Homerton College Annual Review Volume 2

HOMERTON COLLEGE

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

COLLEGE NEWS

From the Principal Senior Tutor’s Report Bursar’s Report

From the Library 2016 News Highlights

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Professor Geoffrey Ward

This much is the same: I am drafting these words for the Annual Review in the same office, at the same desk, as last year. A new cohort of first year undergraduates have now established their work routine, made new friends and settled down to life in Homerton. The short Cambridge term is an intense experience, and just as I did last year, I encouraged freshers to use their College not only for academic work but to unwind. And yet, to quote a great Cambridge poet, Alfred Tennyson, ‘it is the same yet not the same’. As I look back on the key events of the calendar year, I see a striking and recurrent theme – one of people appearing in new guises. In November I welcomed Professor Sir Roy Calne, who gave an inspirational talk about his long and distinguished career to our new Medical

students. Sir Roy is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a surgeon, who, among many pioneering achievements, performed the first liver, heart and lung transplant in 1987. What better person to invite to speak to our new medics as they begin their journey to their profession? But Sir Roy is also an artist, and kindly donated an oil painting of the UK’s longest surviving kidney transplant patient, along with a sculpture.

The picture hangs in the Drawing Room, which in the summer became the recipient of another portrait, that of Charles Wellbeloved, former Principal of Harris Manchester, our sister College in Oxford, who was educated at Homerton Academy. As Reverend Dr Ralph Waller, Harris Manchester’s current Principal, had promised the picture to us some time ago, I was pleased but not surprised to receive it. What did surprise us all was that he rode 86 miles from Oxford on a bicycle to do it, along with his Vice-Chancellor, Professor

Sir Roy

Louise Richardson, and a number of Lycra-clad Fellows, raising funds for student bursaries through sponsorship whilst doing so.

We are delighted to honour the exceedingly varied achievements of our new Honorary Fellows, Dame Sally Davies (Chief Medical Officer for England), Dame Evelyn Glennie (inspirational musician and motivational speaker), prizewinning novelist Meg Rosoff, and Sir David Harrison. Sir David’s efforts as Chairman of the Board of Trustees were instrumental in Homerton’s progress towards full collegiate status within the University of Cambridge. If Homerton is now the same yet not the same, that is partly due to the formidable support we enjoy from Fellows and friends who are as keen to join us as we are honoured to have them on board.

The achievements of our Fellowship this last year have been remarkable. To list: Professor Richard Hickman’s award of a Chair in Aesthetic Development, as well as the exhibition of his own paintings in King’s College; the organisation of an international conference on philosopher John Dewey by Christine Doddington; and the

choreography of a tour of New York and the East Coast by the Charter Choir of Homerton College, under the guidance of Dr Daniel Trocmé-Latter, would be to indicate, but by no means exhaust, the vivid and varied activities undertaken by our Fellows.

Our students have also performed brilliantly, gaining the best-ever set of results in Finals this summer, as well as distinguishing themselves in sport, music, drama and all the skills that make each student’s rounded life here the same yet not the same.

There is quite literally more to Homerton College than there was. Our new postgraduate accommodation, Morley House, is now complete and occupied, as is a new independent sixth form school, Abbey College, which sits on our land. Soon we will embark on the construction of a new dining hall, as well as new sports facilities.

The world outside the College seems to me to have darkened over this last year, with potential for further turmoil. We are lucky to be where we are, and lucky above all to have such a wealth of talent and goodwill to sustain us n

SENIOR TUTOR’S REPORT

Dr Penny Barton

This was an outstanding year academically for the College, with our best Tripos results since the diversification into all subject areas in 2002, and the long-awaited arrival of our first Medical students in October 2016. The College always has strong numbers of 2.1s but this year there were a smaller number of 2.2s and a greater number of Firsts, with record numbers in both second and third years. Some relatively small subjects have done exceptionally well (such as Computer Science, History of Art, Linguistics and Land Economy), and this year has seen fantastic performances in Law, Education and Economics. Homerton students won three University prizes and were awarded four starred Firsts.

Looking at patterns over the last ten years, the figure below shows results, as percentages, for students in their third year. Note the

encouraging increase in the navy blue sector (Firsts) at the bottom of each column, and also of the navy blue-plus-red total – students getting a First or 2.1 result – for the first time over 90% in 2016. Of course students in the remaining 10% are by no means failures – there are often overwhelming external reasons why they have missed this particular threshold, and the career records of all our students means that we know they have great futures ahead of them, and that degree classification is only one of many factors.

Many alumni will remember the dry mouth and sick feeling involved in going to look at your exam results in the glass cases outside the Senate House. Did you go in a group for moral support, or slink in when no-one you knew was there? Did you look for your name by starting at the bottom and working up, or starting at the top and working down – probably a revealing personality test! Our students are now spared this ordeal and

Homerton welcomes its first Medical students.

instead sit hunched over a keyboard repeatedly pressing ‘refresh’ until their results appear on their personal Cambridge webpage. Not so romantic, but at least private. At the moment the class lists still go up in the glass cases at the Senate House, but I can’t imagine that anyone learns their own results in this way.

In the last couple of years there has been a student-led campaign to abolish the display of class lists altogether. Generally the academic staff of the Colleges and University have been supportive of this request; although we like tradition, maybe this particular one has had its day and no longer serves a useful purpose.

Ironically the ‘oldies’ had accepted the need for change, and then the Cambridge University Student Union had a referendum in which the students voted NOT to campaign further to abolish them. In a ballot of the University’s governing body, the Regent House, the proposal to abolish public display was eventually rejected.

Of course, exam results are important for our students, but in themselves are a relatively small aspect of the life of a College. The big

success story of 2016 was the new Subject Dinners, which are now annual events. There have been good turnouts from Homerton undergraduate and graduate students, staff, supervisors and special guests, and a variety of subject themed events, from serious academic lectures, to discussions, to short talks from alumni about their post-Homerton careers. We have set up a new tradition of subjectthemed menus and fun table accessories for these dinners (for Natural Sciences, drinks in test-tubes and molecules made of jelly sweets; for Engineers, Lego, etc) and the evenings have been great fun.

Sometimes quite low profile extra-curricular activities that our students are involved in are the most telling and impressive. As an example, I found out in passing that one of our undergraduates is a member of Sing Inside –featured in the News section on page 23 – an amazing social initiative that I am very proud that the College is associated with. Our current students continue Homerton’s long tradition of social responsibility n

BURSAR’S REPORT

Deborah Griffin OBE

2016 started with the momentous decision by the College’s Governing Body to build a new dining hall whilst ensuring that the much-loved Great Hall becomes the centre of activity in the College for music, drama, seminars and presentations. The current kitchens were installed 30 years ago and broke the east-west corridor through the Cavendish building – deliveries and waste have to cross the corridor and the noise and smells from the kitchens

and Victorian drains often pervade the heart of the College. This situation would not be solved by refurbishment and so the Governing Body have resolved to create a spectacular new building.

The dining hall competition was launched in Summer 2016 to identify the best architectled design team. Dining together is not only an intrinsic part of the collegiate experience in Cambridge but the building itself will be a highly visible and iconic addition to the College. By the time you are reading this Annual Review we hope to have announced the winning team.

The first phase of the Estates Strategy – the 112-bedroom Morley House for graduates –opened in September. With a spacious new MCR, the graduate community in College is now buzzing with activities most evenings (including their own Bake Off competition!).

Keeping our ears to the ground resulted in an opportunity to work with St Mary’s School to develop the nine acres of sports fields they own on Long Road. A planning application has been submitted to develop artificial pitches for hockey, netball and tennis courts plus rugby and football. Lacrosse, Quidditch, ultimate frisbee and American football can also be played on the rugby/football pitch. All pitches will have floodlights, along with a pavilion, providing our students with the best sports facilities in Cambridge. Intense academic lives means the ability to play at night under lights will keep our students active and healthy.

To help fund these developments we continued to work our investments hard. The commercial element of the Homerton Business Centre development was completed in Spring 2016 and all the tenants are now happily in occupation including our anchor tenant, Abbey College. The renowned Cambridge Cookery School has brand new facilities including a café which has done roaring trade with the many builders on site. The commercial developments were valued in the FY16 accounts at £34.5m having cost c. £18m to construct and will produce a consistent rental income.

The residential development, Homerton Gardens, through the College’s joint venture partnership with Hill, continues on track and on budget. Construction was completed in December 2016 and we hope to be all sold out by June 2017. The final landscaping of the gardens is underway and will be graced with a sculpture by local artist, Harry Gray, who is responsible for the fourteen bronze sculptures representing columns of books outside the University Library.

A volatile year in world stock markets meant that investment portfolio values were more or less stagnant but our income on our investments produced a return of 3.6% – still comfortably above inflation.

The accounts for the Financial Year to 30 June 2016 were approved by the Governing Body on 2 December and again demonstrate the increasing investment being made in the academic activities of the College and support for students. The full report is available on the College website.

The financial statements are presented taking into account the new accounting standard FRS102. The College produced an operating deficit of £0.5m although this included increased depreciation of £0.5m on budget (FY15 numbers are restated). Other investment included increased expenditure on teaching, some of which was in anticipation of the first Medical students admitted in 2016.

As costs continue to increase the importance of diversifying and growing our income, particularly from donations, cannot be underestimated n

FROM THE LIBRARY

Liz Osman

2016 has been an exciting year for the Library, full of change.

We have spent most of 2015 and 2016 preparing for the College’s first intake of Medical students. This has involved learning about the course requirements and ordering new texts to ensure the medics have the books they need. We have also acquired plastic skeletons which have been loaned to the students to assist with their anatomy studies, alongside a skeleton for the Library. He has now been christened Sid after suggestions from students.

At the beginning of the year we welcomed our first volunteer to the Library. Dr Rachel Johnson, who has a PhD in Children’s Literature and a distinguished career in librarianship, is kindly working through our rare books collection

undertaking research to provide more detail about the titles that we have.

We have again been fortunate to receive a number of donations to the Library, further enhancing our Children’s Literature and undergraduate collections. Friends of the College, Mr and Mrs Bailey, welcomed us to their home to select from their extensive 19th Century fiction collection, whilst Retired Senior Member, Professor Dorothy Richardson, gifted a number of art books to complement our current collection. We are always grateful to our donors, and thank everyone who has gifted to the Library this year.

In March, the Library held an exhibition to coincide with the finals of the Poetry By Heart national competition, held in College. The Library displayed a wide range of poetry, from children’s anthologies through to the individual poems of T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets and a first edition of

The Testament of Beauty by Robert Bridges. The Library also mounted a horse-themed exhibition to accompany the one-day conference Horse Tales: Writing the Equine in Children’s Literature held in May.

Over the summer the University launched a new discovery service – iDiscover – an integrated catalogue allowing users to search for both physical and electronic items across the University and College’s libraries.

August saw a reshuffle of staff in the Library. Two staff received promotions, Rosie Austin to Deputy Librarian and Alys Butler to Acquisitions Librarian. The new team formation is working very well.

September and October saw the arrival of postgraduates and undergraduates, all to be inducted into the Library. This year saw a new format to the Library’s study skills teaching, with four identical sessions across the first two weeks of the year, ensuring students have the knowledge to aid them in locating material, referencing and avoiding plagiarism.

We also continue to work to make the Library a welcoming space to students. We have invested

in extra lamps for the top floor where the lighting is poorer at night. We have also bought some beanbags, following requests from students. We hope they will provide an alternative for those wanting to sit and read, without needing a table for their notes or laptop.

The Library saw a far greater influx of queries and requests in the first few weeks of term than in recent years. This level of engagement has been fantastic, and allowed staff to assist students and buy more books based on their requests.

Looking forward, 2017 will see a new library management system being installed across the University which will be a big challenge for Library staff, but should produce only benefits to students. We will also be involved in the relocation of the Archive to Queen’s Wing. This should provide a much better-suited space for ensuring the Archive is preserved and has room to grow. It will also provide a reading area so visitors and researchers can consult material with ease. We also hope this will free up some space to allow our children’s annuals collection to come out of storage; the first step towards cataloguing and making it available to researchers n

2016 NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Liz Osman

Spectacular new building to be commissioned

The College has launched an architectural competition to create a stunning new dining hall.

The Victorian Great Hall at Homerton is one of the College’s glories, but catering in the Hall is held back by a small kitchen which will soon reach its absolute capacity, and which cannot be expanded or improved in its present location. To meet this challenge, the College’s Governing Body has approved a plan to construct a new dining hall and kitchen next to the Arts and

Crafts-style Ibberson building, and to open up the Great Hall to a wider variety of student uses.

The new dining hall will be on the site of an incoherent group of small functional buildings – the Hilary Shuard Building of administrative offices, the P7 portakabin, the dance studio and the squash courts. The cost of the new hall is estimated at £7 million, which will be funded from existing College resources set aside for the Estate Strategy. It is envisaged that construction will begin in the second quarter of 2018.

The kitchen serving the Great Hall was put in place 15 years ago when the resident student number was 470, and with current residents numbering nearly 800, an expanded kitchen is now necessary. The space freed up by removing it from its current location will be used to put new student facilities in the heart of the College including an improved Junior Common Room, an enlarged office for the Homerton Union of Students, several music practice rooms, an art studio and an exhibition space.

The project will also enable the 19th-century Cavendish bar to be brought back into regular use, and the gallery in the Great Hall – which currently houses a tangle of air-handling pipes from the kitchen – to be reinstated.

Around 150 architectural practices entered the competition to design the new Hall, and a shortlist of five has been drawn up. The five are: Caruso St John Architects (whose building for Newport Street Gallery in London won the 2016 RIBA Stirling Prize), dRMM Architects (who were shortlisted for the Prize), Feilden Fowles, Hall McKnight, and Walters & Cohen. The winning architect will be announced in early 2017.

Ruth Taylor, JCR President 2015–16, said:

‘Students have long campaigned for a proper JCR and more student facilities, and this project will

provide some of the best facilities of any of the Cambridge Colleges.

Many students like me were initially dismayed at the thought of not eating daily in the Great Hall, but the huge benefits of this project for student life speak for themselves, and most students are enthusiastic about the grand vision for the new hall alongside the old Great Hall. The College intends the new dining hall to be every bit as special as the Great Hall, so it’ll be exciting to come back to Homerton in a few years and see the result!’

Professor Geoffrey Ward, Principal said:

‘The decision has been taken with much care and process, because the Great Hall is so precious to many of us. We have therefore ensured that through these changes students will be able to make greater, not lesser, use of the Hall – for drama, music, lectures and seminars – and also that we can still use the Great Hall on occasion for formal dinners.’

Deborah Griffin, Bursar, said:

‘We are very conscious that the new hall has to be a building that will serve the College for the next 250 years, both functionally and architecturally. We intend to create a spectacular building that will be a unique landmark on our campus.’

Students from Homerton get creative for The Mays Anthology

Since 1992, The Mays Anthology has published an annual selection of the best and most exciting new writing and artwork from students at the universities of Cambridge and Oxford. Based at the University of Cambridge, the anthology is edited by students and published by Varsity Publications.

The Mays is broader in scope than most university literary projects; it is sold in bookstores and by international delivery, and is often distributed to literary agents. Each year invited guest Editors – usually prominent authors, poets or artists –contribute a preface to the anthology and take part in the selection process. This year’s guest Editors were Roger McGough CBE FRSL, a poet, broadcaster, children’s author and playwright, and Rupi Kaur, a contemporary feminist poet and spoken word artist.

Homerton students made up a large proportion of those involved in the publication this year, Rebekah-Miron Clayton, a Homerton student who graduated in July, took on the role of Editor and fellow students, Flo Sagers, Finnian Brewer and Connie Bennett, also joined the administrative committee. Furthermore, Homerton students, Kalvin Schmidt Rimpler-Dinh and Lilly Posnett, submitted creative writing which was selected from hundreds of submissions to feature in the anthology.

‘I was thrilled that Homerton was so involved in The Mays this year, I loved having the opportunity to work alongside so many talented students from my own College and to read creative work from across Oxford and

LEFT: The front cover for this year’s The Mays Anthology, designed by Cambridge student, Hannah Grace Taylor.

Cambridge. The anthology is part of a tradition at Oxbridge that spans back centuries and so whilst we were keen to uphold the high standards of content The Mays is known for, we also wanted to start our own tradition: the consideration and inclusion of all genres of creative work. This year’s anthology welcomed submissions in the original genres of poetry, prose and artwork, but also was prepared to accept creative excellence in mediums not previously celebrated, such as poster design, comic and graphic novel, poetry for performance, engineer or mathematic sketch, sculpture, blueprint or architectural drawing, lyrics, composition and sheet music – to name just a few possibilities. The result was a varied and often impressive batch of submissions which were a joy to select from, and which we believe better illustrates the breadth of original, creative talents at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge’.

Rebekah-Miron Clayton (BA Education with English and Drama, 2013–2016)

Over the years, The Mays has earned a reputation for picking out the brightest new artistic talent. Novelist Nick Laird was a former student editor, and The Mays is also widely credited for launching the career of novelist Zadie Smith. Literary agencies first took notice of Smith after seeing her story Mrs Begum’s Son and the Private Tutor in the 1997 collection. When Smith returned to guest edit The Mays in 2001, her quip ‘maybe in a few years this lot will have me out of a job’ offered an incentive to future contributors.

This year’s Anthology can be purchased online from The Mays website, or from Amazon, Ex Libris and Waterstones.

Morley House

The new purpose-built graduate accommodation building, Morley House, was completed in 2016, accommodating 121 postgraduate students.

Morley House has been built alongside pre-existing postgraduate accommodation block Harrison House. The building sits in quiet surroundings at the back of the College campus near the lower playing fields and orchard.

This means students can enjoy the NeoGothic surroundings of the older buildings such as the Great Hall, whilst living in modern and well-equipped rooms. Accommodation in the new building is arranged in groups of five en-suite bedrooms around a fully-fitted kitchen, with several larger double rooms available for couples. The project has also seen the necessary expansion of the existing parking facilities at the back of the College and improved shelters for storage of student bicycles. Morley House is also the new location for the MCR, a common room space for postgraduates. MCR President, Thomas Brouwer, comments:

‘With the opening of the brand new graduate accommodation Morley House, we have an even more vibrant graduate community in Homerton. The new MCR allows students to relax after their studies, and provides a social gathering space that has already seen plenty of great events!’

