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The magazine for the staff of the University of Cambridge september/october 2009
Open Cambridge
The Festival of
Ideas returns
page 4
West Road hits
the high notes
page 10

snapshot
Sun achievement: A solar-powered
racing car created by Cambridge students
was given the seal of approval by Formula
1 driver Jenson Button at the Goodwood
Festival of Speed. Codenamed Bethany,
the car is being touted as Britain’s
brightest hope for the World Solar
Challenge – a tough, 3,000km race
across the Australian Outback this
autumn. It is one of Cambridge’s 2009
projects marking its 800th anniversary.
contents
Cover Open Cambridge,
a weekend of tours, walks
and exhibitions, will see
college doors open to the
public. Turn to page 11 for
the full story.
Photo: Philip Mynott
3–5 What’s new
6–7 Getting practical
Sassoon bid: Cambridge University
Library has launched a campaign at
Sotheby’s in London to acquire the
archive of Siegfried Sassoon’s personal
papers. Should the £1.25 million
campaign be successful, it would form
the most significant archive of the poet’s
work anywhere. The picture shown is
copyright of the executors of GT Sassoon
deceased, used by kind permission of the
executors and courtesy of Sotheby’s.
Making waves: This picture of the
test trials for Project Pebble – an ultralow-cost
deep sea photographic device
– has won the photography competition
at the Department of Engineering.
The annual contest is open to anyone
in the department and aims to uncover
fascinating images from the world of
engineering. View the images online at
http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/photocomp/
A place for all: A new community room
at the West Cambridge Site is now open
for meetings and social events. The
room, officially launched by University
Registrary Dr Jonathan Nicholls, pictured,
can be hired free of charge during
the week and for £30 at weekends for
meetings of up to 30 people. To book,
email Julia Brotherton at ljb76@admin.
cam.ac.uk.
8–9 Making a difference
How research students are helping
the third sector
10 Behind the scenes
The West Road Concert Hall
11 Inside the colleges
12 People
13 Prizes, awards and honours
14 Advertisements
15 Interview
Crime writer and Cambridge academic
Liz Cruwys
16 Back page
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what’s new
Your comments and contributions are always welcome.
Please send them to the Editor at newsletter@admin.cam.ac.uk
The deadline for the next issue is 22 September.
Newcomers to get even warmer welcome
New staff and visiting scholars are now
able to make use of a variety of enhanced
services to help them and their families
settle in at Cambridge.
The services, run by the Newcomers
and Visiting Scholars Society, include a
revamped website and Facebook page,
to go with a new programme of events
for Michaelmas Term.
Activities ranging from guided tours
of the University’s museums, Evensong at
King’s College and talks on British culture
– many of which are free – will take place
over the coming months. These are in
addition to the society’s regular weekly
meetings at the University Centre
(see ‘Find out more’).
Newcomers and Visiting Scholars
Society Director Liz Hodder says
Cambridge the city and University
can seem an impenetrable place to new
joiners – particularly those who have
arrived for the first time from overseas.
She says: “A lot of people feel
intimidated, especially by the buildings –
they feel they are not available to them.
Our events give people a chance to meet
others in a similar position and learn
about the University.”
The society’s bid to attract people
using social media channels is particularly
important, says Liz, as many of today’s
newcomers want to research the
The Newcomers and Visiting
Scholars Society’s weekly
meetings are a good place to
make friends at Cambridge
University and try to develop a social
network months before they arrive.
And it isn’t just those who work at
the University who can benefit from the
society’s work; partners and family are
also welcome.
Says Liz: “Our biggest mission
is to reach people. We would like
departmental administrators to pass
on our details if they know someone
who is a newcomer or visiting scholar
and encourage them to get in touch.
We can do the rest.”
find out more
Telephone: (01223) 338099
Email: Julie Darsley at
jrd32@admin.cam.ac.uk
Website: www.accommodation.cam.ac.uk
Facebook group: University of Cambridge
Newcomers and Visiting Scholars
Meetings: Every Tuesday at the
University Centre from 10.45am
until 12 noon
Dr John Cleaver
College quartet hits 40
The Fitzwilliam String Quartet celebrates
its 40th anniversary this year. The quartet,
resident at Fitzwilliam College, recently
gave a concert at the college’s auditorium
to mark the milestone. The evening’s
repertoire included Tchaikovsky’s
Quartet No. 1, which also featured in its
first concert in 1969. Since then it has
performed across Britain, Europe, North
America, the Far East and Southern Africa,
as well as recording many award-winning
LPs and CDs for Decca and Linn. For
further information on the quartet, visit
➔ www.fitzwilliamquartet.org
The Fitzwilliam Quartet,
comprising (from left to right)
Lucy Russell, Jonathan Spasey,
Heather Tuack and Alan
George, celebrates 40 years
of excellence
Music festival
inspired by Darwin
The 2009 Cambridge Music Festival
is to take the theme ‘Music and
Evolution’ in commemoration of
the 200th anniversary of Charles
Darwin’s birth and the 150th
anniversary of the publication
of On the Origin of Species.
The festival, which runs from
8–29 November, incorporates more
than 70 concerts, recitals and talks in
various venues across the city.
