The College is deeply sad to report the death of Ruth Chadwick. Ruth’s service to the College over the years in partnership
with her husband Owen was immense; and they were a welcoming presence for generations of Selwyn students during Professor
Chadwick’s long Mastership. It was heartwarming that, even with her illness in recent years, she was able to come to the most
On Saturday 20th June, the grounds of Selwyn will be transformed as the May Ball Committee welcomes students, alumni, staff and guests to celebrate the end of May Week in style. This marks the restoration of a May Ball to the College calendar after a number of years’ absence.
The Master of Selwyn, Roger Mosey, appeared on Radio 4’s Today programme in an item about the
proposed television
debates during the 2015 General Election campaign. In a live discussion with Lord Grade, he said
that he hoped all the party
leaders would take part, but that a single party leader’s refusal to do so should not be allowed
to scupper the whole idea.
You can hear an extract from the broadcast on the BBC website:
The former Labour education and home secretary, David Blunkett MP, visited the College on Thursday January 8th. He spoke to students in the Master’s Lodge about his career and current issues, and then had dinner in Hall with some of the Fellows.
The Selwyn choir returns to Cambridge to face two demanding events. The first is a recording session of Christmas music. It will take place in the College Chapel and aims to capture the success of the choir's pre-Christmas engagements in Cambridge, Bury St Edmunds and London. The recording will be on sale towards the end of 2015.
Selwyn are out of this year’s University Challenge after losing 235 points
to 100 against St Peter’s College, Oxford. It was a second round match, and Selwyn
were unable to capture the form that saw them knock out previous champions Manchester in
round one. There are now just two Cambridge Colleges left in the competition: Trinity and
Caius. Below is a picture of the Selwyn team on a happier occasion in the College gardens,
This year’s Selwyn College Christmas card has an image created by one of our undergraduates, Nicky Collins. He is studying natural sciences, and is also a keen photographer. He explains the picture, which he titled “A Song of Fire and Ice”, chosen for the card:
The Selwyn College Choir completed five Carol Services in less than a week during its busiest period in December: two in Cambridge, two in London and one in Bury St Edmunds.
Our first photograph shows the service in the College Chapel, after the lights had been dimmed and the candles lit for the final Carol “Hark The Herald Angels Sing”.
Selwyn College is pleased to announce that it will be offering six Graduate studentships with effect from the next academic year. They will be:
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.
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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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.
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.