Morley House is named after the philanthropist, dissenter and statesman Samuel Morley who acted as treasurer of the College before its move from Homerton, London to Cambridge. Morley is seen as the founder of Homerton on its Cambridge site; as a consequence it was a version of the Morley family Coat of Arms that the trustees adapted for the unofficial Coat of Arms of the College in 1894. Samuel Morley was an early Liberal MP and one of the greatest nonconformist philanthropists of the nineteenth century. He used his wealth from the family hosiery business in Nottingham to fund many different educational, political and religious causes connected with the Nonconformist, or “Dissenting” Church. Homerton was one of the many institutions, schools, charities and churches that benefitted from his extraordinary generosity.

Homerton student success in The Cambridge Greek Play

The Cambridge Greek Play is a tri-annual tradition that spans back to 1882, where students from across the University join together to perform a Greek classic, entirely in the original language. This year five Homerton students, Orlando Gibbs, Hollie Witton, Kaiti Soultana, Joe Sefton and Natasha Cutler, joined the cast for a double bill of Antigone and Lysistrata. The play took place between 12–15 October at the Cambridge Arts Theatre, where it played sold out performances twice a day and received rave reviews.

‘The Greek Play was definitely one of the most challenging extra-curricular activities I have done during my time at Cambridge. The process lasted from May right the way through till October, so it was a long stretch. My favourite part of the process was the luxury of having so much time to get the Greek firmly embedded in my muscle memory. This meant that we could concentrate on the detail of the performance and our interpretation of the characters. I also really enjoyed the supportive environment of rehearsals, and it was wonderful that so many Homerton students were involved’.

Orlando Gibbs

‘I was initially wary about joining the cast for The Greek Play because, as an EDE (Education with English and Drama) student, I had no experience with the Ancient Greek language. At first I couldn’t even read my script – never mind perform it! However, this actually turned out to be one of my favourite elements of the project, as I got to meet classicists passionate about the history of the language and who were discovering their love for theatre along the way. It was a privilege to be part of a tradition with such a strong heritage and it was so exciting to perform in a professional theatre’.

Hollie Witton

‘This October, I was lucky enough to be cast as Lysistrata in The Greek Play. Though I found it a very daunting process to get to grips with a completely new language which was unlike anything I’d previously studied, it was ultimately very rewarding. As a History student, it was amazing to imagine how people more than 2000 years ago would have heard the same sounds that we were making (or something similar – my ‘interesting’ pronunciation aside!). Lysistrata, though a comedy, is ultimately themed on war, the devastation it has on communities, and the oppression and resourcefulness of women. So it felt incredible to tell this story whilst standing on stage surrounded by such a bevy of talented female undergraduates. With this in mind, we hope the audience left the theatre carrying our most exciting theme: when women stand together, we can achieve all kinds of amazing possibilities’.

Natasha Cutler

‘The Cambridge Greek Play is probably the biggest, most challenging and most spectacular theatrical event in Cambridge. I think performing the plays entirely in Ancient Greek, learning a new language practically from scratch, committing to a full-time rehearsal schedule spanning over 6 weeks alongside our undergraduate studies –was the craziest decision that any of us have ever made… but we loved it’.

Kaiti Soultana

‘I returned to Homerton in September with absolutely no knowledge or experience of Ancient Greek, so from that perspective it was a challenge. On our third day we had a surprise run which I had to stumble through with no idea what I was saying or (more importantly) how to say it! However, somehow we managed to create something utterly unique and bizarre – an experience I would never have had anywhere else but Cambridge, and one I will never forget’.

Joe Sefton

Homerton Engineers commended

The Engineering Department’s annual Prize Giving Day took place on Wednesday, 16 November.

The list of prize-winners included 10 Homerton students who won 11 prizes sponsored by five different companies: ARM (Lego Project), Airbus Defence and Space (Mars Lander Project), Accenture (Computing), Shell (Language), and BP (3rd Year Project).

The students were invited to display their projects to the prize sponsors in an exhibition.

The prize-winners were as follows:

Ertug Aytug 1st Year Lego Project Prize

Callum Fleming 3rd Year Project Prize

Bill Jia 1st Year Mars Lander

Project Prize 1st Year Computing Prize

Dee Loon Lai 1st Year Lego Project Prize

Jonathon Ledger 3rd Year Project Prize

Li Hong Liew 1st Year Lego Project Prize

Richard Mihaylov Part I Language Prize

Toby Molyneux 3rd Year Project Prize

Irina Shmeleva 1st Year Computing Prize

Isobel Sands 3rd Year Project Prize

Sing Inside

Sing Inside is a student-run project which provides singing workshops in prisons. The concept is to break down social barriers through music and provide prisoners (many of whom are serving life sentences) with musical respite.

Sing Inside has provided an impetus for greater musical activity in prisons and their work has engendered a good camaraderie between prisoners and prison staff, and amongst prisoners themselves. More broadly, there is evidence to suggest that Sing Inside’s work helps reduce the rate of reoffending, meaning the singing workshops potentially have a wider social impact.

The workshops are always themed (ranging from soul to reggae to folk) and involve learning five songs over the course of a day. The prisoners then perform to an audience made up of other prisoners and staff in the afternoon. The workshops take place in the prison chapel, a neutral space, and often where most of the regular music making happens.

Nic Walker, a member of Sing Inside and current student at Homerton (BA Music) said:

‘The first visit I went on was at the end of my first year, a reggae themed day at HMP Whitemoor. The timing of this visit was especially interesting in terms of how it compared to my most recent musical experiences. I was lucky to have been to an amazingly diverse range of concerts during and after May Week that year: an outdoor performance of Britten’s Turn of the Screw, Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes in King’s Chapel, Così fan tutte in Trinity Chapel, and even a live performance of Stockhausen’s Stimmung. The day before the prison visit I had also sung evensong in St Paul’s Cathedral, and it was of course not long after exams for which I had had to digest 16th century counterpoint, Beethoven Piano Sonatas

and more. After all of this, singing Monkey Man, You can get it if you really want and Bob Marley’s One Love in a Category A prison was in a strange and unexpected way perhaps more musically satisfying. Standing alongside prisoners who I’d never met before who were enjoying the energy and pulse of the music, and were not bound by ‘musical correctness’ or any kind of performance etiquette was a very liberating and uplifting experience. Everyone was completely in the moment and the music felt visceral, not cerebral. These sensations demonstrated to me that it was possible for music to transcend social boundaries, and that it could be shared in a positive way by everybody in the room, regardless of why they were there.

The project has kept growing over the last couple of years, and more visits are taking place as links between prisons become more established and new relationships are being made; a group of recent graduates in London have also started undertaking visits modelled on Sing Inside. Our only limitation is financial as we do not have regular support from one source. However, fundraising ventures since summer 2016 will hopefully cover the costs of visits for the next two years. This included a group of us being sponsored for completing the Three Peaks Challenge at the start of the academic year, as well as receiving very generous support from the Paragon Trust and The King John Orchestra in Cambridge which Penny Barton, Senior Tutor, helped me forge a link with and I am very grateful to her for her support’.

If you are interested in following the work of Sing Inside you can find them on Facebook (Sing Inside Cambridge), Twitter (@singinginside) and on their website (www.singinside.org). If you would like to contact Nic for further information or to support Sing Inside, his email address is nicolaswalker@live.co.uk

John Dewey’s Democracy and Education 100 Years On: Past, Present, and Future Relevance

On Friday, 28 September, a four day conference commenced at Homerton College to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of John Dewey’s seminal book and introduction to the Philosophy of Education, Democracy and Education

Democracy and Education argues that democracy is a necessary way of living together, to protect the individual and also to maintain social equity. The book’s publication in 1916 was designed to promote a philosophy of education to meet the needs of a changing society, based on a social-interactionist theory of knowledge.

In attendance were delegates from 25 different countries including Dewey scholars and a number of key professors, philosophers and historians from the US. Just under 150 people attended with over 100 people presenting full or ‘in progress’ research papers. Also in attendance were school students from London (12 year olds) and from Spain (17 year olds) who came especially to demonstrate

the practice of ‘Philosophy for Children’ which has grown out of Dewey’s educational ideas. A teacher, Shameila Davids, reported that ‘the students found it to be a really valuable, once in a lifetime experience’.

Chair of the Steering Committee, who organised the conference during its 4 years of planning, was Homerton Fellow, Ms Christine Doddington. Other members of the committee included Professor Gert Biesta, Brunel University; Professor Richard Pring, University of Oxford; Professor Gonzalo Jover, University of Madrid; Dr Ruth Heilbronn, UCL Institute of Education; Dr Cathy Burke, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge; Dr Rupert Higham, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge; Dr Peter Cunningham, an Emeritus Fellow at Homerton College.

The Principal gave a warm review of his personal experience at the conference, and by all accounts it was a great success with many delegates remarking on how highly enjoyable and stimulating the conference had been. The mix of rigorous theoretical and academic perspectives and that of professional educational practice was particularly praised.

COLLEGE LIFE

HUS President’s Report

Sport

Charter Choir of Homerton College

Homerton Amateur Theatrical Society

HUS PRESIDENT’S REPORT

William Hewstone, President of the Homerton Union of Students

2016 has been an impressive year for the student body of Homerton. In June, Homerton’s graduates received the College’s best ever set of exam results, which included four starred Firsts. Over the summer, thirty students benefited from internships funded by Victoria Brahm Schild (BA, 1980–1984) and the College, with placements across the globe, including at the World Health Organisation and the United Nations Refugee Agency.

Closer to home, dozens of Blue and HalfBlue winners received 2016 College Awards for their representation of Homerton in the University and at the peak of their respective sports. Similarly, the Cambridge dramatic scene

continues to be dominated by Homertonians. This year the Cambridge Greek Play starred several Homertonians in leading roles, a fitting tribute to the prominence of our performers. It will be a tremendous privilege to lead the Union into the coming year with such talent behind us. Homerton students have always been among the most talented and dedicated in Cambridge, and this cohort is no exception.

HUS Committees past and present have worked solidly to offer unparalleled support and services to students, ranging from visits of the famous ‘cookie fairies’ to the record demand for College families, continuing a tradition that dates back almost a century. The team also successfully organised and ran the Summer Barbecue, Principal’s Question Time, and College Sports Day among other events.

In a year which held its share of surprises, we have also played our part in promoting geopolitical debate; Homerton hosted a Brexit panel event in June pitting David Campbell-Bannerman MEP and Stewart Jackson MP against Dr Julian Huppert MP and Lord Balfe. The packed event was a tremendous success thanks to the diligent planning and expert chairing of Ruth Taylor, my predecessor in the Union.

Homerton’s graduate students have been making wider connections this year, sharing a day of conference presentations with their visiting opposite numbers from Homerton’s sister College in Oxford, Harris Manchester. We hope to form further links with them this year and will host a dinner in Harris Manchester’s Hall to foster ties between the undergraduate communities of our colleges.

June also provided an opportunity to relax away from political strife at the June Event, which sold out with record waiting lists. Particular thanks must go to the President, Jonathan Huse, whose quick pace and quicker wit made the gargantuan task possible and the planning process bearable. Under his leadership, the Committee transported us across the galaxies and into ‘The Great Unknown’. Runaway gerbils aside, the event was a roaring success and we

look forward to the 2017 Ball building on that success.

More recently, in September, we had a chance to say our thanks and a (form of) goodbye when we lost Bobbie Bobb-Semple, our long-time office manager, who has been promoted to Conference Manager within Homerton. We warmly welcome her replacement, Emma Themba, formerly of NHS Health Education England.

Looking ahead to the coming years, Homerton is eagerly anticipating the new dining hall. The new dining hall will provide a stunning location for Homerton’s informal meals while the Victorian Gothic Great Hall will remain as a central location perfect for high-profile events, lectures, and performances. 2016 is also the last full year we will spend in our office in the Cavendish Building. Next academic year we will be moving into refurbished digs in Queen’s Wing, next to a much-enlarged gym.

The coming years will certainly hold some highlights in the long educational history of Homerton – not least its 250th Anniversary in 2018. I have no doubt however that our students will live up to the task of matching these events with their achievements, and continue to justify their leading positions in Cambridge learning, sport and life n

SPORT

Juliette Wise, HUS Sports Officer

Badminton

The men’s team from last year won every match in Lent term, resulting in a promotion from Division 2 to Division 1. This is a step forward for badminton in Homerton, as we’ve progressed rapidly from Division 5 to 1 since the team was entered in Michaelmas 2014. The 2016/17 season has seen the team undefeated in the league, and currently standing at 2nd place in Division 1. Unfortunately, Homerton were knocked out of Cuppers early in the second round against Clare College, but still have a lot to play for in the league.

Cricket

Homerton College Cricket Club enjoyed their best season in recent memory, making the quarter finals of Cuppers! Their run included a thrilling win over 2015 champions Christ’s College and a trouncing of Trinity Hall.

Lacrosse

The Homerton Heroes (the College’s mixed lacrosse team) has enjoyed a terrific year. Lent term saw the team achieve promotion from Division 2 to Division 1 under the leadership of Georgia Stewart, remaining unbeaten until the second to last game. Division 1 in Michaelmas term has proved more challenging, but the highlight has been a comeback 3–2 win over Corpus Christi College. Strong involvement across all years, undergraduates and postgraduates, means Homerton are well placed to succeed in Division 1. Weekly training alongside competitive games has seen the team make great strides of improvement this year, but it is the strong social element to the team that makes Homerton Heroes so enjoyable to be part of.

Ricky Hibble

Netball

The Homerton women’s and mixed netball teams have enjoyed a term of varied results, with weekly training sessions well attended by both teams. The women’s team, despite being in Division 4, have won all games apart from one in Michaelmas term, beating opponents by as many as 20 goals. The mixed team have also had some rewarding wins alongside a couple of losses to keep them steady in the middle of the league.

Rowing

The senior women’s rowing squad has been training consistently throughout the year regardless of freezing mornings and flooding riverbanks, with Michaelmas term dedicated to training novices to join the club. With dedicated W1 and W2 boats, Homerton were keen to perform well at May Bumps, after W2 narrowly missed out on qualification to Lent Bumps. Welcoming many University Blues players, Homerton fielded two experienced and strong crews for the May Bumps. Despite a technical fault on the day, the W1 bumped the next 3 days consecutively to finish strong. In Michaelmas 2016, 48 women novices signed up to HCBC to begin training and erging in preparation for the Emma Regatta and Fairbairns Cup, whilst the seniors have continued their training making good progress ahead of next term’s competitions.

Rugby

At the close of last year’s season, Homerton beat Queens’ College in the final to win the Cuppers Plate. We ended the season well in 2nd place in Division 2 of the College rugby league. This term the rugby team have been training to get all new players familiar with our game strategy and preset plays. This has proved extremely successful, as in the first league game we beat Trinity Hall

36–0. Ultimately, the aim for this year is to win the Cuppers Plate for a second year in a row.

Squash

Squash at Homerton continues to go from strengthto-strength, with successive promotions placing the team in Division 1. This marks a stark change of fortune in Homerton squash, with all of our players frequently playing against University level opposition now. League success was accompanied by a run to the semi-final of Cuppers, only to be halted by a strong performance from the Queens’ College team. With new access to the University Sports Centre courts, the team looks forward to repeating previous league successes and attempting an even stronger Cuppers run this year. A notable mention must go to Felix ‘The Vest’ Jackson, for all of his amazing efforts to develop squash at Homerton, and to the entire team for putting up with him!

Thomas Fryer

Ultimate Frisbee

As one of Homerton’s newest clubs, we’re increasing in momentum this year. We had a slow start, after a losing season in Lent and Easter 2016 in Division 2, unfortunately not winning a game in either the league or Cuppers. But under the new co-captainship of Jack Bennett and Ossian Orm Rundquist, who recruited 10 new freshers and initiated weekly training for the team, Homerton

have now won every game in Michaelmas 2016 and have an upcoming promotion match for Division 1. One of the biggest sporting turn-arounds Homerton College has seen!

Women’s Football

At the end of the 2015/16 season, the women’s football team were promoted to Division 1 under the captaincy of Signe Kossman and Ruth Simms. In Michaelmas 2016, Rebecca Dayan took over, recruiting a large number of passionate and talented first years. Following new equipment and regular training and fitness sessions, they have won their first league match. Unfortunately they were knocked out of the second round of Cuppers. Nevertheless, the women’s football team continues to be a hard working, fun and competitive team, occasionally playing mixed matches with the men’s teams.

Men’s Football

Despite a disappointing end to the 15/16 season where Homerton were relegated from Division 2, they stepped up the training in Michaelmas 2016 under the captaincy of Toby Brown. This term they have won all four league matches, and were only beaten narrowly to the cup by Caius College, who are a dominating team in Division 1. Regardless of this disappointing loss, Homerton look to win their quarter final of the plate against Selwyn College n

CHARTER CHOIR OF HOMERTON COLLEGE

Dr Daniel Trocmé-Latter, Director of Music

An influx of new choir members in Michaelmas

Term 2015 resulted in the 2015–16 Charter Choir being the largest since its foundation. The perfect opportunity, then, for an ambitious programme of events.

Not even a fractured wrist could get in our way: our organ scholar, Jonathan Huse, found himself unable to play for our carol services at the end of 2015, leading to the drafting in of emergency organ cover from myself and the College’s newly appointed Accompanist Scholar, Nicolas Walker. In 2016 the Charter Choir joined forces with the choir of St Catharine’s College (performing a Lenten Renaissance service in their beautiful chapel), as well

as that of Robinson College, which we welcomed here in June, resulting in an explosive rendition of Hubert Parry’s I was glad, complete with brass and string players. March saw the first ever Choral Scholars’ Concert, a very enjoyable Venice-themed evening which our singing teacher Nicholas Hurndall Smith put together.

Having such a large choir also invited the opportunity to go out into the wider world and promote Homerton. In February the Choir ventured south to sing Evensong at the seat of the Primate of All England, Canterbury Cathedral. Although the archbishop’s absence was no surprise, it was both humbling and deeply encouraging to receive such heartfelt praise from the cathedral clergy. An impressive rendition of Herbert Howells’s Collegium Regale service and –

as seemed only suitable for the first Sunday in Lent – a moving performance of Francisco Guerrero’s Usquequo, Domine received multiple compliments after the service. The cathedral kindly allowed us to record the Guerrero and the file is available for download on the College website, under ‘Recordings’.

Not satisfied with this 100-mile drive to Kent, the Charter Choir set off in August on a 3,500mile trip to the East Coast of the USA. This was our longest and most ambitious tour yet, during which we performed to audiences in New York, Boston, and New Haven. Highlights included singing at an alumni reception in Manhattan organised by Cambridge in America, at which both our Principal and Director of External Relations and Development spoke. This was open to all Cambridge alumni in the USA and was Cambridge in America’s most successful event to date. The choir sang at a number of churches in New York City, including St Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Trinity Church Wall Street, and the enormous Cathedral of St John the Divine. The choir also performed during the weekend of the fifteenth anniversary of the 11th September terrorist attacks in the USA. A moving tribute sung jointly with the choir of the Marquand Chapel, Yale Divinity School, was followed by a rendition of Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem in St Luke in the Fields, NYC, as well as two poignant services on the anniversary itself. Choir members documented the three-week long tour with a daily vlog, a selection of clips from which can be found on the College website.

