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3 Mar 2021: A very warm welcome to Caitlin Sparksman who recently joined the Gardens Team at College. Welcome to Murray Edwards, how does it feel to be here? I'm really happy to be working here. When I

7 Oct 2021: Degrees &  Honours MA (Hons) History of Art, University of Edinburgh Diploma in Decorative Arts, Glasgow University Diploma in Museum Studies, University of Leicester Awards &a

9 Mar 2021: Baroness Doreen Lawrence (Honorary Fellow) was tasked by the Labour Party leader to investigate why COVID-19 disproportionately impacts people from BAME backgrounds and their communities. The findi

1 Nov 2021: Chantal-Aimée Doerries KC is currently the Head of Atkin Chambers and was Chairman of the Bar of England and Wales in 2016. She is a commercial barrister, focusing on major international energy and in

9 Aug 2021: Please read the below in conjunction with the University of Cambridge’s advice for offer holders and the College’s FAQs for undergraduate offer holders. I’ve got the results I nee

27 Aug 2021: Degrees             PhD in Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK MSc in Organic Chem

19 Jul 2021: We are delighted to announce that Khadija Tahir (2018, History) has been awarded the Alan Coulson Prize for the best dissertation on a topic in the field of British imperial expansion.  

21 May 2021: Degrees &  Honours:      MA Hons (University of Aberdeen), MA (King’s College London), PhD (King’s College London) Awards & Prizes (selected):&nb

12 May 2021: Many congratulations to first year Biological Natural Scientist, Chloe Burgess, whose team 'Trial and Success' won the first Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club-AstraZ

27 Aug 2021: Degrees        MA (Cantab.), MPhil (Cantab.), PhD (Cantab.) Awards & Prizes:     &

4 Oct 2021: We are pleased to announce that five new Fellows were admitted to the College last week, in a ceremony led by President Dorothy Byrne and Praelector Dr Miranda Griffin. Left to right:

16 Mar 2021: Chinese Go Home | Dir. Rachel Leow | 2021 | EU/Malaysia | 20 mins.  Between 1948 and 1953, over 20,000 Chinese people were deported from what was then British Malaya to China. Both the countri

27 Aug 2021: Degrees &  Honours:      Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Education (PGCTHLE) PhD (Theology) MMus (Early Music Performance Studies) MPhil (Philo

2 Feb 2021: During February, we are hosting three Subject Taster Sessions for Year 12 students who identify as female. The events will take place via Zoom. Each event includes: An overview of the Cambrid

9 Aug 2021: Many congratulations to everyone receiving their A Level or SQA results today! If you achieved the grades you need to study here, well done! You don’t need to do anything as your place is aut

17 Feb 2021: The College is delighted to announce that Dr Holly Krieger (Corfield Fellow in Mathematics) has been awarded a Whitehead Prize from the London Mathematical Society. Dr Krieger was awarded the prize

11 Mar 2021: Each year, Murray Edwards College is proud to host the New Hall Society International Day to celebrate International Women's Day. This year, we held a special online event on Saturday 6 Ma

16 Feb 2021: The College would like to wish Anne Lonsdale a very happy 80th birthday! Anne was the third President of New Hall/Murray Edwards from 1996 to 2008 – a period that saw much change within the C

22 Jun 2021: The University of Cambridge will provide over £100 million in bursaries to support students experiencing financial pressures over the next 10 years. A new enhanced bursary scheme is

22 Jul 2021: Every year, Murray Edwards College’s science society, the Franklin Society, hosts a science-based essay competition. The competition is open to Sixth Form students (or equivalent) from any count

24 Aug 2021: The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. Each year the Royal Society honours the achievements

5 Jul 2021: Lylaah Bhalerao (2017, Classics) (pictured) has received an All Disciplines Fulbright Award to enable her to study at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, on one

10 Mar 2021: The Helen Richards Creative Writing Award was launched in 2019/20 to acknowledge literary talent at Murray Edwards College. College alumna, Helen Richards (1998, English) passed away in 2017 and th

14 Apr 2021: Multilingualism is more important than ever in an increasingly interconnected world: languages are important for study, work, art, international diplomacy, and collaboration. Understanding how our lin

10 Dec 2021: Graduation ceremonies at Cambridge happen several times a year and they are always joyous occasions. After years of hard work, the fruits of a student’s labour are recognised in a formal ceremon

9 Dec 2021: Murray Edwards welcomes postgraduate student, Hanaa Yousif, thanks to group giving in support of the 'Get in Cambridge' initiative The ethos of the ‘Get in Cambridge’ i

