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🎉 Today we’re proud to announce the #CambridgeJudge 2025 Excellence in Teaching Awards and the Honours for Impactful Reach and Significance winners!
🌟 Impact & significance honours: https://loom.ly/zZLorgY
🌟 Excellence in Teaching Awards: https://loom.ly/kldfqAo
#Impact
🌟 Impact & significance honours: https://loom.ly/zZLorgY
🌟 Excellence in Teaching Awards: https://loom.ly/kldfqAo
#Impact
Honours for impactful reach and significance - News & insight - Cambridge Judge Business School
Faculty members Helen Haugh, Feryal Erhun and Khaled Soufani win impact awards from Cambridge Judge Business School.
www.jbs.cam.ac.uk
December 3, 2025 at 11:34 AM
🎉 Today we’re proud to announce the #CambridgeJudge 2025 Excellence in Teaching Awards and the Honours for Impactful Reach and Significance winners!
🌟 Impact & significance honours: https://loom.ly/zZLorgY
🌟 Excellence in Teaching Awards: https://loom.ly/kldfqAo
#Impact
🌟 Impact & significance honours: https://loom.ly/zZLorgY
🌟 Excellence in Teaching Awards: https://loom.ly/kldfqAo
#Impact
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The 2025 Parnell Lecture in Irish Studies takes place today at 5:15pm, Cripps Court Auditorium, @magdalenecollege.bsky.social. Professor Colin Barr will be speaking on 'The Irish Pope: Paul Cullen, 1803-1878', with a wine reception to follow.
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The 2025 Parnell Lecture in Irish Studies takes place today at 5:15pm, Cripps Court Auditorium, @magdalenecollege.bsky.social. Professor Colin Barr will be speaking on 'The Irish Pope: Paul Cullen, 1803-1878', with a wine reception to follow.
Magdalene’s 2024-25 Impact Report is out now. It shares how support from Members and Friends strengthens College life and helps students. Read the report here: www.magd.cam.ac.uk/impact-report
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Magdalene’s 2024-25 Impact Report is out now. It shares how support from Members and Friends strengthens College life and helps students. Read the report here: www.magd.cam.ac.uk/impact-report
Magdalene Fellow Tim Coombs has recently co-authored a report on how high-temperature superconducting cables could be the solution for moving renewable energy from offshore platforms and remote fields to the places that need it.
Read more:
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Read more:
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
November 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Magdalene Fellow Tim Coombs has recently co-authored a report on how high-temperature superconducting cables could be the solution for moving renewable energy from offshore platforms and remote fields to the places that need it.
Read more:
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Read more:
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Prof Gina Neff is one of the guests on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. About half an hour into the episode, she'll discuss the new frontier of chatbots and how they are affecting young people's health in the UK.
Watch here:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Watch here:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Prof Gina Neff is one of the guests on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. About half an hour into the episode, she'll discuss the new frontier of chatbots and how they are affecting young people's health in the UK.
Watch here:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Watch here:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
From Boston to Nashville, Managing 'Macbeth'
Magdalene Finalist Miss Tally Arundell (2023) was one half of the Tour Management team for the ‘Cambridge American Stage Tour: Macbeth’.
Read the full story:
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/.../boston-n....
📷 Grace Garrett
Magdalene Finalist Miss Tally Arundell (2023) was one half of the Tour Management team for the ‘Cambridge American Stage Tour: Macbeth’.
Read the full story:
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/.../boston-n....
📷 Grace Garrett
November 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
From Boston to Nashville, Managing 'Macbeth'
Magdalene Finalist Miss Tally Arundell (2023) was one half of the Tour Management team for the ‘Cambridge American Stage Tour: Macbeth’.
Read the full story:
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/.../boston-n....
📷 Grace Garrett
Magdalene Finalist Miss Tally Arundell (2023) was one half of the Tour Management team for the ‘Cambridge American Stage Tour: Macbeth’.
Read the full story:
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/.../boston-n....