At the end of the tour we said goodbye to almost half the choir, a large number of whom had recently graduated. Among these was Jonathan Huse, our first organ scholar to have been appointed through Homerton’s membership of the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Organ Awards Scheme. He was assisted this year by Max Goodall who, although new to the organ, has been a great help during this period of transition, welcoming our twelve new singers as well as Christopher Baczkowski, our new organ scholar from September 2016.

Alumni are always welcome at Charter Choir services and concerts. The Charter Choir website (www.homerton.cam.ac.uk/charterchoir) contains full details of sung services. Alumni are also encouraged to follow the Charter Choir on their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/homcharterchoir n

Choral scholars (2016):

Kate Aspray Finnian Brewer

Benjamin Butt Zoë Carpenter

Coleman Chan Philip Colbran

Ross Duncan Rowan Haslam

William Hewstone Faye Kidd

Carolina Monck Serena Perez-Storey

Flora Sagers Oliver Sibley

Rachel Sweet Isabel Walker

Organ scholar (2016): Jonathan Huse

Organ student (2016): Max Goodall

‘HATS’ – HOMERTON AMATEUR THEATRICAL SOCIETY

Bethan Davidson, HATS President

With such a large community of drama students and actors at Homerton, Homerton Amateur

Theatrical Society (HATS) is one of the most thriving theatre societies in Cambridge. HATS are recognised as one of the most approachable

drama societies and strive to create opportunities so that anyone who wants to be involved in theatre should have a chance to do so. The society has a long history of putting on a range of exciting productions in College as well as funding short films and projects throughout

the University. This summer HATS was able to fund a cast of Homerton students to take a production of Bryony Lavery’s Kursk up to the Edinburgh Fringe; the students involved reported that they had a fantastic time and received excellent reviews. In Michaelmas term HATS put on our annual Freshers’ show where new students wanting to get involved in drama had a chance to direct, produce, design, light or act in their own show. The show was Our Country’s Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker which was

well attended by Homerton students. The society also tries to encourage new writing and devising projects through its branch ‘HATScripts’, a group where writers can discuss projects and request support. It also provides opportunities for students to meet theatre professionals currently working in the industry. At the end of November, successful Director and Homerton alumnus, Simon Evans (2003–2006), ran a master class on directing and the theatre. We hope to arrange for more theatre professionals to visit in future, helping members develop new skills and to help introduce them to a wide range of performance styles and theatrical genres. If you’re interested in helping, please contact: alumni@homerton.cam.ac.uk

As well as putting on productions in College, HATS also organises a range of exciting events and socials. HATS members annually take part in the Harry Potter Formal Halls at Homerton, where they perform as the cast of Harry Potter, and recently held a spooky Halloween Party in aid of ‘Students Supporting Street Kids’. HATS regularly run socials throughout the year, often to see shows put on at the ADC, Corpus Playroom and other College venues.

Our chief aim is to be an inclusive theatrical society that welcomes students of all experiences and interests whether they be in acting, directing, producing, writing, lighting, designing, costume or stage-managing n

‘Playhouse Creatures’ in the Homerton Auditorium.

RESEARCH

Research Roundup

RESEARCH ROUNDUP

Dr Hayley J. Hooper, Junior Research Fellow in Law e

As the College strides towards 2018 and the 250th anniversary of its establishment, our research profile continues to climb in a broad range of disciplines. It’s of course impossible to feature all that is going on across College, so the following is a selected range of highlights. Dr Bill Foster (Fellow in History) and Dr Hayley J. Hooper (Junior Research Fellow in Law) have continued to organise the Homerton Research Seminars. Drs Foster and Hooper continue the work of former convenor Dr Astrid Van Oyen, who has progressed from a Junior Research Fellowship in Archaeology to a tenure track position in Archaeology at Cornell University. There are four Research Seminars per term before Formal Hall on Tuesdays. The programme, which stretches across the academic year, features contributions from the disciplines of history and philosophy of science, art, education, English literature, politics, history, genetics, mathematics, international relations, and cognitive neuroscience! This truly showcases the breadth of research talent at Homerton. The seminars serve an important purpose in the life

of a Cambridge College: they bridge the divide between the Fellowship and research students by raising awareness of the wide range of intellectual activities being undertaken across the many disciplines studied at Homerton. The slot before Tuesday Formal Hall also allows a much needed opportunity for socialising. Seminars are open to current Fellows, students, staff members, visitors and alumni. The termcard is available at: www.homerton.cam.ac.uk/lifeathomerton/ researchseminars and you can follow the Twitter account @HomResearch too.

In February our law Fellows Dr Veronika Fikfak and Dr Hayley J. Hooper debated the nature of the British Parliament’s role in respect of conflict decisions in a seminar in the House of Lords. They were joined by Professor Gavin Phillipson (University of Durham) and Dr Andrew Blick (King’s College London). During the seminar Drs Fikfak and Hooper presented arguments from their forthcoming co-authored monograph Parliament’s Secret War, due to be published by Hart: Bloomsbury in 2017. The book argues that Parliament must carve out its own unique role

The first joint Graduate Research Day between sister Colleges Homerton and Harris Manchester.

and use domestic political discourse, as opposed to arguments about international law, to scrutinise the government’s case for armed conflict. The panel was attended by serving members of the Lords and Commons and by parliamentary clerks as well as interested academics.

July saw Homerton MCR forging academic links with their counterparts at Harris Manchester College, Oxford through the Graduate Research Day. During this event, organised by Graduate Tutor Dr Melanie Keene, eleven students gave conference-style presentations about their doctoral research to an audience of Fellows and postgraduate students. A wide range of topics were covered including: group modelling with spaghetti and marshmallows, legal definitions of types of sea, the genetic sequencing of blended worms, the varied linguistic uses of emojis, and the role of monsters in young adult novels. The event was a success and will alternate between Homerton and Harris Manchester in future years.

Throughout the year the relationship between College and biomedicine has continued to develop and thrive. Our Research Associate Dr Chibeza Agley has continued to develop novel biotechnological tools for stem cells with broad applications for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. He has recently received support to patent one of his inventions with Cambridge Enterprise. In his capacity as CEO of CamBioScience Limited Dr Agley and his team provided professional training in breakthrough life science technologies to more than 150 professional scientists from 50 institutions and 20 countries worldwide. CamBioScience Limited is a privately owned Life Sciences Company with bases in Cambridge (UK) and London.

Dr Chibeza Agley and CamBioScience hosted several successful workshops at the College in 2016, including this on genome editing technology.

CamBioScience is an academic-to-industry consultancy firm. Its overarching mission is to better connect the worlds of Bioscience industry and academia by creating mutually beneficial knowledge transfer, fostering innovation and creating new commercial opportunities in the Life Sciences. In April the efforts of Dr Agley and CamBioScience were recognised on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4.

2016 has also been a year of grant funding success for researchers. Molecular Biologist Dr David Kent was awarded European Research Council Starting Grant for a project entitled Understanding the Physical Biology of Adult Blood Stem Cells. This grant will fund a five-year research project which aims to apply novel physical and quantitative biological approaches to understand blood stem cell expansion and evolution of stem cell based diseases in the blood system. The value of the grant is 1.5 million euros.

These are just a selection of the highlights in what has been a strong and innovative year for research at Homerton. We look forward to building this momentum in 2017 n

DEVELOPMENT

From the Development Director

Our Donors

FROM THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

Matthew Moss, Director of External Relations & Development, and Fellow

Why we ask

Of the College’s 567 undergraduate students, over 25% – 147 of them – receive financial support through the Cambridge Bursary Scheme, which is part-funded by your donations. These are students who might otherwise struggle to fund themselves at Cambridge. These bursaries are part of our commitment to the principle that no student should be deterred from applying because of financial difficulties.

Through the donations of past generations of Homerton students, we are able to help the present generation in many ways, including these means-tested bursaries. Your donations also fund academic prizes, bursaries for graduate students, emergency hardship grants, and help towards travel grants.

We never seek your support for the sake of ‘having’ money (Homerton has no wine cellar!), but for the good that it can do, through access to a student experience and education of the highest imaginable quality for our students.

Thank you

As the College broadens and deepens, so the need increases to support our students in their academic life, in exploring their interests, and (inevitably) in making ends meet.

Homertonians are responding very generously to this challenge. 582 of you donated in 2016 towards our fundraising priorities, including student support, teaching and learning, and maintaining the estate. That’s an increase of 24% from last year, and so we have been able to support more students than ever before, with your help.

In our telephone campaign at Easter, our splendid group of student callers spoke to 838 of you, and raised a magnificent £90,765.

We now number 75 donors as members of the 1768 Society, to recognise and thank those who make regular donations to Homerton of £17.68 a month or more. This sort of regular giving, of any amount, is of crucial importance to the College, since a reliable and predictable income stream enables us to plan expenditure to best meet our students’ needs. The name of the Society refers to the foundation of the College –in Homerton, East London – in that year.

You will hear much more about this date during 2017 as our plans to celebrate our 250th anniversary develop - we have exciting things on the boil and we look forward to sharing them. In a similar vein, we have welcomed our first members of the Cavendish Circle, of donors making gifts of £1,000 per year or more.

All the donations received by Homerton contribute to the current fundraising campaign for the University and Colleges, which aims to raise £2 billion for teaching and research.

Reunions

We have now held our third alumni drinks reception in London, which are always wellattended by a diverse group of alumni, and we shall be hosting a similar event in Manchester in 2017.

The Alumni Reunion in September was hugely enjoyable for our team, as well as for the many Homertonians who came back to see us, and each other. Events included a lecture on ‘Reforming Teacher Education’ by Dr Elaine Wilson, Fellow of Homerton and a University Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, as well as the usual sparkling performance by the Charter Choir, tours of the gardens and buildings, and an update from the Principal, Professor Geoffrey Ward, and the President of the HUS, Will Hewstone. We welcomed alumni from every generation, and witnessed many happy reunions: people immediately ‘snapped back’ into studenthood. The students, Fellows and staff who participate are always delighted to hear your affection for this place, which seems boundless.

We heard later from Sheila Pearce, (née Harrison, 1954–57), who wrote “… such a very happy and special event… I have always felt very proud and fortunate to be a Homertonian and now have many happy

memories of my trip down memory lane!”. Judy Legg (née High, 1954–56 ) wrote to us “I was one of the 60-years-out group, and although much about the College has changed – status, new buildings, and so on – I still felt I was back in the Homerton I had known, valued, and loved”.

One suggestion: although we like to make a fuss of the year groups celebrating big anniversaries (whether ‘10 years in’ or ‘60 years out’), there’s no need to wait you are all very welcome every year!

New York reception

You will read elsewhere in this Annual Review about Homerton’s ambitious raid on the East Coast of the United States in late August/early September, a trip which included a reception (for alumni and a brave band of young students who had gained admission to Cambridge but had not yet set foot in the place). We were hosted by ‘Cambridge in America’, which supports the University and Colleges in our fundraising and alumni events in the USA. The Yale Club of New York City was our venue, and the room was pleasingly packed, to hear the Principal speak on ‘Cambridge and New York’, and to hear the choir perform (Rachmaninov, the Beatles and a fun, rhythmic spoken piece by Ernst Toch). We were gratified to hear from Cambridge in America that this was the best-attended such event they had ever staged.

Keep in touch

As ever, we welcome your feedback – on the Annual Review, on our events, on the College in general – and we invite you to join (at the current count) 4,326 fine people following us on Facebook, 2,718 on Twitter, and 1,014 on Instagram. We also accept letters! n

OUR DONORS

The Principal, Fellows, students and staff of Homerton College wish to thank alumni and friends who have generously made donations to the College in 2016. Every effort has been made to ensure the list is accurate; do contact us if you believe we have made an omission.

Key: (d)* = deceased

1943 Mrs Kathleen Hayward

Miss Jean M Robinson

1944 Mrs Gwenda M Carveth

Mrs Joan M Gray

Miss Margaret Rishbeth

Mrs Kathleen Russell

1945 Ms Margaret A Benson

1946 Mrs Zoe M Coombe

1947 Ms Christine B Andrews

Lady Dorothy Franklin

1948 Dr Brenda J Buchanan

Mrs Joyce Callaway

Mrs Jane Charman

(in memory of Ruth Pearson)

Mrs Janet K Farley

Miss Elizabeth W Rainsbury

1949 Mrs Margaret Blott

Mrs Wendy A Cannon

Mrs Mary L Dowse

Mrs Coral Harrow

Mrs Molly D Payne

1950 Mrs Cathleen M Butler

Miss Audrey M Martin

1951 Mrs Heather Bracewell

Mrs Sheila A Duncan

Mrs Pamela J Lewis

Mrs Patricia M Stockdale

Mrs Joan Watcham

1952 Mrs Shirley D Haslam

Mrs Evelyn P Parker

1953 Ms Brenda M Liddiard

Dr Alison B Littlefair

Mrs Margaret D Trow

Mrs Elizabeth Tunnicliffe

1954 Mrs Carol Hammerton

Mrs Margaret R Orr

1955 Mrs Ellen G Ackroyd

Mrs Christine P Grainge

Mrs Gillian M Hewin

Mrs Doreen E Hobbs

Miss Gwendoline

E Lancaster

Mrs Rachel I Lewington

Mrs Jane R Matthews

Mrs Sidella Morten

Mrs Wendy E Oakley

Mrs Loraine Schorter

Mrs Joyce M Simpson

Mrs Elizabeth M Tomlinson

Mrs Maralyn Westwood

Mrs Gillian Williams

1956 Mrs Marguerite M Donkin

Mrs Eilidh S Scott

Mrs Alice A Severs

1957 Mrs Gillian E Figures

Mrs Susan E Holland

Mrs Chistine M Lincoln

Mrs Elisabeth A McOwan

Mrs Valerie B Read

Mrs Josephine M Sutton

Mrs Rosemary M Viner

1958 Mrs Jean M Appleton

Mrs Christine Carne

Mrs Gillian M Ganner

Mrs Wendy J Garforth

Mrs Jane M Grant

Mrs Jill R Hicks

Mrs Angela M Hulme

Mrs Vivien V Ivell

Mrs Beryl A Izzard

Mrs Rachel M Macdonald

Mrs Judy N Manson

Mrs Patricia K Stott

1959 Mrs Dora Beeteson

(in memory of Fran Essen)

