The Journal 2022

The Journal 2022

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After many months of online virtual visits to Fitz, Summer 2022 brought the
fantastic return of in-person Open Days for prospective undergraduates and
postgraduates. On two July days alone we welcomed over 1,000 visitors!

CONTENTS
FROM THE MASTER...................... 05
A NEW COLLEGE PLAN................ 08
PROGRESS IN 2021-22................. 10
FROM THE SENIOR TUTOR..........12
FROM THE BURSAR......................16
COLLEGE ESTATE.......................... 18
FROM THE DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTOR.................................... 20
MASTER AND FELLOWS OF THE
COLLEGE...................................... 22
NEW FELLOWS.............................26
NEW BYE-FELLOWS..................... 28
UNDERGRADUATE
MATRICULATION......................... 32
POSTGRADUATE
MATRICULATION......................... 34
COLLEGE STATISTICS................... 36
ACADEMIC AWARDS
AND PRIZES.................................. 38
DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS
APPROVED................................... 43
FROM THE JCR PRESIDENTS........ 50
FROM THE MCR PRESIDENTS...... 53
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES................ 58
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE
ACADEMIC YEAR.......................... 62
FROM THE CHAPLAIN................. 65
TALKS & LECTURES.......................66
MUSIC AT FITZ............................. 68
IN MEMORIAM.............................70
THE FITZWILLIAM SOCIETY......... 76
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Cover Photo: Martin Bond
All other photography, unless otherwise credited: Nicola Jones

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During lockdown, artist Alastair Adams was hard at work on the
Master’s portrait. In September 2022, the Fellowship gathered
together for its unveiling, ahead of the Valedictory Dinner.

FROM THE MASTER
The retrospective format of the Journal offers an interesting opportunity
to look back and reflect on the past academic year, often as we are fully
immersed in the year which follows. Given the upheaval of the pandemic and
the swiftness of the changes - both good and bad - this year’s look back over
the previous academic year feels unusually distant. As with the previous issue
(published in January 2021), this issue takes in a slightly larger timespan -
including academic statistics from Easter 2021, through to September 2022.
In future issues, we will return to our normal annual schedule, which spans a
complete academic year.
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Thankfully, in contrast to the complex logistical challenges of the previous
academic year, Michaelmas 2021 brought a more ‘normal’ start to the term and
by the summer in 2022, college life was operating as usual. Hybrid events have
been made possible through investment in facilities, and we continue to use
virtual options where necessary or helpful.
As you will see from the pages that follow, 2021-22 brought a good range of
College events, including Professor Linda Colley from Princeton University
delivering the Foundation Lecture and Roger Madelin, developer of Canada
Water, giving the Wilson Lecture. College music, sport and other societies
flourished. Graduations were fully back by July and the gardens were particularly
welcome in the unusually hot summer months of 2022.
Unfortunately, our conference operations were still restricted. Most overseas
summer schools did not take place in 21-22, and this has had a noticeable impact
on our income. Looking ahead, we will need to think creatively about building
a sustainable income stream and balancing this with core College activities. We
have seen a positive return of some business and welcomed new customers,
including the NHS and will need to build on this.
Over this last year, we have continued to develop and implement our College
Plan. The initial discussion involving large numbers of the College community
was essential and helped build the parameters for the plan. The continued focus
through College governance has enabled this to become a dynamic document
helping us set and deliver on our collective priorities. We held an informal café
meeting with Fellows just before the start of the Michaelmas 2022 term, which

kickstarted some new thinking around academic support to students. It also
provided a way of reaching beyond committee memberships.
I am pleased that we have made significant progress on sustainable investment
and that there was a comprehensive review of mental and wellbeing support.
Both activities have led to concrete changes in our approach and provision. We
have also created a student hub to bring together a number of previously separate
student-facing roles in a much more cohesive way. I know that the Bursar will
continue to help GB to plan strategically but also take the necessary tactical
decisions that have underpinned and will sustain our next period as a College.
The Senior Tutor will continue his focus on delivering the best student academic,
tutorial and wider support to the student body. I am fortunate to work with such
capable and committed colleagues. We said goodbye with some sadness to those
who were retiring or moving elsewhere but also welcomed seven new Fellows
in October 2021. The Fellowship feels academically vibrant. I think we have
well functioning committees across the piece and have made sensible changes
to the terms of reference of some in line with the College Plan. I am grateful to
everyone for their work and involvement. In particular, I want to put on record
my personal thanks to the College Committee. This group of colleagues have put
in considerable time and thought and I have found our discussions scrutinising,
productive but always collegiate.
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It is perhaps egregious to focus on one particular area of work, but I thought
it was useful to do so this time. Undergraduate admissions activities are core
to our ‘DNA’ as a College and also depend upon widespread input - from
student helpers who spend time online with candidates before each of their
interviews, giving reassurance and technical help; through the hours of academic
interviewing; to the many weeks of administrative support and decisionmaking.
We drew on the lessons learned from the pandemic as admissions
remained online. The College tackled the technological challenges of this but also
recognised the positive effect of reaching a wider range of students.
As a College that believes proudly in giving opportunities to bright students from
all backgrounds we continue to work hard to encourage those with potential
to apply. We must continue to avoid the pressure to ‘tick boxes’ and seek to
undertake a more comprehensive approach. The number of applicants choosing
Fitzwilliam is very gratifying but of course raises its own challenges. Going
forward we need to review our work strategically to ensure the best use of our
resources which need to cover outreach, communication, open days, applications
and interviews, and support to offer holders and new students. I am delighted at
the range of students we welcomed to the College in October 2021 and recognise
the academic and tutorial efforts you all will make to help them fulfil their
potential at Cambridge. I also recognise the importance of the work by the wide
range of non-academic staff to make this a vibrant and happy place. I know too
that we need to increase our efforts to attract and support postgraduate students.
Fitzwilliam is a diverse, modern College within an historic, research-intensive
University. We may be relatively limited in our financial means, but we are
significant both in the size of our student body and our representation in senior
posts in the University. We are active in cross-collegiate and university fora