📷 Grace Garrett
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The UK’s drive to net zero won’t succeed on wind turbines & solar farms alone The bottleneck is moving clean electricity from remote fields & offshore platforms to the homes, cities & industries that need it
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From Gridlock to Grid Power: The Promise of Superconducting Cables in the UK
A new Institute of Physics (IOP) report — featuring contributions from Professor Tim Coombs of the University of Cambridge’s Electrical Engineering Division — highlights a technology that could change...
www.eng.cam.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The UK’s drive to net zero won’t succeed on wind turbines & solar farms alone The bottleneck is moving clean electricity from remote fields & offshore platforms to the homes, cities & industries that need it
@ioppublishing.bsky.social
@magdalenecollege.bsky.social
www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/gridloc...
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We are sad to report the death of our colleague Professor Ronald Hyam (1936-2025).
A former president of @magdalenecollege.bsky.social, college archivist & wide-ranging historian of the British empire & government, Professor Hyam was an active member of the History Faculty from 1960 to retirement.
A former president of @magdalenecollege.bsky.social, college archivist & wide-ranging historian of the British empire & government, Professor Hyam was an active member of the History Faculty from 1960 to retirement.
November 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
We are sad to report the death of our colleague Professor Ronald Hyam (1936-2025).
A former president of @magdalenecollege.bsky.social, college archivist & wide-ranging historian of the British empire & government, Professor Hyam was an active member of the History Faculty from 1960 to retirement.
A former president of @magdalenecollege.bsky.social, college archivist & wide-ranging historian of the British empire & government, Professor Hyam was an active member of the History Faculty from 1960 to retirement.
Members of College and the wider community are invited to attend Magdalene’s Act of Remembrance, which will take place in the College Chapel on Remembrance Sunday, 9 November at 6.00 pm.
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/remembr...
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/remembr...
November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Members of College and the wider community are invited to attend Magdalene’s Act of Remembrance, which will take place in the College Chapel on Remembrance Sunday, 9 November at 6.00 pm.
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/remembr...
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/remembr...
Magdalene College is deeply saddened by the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS, who served as Master of the College from 1995 to 2002.
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social
Read our tribute to the visionary Nobel Laureate and watch an interview from 2012, just after he won: https://bit.ly/4mM8o3r
Read our tribute to the visionary Nobel Laureate and watch an interview from 2012, just after he won: https://bit.ly/4mM8o3r
October 8, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Magdalene College is deeply saddened by the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS, who served as Master of the College from 1995 to 2002.
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
It's Matriculation Day! A very warm welcome to all our new Magdalene community members. This year we welcome 207 new students, 106 undergraduates and 101 postgraduates.
#LoveMagdalene #MyMagdalene #MagdaleneCollege #CambridgeUniversity
#LoveMagdalene #MyMagdalene #MagdaleneCollege #CambridgeUniversity
October 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
It's Matriculation Day! A very warm welcome to all our new Magdalene community members. This year we welcome 207 new students, 106 undergraduates and 101 postgraduates.
#LoveMagdalene #MyMagdalene #MagdaleneCollege #CambridgeUniversity
#LoveMagdalene #MyMagdalene #MagdaleneCollege #CambridgeUniversity
September 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Read the article about Professor Xavier Moya's sustainable heating and cooling technology here:
news.cam.ac.uk/c/AQiOkhIQ59...
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September 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Read the article about Professor Xavier Moya's sustainable heating and cooling technology here:
news.cam.ac.uk/c/AQiOkhIQ59...
news.cam.ac.uk/c/AQiOkhIQ59...
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A second day full of inspiring presentations on the world‘s first pieces of animal rights legislation at our Cambridge Conference @animalrightslaw.bsky.social
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September 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A second day full of inspiring presentations on the world‘s first pieces of animal rights legislation at our Cambridge Conference @animalrightslaw.bsky.social
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Would you like to dine in Formal Hall at High Table along with a guest? If you are a Magdalene Member with MA dining rights, you can do just that by attending an NRM Night! For more information and to book to attend, please visit www.tickettailor.com/events/magda....
September 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Would you like to dine in Formal Hall at High Table along with a guest? If you are a Magdalene Member with MA dining rights, you can do just that by attending an NRM Night! For more information and to book to attend, please visit www.tickettailor.com/events/magda....
