The refurbished Cripps Court was officially opened on Wednesday December 3^rd by Robert Cripps, whose family’s Cripps Foundation was the major benefactor for the original building in the 1960s and for its refurbishment in the past two years. Mr Cripps unveiled a plaque on the wall of Cripps Court commemorating the re-opening.

The College is delighted to announce that next year?s Ramsay Murray Lecture will be given by the award-winning broadcaster Bridget Kendall, who is the BBC?s diplomatic correspondent. Ms Kendall was educated at Lady Margaret Hall and St Anthony?s College, Oxford, and was a Harkness Fellow at Harvard. She will lecture on the subject of Russia and President Putin, sharing her extensive experience of the country in recent decades.

 

Photographs, painting and crafts were on display in the Chadwick Room under the banner of “Selwyn’s Got Talent”. This was an initiative by the Staff Social Committee to find our artistically-gifted Fellows, students and staff, and to display their work.

 

 

The winner in the photography competition was this image by Hannah Doyle, who is studying for an MPhil in English at Selwyn.

 

 

Selwyn College is deeply saddened by the death today of Professor William Brock at the age of 98. Born in May 1916, he became a Fellow of the College in 1947 – and remained a much-respected part of College life for the next 67 years. We express our condolences to Professor Brock’s family and friends, and to all who knew him at Selwyn during his long and greatly-distinguished career.

Women in German Studies (WIGS) is an annual meeting and acts as a professional network to support female Germanists throughout their careers. The WIGS conference was held at Selwyn this year, and hosted by the College’s Fellow in German, Dr Charlotte Woodford.

Selwyn’s acts of Remembrance this year include:

There was a large attendance in Selwyn’s Chapel on Sunday for a recital of the poetry of Wilfred Owen, preceded and followed by choral music for Remembrance performed by our choir. The picture below shows Peter Owen, Wilfred’s nephew, who was the College’s guest of honour for the event.

Selwyn’s sports teams have had some early success as their 2014-15 campaigns get underway. The men’s rugby team defeated Robinson College 24-5 this week, and our footballers beat Trinity Hall 1-0. The photograph below shows Selwyn rugby players in action against the College Old Boys earlier in October.