where we have a responsibility to build alliances, challenge our peers when
necessary, and to play an active role in the shaping of our University in the
decades to come.
In the University, as well as participating in the various Heads of House meetings
and networks, I have recently been elected to the University Council where I
will seek to play a constructive role. I continue to serve on the management
board of the Bennett Institute, advisory board of CSaP and as a trustee of the
PTI. I chaired the Council-appointed Advisory Board on the future of Learning
Together and served on the disciplinary panel at Trinity Hall. I try to focus my
input and time where it feels most productive and useful.
We have navigated COVID with resilience; now we face a period of considerable
instability both domestically and globally. Students and staff alike face increasing
bills, and as an institution we must make savings where we can. The war in
Ukraine continues and we must maintain our support to colleagues who are
personally affected. The impact of Brexit on both student applications and
academic research grants is now, unhappily, clearer. Questions around freedom
of speech, tolerance and the role a university should play in creating space for
challenging conversations are live and will be prominent in the media. Fitz has a
clear position in support of freedom of speech. We want to foster open-minded,
inquisitive, tolerant minds. Against that backdrop it is essential for Cambridge
to forge a positive and confident future; it remains a world leading university
but needs to harness the evident entrepreneurial spirit and creative energy to its
decision-making.
Whether at work or at home, I know there will be difficulties, some known and
some yet hidden, but there will also be opportunities. This is a confident College
with clear values and we will continue to make progress in putting those values
into action.
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A NEW COLLEGE PLAN
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Fitzwilliam’s Charter clearly sets out the College’s principle charitable objectives:
• To advance education, religion, learning and research in the University; and
• To provide a College wherein members of the University may work for Degrees in the University or may carry
out postgraduate or other special studies at Cambridge.
The manner in which we collectively approach these objectives, however, is under continual review. In early 2020, the
College came together - largely over Zoom - to discuss our shared values and our objectives for the College’s future.
Over the course of many conversations, with all parts of the college community, a set of core values emerged, listed
right, which set the course for our future planning. Using these values as our compass, College committees then
drafted ambitious plans of key areas of work before returning to the Governing Body to agree specific objectives.
As the academic year began in October 2021, the College started to work on these objectives, and we are pleased to
already report significant progress.

COMMUNITY AS OUR FOUNDATION
The founding ethos of the College was to offer opportunity to those left ‘outside’ the traditional structures of
Collegiate Cambridge and we are passionately proud and committed to this founding purpose. We are a College in
the University of Cambridge, but we retain and confidently assert our own identity. Our work to nurture and develop
a representative community will constantly evolve to identify and address those barriers present today, not just in
terms of student access but also throughout the Fellowship and non-academic staff body.
From this foundation of community comes shared benefits and collective responsibilities: a guarantee of inclusion
and space to be oneself; principles of fairness and mutual respect; and investment in academic excellence and
achievement, personal and professional development, and physical and mental wellbeing.
SUPPORTING EXCELLENCE
The College’s core activity is to provide a world-class educational environment for our students and to be a
meaningful space for open-minded academic discussion and collaboration.
We work hard to identify those undergraduate and postgraduate students with the highest academic potential,
and to support them through their application, their time at the College and into professional life thereafter. The
College is a unique space for the sharing of ideas between students, academic staff, non-academic staff, alumni and
the wider community. We create opportunities to promote imaginative collaborations, share research and develop
public engagement skills. We continue to play an active and engaged role in the governance and academic life of the
University.
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We are motivated to achieve the highest standards in the operation of the College and in the investment into
our infrastructure and estate – from the technology we use in our work, to the gardens we enjoy at our leisure.
All academic and non-academic staff members of the College will be supported by fair salaries and benefits and
opportunities to participate in the intellectual life of the College.
CONCERNED WITH OUR PURPOSE
We recognise that the social purpose of a university extends beyond the world of academia. This means that we are
concerned with the wider impacts of the College’s work and the example we set as a community.
We know that prioritising sustainable choices – whether investment portfolio divestment, or food choices in the
Buttery - raises conflicts and tensions, but we will not shy away from the debate. We are profoundly aware of our
responsibility to manage our resources to ensure the College not just survives but thrives into the future and, in doing
so, minimise the size of our footprint on the environment. We will take difficult decisions in an open, transparent,
and constructive way drawing on the skills and experience of members of our community.
We will extend our outreach work beyond an admissions function and play a more active role in terms of social
mobility in the local area. We want to play a more visible and consistent role in the local communities of which we
are a part, whether in sharing our resources, providing access to our spaces, or applying our knowledge and skills to
the good of others.

PROGRESS IN 2021-22
IDENTIFYING
POTENTIAL
SUPPORTING
MODERN LEARNING
& RESEARCH
COMMUNITY &
WELLBEING
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• Launch of Unibuddy student
mentoring platform
• Data review of relative
accuracy of widening
participation flags and Indices
of Multiple Deprivation
undertaken
• Review and streamlining of
online admissions interviews
process
• Initial stages of postgraduate
widening participation activity
review undertaken
• Successful selection and
induction of six Foundation
Year students (a new University
initiative to support applicants
who have experienced
significant interruption to their
academic studies).
• Delivered an efficient transition
back to in-person teaching
• Managed a successful exam
season across multiple
locations / technologies
• Launch of the Dhamija
Fellowships to support
academics in cutting-edge
research
• Successful election of new
Fellows in a range of subjects;
promotion of colleagues to
senior University roles; an
extremely strong Bye-Fellow
competition
• External review of student
mental health provision,
leading to the creation of a
Wellbeing Coordinator post
and comprehensive review of
mental health and wellbeing
strategy
• Formation of a working group
to review College traditions
• Review of College calendar
to recognise non-Christian
celebrations
• Introduction of HR support for
Fellowship
• Adoption of the Real Living
Wage
• Conception and
implementation of the Student
Services Hub to coordinate
student-facing staff and
provide better interface for
students

OUR ENVIRONMENT
GOVERNANCE &
GROWTH
ENGAGEMENT &
NETWORKS
• Approval of a sustainable
investment policy
• Implementation of College
Plan
• New external College website
(launch Summer 2023)
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• Development of environmental
impact criteria for all
significant decisions
• Review of scope and function
of Environment Committee
• Delivery of a programme
of sustainability-themed
College events throughout the
academic year
• Drafting of a long-term Estates
masterplan which centres
environmental impact
• Creation of Equality &
Diversity working group
• Revised approach to managing
risk
• Decision to undertake a private
placement
• Blend of online, hybrid and inperson
meetings to maximise
attendance
• Modification of GB Assistant
Secretary role
• Development of hybrid events
and digital publications
• Review and redesign of College
calendar
• Return to regular schools’
visits on site and launch
of postgraduate teaching
programme with ARK schools.
• Return to in-person alumni
events and reunions

