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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 newsletter The Newsletter is published for the staff of the University of Cambridge and is produced by the Office of External Affairs and Communications. Please send in ideas for the content and other ways we can improve the publication. Tel: (3)32300 or email newsletter@admin.cam.ac.uk. Suggestions for articles for the November/ December edition should reach the Editor by 22 September. Editor: Andrew Aldridge Advertising: Nick Saffell Design: Cambridge Creations Printers: Labute Printers Newsletter online www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/newsletter/ 2 | september/october 2009 | UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE Newsletter
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/ september/october 2009 | UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE Newsletter | 3
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