Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
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Ex antiquis et novissimis optima - The best of the old and the new Welcome to the official fanpage for Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.
Established in 1869 as Fitzwilliam Hall, a hostel for non-collegiate students in order to widen access, Fitzwilliam College was formally constituted in 1966. Among the College's most notable alumni are historian and broadcaster David Starkey, musician Nick Drake and politicians Norman Lamont, Julia Goldsworthy, Andy Burnham and Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of the Republic of Singapore.
Today Fitzwilliam is a community of approximately 750 students and is widely regarded as one of the friendliest and most open colleges in Cambridge.
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facebook.comDOCUMENTARY SCREENING AND Q&A SESSION Wednesday 7 March | 6pm | Gordon Cameron Lecture Theatre Grab your free place here: goo.gl/ummEhx For three decades, scientists have been searching for the volcano that caused the so-called 'mystery eruption' of the 13th century, only recorded by its sulphate signature in polar ice sheets and its suspected climate cooling in the Northern Hemisphere... https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/samalas-1257-the-eruption-that-shook-the-middle-ages-tickets-43090391521?aff=ehomecard
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International Women's Day Symposium 2018 7 March 2018 | 6pm| Mill Lane Lecture Rooms What Is Still Left To Do? #PressForProgress The speakers: 1. Professor Nicky Padfield: Professor in Criminal and Penal Justice; Director, Cambridge Centre for Criminal Justice; Master, Fitzwilliam College 2. Dr Ann Olivarius: named one of Nature's Top 10 in 2017 for her work fighting sexual harassment in academic institutions. She is, for instance, the lawyer behind the Rochester case. 3. Lola Olufemi: CUSU's Women's Officer and person behind the Decolonize Cambridge Campaign. Book your free place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/international-womens-day-symposium-2018-tickets-43305450769?aff=es2
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Have you registered for the London Drinks on 6 March: http://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/events/fitzwilliam-society-london-drinks-2018 or booked your place at the London Dinner at the Cavalry & Guards Club on 3 May: http://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/events/fitzwilliam-society-london-dinner-2018 Fitzwilliam Society members and the Development Office team look forward to seeing you at one or both events.
The Master, Prof Nicola Padfield, discusses Ministry of Justice's proposals to close Cambridge Magistrates’ Court http://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/cambridge/university-of-cambridge-legal-experts-condemn-cambridge-magistrates-court-closure-plan-1-5406140
Teachers! Only 3 weeks left to book onto our Progress in Religious Studies Taster Day. Book now! http://bit.ly/2EcUYMP #rechatuk #reteacher
Thursday 22 Feb | 6pm | Gordon Cameron Lecture Theatre | Free All welcome. Tickets still available!
Tonight! All welcome. Upper Hall 1- 6pm.
#FirstBrit - TONIGHT! 8pm Channel 4.
This week we caught up with alumna Philippa Goff (NatSci Zoology 2011) to chat about her behind-the-scenes research work for Channel 4’s documentary ‘First Brit: Secrets of the 10,000-Year-Old Man’, airing tomorrow! https://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/news/cheddar-man-alumna-helps-tell-story-first-brit #FirstBrit #CheddarMan
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