FROM THE SENIOR TUTOR
climate and a sometimes contradictory legislative
framework, and of certain parties less interested in
‘open-minded discussion and collaboration’ than in
division and rancour.
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Photo: Martin Bond
Anyone who has written a strategic plan knows
that it can be hard to make the core activities of an
organisation an exciting focus. The College Plan
declares prominently that ‘Fitzwilliam’s core activity
is to provide a world-class educational environment
for our students and to be a meaningful space for
open-minded academic discussion and collaboration.’
I like what this implies about interaction and cocreation.
Certainly, as a College we need to provide
great academic guidance for all our students and great
teaching for our undergraduates; but that sentence
makes the point that our focus on ‘educational activities’
is inevitably intertwined with our attention to the nature
of our community and indeed its composition.
We know firstly that wise advice or great teaching is
really only of use to the extent that it is well received
– in other words, we have to provide an environment
where our students can be great learners – and we know
secondly that in the Cambridge context our provision
of great guidance and teaching is effective to the extent
that it interlinks productively with the educational
framework of each student’s university course
(syllabus, lectures, research facilities and postgraduate
supervision). The second half of the sentence refers to
the College as a place of genuine diversity and freedom
of thought, where space is created for productive
interactions. We are mindful of the pressures on this –
of areas in which it is becoming increasingly challenging
to exchange divergent views, of an overcharged political
Perhaps I have a professional tendency to over-read,
but that sentence also hints nicely – in the phrase
‘meaningful space’ – at how much value is loaded into
an environment such as Fitzwilliam College – how the
aspirations and opportunities of many of our members,
their plans and prospects, are felt to depend so heavily
on their access and success here. Sometimes we may
feel, candidly, that that perception is overblown, but
this place does change lives, and that matters a great
deal. It is a reminder of our privilege as custodians of
a prestigious institution which was here long before us
and – unless we make some serious mistakes – will see
all of us out.
Admissions
Fitzwilliam College’s commitment to widening
participation continues our founding mission and has
brought to the University many students from diverse
backgrounds who have enjoyed conspicuous success.
Once a large and diverse field of applications is received,
the unambiguous focus of the Admissions Tutors,
Directors of Studies, and a large team of interviewers
is on identifying those candidates with the strongest
academic potential.
Our widening participation strategy during these
years has focused on repeat engagement with state
school students, including those from ethnicities
underrepresented at Cambridge. We have prioritised
work in courses with fewer applications and lower
application rates of state school students and other
marginalised groups (e.g. women in STEM). The
College is developing a strategy to ensure that we
increase applications from areas of the country outside
London and the Southeast. We are also working hard
to enable a wider participation at postgraduate level,
especially in the Masters year where funding is scarce.
In 2020 the College rapidly developed a programme of
online taster events, Q&A sessions, guidance webinars,
social media campaigns and videos. Being forced online
helped us to develop new strategies and to reach more

prospective students who might not previously have
been able to participate in our events. Nevertheless we
were delighted later in 2021 to re-open the College’s
doors to a variety of prospective students through our
school visits, residential visits, subject taster days, essay
competitions, Q&As and women in STEM programme.
The College received 792 applications in 2020, of whom
658 were interviewed, rising further to 873 applications
in 2021, of whom 703 were interviewed. In both rounds,
interviews were conducted online. 168 offers were
made for 2021 entry, and 169 for 2022 entry. The results
periods were less complex than in 2020, and we were
prepared that a higher proportion of candidates would
achieve their offer levels than would have been the case
pre-pandemic. The numbers confirmed were 146 and
144 respectively. Upon confirmation in 2021, 70% of
Home students (strictly, those students regulated by the
Office for Students) had been educated in the statemaintained
sector; in 2022, the figure was 83%. 48% of
these incoming undergraduates in 2021 were identified
as having ‘widening participation’ characteristics, and
47% in 2022. The 2022 entry included six students
for the Foundation Year, a one-year course aimed at
an entirely new stream of applicants who are judged
to be capable of succeeding at Cambridge, but whose
circumstances have so far prevented them from
reaching their full potential.
The College made a total of 306 offers for postgraduate
admission in 2021 (217 for Masters courses, 75 for PhDs
and 14 for clinical medicine/veterinary studies), of
whom 158 took up their place (111 for Masters courses,
30 for PhDs, 3 part-time EdDs and 14 for clinical
medicine/veterinary studies). In 2022, we made 277
offers (193 for Masters courses, 70 for PhD/MRES and
14 for clinical medicine/veterinary studies), of whom
136 took up their place (93 for Masters courses, 29 for
PhDs, and 14 for clinical medicine/veterinary studies);
in this academic year we also took on 21 new part-time
MSt students.
Financial support
The College continues its efforts to secure significant
new funding from alumni and others to meet the needs
of its current students, aiming both to assist those
experiencing financial hardship and to support student
engagement in all areas of university life, academic and
extra-curricular. The total value of our financial awards
to Fitzwilliam students increased from £0.97 million in
2019-20 to £1.17 million in 2020-21 and £1.44 million
in 2021-22, with the College’s financial share equivalent
to 23% and 29% (respectively) of all fee income
received. This large increase reflects the introduction
of several new postgraduate studentships as well as
extensions to our major bursary schemes. Full details
can be found in the Annual Reports of the Governing
Body.
The main source of funding for undergraduates of
limited financial means is the Cambridge Bursary
Scheme, operated and funded jointly by the University
and the colleges; this scheme was extended in 2021,
providing a much gentler tapering of the grant
level from its maximum of £3,500 to students from
households with adjusted incomes below £25,000 and
extending to reach those with household incomes up
to £62,200, and offering an additional grant to students
who had previously received free school meals. 125
Fitzwilliam students benefitted from these awards in
2020-21 and 139 in 2021-22 (respectively 29% and
34% of our undergraduates with regulated (ie Home/
EU) fees). These awards totalled £424,053 in 2021/22,
with approximately 60% at the maximum level. Using
joint funding from Trinity College, we have been able
to offer equivalent additional support to students in
the three year groups joining the College prior to the
expansion of the Cambridge Bursary Scheme – 134
top-up awards totalling £93,899 in 2020-21, and 114
awards totalling £76,817 in 2021-22. In addition, the
College has awarded Goldman Sachs Bursaries totalling
£25,500/£27,000 and discretionary Fitzwilliam College
Maintenance Bursaries totalling £55,530/£52,310.
The efforts of the Development Office and the generosity
of our donors have allowed the College, independently
and in conjunction with several University funding
initiatives, to offer an increasing number of partcost
and fully funded postgraduate scholarships.
Postgraduate student support awards totalled £378,947
in 2020-21 and £558,362 in 2021-22: this represents
(in 2021-22) four full-cost Masters Studentships,
four full-cost PhD Studentships, four part-cost PhD
Studentships, 23 further part-cost postgraduate
scholarships, and 58 Senior Scholarships. In addition, 28
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postgraduate students received Maintenance Bursaries
totalling £18,700, ten received PhD Extension Funding
totalling £31,900, and 73 received Research Awards
totalling £29,316. For obvious reasons, we made fewer
awards for research travel in 2020/21 but were able to
compensate by awarding a larger number of Senior
Scholarships to doctoral students pursuing their
research projects in such unprecedented circumstances;
we also responded to the pandemic by expanding the
PhD Extension Funding scheme and working with
other postgraduate funders to provide as much support
as possible to those students whose projects have been
substantially delayed.
The College provides an additional range of awards
and grants, from multiple funds, to enable all students,
regardless of financial means, to take advantage of
opportunities to enrich their educational experience.
During the two years this amounted to over 1500
awards, including travel grants, prizes and scholarships,
awards for successful participation in the Cambridge
University Language Programme, support for costs
resulting from disabilities, bursaries for IT equipment,
book awards and Formal Hall allowances, additional
support for Architecture students, accommodation
allowances for students conducting vacation projects,
awards from subject-specific funds, music and sports
awards and grants provided by the Fitzwilliam Society
Trust Fund to support student initiatives.
Academic Review
158 Fitzwilliam College students achieved First Class
results (or equivalent) in 2021, and 128 in 2022 (the
highest number previously having been 126). Over
the two years 71 doctoral dissertations by Fitzwilliam
students were approved for the award of PhD degrees,
and 35 prizes were awarded to Masters Students
achieving Distinction.
The College continued to attract excellent academics
in all fields, with new elections increasing the senior
membership to 59 Fellows and 47 Bye-Fellows (many
of the latter are postdoctoral researchers within
the University, who in teaching undergraduates are
particularly well placed to explain the early-career
research environment). Our Postdoctoral Society –
comprising 20 Research Associates alongside our Bye-
Fellows and Research Fellows – provides a framework
for social and academic interactions.
Professor Ianthi Tsimpli was elected a Fellow of the
British Academy, Professor Michael Kenny a Fellow
of the Academy of Social Sciences, Professor Martin
Millett President of the Society of Antiquaries of
London and a Member of the Academia Europea,
and Professor Bhaskar Vira a Fellow of the Academy
of Social Sciences. In 2021 Dr Kasia Boddy won the
Cambridge Student Union’s Teaching Award for the
‘Postgraduate Research Supervisor’ category, and
in 2022 Dr Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche won the
European Society for the History of Economic Thought’s
Young Researcher Award.
Several Fellows of the College held senior management
roles within the University, notably Professor Cardwell
(Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Strategy and Planning),
Professor Aitken (Chair of the Faculty of Divinity),
Professor Coomes (Director of the University of
Cambridge Conservation Research Institute), Professor
Elliott (joint Head of Department of Materials Science
and Metallurgy), Professor Kenny (Director of the
Bennett Institute for Public Policy), Professor Oldroyd
(Director of the Crop Science Centre) and Professor
Vira (Head of the Department of Geography, and
appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education from
October 2022). In 2020-21 Mr Knights was Deputy
Proctor of the University.
Paul Chirico