Mrs Christine H Frost

Ms Madeleine A Gair JP

Mrs Diana Hadaway

Mrs Ann F Hardie

Dr Susan B Hilliam

Mrs Ruth E Jerram

Mrs Diana M Lucas

Mrs Annmarie Mackay

Ms Doreen G Rogers

Mrs Barbara Sherlock

Mrs Pamela S Smart (d)*

1960 Mrs Rosemary L Allan

Lady Gillian M Baker

Mrs Patricia A Blythe

Mrs Jean M Clarke

Mrs Susan Dickinson

Mrs Jenifer A Freeman

Mrs Jill Fuller

Mrs Jean E Jeffery

Mrs Christine A Kershaw

Mrs Jennifer S McKay

Mrs Gilliane P O’Keeffe

Mrs Christine A Parkyn

Mrs Jacqueline M Rupp

Mrs Jacqueline Swegen

Mrs Rosemary Thomas

Mrs Josephine E Turner

Mrs Janet E Valentine

Mrs Hillary J Young

1961 Mrs Janet M Campbell

Mrs Frances M Clare

Dr Olivia Craig

Mrs Anne C Hulse

Mrs Joy M Kohn

Mrs Susan M Lovett

Mrs Susan McFarland

Mrs Mary D Reeve

Mrs Alison M Steer

Mrs Jean Thorman

1962 Mrs Diana Dalton

Mrs Marion W Foley

Mrs Maureen R Frost

Mrs Carole Girdler

Mrs Carole R Nolan

Miss Esme J Partridge

Mrs Gwendolyn J Williams

1963 Mrs Jean Addison-Fitch

Mrs Andrea D Caish

Mrs Audrey C Knighton

Mrs Christine W Macpherson

Mrs Susan M Morris

Mrs Catherine Ryder

Mrs Christine Tipple

1964 Ms Anne H Clare

Mrs Christine Dearman MBE

Ms Sylvia M Dibble

Mrs Corinne M Haworth

Mrs Celia M Jones

Mrs Margaret Meredith

Mrs Pamela and

Dr Anthony R Metcalfe

Ms Christine Purkis

Mrs Rosemary A Rees

Mrs Susan Rescorla

Ms Marjorie Thorley

Mrs Janet R Woodford

1965 Mrs Lorna Cordell-Smith

Dr Patricia Cusack

Mrs Wendy A Dunnett

Mrs Annie Illingworth

Mrs Elaine R Maunder

Mrs Dorothy M Nicholls

Mrs Susan M Pinner

Ms Gill Robertson

Mrs Ruth Watkin

Mrs Janet S Webb

Mrs Dilys West

1966 Mrs Linda and Mr David Birtwhistle

Mrs Susan B Carter

Lady Marilyn Fersht

Mrs Margaret G Funnell

Mrs Sally and Mr David Gibbons

Mrs Kathryn A Gilden

Mrs Judith O MartinJenkins

Mrs Margaret S Prue

Mrs Ruth M Rees

Mrs Margaret C Robbie

Mrs Pamela R Sarginson

Mrs Sheila E Stephens

Mrs Cheryl A Trafford

Mrs Janet Wilkinson

Mrs Elizabeth A Wilson

1967 Mrs Marjorie Caie

Mrs Miriam France

Dr Diana M Gallop

Mrs Avril H Growcott

Mrs Moira E Pitchford

Mrs Marion A Pogson

Mrs Patricia M Saxton

Mrs Annette Smallbone

Mrs Jennifer Taylor

1968 Mrs Kathleen L Down

Mrs Constance L Marriott

Mrs Robyn A Mitchell

Mrs Lynne Parsons

Mrs Anne R Rogers

Mrs Penelope M SpencerChapman

Mrs Marilyn Stansfield

Mrs Alison F Syner

1969 Mrs Linda J Clark

Mrs Eileen P Coombes

Mrs Lynn Lemar

Dr Victoria M McNeile

Ms Anne L Reyersbach

Mrs Gillian M Sallis

Ms Hilary V Stokes

Mrs Sarah Taylor

Miss Joyce L Welch

1970 Mrs Patrica A Bradley

Miss Fiona S Cook

Mrs Sheila A Crowther

Mrs Cynthia Garvey

The Revd Claire M Heald

Mrs Mary E McCosh

Mrs Denise M Mitchell

Dr Rosslyn J Sendorek

Mrs Denise E Shakespeare

Mrs Helen E Wood

Mrs Mary Wyatt

1971 Mrs Patricia Darke

Mrs Sally E Mabon

Mrs Liliane Mitchell

Mrs Marilyn S Reid

Ms Helen R Sandle-Baker

Ms Anne Sparrowhawk

1972 Ms Catherine M Beavis

Mrs Dorothy Broughton

Mrs Lesley T Dover

Mrs Susan M Dunkerley

Mrs Sarah Flynn

Mrs Fiona and Mr Michael J Karlin

Mrs Helen and Mr James Malcolm

Mrs Caroline C Melrose

Mrs Valerie J Mills

Mrs Anne V Ryder

Mrs Maureen and Mr Neil Weston

Mrs Eunice M Williams

1973 Mr Anthony and Mrs Jennifer Little

Mrs Sheila A Martin

Mrs Elizabeth J McLean

Mrs Anne Mellor

Mrs Dilys E Murch

Mrs Susan Rodford

Mrs Helen E Sheppard

Mrs Tessa M Vivian

Mrs Heather R Wilkinson

1974 Mrs Elizabeth J Rose

Mrs Vera E Sklaar

Mrs Karen Whitaker

1975 Mrs Alyson E Baker

Mrs Denise E Burns

Mrs Judith Davidson

Mrs Gillian M Dirks

Mrs Helen McRoberts

Mrs Ruth A Saunders

1976 Mrs Wendy Bishop

Mrs Judith A Clarke

Mrs Sally J Collins

Mrs Joan H Gibson

Ms Jill M Grimshaw

Mrs Elizabeth M Harrison

Mrs Fiona Holmes

Miss Amanda E James

Mrs Ann J Kirkby

Mrs Ann P Muston

Mrs Alison Roberts

Mrs Zena P Tinsley

1977 Ms Kathryn Armstrong

Miss Sheila M Berry

Mrs Helen M Draper

Ms Jane E Edwards

Mrs Elizabeth C Harding

Mrs Ann E Jackman

Mrs Sarah A Meunier

Mrs Helen M Mitchell

Mrs Louise M Mursell

Mrs Clare L Myers

Mrs Elizabeth L Thomas

1978 Mrs Vanessa J Bacon

Mrs Marianne J Billitt

Mrs Ruth M Briant

Mrs Sandra E Burmicz

Mrs Annette P Cameron

Mrs Clare M Danielian

Mrs Susan M Dinnage

Mrs Jacqueline M

Matthews

Mrs Mary G Powles

Mrs Clare C Tanaka

1979 Mrs Jane S Bishop

Mrs Jill C Burton

Mrs Leonie M Hyde

Mrs Alison M Knights

Mrs Deborah Moss

Mr Martin A Nutton

Ms Karen W Ready

Mrs Amanda J Renwick

Mr Mark Sendell

Mrs Brenda J Thompson

1980 Mrs Elizabeth R Bond

Mrs Jacqueline A Butler

Mrs Catherine J Hicks

Mrs Sarah E Holmes

Miss Anne Mitchell

1981 Mrs Gayatri Basu

Miss Anna J Chapple

Mrs Amanda J Edwards

Mrs Clare F Harvey

Mrs Sally M Lomax

Mrs Cordelia A Myers

Mrs Annabel Nnochiri

1982 Mrs Della A Allen

Mr Mark D HanleyBrowne

Mr Brian J Howarth

1983 Mrs Alison Brinklow

Mr Charles W Dod

Mrs Sarah Harrison

Mrs Susan C Hill

Mrs Karen L Miranthis

Mrs Frances R Surridge

Ms Rhiannon D Williams

Ms Sally M Woodcock

1984 Ms Alison Mesher

Mrs Helen E O’Hara

Mr Peter J Ventrella

1985 Dr Kirsty N Byrne

Mrs Lorraine G Carlton

Mrs Karen E Coombs

Mrs Rosemary S Gwinnett

Mrs Julia A Harker

Mrs Sally E Jaspars

Mrs Anna M Williams

1986 Mr Colin Cook

Mrs Keren E Cooke

Mrs Amanda E Le Breton

Miss Samantha J Taylor

Mrs Paula M Tebay

1987 Mrs Alison E Allen

Ms Joanna Carlton

Mrs Kim C Chaplin

Mrs Ruth E Flanagan

Mrs Michaela R Khatib

Mrs Kerry A Merriam

Mr James D Thomson

1988 Mrs Tamsin J Austoni

Mr Philip C Coldicott

Mrs Suzanne D Gouldstone

Mrs Hayley C Hobbs

Mr Arjun Kumar

Mrs Katherine Mayne

Mrs Sarah H McWhinnie

Ms Phillipa C Rushby

Miss Adrienne L Saldaña

Mr Giles D Storch

Miss Jennifer D Svrcek

1989 Dr John N Dodsworth

Mrs Charlotte and Mr

Matthew Irving

Mr Simon Ray

Mrs Penelope Smith

The Revd Wendy A Wale

1990 Mrs Naomi A Baynes

Mrs Nicole and

Mr David L Cohen

Mrs Lavinia F Colley

Mrs Karen J George

Mrs Fiona J Gruneberg

Mr Ian C Hodgson

Mrs Louise S Hutchinson

Dr Susanna J Pinkus

Mrs Charlotte R Watson

1991 Mr David W Chapman

Mr James M Davis

Miss Julie A Hogg

Mrs Susannah L

Lovegrove

Mrs Elizabeth R Sartain

Miss Lisa C Tiplady

1992 Mr Ian P Derwent

Mrs Michelle Henly

Ms Diane M Rawlins

1993 Miss Manjit K Hayre

Mrs Rachel J Kelsey

Mrs Alison L Kent

Mrs Helen N Morgan

Mrs Hilary J Studer

1994 Mrs Lucy A Partridge

Mr Andrew D Robertson

Mrs Victoria M TrueBhattacharyya

Mrs Emma R Vyvyan

1995 Mrs Carol W Carlsson Browne

Mr Benjamin L Caron

Miss Adrienne H Ferguson

Mr Jonathan R Lilley

Dr Bernadette Tynan

1996 Mrs Patsy Hinchliffe

Mr Christopher P OwenSmith

Mrs Victoria Richardson

Mr Christopher A Shephard

Mrs Kerry D Simoes

Mr Martin R Wigg

1997 Miss Alison E Buck

Mr Matthew Buck

Mrs Lindsey F Davey

Mrs Elizabeth A Fryer

Ms Brigid Vousden

1998 Mrs Lesley F Mensah

Ms Julie E Seplaki

1999 Ms Erin L Bond

Dr Neil J Hennessy

Mrs Elizabeth C Jestica

Mr Paul R Jones

Mrs Lisa E Knight

Mrs Laura M Penrose

Miss Hayley Romain

Ms Louisa M Tipler

2000 Mrs Susan B Aldred

Mrs Victoria L Embry

Mr William H Essilfie

Mrs Hannah M Hames

Miss Katharine James

Dr Thomas E Kitchen

Mr Andrew J Wells

2001 Mr Laurence M Ball

Mrs Elisabeth J Craigen

Mrs Lesley-Anne and Mr Gareth Crooks

Miss Lidia Fesshazion

Mrs Amy V Fleming

Mrs Emma Forster

Dr Robert J Fulford

Mr David J Lawrence

Miss Yi J Lin

Mrs Kirsty Nottage

Mrs Kathryn M Paternoster

Miss Catherine L Payne

Mrs Kate L Spencer-Allen

2002 Ms Lisa J Aspinall

Mr Oliver T Bowles

Miss Bernadette M Crossley

Mr Sam Farmer

Mr Sutherland Forsyth

Mrs Carys A Gladdish

Miss Katy M Johnson

Ms Arti Krishna

Miss Sian M Mawditt

Mr Remi H Moynihan

Miss Krista A Pullan

Mr Thomas E Savill

Mr Timothy D Scott

Mrs Helen Smith

Mrs Sarah J Towers

Mrs Angela J Woodruffe

Mrs Katie Wright

Mrs Rhiannon L

Wynne-Lord

2003 Mrs Rachel E Bardon

Miss Katherine J Bluck

Miss Stephanie E Cohen

Miss Denise Djokic

Mr Glenn M Harris

Mr Gregoire A Hodder

Mrs Anne M Howell

Mr Jonathan S Levine

Mr Daniel W Roberts

Dr Tovah N Shaw

Miss Stephanie A Tillotson

Mr John J White

2004 Ms Tessa M Banham

Dr William H Boulware

Mr Michael J Dangerfield

Miss Natasha R Gray

Mr Richard A Hopkins

Miss Emily Ikelle

Mr Duncan R Loweth

Mr James M Marshall

Mrs Liisa M Metsaranta

Mr John R Pawson

Mr Ravi P Raichura

Mrs Sian M Shaw

Miss Jennifer R Sneyd

Mr Steven J Walker

2005 Mrs Janice Frankham

Mrs Lisa and

Mr Fabio Galantini

Dr Joel C Gill

Miss Jocasta Jones and

Mr Mark Littlewood

Mr Regin T Lagaac

Mr Daniel A Martin

Mrs Rebekah H Perry

Mr Jonathan D Poland

Mrs Holly E Ranger

Mrs Jessica L Shingfield

Ms Maureen Su

Ms Nadia S Syed

Mrs Emma L Turner

Mrs Di Wu

2006 Miss Aniko Adam

Dr Theresa Y Adenaike

Mr Michael J Allen

Miss Kathryn J Bath

Mrs Ilona G Clifton

Miss Emily C Crowhurst

Mrs Eliza M de Uphaugh

Mr Thomas C Dix

Miss Judith Laidler

Dr Laura McPhee

Miss Chloe Orchin

Ms Maria L Peirce

Miss Anna Z Purkiss

Miss Emelia L Quist

Miss Victoria M Savage

Mr Luke Shepherd and

Miss Hannah Drew

Miss Laura E Tamizian

2007 Ms Claire-Audrey Bayan

Miss Nalân Burgess

Miss Fay Hendry

Miss Fiona A Holman

Mrs Chloe J Kee

Mr Andrew W Kindness

Miss Xiajuan Li

Mr Michael Lynch

Mr Benjamin N Mills

Miss Nicola Pollard

Mr Joseph J RandallCarrick

Mr George J van der Blom

Dr Susan L Wishart

Mrs Chikako Woodgate

2008 Mr Yusuf M Bhujwalla

Mr Luke Clarke

Mr Edward Freedman

Mr James Jones

Mr James D Lugton

Miss Chloe A MacKenzie

Miss Emily McCallum and Mr Siôn Roberts

Mr Matthew A McNally

Miss Amy L Munro-Faure

Miss Julia R Spence

Mrs Dominique E Turnham

Mr Kenichi Udagawa

Miss Lauren S Weller

Mr Jonathan J Woolf

2009 Mr Thomas S Ashford

Miss Sophie A Bell

Mr Daniel S Beresford

Miss Shruti Chaudhri and Mr Iain Cameron

Mr Jonathan D Edge

Mrs Kathryn A Francis

Miss Josephine A Hall

Mr William C Quinn

2010 Mr Paul Broker

Miss Kirsty Reid

Ms Alexandra Thur

2011 Mr Thomas J Danby

Miss Cordelia E Jackson

2012 Mrs Corinne L Goullee

Miss Louise Holyoak

Mr Tim Hubener

Friends of Homerton

Dr Roger Ali

Mr John N Ball

Mrs Frances Barrett

Miss Patricia K Cooper

Dr Constance Counts (In Memory of John Hammond)

Mrs Pauline M Curtis

Mr David and Mrs Mandy Fletcher (in memory of Elizabeth Fletcher)

Mr John G Gaddes (in memory of Pamela Gaddes)

Mr Roger Green

Ms Deborah Griffin OBE

Dr Ahmad T Hindawi

Mr Jan and Mrs Erika Hummel

Mrs Leslie M Lemonick

Mr Matthew N Moss MVO

Mr Richard W Price

Dr Peter H Raby

Mrs Frances E Turner

Dr Peter M Warner

Dr David Whitebread

Corporations

CamBioScience Limited

Hill Residential Ltd

Santander UK plc

Trusts and Foundations

Backstage Trust

The Roger and Miriam Pilkington Trust

1768 Society

The 1768 Society recognises alumni and friends of Homerton who are regular donors to the College, making a gift of at least £17.68 a month.

Dr Brenda J Buchanan

Mrs Marjorie Caie

Mrs Janet M Campbell

Mrs Kim C Chaplin

Miss Shruti Chaudhri and Mr Iain Cameron

Mrs Nicole and Mr David L Cohen

Mr Philip C Coldicott

Mrs Pauline M Curtis

Mrs Diana Dalton

Mrs Clare M Danielian

Mr Ian P Derwent

Mr Charles W Dod

Mrs Sheila A Duncan

Mr Jonathan D Edge

Mr Sutherland Forsyth

Mrs Miriam France

Mrs Karen J George

Mrs Carole Girdler

Mrs Christine P Grainge

Miss Natasha R Gray

Mr Roger Green

Mrs Fiona J Gruneberg

Mr Mark D Hanley-Browne

Miss Manjit K Hayre

Mrs Michelle Henly

Dr Neil J Hennessy

Mr Gregoire A Hodder

Mr Ian C Hodgson

Miss Louise Holyoak

Mr Richard A Hopkins

Mr Brian J Howarth

Mrs Anne M Howell

Mr Tim Hubener

Mrs Celia M Jones

Mr Jonathan S Levine

Mr Anthony and Mrs

Jennifer Little

Mrs Susan M Lovett

Mr Michael Lynch

Mrs Christine W Macpherson

Mrs Constance L Marriott

Mrs Jane R Matthews

Mrs Helen McRoberts

Mrs Sarah H McWhinnie

Mrs Pamela and Dr Anthony

R Metcalfe

Mrs Liisa M Metsaranta

Mr Matthew N Moss MVO

Mr Remi H Moynihan

Mrs Ann P Muston

Mrs Clare L Myers

Mr Ravi P Raichura

Ms Diane M Rawlins

Mrs Rosemary A Rees

Mrs Susan Rodford

Ms Doreen G Rogers

Mrs Elizabeth J Rose

Mr Thomas E Savill

Mr Luke Shepherd and Miss

Hannah Drew

Mrs Annette Smallbone

Mrs Elizabeth L Thomas

Mrs Brenda J Thompson

Ms Alexandra Thur

Mr Andrew J Wells

Mrs Dilys West

Mr John J White

Ms Rhiannon D Williams

Dr Susan L Wishart

Mrs Helen E Wood

Cavendish Circle

The Cavendish Circle recognises alumni and friends of Homerton who make an annual gift of £1000 or more to the College.

Mrs Sally Gibbons

Dr Ahmad T Hindawi

Mr Arjun Kumar

Mrs Pamela J Lewis

Mrs Hilary J Studer

Legators

We are grateful to those who have indicated they will leave a gift to Homerton in their Will.

Mr John N Ball

Mrs Heather Bracewell

Miss Patricia K Cooper

Mrs Susan M Dunkerley

Mr John G Gaddes (in memory of Pamela Gaddes)

Mrs Joan M Gray

Ms Deborah Griffin OBE

Mrs Coral Harrow

Dr Susan B Hilliam

Miss Julie A Hogg

Mrs Susan E Holland

Mrs Elaine R Maunder

Mrs Karen L Miranthis

Mrs Sidella Morten

Mrs Gilliane P O’Keeffe

Mrs Moira E Pitchford

Mrs Margaret S Prue

Mr Simon Ray

Mrs Victoria Richardson

Miss Jean M Robinson

Mrs Rosemary Thomas

Dr Bernadette Tynan

Dr Peter M Warner

Mrs Dilys West

Mrs Karen Whitaker

Morley Circle

The Morley Circle recognises alumni and friends of Homerton who make gifts of £100,000 upwards.

Mr Jan and Mrs Erika Hummel

We are also very grateful to those friends and supporters who give up their valuable time in support of the College, those who have made gifts of artworks and books, and 80 donors who wish to remain anonymous n

ALUMNI

News from the Branches

Alumni News

Retired Senior Members’ Association

NEWS FROM THE BRANCHES

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Groups of Homertonians meet in local branches throughout the country and around the world. All of Homerton’s alumni branches are looking for new members and alumni are always welcome to attend their events. If you would like to get involved, please contact the branch leaders.

The London Rollers

The branch in London meets twice a year, complementing the London Alumni Drinks evenings organised by the College. A small group met on a Saturday in June, where they watched the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace and explored central London coffee shops and cafés whilst exchanging news and catching up with one another.

In December, a large group met for tours of the Tate Modern. The tours were expertly led by Dilys Murch (1973–76) who selected several

artworks to speak about. After the morning tour, the group enjoyed lunch at a nearby restaurant. Those on the afternoon tour were able to visit the new extension to the Tate, with panoramic views of London, before inevitably retiring to the café for one last drink and more catching up.

Newcastle upon Tyne and Durham

The Newcastle upon Tyne and Durham Branch continues to meet twice a year in Newcastle upon Tyne city centre for lunch at a variety of restaurants on Grey Street. In February, they enjoyed lunch at Bar Luga and in Harry’s Bar in September. Both lunches were well attended, with great company and conversation.

In 2017, the Branch will lunch together twice, in March and September/October. The venues have yet to be decided but they will be in the city centre. Contact Elise for more information.

Contact details

China

Xianwen Meng (2011–2012) mengxianwenhf@gmail.com

London (‘The London Rollers’)

Stephanie Beardsworth (1973–1977) stephanie.beardsworth@btinternet.com

Newcastle upon Tyne and Durham

Elise Wylie (1958–1960) elise.wylie@gmail.com

Oxford

The Oxford Branch was founded in May 2006 with Dorothy Evans (1945–47) as their first branch leader. Sadly Dorothy died on 6 November 2016. Lucy Barnett (1961–64), Pauline CavellNorthern (1959–61) and Christine Jackson (1957–61) attended her funeral in Marston Village, Oxford. Dorothy’s niece, Jackie McCall, gave her remembrances of Dorothy’s much fulfilled life as a teacher and principal (which can be found on page 85). After the funeral, the local village hall displayed a selection of Dorothy’s illustrated diaries. The works are so special that the Bodleian Library has asked for them to be part of their collection.

