Selwyn College is delighted to announce that Dr Mike Sewell will become its Senior Tutor in
succession to Dr James Keeler. Dr Sewell, who is a long-standing Fellow of Selwyn, is currently
Director of Admissions for the Cambridge Colleges and a University lecturer at the Institute of
Continuing Education. He will take up his new role at the start of the calendar year 2016.
The Master of Selwyn, Roger Mosey, said: ‘Mike has a deep attachment to Selwyn and to its academic
standards and pastoral care. He also has huge experience in the University and a commitment to
bringing the brightest people to Cambridge whatever their background and financial means. I am
thrilled that he will be applying his energy and ideas to the role of Senior Tutor.’
Mike Sewell commented: ‘I am honoured to be appointed to this role and look forward to working with
colleagues and students to ensure that Selwyn goes from strength to strength. James Keeler will be
very hard act to follow and I want to pay tribute to him for all that he has done for the
College.’
Dr Sewell read History at Cambridge (Christ’s College) before undertaking a PhD on Anglo-American
relations 1870-1898. He was successively Mellon Research Fellow in US History in the Faculty of
History and Keasbey Research Fellow in American Studies at Selwyn College before his appointment in
1990 as University Lecturer, Academic Director for History and International Relations at what is
now the Institute of Continuing Education. Dr Sewell’s main areas of academic interest are the
history of US foreign relations and the international history of the Cold War. He has been a Tutor
to both undergraduates and postgraduates and a Director of Studies at Selwyn College. Since 2003,
Dr Sewell has been Admissions Tutor for Arts and Social Science subjects at Selwyn. He was Chairman
of the Intercollegiate Admissions Forum from 2004 to 2012.
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