A new initiative was launched this year with academy
schools. Postgraduate student, Tyra Amofah-Akardom
piloted an enrichment course with Year 12 students on
the theme of ‘what’s the value of education?’. At the end
of the course, which was delivered primarily online, the
participating students all came to Fitz for a visit.
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FROM THE BURSAR
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Considerable financial challenges remain. As we
look forward the College faces fresh and powerful
headwinds in the form of double-digit inflation.
The last two years have been one of the most
challenging periods in the College’s history, but we have
demonstrated resilience and ambition, despite adversity.
In 2021-22 the College gradually returned to a normal
operating environment after a period of significant
disruption due to the pandemic which bought severe
financial pressures on the College. The College estimates
that the total pandemic income loss as at the end of
2021-22 was in excess of £7.9 million. The College
responded by taking steps to substantially shrink our
expenditure to ensure that we have ‘lived within our
means’.
Our staff members, who are the ‘glue’ that ensure our
academic community runs smoothly continue to go the
‘extra mile’ so that all members of our community have
a positive experience of their time at Fitz.
Income and Expenditure
Income from Total Activity (Unrestricted, Restricted
and Endowment) increased by 48% to £14.42 million
(2020-21: £9.74 million) with expenditure from Total
Activity increasing by 22% to £14.52 million (2020-21:
£11.88 million) giving a deficit of £0.10 million (2020-
21: deficit of £2.14 million). The charts on the next page
provide a breakdown of Total Activity by income and
expenditure.
Unrestricted Activity, representing approximately
80% of Total Activity, is a more accurate reflection
of the College’s financial performance. Income from
Unrestricted Activity increased by 28% to £11.84
million (2020-21: £9.24 million) with expenditure
from Unrestricted Activity increasing by 13% to £12.44
million (2020-21: £11.05 million) giving a deficit of £0.6
million (2020-21: deficit of £1.81 million).
The Unrestricted Activity deficit improved significant
on the previous year as the College’s operational
position normalised and charges relating to pensions
fell. However, if the grant of £0.71 million the College
received from the intercollegiate Colleges’ Fund and
the pandemic furlough scheme related payments
are ignored, the underline adjusted deficit was £1.34
million, highlighting the continued financial challenges
the College faces.
As the impact of the pandemic diminished, the College’s
financial position normalised, except in relation to the
College’s commercial conference activity that remained
depressed at 50% below pre pandemic levels, despite
the fact the College attracted new customers such as
the NHS. International summer schools, a significant
element of conference activity did not return in a
meaningful way, especially those from China.
As 2021-22 progressed the uncertain economic
environment and intense inflationary pressure had an
asymmetrical impact on the College’s finances, with
expenditure under significant pressure, but certain
income categories, such as home fees which are capped,
not benefiting from increased inflation. The College
continued to balance a prudent approach to expenditure
with investing to ensure we carry on providing an