The choir of Gonville and Caius
College will perform new settings of
psalms by six Cambridge alumni on
22 November in St John’s College Chapel.
Tickets for all concerts are available now
from the Corn Exchange box office on
(01223) 357851. For more information
on the Cambridge Music Festival, visit
http://www.cammusic.co.uk/
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what’s new
Festival of Ideas returns ‘bigger and better’
Festival highlights
l David Starkey on Henry VIII’s legacy
– 5.30-6.30pm, 27 October, Mill
Lane Lecture Room 3. Pre-booking
required (see below)
l Author Michael Morpurgo talks
about his writing – 10.30–11.30am,
24 October, Lady Mitchell Hall,
Sidgwick Site. Pre-booking required
l Plant Orchestra. Artist Luke Jerram
will amplify the imperceptible
soundwaves of plants in the Botanic
Garden. From 5.30–8pm, 21–25
October. Pre-booking required
l Prehistory Day. Experience
aspects of prehistoric life,
10–4pm, 24 October,
Cambridge Archaeological Unit,
Storey’s Way. Drop in.
➔ The Festival of Ideas runs
from 21 October to 1 November.
For more information and to view
a full programme, go to www.
cambridgefestivalofideas.org.
To pre-book an event call
(01223) 766766.
The Festival of Ideas is
a chance to learn about
language, culture and
many other topics
Historian David Starkey is set to
headline this year’s Cambridge Festival
of Ideas which, in the University’s 800th
year, focuses on centuries of people
and thought.
He will give the first Mark Pigott
Lecture on the legacy of Henry VIII,
whose achievements included founding
Cambridge University Press and
Trinity College.
Other authors attending the festival
include Michael Morpurgo, who will
launch Family Day on 24 October,
the festival’s busiest day.
This is the second year of the festival,
which celebrates the arts, humanities and
social sciences, and is run in partnership
with Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
University Press and the Higher Education
Funding Council for England.
Last year’s festival attracted more
than 5,000 people, but this year the aim
is to make it bigger and better. It will
include more than 150 events, ranging
from evening debates, exhibitions and
hands-on workshops, all designed to
open up the University to the public
and inspire people to learn more about
subjects as diverse as history, literature,
language, art and politics.
The debates, talks and events,
most of which are free, will take place
in University lecture halls, museums,
art galleries and other venues around
Cambridge. Innovations this year include:
• Ideas in the Community, a series of oneday
events at local community centres
• A national media partner. The Guardian
will stream debates on its website.
BBC Cambridgeshire will be the
festival’s local partner
• A competition with Cambridge News
and BBC Cambridgeshire encouraged
members of the public to suggest
questions they wanted to see debated.
The result is a clash of the classics
with Professors Mary Beard and Paul
Cartledge debating whether languages
are a force for domination or civilisation
• The Mark Pigott Lecture. This will
become a regular feature and has been
created to recognise the contribution
of PACCAR Chairman Mark Pigott
who donated £2m to the University
for the Pigott Scholars Programme.
This will ensure annual funding of UK
graduate students studying in the
arts, humanities and social sciences
departments.
Festival of Ideas Coordinator
Nicola Buckley said: “We are really
pleased to be building on the popularity
of the first festival. It was great last year
to see lots of local families getting
hands on with a huge range of
subjects, and people of all ages
learning about economics, politics
and much more at the evening
talks and debates.”
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Found! First evidence of pre-Norman Cambridge
A hoard of historic finds, including
Roman pottery, medieval remains and
the bones of an 11th-century dog, have
been found at the heart of the University
during an excavation marking its 800th
anniversary.
This late-Saxon dog
was uncovered during
an archaeological dig
at the Old Schools
The dig, which took place eight
feet underneath the staff tea room in
the Old Schools, uncovered material
that is believed to pre-date the Norman
Conquest. It is the first hard evidence
that more than 150 years before the
University’s arrival in 1209, the area
that now forms its administrative centre
was occupied by a bustling Anglo-Saxon
community.
Archaeologists unearthed a number
of animal bones, boundary markings and
signs of quarrying, which suggest that,
in the final decades of the Saxon era, the
foundations of what was to become the
heart of the University were being laid.
Higher up, at what is being referred
to as the ‘1209 level’, the dig uncovered
other materials that have helped to
provide a snapshot of life at the time
of the University’s foundation.
Further up still, the excavators hit
the original medieval frontage of the
Old Schools.
“The site has enabled us to
prove what we previously had no
proof for – that by the time of the
Norman Conquest, there was a thriving
settlement in the middle of Cambridge,”
Richard Newman, site director with
the Cambridge Archaeological
Unit, said.
“Until now this was one of the
least-investigated parts of the city.
What it has shown is that a century
and a half before the University arrived,
and 300 years before it started to build
in this area, people were already living
and working here.”
The dig was taking place ahead of
the installation of a new lift shaft to the
Combination Room.
Going strong at ten
Two Cambridge institutions hit
double figures over the summer.
Cambridge Dictionaries Online (CDO)
has grown to become the most popular
learner dictionary on the web, with
29 million page views a month. CDO
also compiles a monthly list of its most
frequently viewed words.
While common gremlins such as ‘liaise’
and ‘discreet’ are tapped in to its search
engine with unsurprising regularity, the
‘Top 40’, as it is affectionately referred to
by staff, is also an interesting barometer
of the online community’s hopes, fears
and interests. Back in April of this year,
the word ‘swine’ entered the list as the
fifth most searched-for word. ‘Pandemic’,
sitting in 14th place in late-July, may be
a lot higher by the time this publication
comes to be printed. Those who wish to
brush up on their English can access the
site at http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
Meanwhile, the tenth issue of
Research Horizons, the University’s
flagship research magazine, has just
rolled off the presses. The magazine
provides a snapshot of research,
discoveries and innovation across all
disciplines at Cambridge: from science
and technology, to arts, humanities and
social sciences.
