2013 Annual Report - Jesus College - University of Cambridge

110 SOCIETIES I Jesus College Annual Report 2013
events – such as punting, games night and a bar quiz, tours of the College and even a
ghost tour of Cambridge. These events were very well-attended and successful in
creating another tight-knit graduate community, for which Jesus College has become so
renowned. Indeed, grad halls have been very popular and all graduate festive halls and
formal swaps have sold out throughout the year. Next to this, the other social events –
such as film night, afternoon tea, bar quizzes, a bake off competition and a games night
in the bar - have been equally successful.
Concerning academic events, we have once again organised several Fellows’ and
Graduates’ Symposia throughout the year. We have had fascinating talks from Drs Noel
Rutter and Findlay Stark and will receive a talk from Dr James Purdon on a variety of
subjects, such as superconductors, Scottish devolution and cold war representations
respectively. Next to this, we also organised the Annual Women’s Dinner, at which we
were able to enjoy an engaging talk from Prof Janet Soskice on the adventures of Agnes
and Margaret Smith. Finally, we will have a 3 Minute Thesis competition, at which 10 of
our graduates will be presenting their research in front of 5 judges and compete for
several prizes.
Our biggest academic event of the year, however, was the Graduate Conference.
Just as last year, we feel that this has been another great success. Graduates were able to
either give a talk or present a poster and we were generally impressed by the variety and
quality of the research presented. The guest speaker at the conference was Prof John
Loughlin – Director of the Von Hügel Institute – who gave a thought-provoking talk on
the hybrid state in the 21st century.
All things considered, this has been an excellent year, for which I would like to thank
the members of the MCR Committee, who worked hard and fulfilled their roles eagerly,
as well as all members of the graduate community for their unceasing enthusiasm and
general support.
Robrecht Decorte
Engineering Society
The Jesus College Engineering Society is student-runand aims to promote engineering
within the college, and to foster links between Jesuan engineers and industry. The usual
annual events of the Freshers’ Party and Engineer’s Dinner were very successful and
were this time supplemented with end of term events in Christmas and Easter to provide
great opportunities for the different years to socialise outside of academia.
The year was again capped off with the Post-Exam Punting and Garden Party:
a chance for both students and supervisors to enjoy the end of the academic calendar.
With some interesting talks planned for next term it promises to be another busy year.
Ed Eustace
Law Society
In JCLS tradition the year began with our annual Freshers’ Drinks event. This was, as
ever, an excellent opportunity for incoming freshers and LLM students to meet the rest
of the lawyers at Jesus.
Michaelmas term also saw the beginning of a great deal of mooting at Jesus. The
Annual Jesus/Magdelene Exhibition Moot was kindly hosted in Magdelene college this