Total Activity Income 2022 (£000) Total Activity Expenditure 2022 (£000)
Catering
£1,338, 9%
Conference
£807, 6%
Other
£212, 2%
Colleges’s Fund Grant
£704, 5%
Academic Fees
£3,938, 27%
Other
£610, 4%
Past service costs for
pension schemes
£776, 5%
Education
£6,829, 47%
£14.42m
£14.52m
New Endowments
£2,805, 19%
Donations
£492, 3%
Investment
£595, 4%
Accommodation
£3,529, 25%
Accommodation,
catering & conference
£6,309, 44%
environment for academic excellence to flourish as
highlighted by the 40% increase in student support and
awards to £1.1 million (2020-21: £0.83 million) and the
introduction of the real living wage for permanent staff
members.
Investments and endowment
The Income and Expenditure performance was
contrasted by an improvement in the College’s
investments, which are professionally managed across a
diverse portfolio and an increase in the value of external
property that the College holds as investments and
rents to students. Investments and property together
increased by £9.03 million (2020-21: £11.4 million)
to £95.10 million (2021-22: £86.07 million). The
improvement was despite financial markets being highly
volatile during the year due to the impact of the war in
Ukraine and the inflationary environment. This remains
the case, with the value of the College’s investment
portfolio (ex. external property) at the end of Lent term
2023 being some 3% below the 2021-22 year-end value.
During 2021-22, the College adopted and implemented
a new responsible investment policy that ensures
our investments are managed not just based on their
financial performance and value for money, but also so
that they embody the College’s social purpose and the
example we set as a community to others. At the yearend
the College’s liquid investments achieved a ‘AAA’
ESG rating reflecting this new approach.
The performance of the College’s investments was
reflected in the growth of the College’s endowment by
£8.04 million (11.57%) to £77.5 million during 2021-
22. The increase also reflects several significant gifts
from donors that the College benefitted from. Reserves
which are available to meet general expenditure needs
can be measured as the difference between the value
of Investments and the Endowment and Restricted
reserves. On this basis, ‘free’ reserves improved to
£11.09 million during the year (2020-21: £10.54
million). This level of free reserves is still considered
low in the context of the financing requirements of the
College estate and pension fund deficits.
In January 2022, the College improved its capital
structure by raising a private placement of £20
million on an unsecured fixed rate basis of 1.54% per
annum, repayable in a single payment in 2072, from
an institutional investor. Following the repayment of
a near-term loan facility of £5 million (used for the
renovation of DEF staircases), the net £15 million will
be used to invest in the College estate as part of the new
Estate Masterplan and to enhance the College’s income
in the medium term. At year-end, the College had £30m
of long-term debt.
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COLLEGE ESTATE
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Space to thrive
People are at the heart of Fitzwilliam and the spaces
in which we live and work play a vital role in shaping
our activities and relationships. The College has an
ambitious goal to create a 21st century environment
to ensure all members of our community can thrive in
their study, work and rest.
The objectives of the College Plan based around
community wellbeing and inclusivity, achieving
the highest environmental standards and efficiently
managing the College’s limited resources, have formed
the foundation of a new Estate Masterplan that the
College has developed.
The Estate Masterplan involves a ‘step change’ in the
investment in the fabric of our buildings and is based
on: the on-going renovation programme of the Old
College accommodation; the continued refurbishment
of the Central Block to re-invigorate it as the social
heart of the College; and building of new student
accommodation that will enable more students to
benefit from being on the Main Site whilst reducing the
dependence of the College on its stock of aging external
properties, many of which do not meet present-day
requirements. Whilst the College will draw on its own
resources for part of the cost of the Estate Masterplan,
we will in parallel seek financial support from alumni
and friends.
Old College accommodation renovation programme
Despite the challenges of the pandemic, the College
continued the renovation programme of the student
accommodation in the Old College Lasdun buildings
with the £5 million refurbishment of D-F staircases.
The work saw a striking change to the North façade of
the Lasdun buildings on Huntingdon Road with the
introduction of ‘push outs’. This allowed the College to
reconfigure the internal space to create semi-ensuite
student rooms and large communal kitchen spaces that
allow the students to come together.
The next phase of the programme is the ambitious
£10 million renovation of M-P Staircases. The project
will also explore the reintroduction of the original two
storey Lasdun arch that separates Fellows’ Court from
New Court. The completion of the project will lead
to all the first-year undergraduates being housed in
modern renovated ensuite accommodation. In addition,
the work will make M-P staircases (some 68 rooms)
attractive to commercial conference users and will in
turn increase the income the College receives from this
activity.
In summer 2022 we held a welcome tea for all new staff
members who had joined the College since 2020.

New student accommodation
In 2022, the College commissioned an architectural
study of the Main Site that drew on the original Lasdun
scheme for the College and at the same time recognised
the architectural evolution of the Main Site.
The study identified several areas where the quality
of either the open space or the architecture is not
commensurate with the rest of the site. This is derived
in some cases from the lack of an integrated relationship
between the different phases of the building, or the
operating aspects of the College. These areas offer an
opportunity to tackle the unresolved issues whilst
providing new accommodation. During 2023, the
College will come forward with building proposals
regarding these areas.
Additional student accommodation on the Main Site
will allow the College to review the size and shape of its
external property portfolio, based on the needs of a 21st
Century academic residential community.
Rod Cantrill
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Open-plan living space is central to our refurbishment work - we have now
completed A-F staircases, and are making plans for the next phase.
Photo: Perry Hastings.

FROM THE DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTOR
of our immediate financial needs, largely due to the
substantial downturn in the College’s conference
business (that subsidises Fitzwilliam’s core educational
mission). We continue to raise funds to support
undergraduate bursaries, to attract the very best and
brightest to Fitzwilliam, and to continue investment and
renewal in the College Estate.
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At the end of the 2020 Journal’s entry “From the
Development Director”, Dr Jones handed over the baton
with the supportive words that “the new Development
Director should proceed with confidence and ambition,
on the shoulders of a strong and supportive alumni
community”. This description has encapsulated perfectly
my experience of the last year, as well as the general task
ahead.
When I arrived at Fitzwilliam in June 2021, it was
clear to me that there was much to do to restart the
Development Office’s work after the conclusion of a
succesful major Campaign, and a challenging period
during the pandemic. There was a pressing need to
catalyse the College’s fundraising, and also to restart
and catch up on many of the in-person events that have
been a hallmark of our alumni relations programme.
While we have experienced some challenges along the
way with postponed events - such as the first Reunion
Weekend cancelled due to the death of HM Queen
Elizabeth II - we have enjoyed seeing so many of you
back in College. Thank you for supporting these events
and making the effort to re-engage with the social life of
the College.
You will have read about the formulation of a new
College plan (pp. 8-11), the guiding principles of
which have provided renewed vigour and focus to our
fundraising and alumni activities. The Development
Office is working hard now to scope out how we can
best support the College’s ambitions for the future, and
the role that Fitz alumni can play in these activities.
As we plan for the future, though, we are also mindful
Even against the backdrop of a global pandemic, and a
cost of living crisis, alumni are stepping up to support
our work. In 2021-22 the number of alumni giving to
Fitz is at an all-time high. This is an incredible testament
to the generosity and support of the College’s alumni
and friends. I would like to thank all of you who give to
Fitzwilliam, on behalf of the entire community. Thank
you.
I would be remiss not to mention some fundraising
highlights from this year. Most notably, we received a
landmark gift from alumnus Dinesh Dhamija (1971),
who has become an 1869 Benefactor Fellow, following
his endowment of 3 Fellowships at Fitzwilliam in
cutting edge areas in Science and Technology, as well
as a post that will support a Fellow in the new Design
Tripos which begins in 2024. We’re incredibly grateful to
Dinesh for his visionary support for Fitzwilliam.
Other fundraising achievements have included gifts to
establish increased undergraduate bursary provision, a
research and leadership programme for undergraduates
to undertake summer research and overseas leadership
development, and gifts for our first students to join
Fitzwilliam as part of an expanded programme of
Lee Kuan Yew Studentships in partnership with
Quantedge and the National University of Singapore. At
a postgraduate level, we were also delighted to launch
the Plummer-Pollard studentship for Masters students
undertaking research in Genetics, and, through the
support of the estate of the late Elizabeth Harris, the
establishment of a studentship to support doctoral
research in New Testament studies.
With respect to our Alumni Relations activities, this
year the College has finally been able to begin to invite