The Oxford Branch has enjoyed two very interesting visits during 2016. In Spring, they visited the newly refurbished Weston Gallery. After lunch in the café, they visited the first exhibition of Bodleian Treasures. This included Shakespeare’s First Folio, The Gutenberg Bible and Tolkien’s illustrations from The Hobbit. The exhibition

Oxford

Lucy Barnett (1961–1964) glebecottage@gmail.com

Southern California

Angela Clark (Das) (2000–2003) ad301@cantab.net

Wessex

Coral Harrow (1949–1951) coralharrow@icloud.com

explored what a ‘treasure’ might be and linked the objects together.

Their Autumn visit was a very special tour of the Japanese Galleries given by the Ashmolean guide Cheryl Trafford (1966–70). Cheryl chose different objects for the group to contemplate and educated them on the history of Japan from 1600 –1850 and beyond. Once a month a Japanese tea ceremony takes place: just the right antidote to modern life! After the tour they enjoyed lunch in The Ashmolean Rooftop Restaurant.

Cambridge

If you would like to help co-ordinate alumni branch events in Cambridge, please contact alumni@homerton.cam.ac.uk.

You can find the University of Cambridge Worldwide Branch Directory at www.alumni.cam. ac.uk/get-involved/find-a-group n

ALUMNI NEWS

In each Annual Review we will feature a round-up of alumni news. Contact us if you would like any of your news to be included here.

1950s

Marylyn Reed (née Lowe) (Cert Ed 1954–1956) writes ‘We met on our first day as Homertonians in September 1954. We were allocated rooms, according to the first letter of our surnames, in Wivlingham, a large house across the field opposite the main College building – Sheila King, Rosemary Jones, Freda Joynson and Marylyn Lowe.

Over 60 years later we are still the closest of friends and try to meet at least once a yearusually in Sheila’s Cornish home – to catch up on our lives and to put the world to rights! There’s often something to celebrate, especially recently as all of us have reached our 80th birthdays. We all married in our 20’s and between us we have 12 children, many grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. We have worked in education in this country as well as abroad; in Australia, Brazil, America, and South Africa. We have taught in nursery, primary, comprehensive, and grammar schools, in 6th form colleges and colleges of further education – all with our basic 2 year

training at Homerton – it must have worked! We have maintained our love of music, sport and world affairs – stemming from our time together in Cambridge.

Now, in retirement, we all live in different parts of Southern England finding a diversity of ways in which we can contribute to the voluntary sector in our local communities. We are busier than ever –so much so that finding dates for our get-together gets more and more difficult!’

Doreen ‘Dee’ Nicolson (Education 1950s) has recently published a book of her poetry spanning seventy years, Along the Way, selected poems 1940 –2010. The book has a foreword by celebrated composer Howard Blake OBE and the poems are about ‘love, loss and a life lived across half the world’. Dee, and her daughter Catherine, were interviewed by Manx Radio about her poetry and her experiences working as an

A group of Homertonians from 1966 – 1969/70 met on 5 October at a lunch organised by Angela Payne (1966-1969) and Cheryl Trafford (1966-1970) at The Cherwell Boathouse in Oxford, to celebrate 50 years since starting at Homerton. It was reported that a good time was had by all and that many happy memories were shared.

indexer at Bletchley Park during WWII – you can listen at the link: soundcloud.com/womentoday/ bletchley and information on purchasing the book can be found on Amazon. Dee kindly donated a copy of her poetry to the College Library.

1970s

Gabrielle Cliff Hodges (PGCE 1975–1976) has published a book: Researching and teaching reading: Developing pedagogy through critical enquiry (Routledge, 2016). The book explores how teachers’ research and critical reading can further develop their understanding of their students’ reading practices and argues that innovative approaches to teaching integrated with research enable English teachers to re-construct ideas and change how reading is taught. Further details are available at: www.routledge.com/ products/9781138816558. Gabrielle Cliff Hodges is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Cambridge.

1990s

Alison Prowle (PGCE 1990–1991) is currently undertaking doctoral study at Cardiff University on the subject of What are the family support needs of refugee families within the UK and how can these best be met within a multi-agency context? As part of this study, Alison recently visited the Dunkirk Children’s Centre and worked alongside current Homerton student, Elena Natale. Alison said of the experience, ‘what a privilege to be able to use our Homerton training to support children in such adverse environments’.

Susi Pinkus (BEd Education with English 1990–1994) recently moved to Harrow School as a Learning Support Specialist. Alongside this she is an Education consultant for the Dukes Education Group, London. After completing an MPhil and PhD in Education at Clare College, she has continued to write about educational matters –

with much about the importance of working with parents and families. Her first book, How to create a parent friendly school was published in 2008 and after a break from writing to focus on her own young children, she recently started writing again in the national media, including The Huffington Post and The Telegraph.

Ben Ryan (PGCE 1995–1996) led the Fiji National Rugby Sevens squad to victory in the Summer Olympics, with the nation’s historic first ever gold medal in Rio. After returning to Fiji, Ben was accorded the highest order when he was awarded the Companion of the Order of Fiji. Ben was bestowed with the Fijian name Ratu Peni Raiyani Latianara, an honorary chief title, and received three acres of land by the people of Serua province. Ben has been the Fiji coach since September 2013 and under his guidance Fiji won back-to-back Sevens World Series titles (2014–15, 2015–16). Ben has since stepped down as Fiji coach.

2000s

Neil Laurenson (BA Education with English 2001–2004) debut poetry pamphlet Exclamation Marx! has been published (Silhouette Press, 2016). His poetry tackles Russian dolls, tiny cardigans, parking restrictions and the British education system. Further details are available at: silhouettepress. co.uk/shop/exclamation-marx-by-neil-laurenson.

Zoë-Laura Dina (née Bridel) (BA Education 2002–2005, PGCE 2006–2007, MEd 2008–2009) welcomed Constantin Robin Dina, born on 4 May 2016 at the Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace in Monaco, weighing 3.250kgs.

Mike Grundmann (PGCE 2003–2004) reports ‘following an unexpected windfall last year, I have decided to call time on my teaching career and instead elected to enter semi-retirement in Spain. I am, however, intending to remain somewhat active as we are planning to open a cafe-bar in

a small village near the Picos de Europa, and we were also blessed by the recent arrival of our second daughter, Milagrosa Dolores (known as Mili), a sister to Sofia Carmen born last year’.

Nicholas James Juett (PGCE 2004–2005) had a successful exhibition of his new work, Waves of Discovery, at King’s Art Rooms, King’s College in February. Nicholas said, ‘Waves of Discovery is the end of a journey that began with my chance discovery in the University Library, Cambridge, of the journal of Robert Juett, a Londoner, and ship’s mate to Captain Henry Hudson in the early 1600s. Gripped by my ancestor’s account of these historic expeditions, I started an artistic expedition of my own. Beginning in Cambridge, I studied more of early Arctic exploration; this led me to the Amsterdam Maritime Museum, and has now brought me back to King’s College. Expressed in my passion for painting are the many layers of these voyages.’

Benjamin Seidler (BA Architecture 2004–2008) is enjoying fashion design, writing and illustrating for major fashion publications around the world (including Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar).

Chris Peirce (BA Education with English 2006–2009) and Maria Peirce (née Pritchard)

(BA Education with Geography 2006–2009) announced the birth of their baby boy, Rufus, on 10 November 2015. Chris and Maria met at Homerton and married in 2013. Chris and Maria are both secondary English teachers in Coventry. Maria said ‘we have many special memories of the College and our time at Cambridge. We’re looking forward to taking Rufus on holiday to Cambridge when he’s a bit older’. Maybe he can apply to Homerton in a few years’ time…

Chris Peirce (BA Education with English, 2006–2009) and Maria Peirce (BA Education with Geography 2006–2009) and baby Rufus.

Timothy Witney (PhD Biochemistry 2006–2010) has been awarded the Sir Henry Dale Fellowship. The Fellowship is for outstanding post-doctoral scientists wishing to build their own UK-based, independent research career

addressing an important biomedical question. The scheme is a partnership between the Royal Society and the Wellcome Trust. Back in the UK after two years in California, Timothy is now group leader in Biomedical Imaging at University College London.

Samuel Wiggins (BA History 2006–2009) and Kathryn Wiggins (née Jacques) (BA Oriental Studies 2006–2009) married on 28 August 2016. Their ceremony and reception was at Homerton College.

Chris Bellamy (BA with MEng Engineering 2008–2012) has been named Young Design Engineer of the Year in the British Engineering Excellence Awards. Chris works in the Customer Focussed Innovation team at Jaguar Land Rover. The judges took a range of factors into account, including: the knowledge which has been applied by the young engineer; the contribution made to projects; and the degree of innovation required. They also considered the nominee’s personal qualities that promote the engineering profession. After four years Chris is now taking a career break from Jaguar Land Rover to explore North America while consulting for 3D printing start-ups and outdoor equipment manufacturers.

2010s

Elizabeth Schenk (BA Education with English and Drama 2011–2014) directed and performed in an adaptation of The Jungle Book at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the summer. The Jungle Book: Cobwebs and Moontalk was a family-oriented production, designed to introduce children to Kipling’s stories in a new and exciting way told through aerial acrobatics, live music and puppetry. Elizabeth said ‘we have been gifted with large and responsive audiences and wonderful reviews. It is an amazing testament to the contribution

Chris Bellamy (BA with MEng Engineering, 2008–2012) ‘Young Design Engineer of the Year’.

Homerton College has made to my career as I continue to train in acting at LAMDA and create my own theatre’.

Matthew Ryan-East (Advanced Subject Teaching (English) 2012–2014) is currently the Head of Department at the Godolphin School in Wiltshire and has embarked on a PhD in English Literature at Southampton University. Matthew is studying English fairy tales from the late 19th century at doctoral level after completing his Masters which also focused on the fairy tale genre. Matthew said ‘my supervisor at Cambridge was Dr Jenny Bavidge who inspired me to pursue this academic path’.

Tim Hubener (BA Economics 2012–2015) performed as part of the Fitz Barbershop at Jilin University in Changchun, China. The University invited two a cappella groups from Cambridge – Fitz Barbershop and the Fitz Sirens – to represent the University of Cambridge and perform for their anniversary celebrations. Tim got the chance to meet with departments and visiting schools as well as Cambridge alumni working in China.

RETIRED SENIOR MEMBERS’ ASSOCIATION

Dr Peter Warner, Chair of the RSMA and Keeper of the Roll

It is with great sadness that we report the loss of my co-chairman, Professor John Murrell MBE. John died in August after forty-eight years of service to Homerton. He loved the College and all that it stood for; in later years dining regularly at Tuesday evening Formal Halls, and standing as Chairman of the RSMA following the retirement of John Axon. A full obituary by John’s family and Dr Peter Raby appears in this Review, so I am restrained not to repeat any of their brilliant anecdotes here. However, we plan to celebrate his life in full at an event in Homerton on Sunday, 26 March 2017 –more information will follow. John inspired many generations of Education students over the years, but he was also a great colleague, very witty and perceptive, a great egalitarian – in an egalitarian institution. We all miss him terribly.

The RSMA flourishes with a membership of over eighty. We have recently extended membership to those who transferred to the University Faculty of Education on ‘Convergence’ in 2001 and who subsequently retired. One problem has been tracking down former College staff members who qualify for membership. Data Protection legislation results in the destruction of personal employment records after seven years; as a historian I note this with alarm, while also recognising the need to dispose of sensitive personal records that no longer serve a purpose. I just wish that we had the option to have our records archived if we so wished. Tom Simms, historian and former Senior Tutor of Homerton, listed in a note book all teaching staff appointments from 1786 to 1978, with their careers, qualifications and publications – an extraordinary record secured for ever in the College Archive. Sadly that continuity has now been broken,

however, as we track down former members we add to Simms’ archived list, adding impressive CVs and lists of publications from our lost sheep as they return to the fold!

As well as retired academic staff members, we are open to non-teaching staff members, particularly heads of departments, key College members such as Librarians, Head Porters and House Keepers. Our membership is also swelled by a few newly retired Emeritus Fellows, however, with the advent of new tripos subjects at Homerton, such as Engineering, Computer Science and now Medicine, there is an age-gap between the retiring ‘old guard’ of Education Lecturers, and the ever expanding list of new appointments. Since the appointment of Professor Geoff Ward as Principal, the Fellowship has grown considerably. The long-term prospects for the RSMA look good once we bridge this historic hiatus and the new-guard eventually come to join us.

Our membership is ever active, not just at monthly coffee mornings in College, but with lectures reflecting those retirees that are still active in research, plus visits and social events (often involving our Emeritus Choir) and a Book Club and annual Newsletter. The Committee attends to any members who are unwell or in need of support with its Almonry Fund. In past years we have also supported one or two travel bursaries for PGCE students, but like all effective charities we have now spent the fund and need to build it up again! This we will do over the coming years as members are always keen to help students in any way they can. Members will also be supporting a fund in memory of John Murrell, which will be launched by the Principal in March. John himself established the Homerton Peabody Scholarships and so set a lasting example by his generosity towards deserving students n

MEMBERSHIP

Principal and Fellows

Student Achievement

Blues Awards

Graduates

New Members

PRINCIPAL AND FELLOWS

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Principal

Professor Geoffrey Ward FRSA

Fellows

2001 Mr Stephen Watts Admissions Tutor (Arts and Social Sciences)

2002 Dr Penelope Barton Senior Tutor

Dr David Clifford

Mr David Whitley

2005 Mr Philip Stephenson

Dr Elaine Wilson

2006 Professor Richard Hickman Dean

Dr Louise Joy

2007 Dr William Foster Vice-Principal

Dr Simon Wadsley Secretary of Council and Governing Body

2008 Dr Theophilus Hacking

Dr Rosalind McLellan

Dr Olivier Tonneau

Dr Peggy Watson

2009 Professor Maria Nikolajeva

2010 Dr André Neves

2011 Dr Thomas Graumann

Professor Simon Gregory

2012 Dr Katherine Boyle

Dr Juliana Cavalcanti

Dr Veronika Fikfak

Ms Deborah Griffin OBE Bursar

Dr Myrto Hatzimichali

Dr Michelle Oyen

Dr Daniel Trocmé-Latter Director of Music

2013 Dr Pauline Goyal-Rutsaert

Dr Georgina Horrell

Ms Yan Yan Shery Huang

Dr Melanie Keene Graduate Tutor

Dr Julia Kenyon

Dr Timoleon Kipouros

Dr Matthew Tointon

2014 Dr Christopher Brooke

Dr Joel Chalfen

Dr Nagendra Karthik Depuru-Mohan

Professor Douglas Easton

Professor Timothy Eisen

Dr Paul Elliott Admissions Tutor (Sciences)

Dr Hayley J. Hooper

Dr Zoe Jaques

Dr Deborah Kronenberg-Versteeg

Dr Francesca Moore

Mr Matthew Moss MVO Director of External Relations and Development

2015 Dr Chibeza Agley

Dr Anthony Ashton

Dr James Blevins

Ms Sheila Gupta

Dr Anthony Johnson

Dr Siddhartha Kar

Dr Jochem Kroezen

Dr Mark Manford

Mrs Liz Osman

Mr Paul Warwick

Dr Rachel Williams

2016 Dr Paolo Heywood

Professor Simone Hochgreb

Dr Hayk Kupelyants

Dr Thomas Leppard

Dr Clare Oliver-Williams

Dr Stephen Rennard

Dr Maja Spanu

Dr Stuart Wallace

Honorary Fellows

2007 Mrs Ann Cotton OBE Founder and President of CAMFED

2010 Dame Carol Ann Duffy DBE Poet Laureate

2011 The Rev’d Dr Ralph Waller Principal of Harris Manchester College, Oxford

2013 Dr Katharine Pretty CBE Principal of Homerton College 1991–2013

2014 Professor Sir Andrew Motion Poet Laureate 1999–2009

2016 Professor Dame Sally Davies DBE FMedSci FRS Chief Medical Officer for England

Dame Evelyn Glennie CH DBE Percussionist

Sir David Harrison CBE Former Chair of Trustees of Homerton College

Ms Meg Rosoff FRSL Novelist

Emeritus Fellows

2009 Dr Peter Raby Former Vice-Principal

2010 Mr John Beck

Dr Ian Morrison

2011 Professsor David Bridges

Mr Stephen Tomkins

2012 Commodore Gale Bryan Former Bursar

2013 Mr Dhiru Karia Finance Tutor and Former Finance Officer

Dr Peter Warner Keeper of the Roll and Former Senior Tutor

2014 Ms Patricia Maude MBE

Professor Morag Styles

Mrs Elizabeth Anne Thwaites

2015 Dr Peter Cunningham

Professor John Gray FBA Former Vice-Principal

Mr Michael Younger

2016 Ms Christine Doddington

Dr John Hopkins

Dr Molly Warrington

Bye-Fellows

2013 Dr Neville Dean

Dr Linda King

Dr Louis Kovalevsky

Dr Richard Williams

2014 Dr Zhonghao Teng

Mrs Jane Warwick

Dr Mary Anne Wolpert

2015 Dr Stephen Burgess

Professor Pamela Burnard

Dr Bob Dillon

Dr Elizabeth Duignan

Dr Meredith Hale

Dr Joanna Haywood

Dr Richard Jennings

Dr Sohini Kar-Narayan

Dr Catherine MacKenzie

Dr Susanna Rostas

2016 Dr Laurie Denyer Willis

Dr Aaron Hornkohl

Dr David Kent

Dr Dario Palumbo

Research Associates

Dr Eneko Axpe

Dr Claudio Battilocchio

Dr Robin Bunce

Dr Srivas Chennu

Dr Gemma Clarke

Dr Frank Cornelissen

Dr Felicity Davis

Dr Paulo di Giuseppantonio di Franco

Dr David Friesem

Dr Chiara Giuliano

Dr Ya-hin Huang

Dr Tyler Kelly

Dr Elsa Lee

Dr Yingjie Peng

Dr Georg Schneditz

Dr James Wason

Dr Bangwen Xie

Clinical Research Associates

Dr Nurulamin Noor

Dr Sophie Richter

Associate Fellows

Dr Axel Bangert

Dr Clementine Beauvais

Dr Judy Fonville

Dr Rosemary Grey

Dr Louise Hardwick

Dr Richard Johns

Dr Kathelijne Koops

Professor Rebecca Lingwood

Dr James Loudon

Dr Ruth Mugford

Professor Redell Olsen

Professor Unai Pascual

Dr Abigail Rokison-Woodall

Dr Darren Sarisky

Professor Richard Toye

Dr Gonzalo Urcelay

Dr Astrid Van Oyen

Dr Jasper Van Wezel

Dr Lauren Waszek

Mr Steve Waters

Dr Bryn Williams-Jones

Dr Alice Wilson

Professor Andries Zuiderhoek

Dr Stelios Zyglidopoulos

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

Each year Homerton makes a number of awards to students in recognition of academic merit and outstanding achievement. The following were awarded in 2016 and the College congratulates the recipients.

