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30 Mar 2016:   Event types: definitions Where a College member is paying themselves, via ents or a society budget, you receive the main meeting room free of charge and reduced rates for catering

22 Mar 2016: All undergraduates will be assigned a tutor on their arrival. As far as possible, you will remain with the same tutor during your degree, although sometimes it is necessary to move you temporarily to

27 Oct 2016: Murray Edwards College is delighted to participate in the University of Cambridge's first postgraduate Open Day on Wednesday 2 November 2016. We will be open to prospective graduates throughou

25 Nov 2016: A blonde, rake-handed women is painted across an un-stretched canvas, collaged with paper and staples.  She is ‘Billie Piper’ by Rose Wylie and is one of our exciting recent acquisitions in the N

29 Mar 2016: Find out further useful information on University examination procedures. Do speak to the Tutorial Office or to your Director of Studies if you have any queries.     Getting there

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27 Jul 2016: One hundred young women from 25 UK schools attended a special conference, Pathways to Success, on 29-30 June for high-achieving sixth-form students. This popular event is organised annually by Murray

15 Apr 2016: way for the sort of honed economic rationality which Milton Friedman famously advocated for effective commercial decision making, Polman’s call will appear paradoxical. ... Simply put, a feminist argument highlights that the economic success of the

25 Mar 2016: Much of Murray Edwards, including the Library and the Dome, is accessible to people who use wheelchairs. The College also has undergraduate and graduate accommodation for students who use a wheel

28 Mar 2016: The New Hall Society   The Alumnae Society of Murray Edwards College, founded as New Hall, in the University of Cambridge   Ordinance   Schedule: Rules of the New Ha

15 Mar 2016: Archaeology at Cambridge encompasses Archaeology, Assyriology, Biological Anthropology and Egyptology. It is a flexible course, which means that you can either specialise from Year 1, or opt for a bro

25 Nov 2016: A blonde, rake-handed women is painted across an un-stretched canvas, collaged with paper and staples.  She is ‘Billie Piper’ by Rose Wylie and is one of our exciting recent acquisitions in the N

22 Mar 2016: within Law, Economics and Environmental Studies. ... I’m personally really into EU matters, be they economic, political, or legal.

25 Aug 2016: This article by Dame Barbara Stocking, President of Murray Edwards College, was published in the Financial Times on 25 August 2016. It has been reproduced here with kind permission from the newspaper.

30 Sep 2016: The Gateway Challenges Funding is a one-of-a-kind funding, in my opinion. When I was told about the funding last year, I wasn’t sure what I would be allowed to use it for, but I eventually found out t

31 Mar 2016: Biography Having completed her studies in Milan, with a doctorate on the process of estrangement in Joseph Roth's life and work, specializing in Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures in the Facu

11 Apr 2016: Overview This page provides information on the way that the College runs its operations day-to-day. The overall Strategic Direction is set by the College Council. It sets the context for in

5 May 2016: Physics – my everyday world Monday morning and spring is in the air. On the short trip between my Particle Physics and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics lecture locations I hand in some work and

20 Oct 2016: Collaborating with Men report talks about changing workplace culture to be more inclusive for women:  Men are the missing ingredient in achieving equality for women in the workplace Collabora

11 Apr 2016: Gap Year Experiences These students all benefitted from a Murray Edwards College Gateway Gap Year Scholarship: Zenab - Medicine "Having decided the plan for my gap year 10 months earlier

18 Feb 2016: Jasmin Brooks   Autism is a developmental disorder that can cause problems with social interaction, language skills, repetitive behaviour and physical movement (1). Although many int

22 Apr 2016: Linguistics at Cambridge introduces students to the study of language as a phenomenon from a wide range of exciting perspectives. In the first year you will acquire the building blocks for analysing l

15 Apr 2016: way for the sort of honed economic rationality which Milton Friedman famously advocated for effective commercial decision making, Polman’s call will appear paradoxical. ... Simply put, a feminist argument highlights that the economic success of the

22 Mar 2016: About you I come from a Nigerian family but have spent most of my life in the UK, being based in North London for the majority of my life. I love fashion, music and travelling. I have done a lot of

22 Mar 2016: About me I grew up in a little, inconsequential, town called Hinckley in Leicestershire and attended comprehensive co-ed schools my whole life. Despite receiving little support or much good teachin

30 Sep 2016: Hopping on trains and a ferry across Italy I visited six cities in two weeks. Our longest trip was nine hours, with the scenery flashing from urban flats to volcanic mountains. Taking recommendations

26 May 2016: Most people know that insect pollinators increase agricultural crop yields, but estimates by the researchers Morse and Calderone have shown the value of honeybee pollination to crop production is $14.

