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19 Jun 2015: For further advice on student finance and what support is available to you as a home or EU student, please consult the Government's Student Finance webpages. If you have a query about your appl

23 Jun 2015: There is a variety of accommodation available at Murray Edwards. The majority of this is on the main College site although we do have a few student houses nearby. First year students do not need to

21 Jul 2015: Degrees and honours MA (Cantab) MA (Princeton), and D.Phil (Oxon). Awards and prizes Dolman Prize Travel Book of the Year 2011, and Premio di Saggistica "Citta delle Rose" 2015.

6 Jul 2015: Dress code General admission Academic gowns Master of Arts (MA) Academical dress hire Rules governing academical dress It is essential that all graduands wear the correct academical dress wh

3 Jul 2015: These are provisional arrangments and may be subject to change. Although congregations are held at intervals throughout the year, the late June or early July congregation is set aside for what

15 Jun 2015: While some University exams are scheduled at other times of the year, the majority are in Easter term. Some are at the very beginning of Easter term, in April, but the majority take place from th

10 Jun 2015: The Tutorial Office is located in the main administration corridor. Staffed by Bethan Lewis (Head of Tutorial), Martina Viglione and Kathy White (Tutorial Administrators), the Tutori

24 Jun 2015: In addition to the on-site gym, squash court and netball/tennis courts, Murray Edwards has a range of different teams for people of all interests and abilities.  For all enquiries, please cont

23 Jun 2015: Economics: Monsheil Kahai.

17 Jun 2015: Murray Edwards has a number of subject societies and we are keen to encourage students (both undergraduate and graduate) to take up opportunities for academic engagement within College as well as

17 Jun 2015: The College Archive is located in the Rosemary Murray Library and is open to external visitors by appointment only.  The New Hall Archive at Murray Edwards College holds our admini

17 Jun 2015: There is a huge amount of advice and support available in Cambridge.  Again, your Tutor or the College Nurse can point you in the direction of additional specialist services, and will often be yo

17 Jun 2015: Murray Edwards is delighted to have students from across the globe amongst its undergraduate and postgraduate communities.  Our MECSU International Officer is available to discuss issues relat

18 Jun 2015: All invoices will be emailed directly to your Cambridge (@cam.ac.uk) email address. Invoices are sent on or around the first day of each Full Term. Payment terms are 14 days from date of invoice. P

12 Jul 2015: Can I apply if I am under 18? Although we normally expect students to be 18 on entry we are prepared to consider those under 18 on a case by case basis. We take into account your ability and maturi

16 Jun 2015: The library is open to College members 24 hours a day and staffed only on weekdays for 8 hours per day. It relies heavily on trust for its operations, including borrowing. Our chief concerns abou

16 Jun 2015: The library primarily stocks books, DVDs and anatomical models for part 1 of the Tripos. However some provision is made for part 2, clinical medics and graduates. Readers are allowed to borr

21 Jul 2015: Degrees BA, MA, PhD (Cambridge) Research interests Dr Turner's laboratory in the Pathology Department, and subsequently at Glaxo Wellcome, focused on the molecular control of the division

4 Aug 2015: Collaborating with Men Collaborating with Men is ground-breaking research conducted by Murray Edwards College to establish how men and women can work together to transform workplace culture barrier

25 Aug 2015: Library Induction Tours  A tour of the library and an electronic induction are given to each student when they start at Murray Edwards College. These take place during the first week

13 Jul 2015: Preparing for your studies at Cambridge For our new undergraduates joining us this October, please find below reading lists for undergraduate study at Murray Edwards College.  We also advise y

16 Jul 2015: This coming September will see Murray Edwards hosting the biennial conference of the UK and Ireland branch of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment. Our theme is ‘Green

30 Jul 2015: While at sixth form, I attended one of the Cambridge subject masterclasses for Natural Sciences – which gave me the opportunity to learn about the course and take part in lectures and lab classe

4 Jun 2015:  My name is Naomi Arnold and a few weeks ago I finished my second term at Murray Edwards College studying Mathematics. Amazingly I now have just the ‘exam term’ to go to complete my f

1 Sep 2015: My Gateway funding allowed me to travel to Bodrum in Turkey and research the town’s history. Though originally looking solely at Ottoman history, I visited a number of sites predating the Ottomans

10 Dec 2015: PRACTISING THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE “There is nothing - nothing at all - that compares with the exhilaration of discovery, of being the first person on the planet to see something new and under