Members of the Fitzwilliam Society Committee making
use of the hybrid meeting technology in the SCR.
alumni back to the College, and, as such, we have begun
to return to our usual schedule of alumni events (with
some catch-up) We have been delighted to hold events
for members of the 1869 Foundation (for those who
have left a gift in their Will to the College), to celebrate
the Golden Matriculation of those who came up in
1970, 1971, and 1972, as well as to host the annual
Wilson lecture, Foundation lecture, and to begin to
catch up on all of our regular reunions for the last three
years. It has been a delight to meet so many of you, and
I look forward to seeing more of you this year.
In addition to our in-person offering, we are also
offering recordings of our key academic lectures via
YouTube. If you would like to catch up, you can find
links here: https://bit.ly/3l8KepC
In the year ahead, we look forward to a growing events
programme. In particular, we look forward to getting
out and catching up with our alumni communities both
across the UK and globally.
Finally, in a year of much change, I would like to take
this opportunity to welcome new colleagues to the
Development Office. Annabel Edwards joined us as
Development Officer – Regular Giving in October
2021, Catherine Quinn as Senior Development Officer
in December 2021, and Amy Dimaline as Graduate
Development Associate in September 2022 for the
academic year. As ever, I am grateful for the long service
of Carol Lamb, Alumni Officer, who has now been with
the College for over 20 years! And finally, I would like
thank Dr Nicola Jones, Director of Communications
and Engagement, for all of her support as our previous
Development Director. Her wisdom (and patience) has
been invaluable, and we continue to work closely.
Looking ahead, the College faces challenges whether
from inflationary pressures felt both at an institutional
level and in student finances, through to the large-scale
challenges of renewing the College site through the new
Estate Masterplan.To this, I repeat again the sentiments
that owing to your strength and support, we should
proceed with confidence and ambition. Thank you.
Peter O’Connor
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MASTER AND
FELLOWS OF
THE COLLEGE
The following list reflects the College membership on
30th Sept 2022.
MASTER
The Baroness Morgan of Huyton, Sally Morgan
HONORARY FELLOWS
HM King Juan Carlos I of Spain
HM Queen Sofia of Spain
Professor Federico Garcia-Moliner
Professor Peter Haggett CBE FBA
Mr Roger Dawe CB OBE
Sir Humphrey Burton CBE
Mr Nigel Stapleton
The Hon Mr Justice (Kwok Nang, Andrew) Li CBE JP
Professor Brian Johnson FRS FRSEd
The Rt Revd Dr Michael Nazir-Ali
Professor Joseph Stiglitz
Professor Sir Angus Deaton
The Rt Hon Sir Dennis Byron PC
The Hon Mr Justice Ouseley
The Rt Hon Lord Justice (Sir David) Kitchin KC
Professor Robert Lethbridge
The Rt Hon Lady Justice (Dame Sarah) Asplin KC
The Rt Hon Lord Lamont of Lerwick
His Honour Judge (Dean) Spielmann
Professor Monkombu Swaminathan FRS
Sir Peter Bazalgette
Ms Sharon White DBE
Professor Paul Muldoon
Baroness Morrissey DBE of Chapel Green, Helena
Morrissey
Ms Helen King QPM
Professor Sir Shankar Balasubramanian FMedSci FRS
Sr Josep Carreras
Dame Cressida Dick QPM
Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE CStJ FRSA FBCS
Professor Nicola Padfield KC (Hon.): Professor in
Criminal & Penal Justice
Ms Sonita Alleyne OBE FRA FRSA
The Rt Hon Sir John Vincent Cable
Mr Sebastian Dakin
Ms Adele Thomas
Mr Andrew Powell
LIFE FELLOWS
Dr Harry Hudson
Professor David Thompson DD FRHistS
Professor Geoffrey Whittington CBE FCA
Dr Geoffrey Walker
Dr Kenneth Prandy
His Honour Judge David Pearl
Professor Brian Johnson FRS FRSEd
Dr John Cleaver: Archivist
Professor Derek Fray FRS FREng
Professor Robert Lethbridge
Mr Barry Landy
Dr David Bowyer FRSM
Professor Nigel Slater
Dr Elisabeth Marseglia
Professor Graham Davies DD FBA FSA
Dr William Allison
Dr Alan Clark
Professor Sir Anthony Bottoms FBA
Dr David Scott
Professor Michael Potter: Professor of Logic
Mr Richard Hooley: DoS in LLM/MCL
Professor Nicola Padfield KC (Hon.): Professor in
Criminal & Penal Justice
Dr Rosemary Horrox FRHistS
Professor Kenneth Platts
Professor Dominic Keown
Professor Sean Holly
FELLOWS
Dr Jonathan Cullen: President, Tutor for Postgraduate
Students; UAP in Energy, Transport and Urban
Infrastructure
Professor David Cole: DoS in Engineering, DoS
in Manufacturing Engineering, JMA Senior Vice-
President; Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Grade
11)
Professor David Cardwell FREng: Professor of
Superconducting Engineering, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for
Strategy and Planning
Dr John Leigh: DoS in Modern & Medieval Languages;
UAP in French
Dr Hero Chalmers: Fellow Librarian, CTO and DoS in
English; Tutor for Undergraduates Students
Professor Bhaskar Vira: Postgraduate Tutor, DoS in