Says editor Dr Louise Walsh:
“Accessibility is our aim. Cambridge is
renowned worldwide for the breadth and
excellence of its research, and we aim
to reflect this in a way that provides an
informative and engaging read for our
wide audience.”
The magazine’s readership includes
academics, funding bodies, policymakers,
industry, students and media.
“It is also a valuable way for colleagues
across the University to keep up-to-date
with developments in disciplines other
than their own,” adds Louise.
The termly magazine and website is
published by an editorial team within the
University’s Research Services Division. It
works closely with the Office of External
Affairs and Communications, the Chairs
of each of the University’s six academic
Schools and the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for
Research.
For details, please contact the editor at
research.horizons@rsd.cam.ac.uk or visit
www.research-horizons.cam.ac.uk
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getting practical
Streets ahead
Many new and existing
members of staff will
need to find a property
before or during their
time at Cambridge,
and the University is
dedicated to making it
as hassle free as possible
A mid-August afternoon at the
University Accommodation Service
and staff are coping admirably with a
relentless stream of enquiries. No sooner
has one call been answered than another
takes its place. The front door is opening
and closing pretty quickly, too, as
students and staff-to-be come along
to hear about potential properties.
Above the noise and bustle,
Head of Service Nicky Blanning is trying
to explain how she and her team can
help newcomers and staff with a range
of services – except the phone rings
again, and she is off to advise someone
about primary schools in Cambridge.
“August, September and October
are our busiest months,” she explains on
her return. “We are the first port of call
for people looking for accommodation
in Cambridge, and we will help any
member of the University.”
“We have a
two-storey
house, with
high hedges
and four or five
fruit trees on
the lawn. To be
honest, we’ve
been blessed”
Last year Nicky and her team
helped more than 6,500 people and,
while much of their work centres around
finding appropriate properties for staff
and students, she is keen to stress that
they can help in other areas as well.
“We offer a whole relocation package.
We help people find schools for their
children and places to buy cars. We are
concerned about the wider family, and
link up with the Newcomers and Visiting
Scholars to help newcomers, partners
and their children settle in to University
and city life.”
Cambridge, she admits, can be a
difficult place to move to, with a wide
range of professionals and employers
placing demand on the city’s housing
stock. Thankfully, the Accommodation
Service, based on Tennis Court Road close
to the junction with Lensfield Road,
has a database of more than 2,500
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places to live. This ranges from rooms
with families, to five-bedroom houses.
One member of staff who benefited
from the service’s help was Professor
Paul Berkman, Head of the Arctic Ocean
Geopolitics Programme at the Scott Polar
Research Institute. He was on a train from
St Petersburg to Moscow when he got
an email saying that a house fitting
his needs had been found in Girton.
“I arrived in September 2007, with
my family following me a year later,” he
says. “I had said to the Accommodation
Service that I was looking for a large,
furnished place for my wife, daughter and
dog. I thought it was a tall order but they
managed to find our current property.
It’s a two-storey house, with high hedges
and four or five fruit trees on the lawn,
and close to my daughter’s school.
To be honest, we’ve been blessed.”
Professor Berkman, who came
to Cambridge from the University of
California, Santa Barbara, says dealing
with the Accommodation Service was
very pleasant. “They understand the
needs of families,” he adds.
The University also owns and
manages 360 properties – at West
Cambridge, Madingley, Fen Causeway
and George Nuttall Close. Priority for
these is given to those who are new to
Cambridge and the University – people
like Ibraheem Hanneef, who moved to
Cambridge from Lahore to study for a
PhD in the Engineering Department.
He says the process of securing
his accommodation from Pakistan
was surprisingly straightforward.
His supervisor at Cambridge put him
in touch with the Accommodation
Service, which recommended a property
in George Nuttall Close, off Milton Road.
A few emails later and his brother and
sister in law, who were based in Liverpool
at the time, came to view the property
and gave it the thumbs up.
Says Ibraheem: “On the day we
travelled, everything went smoothly.
We set off from Lahore at nine in the
morning, and by nine o’clock at night
we were in the flat.”
Ibraheem and his family value
the quiet and friendly atmosphere of
the flats. “There is a very nice community
here. A lot of our neighbours are
academics and we found it easy to settle
in. The children all play together and
it is very safe. There is also a custodian
living nearby. If we contact him because
something needs mending, he will be
round in five minutes.”
He estimates that his rent is about
“We set off
from Lahore
at nine in the
morning, and
by nine o’clock
at night we
were in the flat”
Find out more
The Accommodation
Service is based at Kellet
Lodge in Tennis Court Road,
Cambridge CB2 1QJ
➔ Email accommodation.
service@admin.cam.
ac.uk
➔ Phone (01223) 338099
➔ Visit the website at
www.accommodation.
cam.ac.uk
£50 to £100 cheaper than comparable
local properties that are advertised
privately, and mentions that the ample
parking facilities at George Nuttall Close
are welcomed by those with families.
