday June 6th. The Lyttelton dinner is an
annual event in the College calendar, at which we welcome back alumni and friends to thank them for
their support for Selwyn. In the photograph below: the current Master Roger Mosey and his
predecessor Richard Bowring lead guests across Old Court to the new Senior Combination Room for
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Fri, 29/05/2015 - 01:00
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Fri, 22/05/2015 - 01:00
The College held a tea party on Wednesday 20 May to mark the 99th birthday of its former Master, Owen Chadwick. Professor Chadwick was Master from 1956 to 1983, and his distinguished career included being Regius Professor of Modern History and Vice-Chancellor of the University.
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Thu, 14/05/2015 - 01:00
First-year Selwyn student Lola Olufemi has been cast as Othello in a production of the Shakespeare play that will run from
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Sat, 09/05/2015 - 01:00
Former Selwyn students had mixed fortunes in the General Election on May 7th. Two of our alumni were elected to the House of Commons. Graham Stuart (below) won for the
Conservatives in Beverley and Holderness, his third victory in that seat. Graham was chairman of the select committee on education in the last parliament, and he
hosted a reception at the Commons for the college’s boathouse appeal in the Spring of this year.
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Thu, 07/05/2015 - 01:00
The BBC diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall gave the Selwyn College Ramsay Murray lecture on Friday May 1st about Vladimir Putin, Russia and the West. Ms Kendall is a former Moscow correspondent, and she has interviewed Putin and many other world leaders for the BBC. There was a capacity audience for the event, and much praise afterwards for the range and ambition of the lecture. -
Sat, 02/05/2015 - 01:00
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Wed, 17/04/2024 - 12:20
Sweden’s foreign minister Tobias Billström gave a talk at Selwyn on April 16th about why his country has joined NATO. He warned that the world is going through a dangerous phase: not just the Russian attack on Ukraine, but also China’s intentions and the current crisis in the Middle East. These changing circumstances were why Sweden decided to relinquish the neutrality that it has held for more than two centuries.
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Tue, 09/04/2024 - 12:02
An MA graduation ceremony was held in the university Senate House on Saturday April 6th. Selwyn’s graduands gathered in Old Court on a warm, windy Spring day and then made the journey into the centre of the city via West Bye Lane and King’s College.
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Fri, 15/03/2024 - 10:35
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Selwyn three minute thesis competition. It’s an opportunity for undergraduate and postgraduate students to explain their academic work - against the clock.
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Thu, 22/02/2024 - 15:26
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Thu, 08/02/2024 - 12:59
Alumni and friends along with current fellows and students gathered in the magnificent setting of the Drapers' Hall in London to mark the life of our former master Sir David Harrison (1930-2023) and the success already of the fund established in his memory.
