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5 Jan 2018: A scholarship to a Dame’s School founded in 1705 provided contact withsome very fine teachers even though the staff was depleted because of the war.Conscription for two years into ... Staff from Samaritan School, our destination, met our train and we

12 Jan 2018: with the transition from school to University, both asregards writing and learning skills and their ability to cope with the pressures ofCambridge exams. ... examinationseason. There is more work to be done, but we take seriously the importance of

8 Jan 2018: The Director of Development, Nicky Bryant, left us in March to take up a similarrole at the Leys School. ... He has considerable experience of fundraising andhigher education administration. After graduating from Durham University inHistory and Politics,

12 Jan 2018: But once those applicationshave been submitted we judge each one on proven merit and potential for theirchosen subject regardless of school background. ... post with the School of Agriculture at Cambridge – dutiesmainly on the University Farm.

12 Jan 2018: Having originallyintended to read physics, I wound up reading Part IMathematics and Part II Economics, which allowedplenty of time for sport and a social life. ... He is a Bye-Fellowof Downing, Director of Studies and College Lecturer in Economics.

12 Jan 2018: An address delivered at the funeral by Mr Norman Friskney(Former Headmaster of Wilson’s School). ... At the first meeting Barry Moore gave an excellenttalk on the history and standing of Economics and Land Economy at Cambridge.At the second meeting,

8 Jan 2018: They know theyare here primarily to study, but it is increasingly difficult for many of them tomake the transition from school to undergraduate modes of study because ofthe gap that has ... Some performances of particular year groupswithin individual

5 Jan 2018: I came up to Downing in 1966 from the City of Norwich School tostudy Mathematics. ... On the contrary,we simply followed our usual practice of offering places to those applicants whoappeared to us to have the best academic potential, irrespective of

5 Jan 2018: Six of these – Hugh Chatfield (Economics Part IIA), Lili Thomas (Education Part II), James Smith (Geography Part II), Onkar Singh (Modern & Medieval Languages, Italian, Part I), Eliot Watkins (Philosophy Part IA), ... For Downing, the person at the

5 Jan 2018: We were shocked by the sudden death on 4 April 2016 of Nigel Allington, Bye-Fellow in Economics. ... There have been some very difficult times this academic year. The sudden and unexpected death of our Director of Studies in Economics, Nigel Allington,