12 Nov 2015: My name is Kate Wilkinson and I have just started my third year of engineering at Murray Edwards. I had enjoyed Chemistry, Biology and especially Physics at school and college, but was finding it hard

3 Dec 2015: What are your thoughts on bees? Don’t you just hate them? For some people bees are just an annoyance, I used to think this too (but bees are not as bad as we think, and as you carry on reading

21 Jul 2015: Degrees and Honours 1975 1978   Ph.D., University of Cambridge 1970-1974 B.A. (Honours German, 1st Class), University of Western Australia Awards and Prizes 2013 Fritz Wiedemann Fe

11 Jun 2015:  Last time you were ill and the GP prescribed you some medicine to help you get better did you wonder about the people who discovered and developed that treatment? I am one of those people &ndash

5 Nov 2015: At school they give you an overview. But of course, it doesn't end there. At college you get more info, at University you get the whole lot. But in life and throughout history, everything to know

24 Jun 2015: What is the Room Draw? The Room Draw is the mechanism by which undergraduate College rooms are allocated. Essentially, students choose their room in turn from any of those still available, in

29 Oct 2015: My day job combines teaching maths undergraduates, public communication of mathematics, and working with school students. When I'm not doing these things, I enjoy various forms of craft. I've

23 Jul 2015: Since listening to Johnjoe McFadden and Jim Al-Khalili discuss their book ‘Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology’ at Surrey University last October, I’ve been immens

1 Sep 2015: I used my Gateway funding to travel to Portugal in order to improve my self-confidence and independence whilst simultaneously experiencing a new culture. Having never been outside of England withou

1 Sep 2015: My two Classics friends and I headed there at the earliest opportunity on Tuesday morning, after we had arrived on Monday afternoon. The Acropolis, glimpsed from all over the city, is a constant remin

2 Jul 2015: Driving technology forward from the stone age to the modern day I have just completed my third year at Cambridge, and have specialised in materials science within the Natural Sciences Tripos. I have

25 Jun 2015: On Earth, there is a constant low frequency vibration resounding through the planet. These vibrations are inaudible to most people but a very small percentage of people can hear them. This strange sou

19 Jun 2015: Murray Edwards has a number of awards available for both undergraduates and postgraduates. Many of these are funded by the Rosemary Murray Fund, which is generously supported by alumnae. Detai

14 May 2015:   Young women are under-represented in science at University level in the UK, especially in Physical Sciences, Maths and Engineering (STEM). Biological Sciences and Medicine, though, have be

1 Sep 2015: A group of three of us from Murray Edwards college went across Eastern Europe, stopping at Berlin, Prague, Vienna and Budapest for a total of 11 days. In Berlin we saw the Berlin wall and went to a

5 Nov 2015: Obesity today is one of the biggest burdens on the United Kingdom’s economy; an incredible £47 billion is spent a year on obesity-related illnesses. It does not even stop there; people tod

3 Dec 2015: Sugar and alcohol, how far would we go to get them? Most of us are within walking distance of one or the other, but scientists have discovered a “relatively nearby” source of huge quanti

22 Oct 2015: I'm the co-founder and CEO of a start-up, GeneAdviser, which is making it easier for doctors to order life-saving tests for genetic diseases and cancers. I came to Cambridge for a PhD in geno

26 Nov 2015:  Annie Bartlett is an experienced clinician who describes how her clinical practice is affected by ethical, social and political considerations. The recent movie “Suffragette” i

28 May 2015: Whilst reading “A Journey through the Universe: Gresham Lectures on Astronomy” by Ian Morison it struck me how many unanswered questions, uncertainties and conflicting theories we have re

28 Jul 2015: Degrees and Honours MA, Vet MB, PhD, RCVS Specialist in Equine Orthopaedics Awards and Prizes Frank Smart Prize Research interests Osteoarthritis, joint surface repair, equine sports me

1 Sep 2015: My trip to the Middle East was planned approximately three months in advance in terms of booking plane tickets, hotels, and tours. I started my trip by flying to Oman from London a few days after my w

8 Oct 2015: Young women are underrepresented (at A-level) in Economics as well as Maths and Physics. ... I find it fascinating how Economics can explain the world around us, even the humble keyboard.

24 Sep 2015: When you see a snowflake, do you think it’s pretty or ask how it was made? It still amazes me that there are only 3 variables in making something so intricate as a snowflake but around 100 diff