The University can also help staff
moving away from Cambridge – perhaps
on a fixed contract or sabbatical. Those
who own property and don’t want to
sell can let their home through the
Accommodation Service. This incurs a fee
of 7.5 per cent of the property’s monthly
rental income, but this is well below
commercial market rates, and comes
without any of the additional fees that
many estate agents charge. The service’s
website (see ‘Find out more’) also lists
details of moving sales and house swaps.
In a more recent development,
the service has been working with a
number of colleges to find tenants for
their properties. “One college bursar was
suprised when we filled a five-bedroom
house in 24 hours,” says Nicky proudly.
It is something they are keen to extend.
Back in the Accommodation Service’s
reception area, there is no sign of the
pace letting up, despite the working
day coming to a close. It’s a sign of how
challenging the business of relocating
new members of the University is.
And how important.
nicky’s tips
Renting property has plenty of pitfalls
– here are five things to do before you
sign on the dotted line:
The Accommodation Service has been working with a number of colleges to help them find tenants for their rooms and properties
1
2
3
Keep an open mind
Nicky Blanning
Read the tenancy agreement
Check whether the landlord
has registered with the Tenancy
Deposit Scheme
4 Ask about fees
5 Always ask the Accommodation
Service for advice.
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making a difference
Charity work
pays off
A worldwide movement that helps
not-for-profit organisations fulfil their
research needs inspired a group of staff
and students at Cambridge to offer their
expertise to local charities
RESEARCH TRIPS HAVE long played
an important role in developing
undergraduates’ academic skills. But five
Cambridge students studying Politics,
Psychology and Sociology have been
able to combine degree work with
helping the third sector – and stay
close to home.
The five confined their studies to
Cambridge – but they did enter a new
and sometimes disturbing world: that of
a domestic violence refuge for women.
Their plan was to research and write
evaluations of the service to aid charity
Cambridge Women’s Aid, which works to
end domestic violence against women
and children.
The students were the first
participants in Cambridge Community
Knowledge Exchange, a new University
scheme inspired by an international
movement of science shops known as
Living Knowledge (see box ‘Science
shops: a brief history’). There are more
than 100 such organisations worldwide
helping to bridge the worlds of academia
Knowledge
exchange
projects take
questions from
the voluntary
sector and
find students
and staff to do
research
*The name is a pseudonym as
Women’s Aid refuge staff do not
publicise their indentities.
and not-for-profit groups. They take
questions from the voluntary sector and
find students and staff to undertake
the research.
A great benefit
Kristina, Project Co-ordinator* at
Cambridge Women’s Aid, knew her
organisation could benefit from
knowledge exchange projects when
she read about them in the University’s
e-bulletin for the voluntary sector.
“Some people who work in the
voluntary sector might have been
apprehensive about the ability of
undergraduates to pursue research
sensitively,” she says. “But partly because
I had worked with student volunteers in
the past, I thought that they could bring a
great deal to our centre.”
Kristina had an initial meeting with
Dr Brendan Burchell from the
Department of Sociology, one of the
academics who have offered to help with
Cambridge’s Community Knowledge
Exchange. He found five students to
undertake a project as part of their
second-year studies. “It was quite
challenging ensuring that we could do
the research in time, and that we could
allow the students enough time to do
their research and write their projects to
meet course deadlines,” he says.
One area the students worked on
was the Freedom Programme, which is
run in the community and helps women
understand the dynamics of abusive
relationships, make sense of their own
experiences and help them avoid abusive
men in the future.
The students were able to draw
conclusions about how important groups
such as the Freedom Programme are to
women recovering from abuse. They also
made suggestions for improvements if
funding were available. Their work also
provided Cambridge Women’s Aid with
evidence that such a service was needed
in the region, and it has been used in
a funding bid for joint working with a
London-based project.
One student, Halliki Voolma, has
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Science shops: a brief history
SCIENCE SHOPS don’t sell their
research, and they don’t just research
scientific topics. They originated in
the Netherlands in the 1970s as a way
of democratising access to research
and universities, and were linked
ideologically to the cultural and
protest movement of 1968.
Their establishment coincided with
the start of project-based education
in universities, and was fed by an
emerging environmental awareness
in society.
Students across the world have
carried out projects as diverse as
measuring noise or environmental
pollution, researching cancer risks and
addressing topics of community safety.
Sarah Jones
Find out more
If you would like to learn
more about Cambridge
Community Knowledge
Exchange or be involved,
email Nicola Buckley on
njb1010@cam.ac.uk
Information is also
available at www.
admin.cam.ac.uk/
offices/communications/
community/knowledge/
decided to use her time at the refuge
as the basis for her third-year research
project in Sociology. She will investigate
the plight of women with no recourse to
public funds who experience domestic
abuse. Halliki’s superviser was pleased
she was able to do the kind of research
with service users that many students do
not embark on until Masters or PhD level.
Dasha Makarova, another of the
student researchers, reports a similarly
positive experience. “I enjoyed every
moment of the project and am so grateful
for the opportunity to give something
back to the community while, at the same
time, doing the research I really enjoy.”
And Kristina says that working with
the students helped with the refuge’s
work. “The women who use our services
found it beneficial. They were pleased
that the students were interested in their
experiences, and they liked the idea that
their experience could help other women
access effective services in the future.
We would appreciate the chance to work
with students on projects in the future.”
Now for
girls as well
as boys.