Geography; Professor of Political Economy
Professor Epaminondas Mastorakos: Professor of
Energy Technologies
Professor David Coomes: Fellow for Research,
DoS in Natural Sciences (Biological); Professor in
Plant Sciences, Director of University of Cambridge
Conservation Research Institute; Head of Forest
Ecology and Conservation Group
Professor Martin Millett FBA FSA: Laurence Professor
of Classical Archaeology
Dr Rachel Camina: Tutor for Postgraduate Students,
DoS, CTO and AL in Mathematics
Dr Alexei Kovalev: UAP in Mathematics
Professor Subha Mukherji: DoS in English; Professor of
Early Modern Literature and Culture (Grade 11)
Dr Robert Abayasekara: Tutor for Undergraduate
Admissions (Sciences), Tutor for Undergraduate
Students, DoS in Pre-Clinical Medical Sciences
Professor James Elliott: DoS in Natural Sciences
(Physical); Professor of Macromolecular Materials
Science
Professor Andrew Wheatley: ADoS in Chemistry,
Fellow Health & Safety Officer; Professor of Materials
Chemistry (Grade 11)
Professor Kourosh Saeb-Parsy MRCS: Dean, DoS
in Clinical Medicine; Professor of Transplantation
(Honorary Consultant) (Grade 11)
Dr Sara Owen: Tutor for Admissions (Arts), Tutor for
Undergraduate Students, DoS in Classics; AL in Classics
Professor Jason Rentfrow: DoS in Psychological &
Behavioural Sciences; Professor of Personality &
Individual Differences (Grade 11)
Dr Paul Chirico: Senior Tutor, Disability Officer
Professor Simon Gathercole: Secretary of the
Governing Body and the College Committee, Tutor for
Postgraduate Students, DoS in Theology, Religion &
Philosophy of Religion; Professor in Divinity
Professor Matthew Wingate: Tutor for Undergraduate
Students, DoS in Mathematics, JMA Senior President;
Professor of Theoretical Physics (Grade 11)
Mr Francis Knights: Tutor for Postgraduate Students,
DoS in Music
Professor James Aitken: Praelector, DoS in Asian &
Middle-Eastern Studies; Professor of Hebrew and Early
Jewish Studies (Grade 11)
Dr Anna Watson: CTO and DoS in Economics
Professor Andrew Jardine: DoS in Natural Sciences
(Physical); Professor of Experimental Physics (Grade
11)
Professor Kasia Boddy: Professor of American
Literature (Grade 11)
Dr Stephen Sawiak: Financial Tutor, Tutor for
Undergraduate Students, ADoS in Mathematics for
Natural Sciences, JMA Senior Treasurer; RA at the
Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre
Professor Emma Lees: Peter & Audrey Wilson
Estates Gazette Fellow in Land Economy; Professor
of Environmental & Property Law (Grade 11); on
secondment from September 2021- September 2026.
Dr Gabriel Glickman: DoS in History; UAP in Early
Modern British & Irish History
Dr Julia Guarneri: DoS in History; UAP in American
History
Dr Nicola Jones: Director of Communications and
Engagement
Professor Ianthi Tsimpli: DoS in Linguistics; Professor
of English & Applied Linguistics
Professor Christos Genakos: DoS in Management
Studies; Professor of Economics and Policy (Grade 11)
Professor Richard Powell: DoS in Geography; Professor
of Arctic Studies (Grade 11)
Professor Michael Kenny FAcSS: Professor of Public
Policy
Dr Aaron D’Sa: DoS in Natural Sciences (Biological)
and Clinical Medicine; Specialist Registrar in
Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine
Dr Benedict Wiedemann: Steward, Assistant Secretary
to the Governing Body
Dr Jonathan Rogers: Deputy Fellow Health and Safety
Officer, DoS in Law; UAP in Criminal Justice
Dr Pedro Mendes Loureiro: DoS in Human, Social &
Political Sciences; UAP in Latin-American Studies
Dr Christelle Abadie: UAP in Engineering
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Dr Jean-Michel Johnston: Tutor for Undergraduate
Students, DoS and CTO in History
Dr Stevie Martin: DoS in Law; CTO in Public Law
Dr Céline Vidal: DoS and CTO in Geography
Dr Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche: Tutor for
Postgraduate Students, Research Fellow in Economics
Dr Olenka Pevny: Keeper of the College Works of Art;
UAP in Slavonic Studies
Professor Srinivasan Keshav: Tutor for Postgraduate
Students, DoS in Computer Science; Robert Sansom
Professor of Computer Science
Professor Giles Oldroyd FRS: Russell R. Geiger
Professor of Crop Sciences
Mr Rod Cantrill: Bursar, College Data Protection Lead,
Safeguarding Officer, Freedom of Information Officer
Dr Ross Hill: Research Fellow in Molecular Biology
Dr Elisa Galliano: DoS in Natural Sciences (Biological);
UAP in Neuroscience
Dr Georgina Wilson: Research Fellow in English, Acting
Tutor for Undergraduate Students
Mr Peter O’Connor: Director of Development
Dr Isaias Fanlo: UAP in MMLL
Dr Caitlin Harvey: Research Fellow in HSPS
Dr Emily Lees: Research Fellow in Medicine
Dr Tim Williams: DoS in Pre-Clinical and Clinical
Veterinary Sciences; UAP (Grade 10) in Clinical
Pathology
Dr Davide Luca: DoS in Land Economy; UAP in
Regional Economics and Policy
BYE-FELLOWS
The Venerable John Beer: Wine Steward
Dr Nicholas Pyper: Chemistry
Dr Andrew Buckley: ADoS in Earth Sciences
Professor Robert Harle: DoS in Computer Science;
UAP in Computer Science
Professor Mark Arends: Pathology
Dr Yin Wu: Pathology
Dr Victoria Condie: Acting Tutor for Undergraduate
Students; Medieval Literature
Professor Christopher Watson: Professor of
Transplantation
Ms Georgina Cannon: Managing Director of
Development, Cambridge University
Dr Fiona Danks: Acting Tutor for Postgraduate
Students; Geography
Dr Danny Ho: Chemistry
Dr Graham Spelman: Engineering
Mr Paul Hoegger: DoS in Modern & Medieval
Languages, German
Dr Martin Parker Dixon: Acting Tutor for
Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students, DoS in
Music
Dr Andrea Giusti: Engineering
Ms Catherine Groom: Director of Music, Deputy
Praelector
Dr Katherine Davies: Natural Sciences (Biological)
Dr Adam Thorn: Computer Officer at the Department
of Chemistry; Natural Sciences (Physical)
Dr James Womack: AL in Spanish and Portuguese,
Department of Modern & Medieval Languages
Mr Eric Martin: DoS in Architecture
Dr Silvianne Aspray: AL in Theology
Dr James Brind: Aerothermal Engineering
Dr Diandra Brkic: Psychology
Dr Alex Carter: Academic Skills
Dr Milena Ivanova: DoS in Philosophy, Tutor for
Postgraduate Students
Dr Saeed Kayhanian: Academic Foundation Doctor;
Medicine
Dr Peter Martin: Geography
Dr Magdalena Strauss: Mathematics
Dr Kim Ashton: Music
Dr Anita Gibbons FRCP AFHEA: Consultant
Gastroenterologist, Hinchingbrooke Hospital; Regional
Sub-Dean, Clinical School
Dr Alex Pryce FRSA: Director of the Foundation Year
Course
Dr Jeongmin Choi: DoS in Natural Sciences (Biological)
Dr Ares Llop Naya: Batista i Roca Fellow in Catalan
Studies; AL in Catalan
Revd Graham Stevenson: Chaplain, Acting Tutor for
Undergraduate Students
Dr Oliver Burton: Engineering
Dr Jaakko Heiskanen: Politics and International Studies
Dr Jennifer Powell: Head of Collection, Programme and
Research at Kettle’s Yard; UAP in History of Art
Mr Graham Matthews: Director of Estates, University of
Cambridge
Dr Anton Machacek: NST P
Professor Monojit Chatterji: DoS in Economics
Dr Katherine Powlesland: Postgraduate Widening
Participation Manager
Dr Rachel Hopkinson: Veterinary Medicine
Dr Natalie Morningstar: DoS in HSPS
Dr Ritwick Sawarkar: NST B