15 Oct 2021: The Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) has awarded the 2021 Aaron Rapport Prize for excellent undergraduate teaching to Dr Evaleila Pesaran, Fellow in Politics and International

16 Sep 2021: On Friday 17 September 2021, Ms Dorothy Byrne was admitted as President of Murray Edwards College. Dorothy is the sixth President to lead the College since its foundation in 1954. Prior to joining

25 Aug 2021: Murray Edwards College proudly flies the Rainbow Flag and the Transgender Flag on key dates in the LGBTQ+ calendar – but we know there is so much more we can do to show that we provide a warm an

16 Mar 2021: Recorded on the occasion of the BNPA Medal being awarded to College alumna, Eileen Joyce (NH, 1972), Professor of Psychiatry at University College London and the National Hospital for Neurology and Ne

11 Jan 2021: Murray Edwards College will welcome Cambridge Foundation Year students as part of a landmark programme to reach a new field of candidates. Murray Edwards is delighted to be among the first

1 Dec 2021: The main challenge of my research is the instability of CsPbI3 and to find an economic hole transporting layer material.

1 Apr 2021: Between April and June 2021 the British Library and Murray Edwards College will co-host Histories and Archives of Arabic Publishing: an online series of talks exploring publishing practices in Arabic

24 Nov 2021: In Easter term, I was fortunate enough to have my Gateway Challenges Funding application approved to undertake my personal challenge of solo travel.  I had been taking part in the university C

17 May 2021: At Murray Edwards College, Modern and Medieval Languages, and Linguistics is a thriving subject, with strong undergraduate numbers, a growing postgraduate community and distinguished Fellows. The G

1 Dec 2021: Although the UCL Summer School in Classics was online rather than in person this year, it was no less enjoyable. Having been placed in the most advanced Greek class, I thought this would be a challeng

1 Dec 2021: During the summer, I spent a week of July in Newquay, Cornwall. Whilst I was there, I explored the amazing coasts and countryside that Newquay has to offer, as well as swimming in the ocean every day.

21 Apr 2021: We are delighted to announce that the John Browne Charitable Trust has made a gift of £2million to Murray Edwards – the largest single gift to the College since 2005.   Increasing

25 Jan 2021: I took photos from the two most challenging excursions I did while camping, a 30K cycle and a kayaking trip. There is also a picture of the communal bike pump I had to use when I got a flat tire on

19 Jan 2021: Distinguished art historian and winner of the 2020 Holberg Prize, Griselda Pollock, has made a generous donation to the New Hall Art Collection, which will fund the Collection’s Curator role for

1 Dec 2021: I spent three weeks travelling in Greece, on what was an incredibly memorable post-graduation trip. Starting off in Athens, I travelled by ferry to three islands, each of which possessed its own parti

24 Nov 2021: From July 19th to August 13th, I took part in the 'BUILD @ Shearman & Sterling' scheme. BUILD in this context stands for 'Black Undergraduate Internship and Lawyer Development', and the inter

1 Sep 2021: Murray Edwards College is delighted to be among the Colleges welcoming A-level students taking part in the pilot STEM SMART widening participation initiative, offering enhanced learning, encourag

24 Nov 2021: Thanks to the Gateway Challenges Fund, I was able to support the cost of a two-week trip to Saas-Fee in Switzerland for a ski racing camp at the start of September. As captain of the Ski Team, I organ

5 Feb 2021: Dying of old age is down to something called senescence. After every cell division by mitosis, the DNA strands at the ends of your chromosomes called telomeres get a little shorter because of Okazaki

1 Dec 2021: This summer I was fortunate enough to receive Gateway funding that allowed me to take a one-day Mental Health Workplace Responder course with St John Ambulance in Cambridge. I had been a Welfare Offic

24 Nov 2021: With generous funding from Gateway Challenges Funding and Rosemary Murray Travel Award I was able this year to travel to the Leahurst Campus of the University of Liverpool, to work at their busy Equin

1 Dec 2021: For the first part of August I went to Edinburgh with a friend to review a series of shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, for a student-run publication called 'EdFringe Review'. We stayed in a flat

24 Nov 2021: This summer, with the help of Gateway funding, I spent a week in the Yorkshire Dales with some friends from university, hiking and exploring the natural landscape there. We stayed in Ingleton, a villa

1 Dec 2021: This year, thanks to the help of Gateway Challenges Funding, I was able to spend two nights and three days in the Peak District. It was one of the most beneficial experiences I’ve had to date since it