The Accompanist Scholarship awarded to Natalie Jobbins

The Aditya Dalmia Prize awarded to the best performing Land Economist

Purav Shah

The Barton Prize awarded to a graduate student who has made an outstanding contribution to College life

Patrick Olsen

The College Book Prize awarded to students who received a University Prize for a dissertation or project

Jason McCammon

Imogen Page-Jarrett

The College Subject Prize for students judged by the Director of Studies to have reached First Class standard in the Preliminary Exam to Part I of English, History or Education Triposes

Holly Firmin

Fopé Jegede

Joseph Sefton

The David Thompson Scholarship in recognition of achieving First Class Honours

Kiera Adams

Thuqan Al Hindawi

Daniel Aleca

Robert Allen

Goncalo Araujo Regado

Amelia Bartlett

Rachel Bellamy

Daniel Bergicourt

Joseph Bowness

Finnian Brewer

Chloe Budd

Leonardo Buizza

Olivia Burns

Kevin Burri

Benjamin Butt

Luisa Callander

Thomas Carlile

Andrew Catherall

Jeng Yang Chia

Aleksey Chuhay

Sophie Cooke

Daniel Crenol

William Curwen

Shuyuan Deng

Rohan Dodd

Puja Dowlani

Chukwunedum Echeta

Rhys Errington

Benjamin Evans

Lucy Felton

Callum Fleming

Jeremy Fouillou

Eugene Fu

Cameron Grove

Matt Harding

Victoria Hodgson

Rupert Horlick

Harry Jones

Hannah Lee

Jonathan Leung

Qinglin Li

Edgaras Liberis

Nicole Liew

Clavance Lim

Kilian Lohmann

Jack MacDonald

Jason McCammon

Dylan McDermott

Thomas McGrade

Pushkar Mishra

Chien Xen Ng

Geraint Northwood-Smith

Imogen Page-Jarrett

William Palmer

Ashrafuddin Patwary

Matthew Penellum

Lauren Pick

Emily Prudence

Isobel Sands

Till Schofer

Purav Shah

Rohan Shanker

Sarah Sheard

Peter Skalski

Angharad Stell

Nicholas Stromberg

Han Xiong Tan

Christopher Taylor

Riley Thorold

Jon Toft

Richard Turley

Shane Vamadevan

Duc Vu

Nicholas Walker

Jasmine Walter

Caitlin Whitby

James Whitehouse

Vere Whittome

Long Wong

Liam Woodcock

Laurence Wooldridge

Yordan Yordanov

The Everton Prize awarded to the best student in Part II Mathematics

Kevin Burri

The Foundation Scholarship awarded to students who achieved First Class marks across all papers in a Tripos examination

Matilda Ettedgui

James King

Rosaline Moyle

Bryony Perks

The George Peabody Scholarship for achieving a First in Part I of the Education Tripos

Larissa Obolensky

The Helen Morris Scholarship for the most distinguished results in English in Part I of the Education Tripos

Alice Evans

The Homerton Charter Graduate Scholarship awarded on academic merit to a student embarking on a new course of graduate study

Luisa Callander

Matteo Craglia

Hsu Liu

Dylan McDermott

Simon Posner (Jean Ruddock

Charter Scholar)

Jennifer Rice (Jean Ruddock

Charter Scholar)

Peter Skalski

The Horobin Award for women graduate students rowing for the University

Alice White

The Horobin Prize for best overall results in the Education Tripos

Lilly Posnett

The Kate Pretty Bursary awarded as part of the CHESS MPhil Awards Scheme

Orlando Gibbs

Laurence Hutchence

Guy Skinner

The Morag Styles Award awarded to the best Part II dissertation in Children’s Literature in the Education Tripos

Lilly Posnett

The Music Performance Prize awarded to

Natalie Green-Buckley

The Peter Warner Prize awarded to the student who has made the most academic progress over three or four years

Robert Corbyn-Smith

The Pointon Prize for the student reading Music or Education and Music who has made the most distinctive and valuble contribution to the College’s musical life

Rachel Sweet

Nicholas Walker

The Santander Master’s Prize awarded to students who have followed a full time Master’s course and achieved distinctions in their dissertation

Daniel Burdett

Gabriella Byfield

Krishan Chana

Tania Clarke

Edward Everett

Pooya Kamvari

Dornehl Kitching

Ed Klinger

Daphne Martschenko

Benjamin Murdoch

Alice Standish

Shi Tang

Jun Wei Tong

Georgios Vasdekis

Luke Warde

Zhouran Zhang

The Santander PhD Prize awarded to a STEM student and an Arts/Humanities student in recognition of outstanding research achievement

Sarah Hardstaff

Jiun-Lin Yan

The Santander Second Year Prize awarded to the highest performing students in Tripos in five subject areas

Frances Ballaster-Harris

Arshad Balwa

Jerry Cummins

Larissa Obolensky

Janis Siebrecht

Jingfeng (Henry) Zhang

The Shuard/Simms Prize for achieving First Class Honours in the Education Tripos

Rosalind Blunt

Ella Duffy

Alexandra Greenwood

Arthur Hannah

Lilly Posnett

Benjamin Spurgeon

Rebecca Thomas

Megan Thorpe

Benjamin Walsh

The Simms Benefaction and Scholarship for the Study of History awarded to the student judged by the History Director of Studies to have benefitted most from the study of History

Till Schofer

BLUES AWARDS

The Thougan Al Hindawi Prize is awarded to a student who is entering a Master’s level course of study in Education

Ana Trigo Clapes

The Westall Prize for the most outstanding contribution to College life

Jonathan Huse

‘Blues’ are awarded in recognition of sporting excellence in representing the University of Cambridge. During the 2015 – 2016 Academical Year, Blues were awarded to the following Homertonians.

Full Blues

Lucie Astier-Such Tennis

Sophie Cooke Hockey

Alice Durrans Hockey

Charlotte Edgerley Rugby

Alexandra Greenwood Football

Faye Kidd Hockey

Will Morris Athletics

Ruth Simms Football

Rebecca Wilson Hockey

Juliette Wise Lacrosse

Half Blues

Pranjal Bajaj Golf

Daniel Crenol Korfball

William Goodwin Skiing

Francis Hunt Tennis

Jason McCammon Boxing

Sophie Mullan Hockey

Lydia Redman Polo

Kate Ross Football

Matt Shaw Rackets

Luke White Dancesport

Liam Woodcock Korfball

Erica Wood Lacrosse

GRADUATES

The College congratulates the following students on completing their studies at Homerton and on being awarded their qualifications.

Bachelor of Arts

Fern Addy

Natural Sciences Tripos

Jessica Ahluwalia Education Tripos with Religious Studies

Thuqan Al Hindawi

Land Economy Tripos

Marina Anastasi

Historical Tripos

Amy Elizabeth Angilley Law Tripos

Daniel Anstess

Engineering Tripos

Katherine Frances Aspray

Human, Social, and Political Sciences Tripos

Eireann Attridge Education Tripos with English

Thomas Bacon Natural Sciences Tripos

Lydia Bagley Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos

Amelia Lucy Bartlett AngloSaxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos

Zeena Beale Music Tripos

Grant Bellis Engineering Tripos

Constance Grace Bennett

Education Tripos with English and Drama

Daniel Louie Bergicourt

Land Economy Tripos

Amay Bhojani

Land Economy Tripos

Hollie Blockley

Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos

Rosalind Jane Blunt

Education Tripos with History

Olivia Boult Natural Sciences Tripos

George Bouverie

Mathematical Tripos

Joseph Samson Bowness

Natural Sciences Tripos

Finnian Brewer English Tripos

Bethany Frances Brookfield

Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos

Olivia Grace Simpson Burns Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos