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New #OpenAccess article on 'Colonial World-Making' from
@magdalenecollege.bsky.social JRF & @camhistory.bsky.social Leverhulme,
@gianamar97.bsky.social !
No need to search for it, read it for free on OUP site 🔎📑
@magdalenecollege.bsky.social JRF & @camhistory.bsky.social Leverhulme,
@gianamar97.bsky.social !
No need to search for it, read it for free on OUP site 🔎📑
New on advance access: "Colonial world-making and global knowledges at the early modern Cape of Good Hope"
by @gianamar97.bsky.social (@uvahumanities.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
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by @gianamar97.bsky.social (@uvahumanities.bsky.social)
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Colonial world-making and global knowledges at the early modern Cape of Good Hope*
Abstract. As the Cape of Good Hope was integrated into early modern colonial world-making projects, it came to be regarded as ‘the western part of the East
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August 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
New #OpenAccess article on 'Colonial World-Making' from
@magdalenecollege.bsky.social JRF & @camhistory.bsky.social Leverhulme,
@gianamar97.bsky.social !
No need to search for it, read it for free on OUP site 🔎📑
@magdalenecollege.bsky.social JRF & @camhistory.bsky.social Leverhulme,
@gianamar97.bsky.social !
No need to search for it, read it for free on OUP site 🔎📑
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"‘A Disastrous Expedition’: I.A. Richards Caught Climbing the Roofs of Magdalene College". Check out our new article about the fabled practice of night climbing in Cambridge. Image ©Master and Fellows of Magdalene College Cambridge. @magdalenecollege.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
"‘A Disastrous Expedition’: I.A. Richards Caught Climbing the Roofs of Magdalene College". Check out our new article about the fabled practice of night climbing in Cambridge. Image ©Master and Fellows of Magdalene College Cambridge. @magdalenecollege.bsky.social
🌄 Fossils from the Grand Canyon! Magdalene Bye-Fellow Mr Giovanni Mussini co-led the discovery of soft-bodied Cambrian fossils, including a worm named after a Star Wars dragon. These 500-million-year-old creatures show how early animals evolved to eat, move and survive. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/gran...
Grand Canyon was a ‘Goldilocks zone’ for the evolution of early animals
A treasure trove of exceptionally preserved early animals from more than half a billion years ago has been discovered in the Grand Canyon, one of the natural world’s most iconic sites.
www.cam.ac.uk
July 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🌄 Fossils from the Grand Canyon! Magdalene Bye-Fellow Mr Giovanni Mussini co-led the discovery of soft-bodied Cambrian fossils, including a worm named after a Star Wars dragon. These 500-million-year-old creatures show how early animals evolved to eat, move and survive. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/gran...
Happy Feast of St. Mary Magdalene Day!
Photo of the Chapel stained glass window behind the altar featuring Mary Magdalene and her emblem, a jar of precious ointment. This wonderful, rich and animated East Window was installed in 1850 and designed by A W Pugin.
#LoveMagdalene #MyMagdalene #GTF
Photo of the Chapel stained glass window behind the altar featuring Mary Magdalene and her emblem, a jar of precious ointment. This wonderful, rich and animated East Window was installed in 1850 and designed by A W Pugin.
#LoveMagdalene #MyMagdalene #GTF
July 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Happy Feast of St. Mary Magdalene Day!
Photo of the Chapel stained glass window behind the altar featuring Mary Magdalene and her emblem, a jar of precious ointment. This wonderful, rich and animated East Window was installed in 1850 and designed by A W Pugin.
#LoveMagdalene #MyMagdalene #GTF
Photo of the Chapel stained glass window behind the altar featuring Mary Magdalene and her emblem, a jar of precious ointment. This wonderful, rich and animated East Window was installed in 1850 and designed by A W Pugin.
#LoveMagdalene #MyMagdalene #GTF
Magdalene is open for the Cambridge Open Days! Meet our brilliant students, tour College, explore our award-winning library, and get all your questions answered. No need to book, just drop in. We can’t wait to meet you! 💜
🔗 www.magd.cam.ac.uk/undergraduat...