6 Oct 2016:  As a nation, Great Britain is one of the highest consumers of chocolate in the world. On average a British person consumes 11kg of chocolate each year, the equivalent of three bars a week; so wh

22 Mar 2016: Learning to love Maths Maths is certainly not something I’ve been passionate about my whole life; on the contrary, I often found it a ‘necessary evil’ through a fair bit of school - something that

24 Mar 2016:  The biochemistry of metabolismMy name is Alice and I am a 3rd year biochemist. Initially I came to Cambridge thinking I would specialise in chemistry as the less strong teaching of biology at my

17 May 2016: About Me I’ve lived in a suburban town just down the road from the centre of Manchester all of my life, which still has the grammar school entrance exam system. I failed every exam, but it didn’t s

31 Mar 2016: Degrees and honours BA, PhD Biography Dr Lydia Hamlett is Associate Professor at the Institute of Continuing Education, University of Cambridge. Before coming to the Institute of Continuin

10 Nov 2016: Essentially everyone has their own reality. Everyone has their own little world with thousands of things different to the person stood next to them.  Say for example there were fifty things going

6 Oct 2016:  Recently, our country has made the bold decision to become a pioneer and leave the European Union, which has left many people with the same question at the forefront of their minds: what now?

11 Apr 2016: Shadowing Scheme - Cambridge SU (Students' Union) An opportunity for students with little or no experience of university to find out what life as a Cambridge student is really like: Stay with

25 Oct 2016: About Me   Hey! I’m Chloe, a second year Geography undergrad at Murray Edwards or, more affectionately, ‘Medwards’.   Coming from a high achieving girls grammar school in Watford

26 Oct 2016: About Me I grew up in a town just outside of Bristol/Bath and studied A levels in Fine Art, Maths and Geography at my local co-educational comprehensive school. Neither of my parents attended unive

21 Jun 2016: The business leader, Margaret Cole, and contemporary painter, Eileen Cooper, were warmly welcomed to the College as Honorary Fellows at an admission ceremony on Saturday 18 June. Artist Eileen Coop

30 Sep 2016: Over summer, I took a 3-week trip to Valencia, Spain to volunteer at a children’s English summer school and improve my own level of Spanish. During the mornings on weekdays, I spent 5 hours helping

28 Jan 2016: Catalina Cangea   The reason I chose to study CS was maintaining the strongest connection possible to the real world while pursuing a Science subject. Powerful and complex software eng

14 Nov 2016: About me Hi! I am a second year CompSci from Romania. As I focused on studying Maths and Computer Science in high-school, I think I have known for a while what I want to study during university. Ho

17 Mar 2016: Who doesn't like a cup of tea? 6.2 billion cups of tea are consumed in the UK every year, proof that tea is Britain's most loved beverage. But what's the chemistry behind a brew, and what

24 Oct 2016: Based at University of Cambridge's Institute of Continuing Education (ICE), The Naked Scientists are a team of scientists, doctors and communicators whose passion is to help the general public to unde

25 Feb 2016: Clinical and clean, dirty and disgusting: you choose. Veterinary medicine is my subject of choice. Most vet students will tell you they have known what they wanted to be since they were six. This was

16 Apr 2016: Introduction This page describes the Publication Scheme, in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (2000). This publication scheme follows the model prepared and approved by the Inf

30 Sep 2016: This summer, I spent a month volunteering in rural Japan as part of the WWOOF (Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms) scheme, living and working on two different farms, each for a period of two wee

22 Mar 2016: About Me I grew up in a small town in Bedfordshire. An only child, I've always enjoyed learning and making art, although I'd never considered combining them in History of Art until I'd left school.

30 Sep 2016: In September I spent two weeks at UCL, at the Institute for Materials Discovery. I worked with the research team, led by Professor Kwang-Leong Choy, who are investigating solar cells, and was also giv

22 Apr 2016: Engineering is about problem solving. As an engineer you rely on your knowledge to find solutions. Mathematics is your primary toolbox, but you are not just using your tools to take something apart or

30 Sep 2016:   This year with my Gateway Challenges funding I decided that I would undertake independent travel to Austria to explore the culture there. I have only travelled abroad as part of a group b