Annie Caffyn Education Tripos with History

Luisa Mara Callander

Music Tripos

Trang Phuong Cao Economics Tripos

Evelyn Sylvia Chalmers

Natural Sciences Tripos

Coleman Chan Music Tripos

William Westwood Chappell

Natural Sciences Tripos

Rebekah-Miron Clayton

Education Tripos with English and Drama

Tristan Colaço

Natural Sciences Tripos

Philip Colbran

Natural Sciences Tripos

Frederica Cooke

English Tripos

Sophie Cooke Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos

Robert Corbyn-Smith

Natural Sciences Tripos

Joshua Cozens Chemical

Engineering via Engineering

Adam Harry Crafton

Modern and Medieval

Languages Tripos

Daniel Norman Crenol

Geographical Tripos

Miranda Cupit Chemical

Engineering via Engineering

William Curwen

Historical Tripos

Rebecca Sophie Cusack

Education Tripos with English and Drama

Puja Gulab Dowlani Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos

Henry Draper Human, Social and Political Sciences Tripos

Ina Drouven Economics Tripos

Katie Duce Human, Social and Political Sciences Tripos

Ella Jacqueline May Duffy

Education Tripos with English and Drama

Katie Dullam Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos

Alice Durrans Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos

Charlotte Edgerley

Natural Sciences Tripos

James Nicholas Ekwem

Law Tripos

Emily Elliott Historical Tripos

Emma Victoria Anne Elston

Classical Tripos

Matilda Allegria Ettedgui

History of Art Tripos

Anton Hugh Evans Education Tripos with Geography

Benjamin Evans Manufacturing

Engineering Tripos

Tobias Maximilian Feick

Economics Tripos

Julian Fernandes

Engineering Tripos

Maria Fernandez-Martos

Balson Engineering Tripos

Michael Free Natural Sciences Tripos

Kate Victoria Claire Garden

Management Studies Tripos

Sean Gill Economics Tripos

Bryony Glover English Tripos

Pawel Golabek

Mathematical Tripos

Andrew John Goodwin

Mathematical Tripos

Elloise Marie Gordon

Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos

Alice Gough Natural Sciences Tripos

Alexander Nathaniel Gould

Natural Sciences Tripos

Kirstie Louise Green

English Tripos

Zoe Victoria Green

English Tripos

Nathalie Green-Buckley

Music Tripos

Alexandra Greenwood

Education Tripos with English and Drama

Florrie Grigson Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos

Georgina Hammerton

Human, Social and Political Sciences Tripos

Arthur Hannah Education Tripos with English and Drama

Sarah Madeleine Hardy

Historical Tripos

George Edward Harrison

Natural Sciences Tripos

Deborah Marie Hazelton

Geographical Tripos

William Hewstone

Human, Social and Political Sciences Tripos

Jack Hugo Historical Tripos

Jonathan Huse Historical Tripos

Jennifer Hutchings

English Tripos

Wojciech Kazimierz

Kaczmarczyk Land

Economy Tripos

Veselin Karadzhov

Engineering Tripos

Julia Zara Kass Education Tripos with English and Drama

Ruby Nicole Keane

Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos

Thomas Armin Keller Natural Sciences Tripos

Sophie Faith Marie Kellner

Modern and Medieval

Languages Tripos

James King Geographical Tripos

Sophia Lee Xiu-Fei Kosasih Law Tripos

Helen Lam Human, Social and Political Sciences Tripos

Jack Michael Lawrence

Natural Sciences Tripos

Hoe Ryung Lee

History of Art Tripos

Paulius Leonavicius

Engineering Tripos

Ying Ho Jonathan Leung Law Tripos

Clavance Dayong Lim

Law Tripos

Elizabeth Julia Krystyna

Mahoney English Tripos

Liberty Majumdar

Education Tripos with English

Jason Adrian David

McCammon Chemical

Engineering via Engineering

Dylan McDermott

Computer Science Tripos

Alistair McMaster

Natural Sciences Tripos

Oscar Mellors

Economics Tripos

Martin Minkovski Law Tripos

Kgosing Botlhe More

Natural Sciences Tripos

Lily Josephine Mortimer

Law Tripos

Rosaline Moyle Linguistics Tripos

Dylan Isaac Myers-Joseph

Natural Sciences Tripos

Hansley Narasiah

Engineering Tripos

Elena Natale Education Tripos with Modern Languages

Susanne Renate Navara

Human, Social and Political Sciences Tripos

Serban-George NecsaDamacus Law Tripos

Theodor Daniel Nedelcu

Computer Science Tripos

Nenko Stoyanov Nenov

Natural Sciences Tripos

Geraint William David

Northwood-Smith

Natural Sciences Tripos

Esther Nye Music Tripos

Louise O’Neill Education

Tripos with History

Jelani Okoruwa Law Tripos

Dimitra Panayides

Economics Tripos

James Robin Parsons

Mathematical Tripos

Milan Patel Manufacturing

Engineering Tripos

Bryony Perks Linguistics Tripos

Katherine Phillips

Geographical Tripos

Lauren Marcelyn Pick

Computer Science Tripos

Mateusz Stanislaw Pniewski

Manufacturing Engineering Tripos

Bryony Lynn Porter

English Tripos

Lilly Posnett Education Tripos with English and Drama

Frederica Angelica Poulton

Education Tripos with English and Drama

Isabel Joanna Power Theological and Religious Studies Tripos

Emily Prudence Natural Sciences Tripos

Naomi Faith Pyburn

English Tripos

Kexin Qian Education Tripos with Physical Sciences

Naqibrahman Rahmani

Chemical Engineering via Engineering

Emily Hannah Blake Ranken

Education Tripos with English

Lydia Redman Law Tripos

Simran Sandhu Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos

Till Burkhart Malte Schofer

Historical Tripos

Purav Samir Shah

Land Economy Tripos

Rohan Shanker

Mathematical Tripos

Sarah Rachel Caroline Sheard

Classical Tripos

Oliver Sibley

Mathematical Tripos

Piotr Skalski

Natural Sciences Tripos

Miranda Jane Slade

English Tripos

Francis Smallwood

Philosophy Tripos

Benjamin Spurgeon Education

Tripos with English

Angharad Caroline Stell

Natural Sciences Tripos

Hanna Stephens

Geographical Tripos

Zuzana Strakova Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos

Varvara Svistunenko Education

Tripos with English and Drama

Edmond Tam Han Wen

Economics Tripos

Robbie Taylor Hunt

Human, Social and Political Sciences Tripos

Benjamin Taylor

Engineering Tripos

Rebecca Thomas Education

Tripos with English and Drama

Megan Thorpe Education Tripos with Religious Studies

Stephanie Trapp

Geographical Tripos

Richard James Turley

Natural Sciences Tripos

Antonio Vagnerini

Natural Sciences Tripos

Duc Minh Vu

Natural Sciences Tripos

Benjamin Patrick Walsh

Education Tripos with English and Drama

Leanne Walstow English Tripos

Jasmine Mei Walter

Philosophy Tripos

Daren Wang Economics Tripos

Nicholas Watmore

Mathematical Tripos

Luke Aron Richard White

Modern and Medieval

Languages Tripos

Rebecca Wilson

Human, Social and Political

Sciences Tripos

Thomas Wilson Human, Social and Political Sciences Tripos

Jessica Wing English Tripos

Samuel Wiseman

Engineering Tripos

Long Hei Timothy Wong

Natural Sciences Tripos

Laurence James Wooldridge

Historical Tripos

Isabella Yamamoto

Human, Social and Political

Sciences Tripos

Daniel Yanev Manufacturing

Engineering Tripos

Shitian Zhang Chemical

Engineering via Natural Sciences

Daan Henricus Louis

van de Weem Natural Sciences Tripos

Postgraduate Certificate in Education

Zoe Abbott

Luke Adam

Benjamin Adams

Molly Adkins

David Agnew

Stacey Allen

Caroline Allen-Rogers

Joshua Atkins

Rebekah Atkins

Elle Atterton

Jade Barnett

Denise Batchelor

Gordon Bates

Sophie Bates

David Bennett

Holly Bilverstone

Tarryn Biswas

Emma Blake

James Blake

Alexander Bridges

David Brits

Ella Brown

India Brown

Mandy Carpenter

Callum Carroll

Grainne Cassidy

Glen Collier

Rebecca Collyer

Adam Cook

Vincenzo Coppola

Kristina Craven

Daniel Crittenden

Joshua Crossman

Faye Curran

Francis Curran

Lucy Daniels

Eleanor Dart

Huseyin Demirci

Rebekah Denby

Jenny Dickson

Nicholas Dodd

Danielle Donaldson

Katie Dzierozynski

Holly Eden

Joshua Eldon

Harriet Eldridge

Christopher Ellis

Aled Elmore

Jamie Ewing

Robert Fisher

Andrew Flowers

Emily Foster

Oliver Frazer

Janine Gallagher

Vanisha Ganatra

Conor George

Hannah Goodrham

Thomas Gray

Charles Greensitt

Elizabeth Gresham

David Guinea

James Hamilton

Andrew Hawkins

Elizabeth Haynes

John-William Hepper

Kristian Hewett

Joanne Higginson

Rachel Hill

Katy Hinchliffe

Abigail Hindmarch

Thomas Hobbs

Alexandra Hobman

Laureen Hodge

Lauren Holman

Helen Holmes

Amy Howe

Emma Hulme

Lydia Hulme

Samantha Hulston

Ellen Hurley

Sophie Ingram

Annabel Isherwood

Alice Jackson

Eleanor Jacobs

Susan Jang

Laura Jeffery

Emily Jenkinson

Catherine Johnson

Eloise Johnson

Emily Jones

Stephanie Jones

Scott Jordan

Elisa Juncosa Umaran

Hara Natalia KaminiotiDumont

Tazreen Kassim-Lowe

Philippa Kerby

Jennifer King

Jennifer Koenig

Alissa Lamb

Kathryn Lane

Hannah Laurence

Emma Law

Courtney Lawrence

Lucie Ledesve d’Heudieres

Chloe Lewis

Ellen Lewis

Gareth Lewis

Kirsty Lloyd

Rachel Lubbock

Alec Maguire

Thomas Marlow

Jed Marshall

Katharine Martin

Jane McConnell

Hannah Miller

Samuel Miller

Emma Monteiro

Sophie Mullan

Gabrielle Murphy

Jennifer Murray

Laura Neild

Rowan Newland

Bridget Norton

Nicholas O’Leary

Robin Owen

Denvor Owens

Callum Paine

Robert Peck

Hannah Perkins

Richard Peters

Elizabeth Poskett

James Proctor

Nicole Prust

Richard Purchon

Oliver Quayle

Piers Rankin

Hayden Reynolds

Luke Rhodes

Sally Riordan

Elizabeth Robinson

Hannah Robinson-Moore

Sally-Anne Roden

Amber Rutterford

Esther Ryan

Victoria Ryder

Rebecca Sands

John Sarginson

Adam Sear

Jake Selby

Shahnaz Sharmin

Craig Sidaway

Sukhjeet Singh

Sophie Smalldon

Laura Smith

Rosemary Spence

Alexander Springett

Marianna Stammeijer

Su-Yin Stemp

Lucy Stephens

Kirsten Stewart

Marcella Stocker

Harriet Tapply

Imogen Taylor

Jessica Taylor

Amy Thomas

Rebecca Thomas

Helen Townshend

Flora Turnbull

Joseph Vincent

Emily Waddington

Sophie Walker

Elisabeth Walmsley

Holly Warrener

Sophie Wells

Roseanna Weston

Jasmin Wharmby

Jessica White

Lucy White

Suki-Jo Whitehouse

Sophie Willcocks

Jonathan Williams

Catherine Wilson

Laura Witherow

Sarah Witkowski-Baker

Merry Wright

Samuel Wright

Jiin Yang

Megan Youell

Master of Education

Anna Afolayan

Lee Andersen

Jason Joshua Arthur

Bethany Baker

Helen Frances Baker

Andrew Michael Baldwin

Katherine Sylvia Marija Barker

Naomi Clare Barker

Daniel Mark Betts

Jessica Burgess

Antony Joseph Camillo

Emily Cant

James Carroll

Krista Carson

Melissa Jane Clarke

Lana Coogans

Sadie Cook

Harriet Elizabeth Mary Crockett

Suzanne Yvette Culshaw

James Johnathon Daly

Thomas Jeremy Danby

Helene della Chiesa

Caron Downes

Justine Laura Elamatha

Louis Everett

Natalie Jayne Fletcher

James Edmund Shaun

Fountain

Matthew David Friett

Roseanna Furze

Hannah Gee

Hollie Grace Gowan

Joanna Gwaspari

Emma Louise Harper

Kerry Louise Harris

Robert Harry

Lucy Ingleby

Victoria Judd

Hannah Kiran

Julie Ann Knight

Hannah Ruth Korcz

Karina Jane Larsen

Lisa K Lee

Dorothy Patricia Lennie

Laurie-Lee McDowell

Elena Rhea Menezes

Tabitha Verity Patience

Millett

Emily Moss

Emily Jeanne Muir

Roger Newman

Sarah Niemann

Laura Louise Caroline North

Harriet Elizabeth O’Brien

Claire Louise O’Reilly

Emma Ojelade

Babatunde Taiwo Ojewunmi

Thomas James Oxenham

Hannah Florence Page

Timothy David Paterson

Harry Charles Peck

Mary Bo Mitchell Prest

Diane McLean Rawlins

Michelle Louise Renouf

Joanne Richell

Emma Ring

Vincent Paul Scholier

Felicity Scott

Benjamin Shuler

Hannah Simon

Ashley Smith

Ruth Elizabeth Jane Spillman

Deborah Anne Squire

Claudia Stollberg

Colette Louise Taylor

Karen Lesley Taylor

Benjamin Thompson

Sarah Tillotson

Emma Louise Torry

Fride Haugen Vedde

Stephanie Warner

Christopher Paul Wellings

Louie Werth

Krisztina Zaborszky

Master of Law

Ho Chai Chung

Wing In Ivy Ho

Richard Mahal

Master of Studies

Sarah Ashcroft Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Rachel Julia Barras

Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Amy Jill Barron

Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Ian Michael Bickers

Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Margaret Julie Bolger

Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Nicola Ann Duff

Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Colin John Duffy

Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Jayne Gwenda Euvrard Advanced Subject Teaching

Bronya Louise Finnegan Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Douglas Robert Graham

Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Nicola Anne Hargreaves

Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Stuart McLean Henderson

Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Nigel Andrew William Ironside

Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Joanna Emilia Jezierska Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Marian Mahoney

Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Sean McFedries

Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Philip Thomas Novis

Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Victoria Anne Pryce

Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Michael Gerard Ryan

Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Catherine Sanderson

Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Andrea Elizabeth Saunders

Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Pia Sinha-Anderton

Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Malcolm Smith

Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Emma Mary Stuart

Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Sarah Jane Tiffin-McGuirk

Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Shaun Stuart Williamson

Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Stacy Mary Woodrow

Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Louise Amanda Ysart

Applied Criminology, Penology and Management

Master of Advanced Studies

Arijit Sean Gupta

Mathematical Statistics

Georgios Vasdekis

Pure Mathematics

Master of Business Administration

Pooya Kamvari Moghaddam

Doctor of Medicine

Liam Michael McCormick

Master of Philosophy

Sammy Al-Shakarchi Finance

Lucie Cécile Astier Such Development Studies

Wing Yin Chan Screen Media and Cultures

Chau Han Chau

Computational Biology

Deborah Jayne Cheesbrough

Education (Thematic Route)

Fenghua Chen Sociology

Hyunmook Choi Industrial

Systems, Manufacture and Management

Vaughan Newsome Connolly

Education (Thematic Route)

Frederik Thomas De Ridder

Technology Policy

Gabriela Degen

Education (Thematic Route)

Nina Anne Elvin

Education (Thematic Route)

Edward John Everett

Early Modern History

Kieran Daniel Ford

Education (Thematic Route)

Matthew Frost Sociology

James Dean Hermosura

Gabrillo Music Studies

Ruggero Galtarossa Sociology

Robert Adel Girgis

Education (Thematic Route)

Han Guo Finance and Economics

Gyaltsen Gyaltsen Education (Thematic Route)

Stephanie Helen Hobbs

Education (Thematic Route)

Felicitas Sofia Holzer

History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine

Charlotte Hummel

Economic and Social History

Edward Kent

Development Studies

Ed Leon Klinger

Technology Policy

Maciej Martin Kukla Advanced Computer Science

Laura Kuznetsov Epidemiology

Marcus Chun Kue Kwok

Finance

Tingyu Liu Education (Thematic Route)

Yiding Lu Advanced Computer Science

Lionel Guo Rong Lye

Education (Thematic Route)

Haifang Ma Education (Thematic Route)

Daphne Martschenko

Education (Thematic Route)

Mannohja Masilamany

Education (Thematic Route)

Elizabeth Kate Maybury

Smalley Education (Thematic Route)

Katie Joan McIlveen Education (Thematic Route)

Craig M McMahon

Historical Studies

Seamus Anthony McManus Innovation, Strategy, and Organization

Ali Meghji Modern Society and Global Transformation

Carolina Altomar Testa Furtado De Mendonca

Chemistry

Martin Milenovsky Management

Benjamin Charles Murdoch Development Studies

Jack Paul Palmer English Studies

Siddharth Pandey Education (Thematic Route)

Alessandro Rossi Philosophy

Vincent Sakeni Engineering for Sustainable Development

Vivek Saraswat Micro and Nanotechnology Enterprise

Dawn Sardella-Ayres

Education (Thematic Route)

Hardeek Harshad Shah

Education (Thematic Route)

Lucy Elizabeth Anne Stone

Education (Thematic Route)

Shi Tang Innovation, Strategy, and Organization

Bohdan Tokarskyi

European Literature

Lisa Ann Wade

Modern European History

Haoyu Wang Management

Yang Wang Technology Policy

Luke Warde European and Comparative Literatures and Cultures

Joseph Henry Watt

American History

Huihui Zhan Education (Thematic Route)

Zhuoran Zhang Advanced Computer Science

Master of Research

Andrew William Day Biological Science

Ivan Bojidarov Dimov

Physical Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Xiaohe Dong Integrated Photonic and Electronic Systems

Sarah Kay Madden Biological Science

Doctor of Philosophy

Benedetta Frida Baldi Modelling at the mesoscale: a novel approach to proteinprotein interaction and multi complex formation

Kate Michaelson Boehme

Commercial networks and the making of a colonial bourgeoisie in Western India, 1845-1870

Marc Jean Briant On the Boltzmann equation, quantitative studies and hydro dynamical limits

Lucy Philippa Campbell Action, intention and knowledge

Michael Catchpool ‘I look away until they have finished reading it’: a focus on children’s engagement with peer feedback and its impact on children as writers

Chencheng Dai The design, development and application of voltammetric pH sensors

Clare Fitzgerald Viscosity measurements of organic aerosol using fluorescent molecular rotors

Karen Forbes Cross-linguistic transfer of foreign language writing strategies: developing first and foreign language writing through metacognitive strategy use

Constanze Maria Hammerle The role of insulin-like growth factor 2 in development and growth of the mouse pancreas

Luca Magri Adjoint methods in thermo-acoustic and combustion instability

Rebecca Nambi Exploring the challenges and possibilities of using learner-centred pedagogy to teach literacy in one secondary school in Uganda: a case study

Yiting Pan Local tradition and British influence in building construction in Shanghai (18401937)

Nikolas Pontikos Normalisation and clustering methods applied to association studies in type1 diabetes

Alberto Gil Couto Pimentel

Ramos Numerical solution of Sturm-Liouville problems via Fer streamers

Ann Louise Robbins Investigative strategies in resolving novel molecular causes of monogenic lipodystrophies

Chung-Lin Tsai Orchestrating complementary innovation in the ICT Industry: a conceptual framework for industry platform implementation

Cheuk Ho Tsang Dissection and molecular heterogeneity of adult and embryonic stem cells by single-cell genomic approach

Xiao Selina Wang Investigating the role of STAR family proteins in regulating smooth muscle alternative splicing

Wei Yang Understanding the roles of PLN family lipid droplet binding proteins in the regulation of lipolysis

NEW MEMBERS

The College welcomes the following students, who have joined Homerton in 2016.

Undergraduate

Ameer Abdullah Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos

Thomas Adams

Philosophy Tripos

Thomas Adamson

Natural Sciences Tripos

Matthew Adesina

Classical Tripos

Lakshyaditya Singh Aithani

Natural Sciences Tripos

Chloe Victoria Annetts

Education Tripos with Music

Eleanor Rose Ansell

Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos

Ertug Aytug Engineering Tripos

Christopher Baczkowski

Historical Tripos

Ella Barton Law Tripos

Aaliyah Bates Education Tripos with English and Drama

Olivia Alice Scott Batho

Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos

Robert Stanford Beckett

Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos

Vicent Beltran

Natural Sciences Tripos

Oliver Bilbie

Natural Sciences Tripos

Samuel Bird Mathematical Tripos

William Zebedee Blackburn

Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Tripos

India Blaksley Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos

George Boughton

Geographical Tripos

Adam Rowan Boxall

Natural Sciences Tripos

Matthew Brace Natural Sciences Tripos

David James Bradburn

Engineering Tripos

Jack Briggs Geographical Tripos

Cameron Brown

Natural Sciences Tripos

Rosa Emily Burgoyne

English Tripos

Harry Thomas Hele Burke

Theological and Religious Studies Tripos

Blythe Burkhart Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos

Isabelle Burroughes

English Tripos

Clara Butler

Natural Sciences Tripos

Irrah Patricia Melena Carver-

Jones English Tripos

Denise Chng Huiru Education Tripos with English and Drama

Samuel Coleman

Engineering Tripos

Courtney Anne Collins

Engineering Tripos

Tiberiu George Copaciu

Computer Science Tripos

Bethan Corker

Natural Sciences Tripos

Eleanor Savannah Curzon

Green Historical Tripos

Samuel Damon

Historical Tripos

Martha Eleanor Daniels

Human, Social, and Political Sciences Tripos

Tara Louise Davy

Land Economy Tripos

Caitlin Samantha Day

English Tripos

Ida Mae de Waal Law Tripos

Fernanda Deolarte Ruiz

Education Tripos with Modern Languages

Ritish Desai Law Tripos

Lydia Devonport Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Tripos

Caitlin Beth Dobson

Education Tripos with English

Cloe Dugrillon English Tripos

Hollie Anne Earlam

English Tripos

Eliza Eastwood Human, Social and Political Sciences Tripos

Henry George Eaton-Mercer

Classical Tripos

Isabel Emery Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos

Joel Matthew Essam

Natural Sciences Tripos

Georgina Evans Linguistics Tripos

Charlotte Decia Facherty

Natural Sciences Tripos

Alborz Nader Farahati Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos

Claudia Fernandez Riesgo

Natural Sciences Tripos

Alexandru-Catalin Filip

Computer Science Tripos

Luc Robert Andre Francis

Natural Sciences Tripos

Irma Franz Education Tripos with English

Kai Gaskin Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos

Alexander Gikas Classical Tripos

Gianna Maria Giordani Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos

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IN MEMORIAM

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PROFESSOR JOHN MURRELL, MBE

1933–2016

John was born in Rugby on 12 December 1933. His mother Annie Murrell, a domestic servant, died in childbirth and he was raised by his maternal grandmother Martha Frances Rock, also a domestic servant, until he left Rugby for his National Service as a pilot in the Royal Air Force. After this, he trained as a teacher at the College of St. Mark and St. John which at that time, to his delight, was in the Kings Road, Chelsea. Decades later, in 2013, John was granted an honorary degree by the university of St. Mark and St. John for his outstanding contribution to education.

He met the love of his life, Anne Prees, in London and they married in 1960 and soon had two children, Rick and Laura. Anne had finished her schooling at the age of 14 to live with her parents in Liberia, Africa, but with John’s support went on to achieve her O and A levels, followed by a degree and MA, a career in teaching, as a headmistress and finally finishing her career as an HMI Schools Inspector.

Whilst teaching mathematics full-time in a variety of secondary schools, he also studied in the evenings for a degree in Psychology at Birkbeck College, London.

In September 1968 he joined the Education Department at Homerton College, where he taught psychology and research methods, progressing to Principal Lecturer in 1975, and in 1976 he became the Director of Postgraduate Studies, with responsibility for the training programmes of both secondary and primary postgraduate students. He was highly respected and warmly regarded by his students, on both the postgraduate and B.Ed programmes.

John was intensely loyal towards Homerton, and valued its long history as one of the country’s leading teacher training institutions, remaining there until his retirement in 2004. He was adamant that the contributions of everyone who worked there should be recognised and respected, always encouraging interaction across all levels of staff and students; always persuasively, often using his own special, cheeky and rebellious streak to find innovative and fun ways to bring about his aims. In the 1980s, after many formal college dinners at the top table, John established the ‘Bottom Table Club’ to mix staff, students and other guests for after dinner ‘entertainment and conviviality’. The club became a much-sought-after invitation for many years and created friendships for John and Anne that have lasted a lifetime. He also set up a college golf competition, open to all staff, and donated a small trophy which has been passed on year to year. He loved golf, playing regularly with other staff at the Gogs, where he

recorded a hole in one in 1988 – an achievement that delighted him, apart from the fact that it helped to reduce his handicap.

Since the early 1970s he was involved in the design and teaching of a wide range of training courses, both local and national, for members of the legal, medical and nursing professions. His publications include a book (co-edited with Hazel Allen) on Nurse Training (1978), the Tribunals Training Handbook (2005), and numerous articles and research papers on teaching and his research specialist topic, the assessment of professional competence. John’s main interest and talent lay in putting into practice what he knew about helping individuals to develop, and applying this well beyond the field of education, into the wider world of work and community.

For twenty-one years John directed an Advanced Diploma course on training methods and professional development for Justices’ Clerks and Legal Advisors – a course recognised as an essential qualification for those involved in the training of Magistrates in England and Wales. He was a member of the Lord Chancellor’s Office Working Party which was the first to introduce appraisal into the Magistracy and, together with

a legal colleague, designed, directed and taught the first national course on selection procedures for members of the Advisory Committees responsible for selecting Justices of the Peace. He also designed and directed a course for judges on the use of small group work in legal training.

He was the Educational Consultant to the Nightingale School of Nursing at St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, and was involved in the King’s Fund Project 2000, which changed the role of trainee nurses to that of student, as he strongly believed in the importance of encouraging and supporting development for all levels of staff.

For three years he was a Training Advisor to the General Medical Board and for a decade chaired the Nurse Education Committee of Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge.

In 1992 he was very proud to be appointed the first ever George Peabody Professor of Education and Human Development at Homerton College; a personal Chair created jointly with George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. His pioneering work with Vanderbilt’s Department of Human and Organizational Development, which included setting up an internship programme

for American undergraduates and graduates to live, work and study in Cambridge, played a key role in making this the University’s largest undergraduate programme.

From 1992 until 2003 John was also a member of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Regional Council, and from 1996 to 1998 he was consultant to the Industrial Society’s 2020 Vision Project Advisory Council.

In the Honours List of 2004 he was awarded an MBE for services to higher education and he was thrilled to receive his honour from Her Majesty the Queen, with his proud wife, sister and daughter in tow. In 2010 he was elected to an Emeritus Fellowship of Homerton College and he was a very active and committed member of the college’s Retired Senior Members’ Association, including several years as Chair.

The Murrells have lived in the same house in central Cambridge since the 1970s, and developed lasting friendships with several people working locally, from visiting professors to local restauranteurs. John loved to ‘wander round the corner’ to chat and ‘put the world to rights’ with his friends in the paper shop, the farm shop, the charity shop and the local bakery. Through the nearby Arts Theatre many performers have come to stay for the duration of their Cambridge run. Over the years many of these have become firm friends, and John enjoyed recounting watching a well-known actress scaling the high gates late one night, having forgotten that she could simply push the side gate open. Their home’s proximity to Downing College also led to John and Anne enjoying dining rights at the College along with

invitations to the Fellows’ wine tasting club, where again, more friendships blossomed.

John remained active and sociable after retirement. He maintained his close contact with Homerton by regularly dining in Hall, singing in the Emeritus Choir, and as a member of a monthly book club – but most of all through his many lasting friendships formed over the years with staff and students, including past interns living in the States. He was a warm, clever, funny and sociable man who loved people from all walks of life and had a wonderful way of developing and maintaining friendships.

Through his Peabody Professorship, John’s links and friendships with Americans were an important part of his life, and in his final years he was working on a book about the historical links between Cambridge and the USA. On hearing of his cancer, four separate former students made trips from the States especially to see him, and he was overwhelmed by the number of cards, emails and phone messages he received from friends ‘across the pond’. In addition, he was always greatly interested in politics and society, and regularly had his letters published in the Times Letters Page, often in the sought-after bottom right hand corner. He also loved to travel, to fly fish, to watch the birds from his conservatory, and to spend time with family and friends.

Homerton paid tribute the day after John died – by flying the flag at half-mast, a very touching tribute much appreciated by his family. There will be a celebration of John’s life in College on Sunday, 26 March 2017 and an opportunity to donate to a fund in John’s honour. More details will be circulated in 2017.

Anne Murrell, the family, and Peter Raby

SIR PETER MAXWELL DAVIES

1934–2016

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Honorary Fellow of the College and former Master of the Queen’s Music, died on 14 March 2016.

Sir Peter was appointed an Honorary Fellow in 2009 and was one of the foremost composers of our time. Sir Peter made a significant contribution to musical history through his wide-ranging and prolific output. He lived much of his life in the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland, where he wrote most of his music. In a worklist that spans more than five decades, he wrote across a broad range of styles, yet his music always communicates directly and powerfully, whether in his profoundly argued symphonic works, his music-theatre or witty light orchestral works.