#cambridgeuniversity #cambridgeopendays
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#cambridgeuniversity #cambridgeopendays
July 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Magdalene is open for the Cambridge Open Days! Meet our brilliant students, tour College, explore our award-winning library, and get all your questions answered. No need to book, just drop in. We can’t wait to meet you! 💜
🔗 www.magd.cam.ac.uk/undergraduat...
#cambridgeuniversity #cambridgeopendays
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#cambridgeuniversity #cambridgeopendays
The race is on! Magdalene PhD student Siobhán Johnson is captaining @cam.ac.uk in a Varsity Channel swim vs Oxford tomorrow night! No wetsuits, just cold water courage 🌊💙 Support them: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding... #GTF #ChannelRelay
Help raise £6000 to swim the channel in the 2025 Cambridge-Oxford Varsity Channel Relay – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to swim the channel in the 2025 Cambridge-Oxford Varsity Channel Relay. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
www.justgiving.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The race is on! Magdalene PhD student Siobhán Johnson is captaining @cam.ac.uk in a Varsity Channel swim vs Oxford tomorrow night! No wetsuits, just cold water courage 🌊💙 Support them: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding... #GTF #ChannelRelay
It's graduation day!! 🎓
Congratulations to all our amazing students graduating today! 🎉
#CambridgeGraduation #MyMagdalene #LoveMagdalene #GTF
Congratulations to all our amazing students graduating today! 🎉
#CambridgeGraduation #MyMagdalene #LoveMagdalene #GTF
July 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
It's graduation day!! 🎓
Congratulations to all our amazing students graduating today! 🎉
#CambridgeGraduation #MyMagdalene #LoveMagdalene #GTF
Congratulations to all our amazing students graduating today! 🎉
#CambridgeGraduation #MyMagdalene #LoveMagdalene #GTF
Thinking of applying to Cambridge? Visit Magdalene during the University Open Days on 10 & 11 July.
🎓 Student-led tours
📚 New Library + accommodation
🎤 Admissions talks + Q&As
👋 Meet Directors of Studies
No booking needed, just drop in!
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/undergraduat...
#CambridgeOpenDays
🎓 Student-led tours
📚 New Library + accommodation
🎤 Admissions talks + Q&As
👋 Meet Directors of Studies
No booking needed, just drop in!
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/undergraduat...
#CambridgeOpenDays
July 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Thinking of applying to Cambridge? Visit Magdalene during the University Open Days on 10 & 11 July.
🎓 Student-led tours
📚 New Library + accommodation
🎤 Admissions talks + Q&As
👋 Meet Directors of Studies
No booking needed, just drop in!
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/undergraduat...
#CambridgeOpenDays
🎓 Student-led tours
📚 New Library + accommodation
🎤 Admissions talks + Q&As
👋 Meet Directors of Studies
No booking needed, just drop in!
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/undergraduat...
#CambridgeOpenDays
Magdalene PhD student Spatika has won the UK final of FameLab at Cheltenham Science Festival with her talk Time Travel with Your Brain! She’ll represent the UK at the international final at CERN this November. #FameLab
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Scholar wins competition to find UK’s best science communicator - Gates Cambridge
Spatika Jayaram wins UK final of science communication competition Famelab
www.gatescambridge.org
June 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Magdalene PhD student Spatika has won the UK final of FameLab at Cheltenham Science Festival with her talk Time Travel with Your Brain! She’ll represent the UK at the international final at CERN this November. #FameLab
www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/s...
www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/s...
Magdalene PhD student and MCR President Siobhán is swimming the English Channel this July with the Cambridge Varsity Relay Team to raise funds for the Ocean Conservation Trust. No wetsuits. Cold water. Big cause.
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/swimmin...
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/swimmin...
June 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Magdalene PhD student and MCR President Siobhán is swimming the English Channel this July with the Cambridge Varsity Relay Team to raise funds for the Ocean Conservation Trust. No wetsuits. Cold water. Big cause.
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/swimmin...
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/swimmin...