To find out more, come to our
Co-education Information
Evening on Wednesday
9th September 2009. Please
call 01223 403805 or email
admissions@perse.co.uk to
reserve your place.
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BEHIND THE SCENES
Pitch
perfect
West Road Concert Hall attracts
world-leading performers, is used by
the University’s Faculty of Music –
and finds space in its busy programme
for local music groups. Meet the
person who makes it all happen
Philip Mynott
How many people does it take to run
a concert hall? A large concert hall with
three resident ensembles, more than 300
events a year and a place visited by heads
of state?
Large music venues might draw on
scores of employees but at West Road
Concert Hall the job falls to George
Unsworth, her assistant Nell Halford and
a group of three dedicated custodians.
The days may be long and the work
intense, but keeping the team small has
it advantages, as George explains. “It
would be nice for us to have facilities
such as a box office and marketing
department, but as soon as you do, your
costs increase. These then have to be
passed on to the groups who perform
here, and we don’t want to turn people
away because we have become too
expensive.”
The challenge, then, is to maintain
the concert hall as a space that appeals to
professionals, is open to community music
groups, and can accommodate the needs
of the University’s Faculty of Music, one
of the oldest and most famous university
music departments in the world.
It is a difficult balance to strike,
but a quick run-through of this year’s
programme suggests it is one that
George and her team have honed to
a fine art. For instance, the summer
months have seen high-profile slots
for the Academy of Ancient Music, the
2009 Darwin Anniversary Festival and
BBC television’s Question Time (with
Any Questions? scheduled for October
this year). But there have also been
performances by youth, community
and student groups – from the National
Youth Recorder Orchestra, the Cambridge
Handel Opera Group and a large number
of University music groups.
Not surprisingly, George’s work
as Concert Hall Manager is varied.
One day she might be stuffing sheet
music into folders for the BBC Proms;
another liaising with the Vice-Chancellor’s
Office and police over security for a
foreign dignitary.
So just why does West Road punch
above its weight as a venue? One reason
is its exceptional acoustics. You might
“The fantastic
acoustics were
one of the
reasons why
I came to work
at West Road”
Find out more
For more information,
including a programme of
events and details of West
Road’s resident ensembles
– the Academy of Ancient
Music, the Britten Sinfonia
and the Endellion String
Quartet – log on to
www.westroad.org
George Unsworth, Concert Hall Manager at West Road
expect nothing less from a concert
hall designed by Sir Leslie Martin,
the architect responsible for the Royal
Festival Hall in London. But that said,
George believes there aren’t many
spaces in the world that surpass its
sound quality.
The acoustics were one of the reasons
why George herself came to work at
West Road, having spent time in senior
positions at the London Philharmonic
Orchestra, Barbican and Academy of St
Martin in the Fields. One of the others
was the chance to work for a concert
hall that had strong links with local
community groups. She mentions the
Cambridge Holiday Orchestra, which
offers a wide range of musical activities,
including bands, choirs and a full
orchestra for young musicians. Many
Cambridge staff, she adds, are involved
with local music groups that make use
of the hall.
“I suppose we’re a bit like a garage,”
she says, laughing. “People park their
events in us, but that’s not always such
a bad thing.”
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INSIDE THE COLLEGES
1A tour through
Clare College
garden
Access
all areas
2Walk down
a hidden
underground
tunnel
Before the Second World War, Clare
was described as the “jewel in the
wilderness”. Today, the college is set
in some of the most beautiful gardens
in the city. The inspiration for the
gardens came from a design in 1947
by College Fellow Professor Nevill
Willmer, says Head Gardener Steve
Elstub. “He coordinated the garden
around colour themes, views, vistas
and gardens within gardens.”
The garden still retains some of
its earlier features: old yews and
chestnuts, a fine riverside specimen
of Swamp Cypress and an old stone
wall that, together with two apple
trees, once formed part of an old
kitchen garden.
➔ Tours take place on 11 and
12 September at 10.45am and 2pm
and last for an hour and a half
science at king’s college library
A selection of libraries will be open
throughout the weekend, showing
collections that include medieval
manuscripts, early printed books and Winston
Churchill’s papers. The library at King’s houses
documents and books by, among others, Sir Isaac
Newton, economist John Maynard Keynes and
British mathematician Alan Turing, some of whose
papers are pictured with King’s Library archivist
Dr Patricia McGuire. Those who are interested in the
environment can visit and browse an exhibition of
books from the Global Warming Collection.
➔ The library opens on 11 September from 10am
to 4pm, is free and does not require booking
Behind stately college
frontages and University
buildings lies a world of
hidden gardens, ancient
libraries and fantastic
art collections. Open
Cambridge, a weekend
of tours, talks, exhibitions
and more is the public’s
chance to enjoy them.
There are scores of
events to choose from,
but here’s a small taste
of what’s on offer...
Philip Mynott
Emmanuel Street is one of the busiest
thoroughfares in Cambridge – a hive
of activity created by bus stops, John
Lewis shoppers and those looking
for a short-cut to Christ’s Pieces.
Most passers-by aren’t aware that
beneath them lies the Emmanuel
College subway, which connects
New Court in the main college
premises to North Court on the
other side of the road. The green
and cream tiled tunnel is a favourite
with participants on the Bridge the
Gap charity walk, which visits several
colleges in one day. Staff can also
see it as part of the Emmanuel
College – Past and Present tour.