Sir Peter held the post of Master of the Queen’s Music from 2004–2014. He was knighted in 1987 and made a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in the New Year 2014 Honours List. In February 2016, Sir Peter was awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, the highest accolade the society can bestow, in recognition of outstanding musicianship.

Sir Peter set the poem Homerton by Dame Carol Ann Duffy (Poet Laureate and Honorary Fellow) which is recorded on the Charter Choir’s CD Audite Finem. In recognition of Sir Peter, the College has launched a Cambridge Chamber Music Residency in his name, funded jointly by the Radcliffe Trust and Homerton College. The Maxwell Davies Residency is currently held by the Ligeti Quartet who will be giving a memorial concert for Sir Peter on 28 April 2017, in the Paston Brown Room at Homerton.

DR DOROTHY EVANS MBE

Cert Ed 1945–1947

Dr Dorothy Evans MBE was born in Faversham, Kent. Due to bombing in the war, she moved to Worcester at a young age. After becoming Head Girl at Worcester Girls Grammar School, she came to Homerton College to train to later become a teacher of Physical Education and Maths. Dorothy’s niece said ‘Dorothy felt this was an important time, a time of ‘growing up’ and good preparation for her future life and profession in education’.

Not content with teaching in schools, she went on to train prospective teachers at Lady Spencer Churchill College in Wheatley and then became Vice Principal of the College of St Paul and St Mary in Cheltenham. She wrote her first book Mathematics: Friend or Foe? during that time.

Never one to turn down an opportunity, Dorothy chaired the St Helena Link Committee, responding to the needs of the tiny island 5000 miles away in the South Atlantic Ocean. She also visited and researched the education systems of the Falkland Islands, Ascension Island and Tristan de Cunha, culminating in the publishing of her book, Schooling in the South Atlantic Islands 1661–1992. To land on Tristan de Cunha she had to climb down a rope ladder – a skill she was very proud of! She loved to interact with the wildlife there, especially the penguins. Dorothy went to St Helena eleven times over the years. She was thrilled to receive her MBE in 1989 for services to the education systems of these islands.

Dorothy was also involved with Bridgwater College, Virginia, USA (who granted her an Honorary Doctorate for her services), the Women’s Institute, National Trust, Rotary, Corona Worldwide, her church and was a Governor of Monkton Coombe School.

At Homerton College, Dorothy was a founding member of the Oxford Alumni Branch. Dorothy organised social events and meetings for Oxford alumni until 2011 and will be missed by many. Dorothy died on 6 November 2016.

MRS JUNE PATRICIA MILLAR

(NÉE HUNT)

Cert Ed

1954–1956

June arrived at Homerton in 1954 and left with her teaching certificate two years later. She then went on to Manchester University for a year’s course in the specialised teaching of deaf children. Her first appointment was at the Partially Hearing Unit attached to a primary school in Fulham, and at the same time she also taught adults at the City Literary Institute in Central London.

In 1960 she married Roger Dixon, an architectural historian, and their three sons, John, Paul and Matthew were born in 1964, 1966 and 1968. In 1970 she started teaching, privately, one of the deaf daughters of Winifred Tumim (later chairman of the Action on Hearing Loss formerly the RNID). Winifred then heard about a new tool for communication with the deaf, called Cued Speech, which had been devised by Professor Orin Cornett, a physicist and educator, at Gallaudet College (now University) in Washington DC. Winifred brought back a British adaptation of Cued Speech and asked June to use it with her daughter. June was immediately impressed by this new tool and used it with Winifred’s daughter and two other deaf children: ‘their vocabulary growth, language, reading and writing skills progressed remarkably as lip reading instruction and language became clear and their frustration and mine vanished’.

In 1975 June founded a national charity to promote Cued Speech and make it available to deaf people, parents of hearing-impaired children, teachers of the deaf, and speech therapists. This was The National Centre for Cued Speech (NCCS). June was competing for attention at a time when there were many other systems being

promoted. Probably the essential debate was whether to embrace oralism (where the deaf person has to lip-read) and manualism (which involves the use of sign language). Cued Speech essentially modified oralism by removing the dependence on lip-reading alone. June had to fight hard to win acceptance for Cued Speech but she was a very determined person: ‘not to be denied’ was an epithet used of her recently. June was quoted as saying:

The difficulty with lip-reading is that many sounds look similar: it is impossible to tell whether someone is saying ‘me’ or ‘bee’. Cued Speech consists of a set of 8 handshapes (the cues) which can be placed in 5 different positions near the mouth. The deaf person watches the lips, and the cues remove the ambiguity, thus enabling the deaf person to receive the spoken language as well as a hearing person. Learning to cue takes 20 hours, although practice is needed to enable the cuer to cue in the real time of speech. But parents of deaf children can cue to their children as babies and the babies acquire Cued Speech (and therefore language) through watching just as hearing babies learn to speak through hearing. Initially the NCCS was generously supported by the KIDS charity but in 1978 the NCCS went independent and was incorporated as a registered charity, with a management committee. June was Director of the Centre and now had to fundraise as well as teach, but she tirelessly travelled to all parts of the country to promote and teach Cued Speech. She also visited other countries in the rest of Europe, and went several times to the USA, where she had a good rapport with Dr Cornett, the devisor of Cued Speech. She helped to adapt Cued Speech into 12 other languages.

In 1983 her husband died, and a year later she married Chris Millar and took the professional name of June Dixon-Millar. The Centre moved to Canterbury and continued to flourish until she retired in 1995. She had to return as Acting Director for a further four years, when the NCCS

was renamed The Cued Speech Association UK, but after that remained on the management committee for some years and continued to teach and help individuals with Cued Speech. In 2006 she went to the USA to receive two awards from the American equivalent of the NCCS: Honorary Lifetime Membership, and a Lifetime Achievement Award for ‘her enduring legacy and lifelong commitment’. Very recently she helped to establish Cued Speech in Iran and South Africa. Although she was well-known internationally, she always responded to individual’s needs; For example, she went weekly to French classes to help a deaf lady in Canterbury, and cued for deaf people at services in the Cathedral.

She never really retired, but she did find time to pursue her many interests: singing, painting, writing, Egyptology, geology, fossils, her grandchildren and godchildren. She was full of life and made friends easily and nurtured these friendships for her whole life. Her funeral took place in the Western Crypt of Canterbury Cathedral, where she and Chris had been married.

MRS SYLVIA MAY SAUL (NÉE WARD)

Cert Ed 1949–1951

Sylvia was born and raised in Winchester and came up to Homerton in 1949. Alongside studying to achieve qualified teacher status, she was a member of the College Choir and completed a number of certificates with the Red Cross, an organisation with which she was enthusiastically involved throughout her life. While at Homerton, Sylvia also met her future husband Geoffrey (Peterhouse, 1948–1951).

From Homerton, Sylvia secured her first teaching post in the junior department at Aylesbury Queen Park School. However, before too long she moved on to Valence School, a school for young children with physical disabilities. It was here that she married Geoff in 1954 with all of her young students in attendance. Her

marriage meant the end of her residential teaching post at Valence but she remained in contact with the school, returning with Geoff to help them to celebrate their Diamond Jubilee in 2012.

Sylvia and Geoff’s first son, Martin, was born in 1955, followed by Michael in 1957, daughter Joanna in 1959 and David in 1964. While raising her young family, Sylvia continued to work in education, first as a home tutor for young students who could not attend mainstream schools, then as a supply teacher and finally in a local nursery. Even after retirement, Sylvia continued to support her local primary school as a governor, librarian and by running the much-loved school book club.

In her spare time, Sylvia volunteered with the Red Cross and could often be found manning the first aid tent at community events. She also supported the Royal British Legion’s annual Poppy Appeal, taking many a shift with a collection tin, come rain or shine. Sylvia was a member of the United Reform Church but had a thoroughly ecumenical approach to her faith. She was also a very hands-on Grandma to her and Geoff’s five grandchildren and was delighted to welcome a much-longed-for great grandson, named Geoffrey, in 2015.

Sylvia died suddenly but peacefully surrounded by her children and grandchildren on 30 May 2016 and was reunited with husband Geoff just three months later.

MRS PAMELA STEPHANIE SMART (NÉE BARTON)

Cert Ed 1959–1961

Pamela Smart died peacefully in hospital, aged 76, on 10 July after a long battle with cardiac amyloidosis. Dearly loved wife of John for 52 years, mother of Stephanie, Carrie and Tim, sister of Peter and devoted Nanna to Thomas, Emily, Henry, Arthur, Eloise and Jemima. Her concern for others and generosity of spirit meant she was loved by many.

MRS MARGARET MARION STRANKS (NÉE

HYAMS)

Cert Ed 1951–1954

Margaret began at Homerton in the autumn of 1951, having been persuaded by her father to train as a teacher and follow her mother’s footsteps to Homerton.

Her time at College left her not only with a CertEd degree specialising in Primary Education and a PGCE, but also with friendships that lasted throughout her life plus a husband! She was initially reluctant to get involved in a joint Homerton/Sidney Sussex production of As You Like It having missed the auditions because she’d been away on Teaching Practice. She was, however, persuaded to become part of the backstage team where she met a Sidney student who was rather woodenly playing the First Lord. The rest, as they say, is history. Margaret married Richard (Dick) Stranks on 23 May 1955 and this long and happy partnership lasted for 52 years, right up until Dick’s death in 2007.

Margaret first taught in London at a school, now demolished, just off the Fulham Palace Road and continued to teach until the first of her four children got in the way in 1957. After supply teaching in between the arrival of children 2, 3 and 4, Margaret returned to teaching fulltime when the family moved to Potters Bar in Hertfordshire. In 1968 she joined the staff of Ladbroke Infant and Junior School and remained a forceful and much valued member of staff for the next 16 years until she and Dick moved to Cambridge in 1984. Throughout her teaching career she stubbornly resisted any attempt to move upwards towards Deputy or Head Teacher status. She always said that teaching was about working with children and she didn’t want to leave the classroom.

Once settled around Cambridge, Margaret spent a number of years as a supply teacher, particularly at Harston and Newton Primary School, where she later became a Governor. She and Dick became closely involved with the National Trust and were room wardens for many years at Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire. Margaret also allowed her flair for dressing up and dramatics full rein both when appearing as ‘lady of the manor’ for Wimpole’s many school visits and as a stalwart – on and off stage – of the Newton Village Theatrical Society.

Once her husband retired, Margaret and Dick travelled as far and wide as Dick’s increasingly fragile health would allow, including a train trip into the Arctic Circle and a memorable journey down the Nile, complete with dramatic camel ride! After Dick’s death in January 2007, Margaret continued to throw herself into volunteering for the National Trust and the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, but her chief interest was in staying in touch with her wide circle of friends and following the fortunes of her ever expanding family; in particular her six grandsons of whom she was inordinately proud.

Sadly Margaret’s last few years were dogged by poor health. She passed away peacefully on 2 November 2016. She is survived by her four children and six grandchildren and is much missed by her many friends and the whole family.

MRS SUSAN WESTON (NÉE WEST)

Cert Ed 1968–1971

Susan Fearnett Weston was born in St Mary’s Hospital Paddington on 2 June 1950. Her parents were Brian West, a quantity surveyor, and Joan West (née Fearnett), a nurse. She grew up in Sutton together with her younger sister Janet. She was educated at Sutton High School for Girls and later at Homerton College. She spent the main part of her career as a

Biology teacher, starting out at Parkstone Grammar School in Poole, whilst living in a flat at High Hall, Wimbourne.

She married John Weston, an aerospace engineer, in July 1975 and moved to Munich for seven years, where she worked as a TEFL teacher at the Cambridge Institute, and later managing a language teaching business. Life in Munich was an adventure which gave her a life-long passion for the mountains as well as opening up many opportunities for travel.

Returning to the UK in 1982, she taught at Highgate Wood Comprehensive in the London Borough of Haringey, a characterbuilding experience which tested her vocational commitment. It did however enable her to return to teaching her core subjects, and meant she

could spend more time with her family. In 1985 she moved to Lancashire and taught at Stonyhurst College for six years. She was a popular member of staff at Stonyhurst, which was undoubtedly a more congenial environment than Haringey.

Her first child, Samantha, was born in 1988, whilst she was at Stonyhurst. She followed her husband south again in 1992, moving to Oxshott in Surrey. She elected to give priority to her children and did not teach again. Her second child Graham was born in 1993, and in addition to dedicating herself to motherhood she became a pillar of the local community, spending time raising money for charity, providing support to the aged members of the local community.

In early 2012 she was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour and told she had a 50% chance of surviving for two years. Following a successful operation to remove the bulk of the tumour, she went through the rigours of radio and chemotherapy and managed almost four years of near-normal life until in late 2015 the tumour reasserted itself and produced a rapid deterioration. Throughout her illness Susan worked hard to minimise the impact on the rest of the family and displayed great courage in the face of a terminal diagnosis. She died on 31 January 2016.

She was an exceptionally caring person, brought up in a very close-knit family, with a sunny disposition who brightened the lives of all who met her. She was always happy to devote her time to others. She was an outstanding mother and she was inordinately proud of her two children. She was particularly fond of her chalet in the Alps, both in summer and in winter and she remembered her time at Homerton with particular affection. She was a dedicated teacher and an outstanding human being.

IN MEMORIAM

The College was saddened to receive news of the deaths of the following Members.

Mrs Sylvia Back (née Hall) Cert Ed 1957–1959

Died 30 March 2016

Ms Margaret Anne Benson Cert Ed 1945–1947

Died 27 December 2016

Miss Frances Conner PGCE 2010–2011

Died 23 January 2016

Mrs Susan Dee (née Moss) Cert Ed 1961–1964

Died 2016

Dr Elizabeth Mary Edwards Senior Research Associate, Librarian and Archivist 1984–1993

Died 28 January 2016

Mrs Margaret Godwin (née Whitlock) Cert Ed 1948–1950

Died 28 October 2015

Mrs Frances Hammond (née Roberts) Cert Ed 1960–1963

Died 29 July 2016

Mrs Anne Haworth (née Marriott) Cert Ed 1940–1942

Died 2016

Dr Avril Henry Lecturer in English 1968–1971

Died 16 April 2016

Miss Lisa Holmes BA/PGCE 2000–2003

Died 15 July 2016

Mrs Dorothy Iliffe (née Bannister) Cert Ed 1949–1951

Died 25 November 2015

Mrs Susanne Medas (née Bernstein) Education approx 1940–1942

Died 16 June 2016

Miss Julie Morse PGCE 2008–2009

Died 16 August 2016

Lady Beryl Newns Cert Ed 1969–1972

Died 2016

Mr Ernest Stanley Norman Cert Ed 1966–1969

Died 2 April 2016

Miss Ruth Pearson Cert Ed 1948–1950

Died 5 June 2016

Ms Joan Salter Garden Steward 1962–1970; 1971–1984

Died 2016

Mrs Susan Stickland Cert Ed 1954–1956

Died 7 February 2016

Mrs Joyce Temple (née Long) Cert Ed 1947–1949

Died 29 June 2016

Ms Alfreda Thorgood Cert Ed 1948–1950 Died 2016

Mrs Janet Weston (née Geary) Cert Ed 1949–1951 Died 2016

Mrs Jane Wilcox (née Lyons) BEd 1981–1985

Died 22 December 2016

RESPICE FINEM

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As a lifelong member of Homerton and the University of Cambridge, you are entitled to a number of benefits. You are very welcome to visit Homerton and use our College Library, Dining Hall, Buttery and Bar. Overnight College accommodation is also available at a special alumni rate.

Accommodation

Alumni of Homerton are able to book accommodation at the College at a discounted alumni rate. Outside of term time, you can book a room through the online booking system, which you can find at www.homertonconference. com/accommodation. Please first email alumni@homerton.cam.ac.uk in order to obtain a booking code, which will enable you to book rooms at the alumni rate.

During term time, we cannot guarantee a room will be available, as the needs of current students must take priority. However, if you enquire 5 to 10 working days in advance, we should be able to advise you on availability. Unfortunately, during term time, we cannot accept bookings further in advance.

Dining

Alumni are welcome to dine in Hall for lunch at their own expense; no prior notice is necessary. Please be aware that you will need to pay in cash for your meal.

Alumni are also entitled to dine at Formal Halls where space permits. If you would like to dine,

please contact the Development Office (alumni@homerton.cam.ac.uk or 01223 747066); the Formal Hall price for alumni is currently £18, with non-alumni guests costing £22. Formal Halls are on Tuesdays; if you wish to attend, please let us know by the preceding Wednesday.

On occasions, alumni will be invited to dine at High Table; these occasions will be advertised in advance.

College Library

Alumni may use the College Library for reading purposes (we regret that at present it is not possible for alumni to borrow items). If you wish to use the Library, please notify the Librarian in advance (library@homerton.cam.ac.uk).

Benefits provided by the University of Cambridge

The University Alumni Relations Office can provide you with a CAMCard which grants privileges and discounts to alumni when visiting Cambridge. The card provides membership to The University Centre and entitles you to discounts from Cambridge University Press, Heffers, local hotels, bars and restaurants.

The CAMCard also entitles you and up to three guests free entrance to all Colleges when they are open to the general public (but not during closed periods). Please note that fewer guests are permitted at King’s College, St John’s College and Queens’ College (see their websites for details) n

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KEEPING IN TOUCH

On the web

www.homerton.cam.ac.uk/alumni

Visit the College website for details of our alumni events, regional branches and alumni benefits. You can read our publications online and update your contact details when you move house or job.

You can also read about our current fundraising priorities and make a donation to Homerton online.

By email

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If you haven’t seen an eNewsletter recently, send us an email at alumni@homerton.cam.ac.uk to make sure we have your current email address so you don’t miss out.

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New alumni database

Homerton College and the University of Cambridge share an alumni database, which we are currently upgrading. When the new database is live, it will also be visible to Cambridge in America (the University’s affiliate office in the US). We take care of your personal data: our data protection values are at www.homerton.cam.ac.uk/dataprotection

HOMERTON CAREERS CONNECTIONS

Thank you to all those who have volunteered to be part of Homerton Careers Connections – we have been overwhelmed with the response! In the Lent term we will be working closely with student representatives to perfect the scheme and to run pilot sessions with members of the HUS. We will launch to the student body later in the academic year and will keep you updated in the College eNewsletter.

Homerton Careers Connections aims to give students a helping hand in embarking on their chosen career by putting them in touch with Homerton alumni who have experience in relevant fields. It is a great opportunity for alumni to help today’s students with their real-world knowledge, experience and insight. For more information and to register, visit www.homerton.cam.ac.uk/alumni/careers