➔ Emmanuel College – Past and
Present is on 11 September, 10–11am
and 2.30–3.30pm
➔ Bridge the Gap is on 13 September,
starting on Jesus Green from
9.30–11am
Find out more
➔ For a full programme of events and to
pre-book online, visit www.cam.ac.uk/
opencambridge
➔ For more information, call (01223)
766766
Philip Mynott
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people
People coming
Obituary
Professor Wallace-Hadrill
Professor Colin Lizieri
Dr Rebecca Lingwood
Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill OBE takes up the
Mastership of Sidney Sussex College this month, becoming
the 25th Master since the college was founded in 1596.
A Roman social and cultural historian, Professor Wallace-
Hadrill has been for the last 14 years Director of the British
School at Rome. An expert on Pompeii and Herculaneum,
he has directed major projects at both sites, including
the Herculaneum Conservation Project for which he will
continue to take responsibility.
He was awarded the Archaeological Institute of
America’s James R. Wiseman Award in 1995 for his book
Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum (1994) and
is currently working on a new book on Herculaneum. He
has written several other books, including Suetonius: the
Scholar and his Caesars (1985), Augustan Rome (1993), and,
most recently, Rome’s Cultural Revolution (2008), published
by Cambridge University Press. Professor Wallace-Hadrill
has held visiting fellowships at Princeton University and the
Getty Museum, and is a frequent contributor to radio and
television broadcasts.
Professor Wallace-Hadrill will be accompanied in his
new role at Sidney Sussex by his wife Josephine, and has
pledged to ensure his role as Master is “at the heart of
college life, generating institutional self-confidence
and promoting and building on a shared vision” .
He succeeds Professor Dame Sandra Dawson who
stood down in August after ten years as Master.
Professor Colin Lizieri has been appointed Grosvenor
Professor of Real Estate Finance at the University. He will
lead the research and teaching in Real Estate Finance
within the Department of Land Economy, building on
the innovations made by his predecessor Professor John
Glascock, particularly in the development of the MPhil in
Real Estate Finance.
Professor Lizieri has a long and distinguished record
of research, publication and teaching, and was most
recently Professor of Real Estate Finance at the University
of Reading.
Dr Rebecca Lingwood has been appointed the
new Director at the Institute of Continuing Education.
Dr Lingwood, who gained her Engineering degree,
MA and PhD at Cambridge, will succeed Professor
Dick Taylor on 1 October 2009.
She is currently Director of Continuing Professional
Development at Oxford University. She said: “I am delighted
to be returning to Cambridge and have the opportunity to
build on the Institute’s traditions, and create a strong and
vibrant future for continuing education.”
Miss Helen Stephens has been appointed Head Porter of
Selwyn, joining the college on 18 August. Helen was Deputy
Head Porter at Trinity College from May 2008 and previously
a gate porter at Jesus for three years.
Selwyn has a small team of dedicated porters including a
Deputy Head Porter, five Day Porters, two Night Porters and
a receptionist.
Professor Graham
Stanton
(1940–2009)
Professor Graham Stanton, Lady
Margaret’s Professor of Divinity at
the University of Cambridge, was
a New Testament scholar whose
studies focused on the Gospels,
particularly Matthew’s Gospel.
Probably his best-known work
was The Gospels and Jesus, while the
collection of essays on Matthew’s
Gospel, A Gospel for a New People,
used a variety of methods to throw
light on the community behind
the text.
In 1996-97, Professor Stanton
served as President of the Society
for New Testament Studies. For
nine years he edited New Testament
Studies and the associated
monograph series, both published
by Cambridge University Press.
During his time in Cambridge
he presided over the celebrations
for the Quincentenary of the
Lady Margaret’s Chair in 2002,
and was involved in securing the
re-endowment of the Chair from
the Kirby Laing Foundation in
October 2007.
As a Fellow of Fitzwilliam College
he secured a key benefaction for
the endowment of the Chaplaincy
in 2008.
As a scholar, a loyal friend
and an encourager of all young
researchers he will be greatly
missed.
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prizes, awards and honours
Birthday Honours
Five Cambridge academics were named
in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
They were:
Professor David Baulcombe, Professor
of Botany at the University of Cambridge
and a Fellow of Trinity, who was
knighted for services to Plant Science.
Dr Kate Pretty, the University’s Pro-
Vice-Chancellor for International Strategy
and a Principal of Homerton College,
who was made a CBE for services to
Higher Education.
Professor Lynn Gladden, Shell Professor
of Chemical Engineering and Head of the
Department of Chemical Engineering
and Biotechnology. A Fellow of Trinity,
she was awarded a CBE for services to
Chemical Engineering. Professor Gladden
was awarded an OBE in 2001 for her
services to Chemistry.
Stephen Cleobury, Director of Music
at King’s, who was made a CBE for his
services to Music.
Professor Sheila Rodwell, who sadly
died a few days after the list was made
public, was made an OBE. Professor
Rodwell had most recently held the
position of Director of the MRC Centre
for Nutrition in Cancer Epidemiology
Prevention and Survival at the University.
Other awards
➔ Professor Stephen O’Rahilly,
Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and
Medicine, Director of the Institute of
Metabolic Science Metabolic Research
Laboratories and Honorary Consultant
Physician at Addenbrooke’s Hospital,
has been awarded an Honorary DSc by
the University of Warwick in recognition
of his contribution to research in
human metabolic disease.
➔ The Millennium Mathematics Project
has been awarded the 2009 Gresham
Prize for its education project On Your
Maths, about mathematics and the
2012 Olympics. Professor John D Barrow,
Director of the Millennium Mathematics
and Professor of Mathematical Sciences,
has been awarded the 2009 Kelvin Medal
of the Institute of Physics and has been
elected a member of the Academia
Europaea.
➔ Professor Mary Beard, Professor of
Classics and a Fellow of Newnham, has
been awarded the Wolfson History Prize for
her book Pompeii: the Life Of a Roman Town.
The prestigious annual award is presented
to the authors of two exceptional works
each year to promote and encourage
Professor Stephen O’Rahilly
Dr Kate Pretty
Dr Mark Stevens
standards of excellence in the writing of
history for the general public. Professor
Beard’s book presents a unique view of life
in Pompeii, which was buried when Mount
Vesuvius erupted in AD 79.
➔ Dr Sam Chamberlain, from the
Department of Psychiatry and the
University’s Behavioural and Clinical
Neuroscience Institute, has been
awarded the Junior Preclinical Wyeth
Psychopharmacology Award for
2009 by the British Association for
Psychopharmacology (BAP) at the annual
BAP conference in Oxford. The award was
for his research in healthy volunteers, and
in patients with impulse control disorders,
which has shed light on how psychiatric
medications exert beneficial effects on
symptoms via actions on the brain.
➔ Two Cambridge academics –
Dr Martin Stevens and Dr Alessio
Ciulli – have been awarded fellowships
by the Biotechnology and Biological
Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
Both received David Phillips Fellowships,
given to support the UK’s
most promising early career
researchers.
Pilkington Prizes awarded
Twelve of the University’s best teaching
talents have been honoured at the annual
Pilkington Prizes awards ceremony.
The Pilkington Teaching Prizes were
established in 1994 by businessman and
Trinity alumnus Sir Alastair Pilkington.
The aim of the prizes is to ensure that
excellence in teaching at the University is
given proper recognition. The list includes
a posthumous award for Professor Mike
Majerus. The prizes were awarded to:
Dr Matthew Juniper, Senior Lecturer in
the Department of Engineering Energy
Group and a Fellow of Trinity.
Professor Andrew Thomason,
Professor of Combinatorial Mathematics
in the Faculty of Mathematics and a
Fellow of Clare.
Dr Julia Riley, Lecturer at the Faculty of
Physics and Chemistry and a Fellow
of Girton.
Dr Simon Taylor, Lecturer at the Judge
Business School.
Dr Martin Ennis, Senior Lecturer at the
Faculty of Music and a Fellow of Girton.
Dr Kate Plaisted-Grant, Senior Lecturer
in the Department of Experimental
Psychology and a Fellow of Trinity.
Dr Helen Smith, University Associate
Lecturer in the Department of
Anaesthetics.
Professor Kenneth Siddle,
Professor of Molecular Endocrinology
at the Institute of Metabolic Science
and a Fellow of Churchill.
Dr Charles French, Reader at the
Department of Archaeology and
Anthropology.
Dr Peter Mandler, Reader in the
Faculty of History and a Fellow of
Gonville and Caius.
Mrs Haruko Laurie, Senior Language
Teaching Officer at the Faculty of
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
and a Fellow of Selwyn.
Professor Mike Majerus, Reader in
Evolution at the Department of Genetics
who was a Fellow of Clare.
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interview
Murder
in the colleges
As Cambridge celebrates its 800 th anniversary,
we meet an author whose crime fiction is
set in the emerging years of the University,
complete with inter-collegiate skulduggery,
academic intrigue and worse
Lis Cruwys combines historical research with a cracking good story
ON A FINE MORNING in 1996 Liz Cruwys,
a marine biologist, cycled from the Scott
Polar Research Institute to Heffers book
shop on Trinity Street. There on a table
in the crime fiction section lay a pile
of freshly delivered copies of A Plague
on Both Your Houses: the First Chronicle
of Matthew Bartholomew by Susanna
Gregory, an author new to the genre.
Liz opened the top copy and flicked
through the first few pages – a dedication
to the author’s husband, a map of
Cambridge and a plan of Michaelhouse
circa 1348, followed by a prologue that
sets the scene for the unfolding of clerical
skulduggery and academic scheming.
It was, she says, a “surreal feeling” because
Susanna Gregory is a pseudonym – and
the author of the book with the brightly
coloured cover was none other than
Liz herself.
A Plague on Both Your Houses
unravels the story of a murder against
a backdrop of the savage rivalry of
medieval Cambridge, as college fellows
jockey for position. In the background
looms the ever-present threat of
approaching plague. When it arrives,
the Black Death brings desperation
among the local population as resources
dwindle, and town and gown rivalries
intensify. Descriptions of the stench from
the River Cam, filthy kitchens and piles of
“Cambridge
is one of the
most magical,
magnificent
and murderous
places
anywhere”
rubbish are stark reminders of Cambridge
as a miserably cold town in the Fens.
The central character is Matthew
Bartholomew, a physician and teacher
of medicine at Michaelhouse, one of
the earliest Cambridge colleges,
which was eventually incorporated into
Trinity College. With his pragmatism,
Bartholomew is more modern in his
methods than most of his peers in
the book as he seeks to find a logical
explanation for the spread of infection
and a means of treating it – perhaps
a pointer to some of the brilliant
Cambridge minds to come.
Liz says she became fascinated by
medieval history while “living among
the wonderful medieval remains of
Cambridge”. After school in Bristol,
she earned her first two degrees at the
University of Lancaster and the University
of Durham. Her subsequent career
as a police officer gave her an insight
into human behaviour in all its guises,
subterfuge and crime-solving.
In her late-20s she returned to
academia, taking a PhD in Biological
Anthropology at Cambridge, and later
becoming a Fellow and Tutor at Wolfson
College. During her time in Cambridge,
she conducted extensive fieldwork in
both polar regions, while pursuing her
love of medieval history and architecture
in her free time. In constructing her plots,
she combines historical research with a
cracking good story.
Since the publication of A Plague
on Both Your Houses, 14 further
Matthew Bartholomew Chronicles have
appeared. The latest, A Vein of Deceit,
centres on sly dealings and murder as
Michaelhouse negotiates for timber and
coal with Suffolk landlords. An interest in
Restoration London prompted Liz to start
another series, this one based around
the character Thomas Chaloner. On top
of that, she is author of books on British
castles and cathedrals of the world.
She says: “Each time I finish a book,
I quickly plunge into the next one –
and soon I scarcely remember what
the last one was about.”
In 2006, Liz moved to Carmarthenshire
in west Wales, where she has a large
garden and engages in heated debate
with other writers of crime fiction
on matters of pithy historic detail,
and works full time on her books.
She still visits Cambridge, where
she lived for 20 years, whenever she
can. Sometimes she pops into the
Michaelhouse Café, a flourishing
reminder of one of Cambridge’s ‘lost’
colleges, imagining vespers being sung
there by early college scholars as she
sips her tea.
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pictures: Chris Christodoulou
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Proms fly the flag
for Cambridge
THE BBC PROMS celebrated the 800th Anniversary of the
University of Cambridge with a sold-out concert on 22 July
at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
More than 5,000 music lovers and Cambridge alumni,
including His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, enjoyed the
performance. At the end of the concert the conductor Andrew
Davis was called out for several curtain calls to a cheering
audience and a sea of waving Cambridge flags.
Some 240 singers from 16 college choirs were joined onstage
by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew
Davis, baritone Simon Keenlyside and organist Thomas Trotter,
all of whom studied at Cambridge. The evening’s repertoire
was by composers associated with the University, including
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Charles Villiers Stanford and Ryan
Wigglesworth. Outside the Royal Albert Hall, people were
queuing up for tickets as early as 6am. The ‘Prommers’, as they are
known, are a close-knit group, many of whom have been coming
to the Proms for most of their lives.
NVQ courses offer chance
to learn at work
Sam McGrath-Thompson has had some
interesting experiences with the public
as Head Attendant at the Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology.
One day during the Cambridge
Science Festival he saw a bunch of
heads bobbing around under a table. He
investigated further and found a family
having a picnic in the middle of one of
the galleries.
He says he gets a tremendous buzz
from dealing with the public, and that
enthusiasm has been deepened after he
took part in the University pilot for an
NVQ Level 2 in Museums, Galleries and
Heritage.
Sam, who has been Head Attendant
for about six years, says the course, which
he took alongside his work, helped him to
see his job in the context of the museum
as a whole. “It looked at how the museum
functions and how each part is separate
but important,” he says. “It made me
understand how important gallery staff
are. A lot of what I do every day is done
on autopilot, and this made me look at
the wider context of my job.”
Sam, 56, was given an Endeavour
Award by Cambridge Regional
College, who supervised the NVQ. The
qualification was funded by the Centre
for Personal and Professional
Development (CPPD).
He was in a group of five staff from the
Archaeology and Anthropology Museum,
as well as the Fitzwilliam Museum.
The course focused on areas such as
Hauser Forum now complete
A topping out ceremony has marked
the completion of the main structure of
the £15.7 million Hauser Forum at West
Cambridge.
Dr Hermann Hauser and Dr Pamela
Raspe joined Chris Goldsmith of
Turnstone Estates, Mike Hart of Willmott
Dixon and, from the University, Director
of Estate Management Michael Bienias
and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research
Professor Ian Leslie.
communications, over-the-counter work
and dealing with the public.
Sam says he decided to go on the
course because he wanted to see if
it would be useful to his staff. He will
definitely be recommending it to his
colleagues. “You can never have enough
education,” he says.
For further information, phone Jenny
Tootal, Vocational Development Adviser
at CPPD on (3)32345 or email
jmt37@admin.cam.ac.uk
The participants in the pilot group NVQ Level 2
Museums, Galleries and Heritage, all of whom
achieved the qualification. Left to right are:
Amy Brady, Fitzwilliam Museum; Sue Foakes,
tutor Cambridge Regional College; Peter
Rooley, Archaeology and Anthropology
Museum; Siobhan Lee, Fitzwilliam Museum;
Colin Yaxley, Fitzwilliam Museum; Sam
McGrath-Thompson, Archaeology and
Anthropology Museum.
The development, due for completion
this December, will comprise a home for
Cambridge Enterprise, an “idea space” for
emerging companies, a seminar centre,
a café, and the Broers Building – named
after former Vice-Chancellor Lord Broers –
for rent to commercial companies.
The Hauser Forum has been made
possible thanks to a generous £8 million
donation to the University’s from the
Hauser-Raspe Foundation.
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