Dr Thomas Boehmer: DoS in Archaeology
Dr Ashley Wiseman: Archaeology
Dr Richard Bateman: English
Dr Mekayla Storer: NST B
Professor Sumantra Ray: Founding Chair NNEdPro
Global Centre for Nutrition and Health
Dr Peter Bolgar: NST B
Mr James Manton: NST B
UAP University Associate Professor
UAL University Assistant Lecturer
ADR Assistant Director of Research
SRA Senior Research Associate
RA Research Associate
AL Affiliated Lecturer
CL College Lecturer
TA College Teaching Associate
CTO College Teaching Officer
DoS Director of Studies
ADoS Assistant Director of Studies
VISITING FELLOWS 2021-2022
Dr Igor Teslenko (2021-2022)
Professor Matt Matravers (Michaelmas 2021)
Professor Graeme Earl (Easter 2022)
RESEARCH ASSOCIATES 2021-2022
Dr Konstantinos Bakis: Engineering
Dr Alessandra Carabelli: Medicine
Dr Yi Ting Chua: Computer Science
Mr Léo Cunha Caldeira Mesquita: Materials Science
Dr Kelly Fagan Robinson: Social Anthropology
Dr Hannes Gauch: Engineering
Dr Safet HadžiMuhamedović: Divinity
Dr Salvatore Iavarone: Engineering
Dr Alice Ievins: Criminology
Dr Marc Jacobsen: Scott Polar Institute
Dr Chloe Johnson: Medicine
Dr Adarsh Kaniyoor: Materials Science
Dr Hayley Macpherson: Cosmology
Dr Julie Morin: Geography
Dr Guido Papa: Medicine
Dr Leonardo Rundo: Radiology
Dr George Savulich: Psychiatry
Dr Shashi Singh: Geography
Dr Dominic Thomas-James: International Development
Dr David Wilson: Mathematics
Mr Xiaoyang Xie
Lady Julia Olisa
Mr Dinesh Dhamija
OTHER COLLEGE OFFICERS
Junior Members’ Association Officers
Senior President: Professor Matthew Wingate
Senior Vice-President: Professor David Cole
Senior Treasurer: Dr Stephen Sawiak
DEPARTURES
In recognition of the unprecedented break in College
events due to the pandemic, we also record our thanks
to the following colleagues who have either retired in
the year 2021-22, or moved to new institutions:
Professor Robin Langley
Dr Cyrus Mostajeran
Dr Matthew Neal
Dr Nima Razavi Ghods
Dr Amy Ludlow
Dr Enrique Galindo Nava
Dr Timon Hilker
Dr Holly Canuto
Dr Dunstan Roberts
Dr Sarah Kolopp
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1869 FELLOW BENEFACTORS
Mr Peter Selman
Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE CStJ FRSA FBCS

NEW FELLOWS
The College was pleased to welcome the following new Fellows during the course of the 2020-22 academic years.
DR GEORGINA WILSON
Georgina Wilson is an Early Career Research Fellow. Her research area
is early modern literature 1550-1700, with a particular focus on the
intersection between literary and material form, book history, and the
history of reading. Before arriving at Fitzwilliam she took her BA at the
University of Oxford, and her MA at the University of York. Her PhD,
for which she also studied at Oxford, is entitled ‘Paperscapes: Navigating
Books in Early Modern England’. This project focuses on the role of paper
as both a technology of textual production and a tool of the early modern
imagination. She is also interested in the ecologies of paper and the botanical
rhetoric of Renaissance writing.
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MR PETER O’CONNOR
Peter O’Connor is Director of Development at Fitzwilliam College
Cambridge. Before joining Fitzwilliam in June 2021, Peter was Head of
Development (Asia) at Imperial College London, and before this held several
fundraising positions in Collegiate Oxford. Peter read Theology at St. Peter’s
College, Oxford.
DR ISAIAS FANLO
Isaias Fanlo is an assistant professor of Modern and Contemporary
Iberian Literature at the University of Cambridge. He holds a PhD in
Romance Languages and Literatures from the University of Chicago. His
current research moves in the intersection between Iberian modern and
contemporary literatures and cultures and a queer, decolonial approach.
Intertwined with his academic teaching and research, Fanlo has built a
career as a translator and as a cultural manager. He has been editor, curator
and creator of contents for Barcelona’s Teatre Nacional de Catalunya and
artistic advisor for Barcelona’s Teatre Lliure. He is founder and artistic
director of Terrats en Cultura, Barcelona’s awarded rooftop scenic arts
festival, and member of the European Creative Rooftop Network.

DR CAITLIN HARVEY
Caitlin Harvey is an Early Career Research Fellow. Her research examines
the history of migration, race, settlement, and education in a British imperial
and global context. Her scholarly interests also include Indigenous history
and the institutional and political development of settler/Indigenous
societies since 1800. She holds a PhD in History from Princeton University
(2021), along with degrees from the University of Oxford (MSt) and the
University of Western Ontario (BA). Her current book project, Bricks
and Mortar Boards: University-Building in the Settlement Empire, 1840-
1920, examines the rapid expansion of university education across Britain’s
colonies of settlement and their self-governing successors – Australia,
Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States.
DR EMILY LEES
Emily Lees is a Research Fellow at Fitzwilliam and a Clinical Lecturer in
Paediatrics at the University of Oxford. She is completing her Paediatric
clinical training in the field of Infectious Diseases and Immunology. She
completed an Academic Clinical Fellowship at the University of Liverpool
during her first 3 years of Paediatric training. Following this, she undertook
a PhD looking at the interactions of Salmonellae with the human host, in
the form of hiPSC-derived gut organoids and macrophages at the Wellcome
Trust Sanger Institute / Fitzwilliam College from 2016-2019, and returned to
Fitzwilliam as a Research fellow in 2021.
DR TIM WILLIAMS
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Tim qualified as a vet from the University of Cambridge in 2007, and
following a year working in small animal practice, he undertook a clinical
PhD focused on feline geriatric medicine at the Royal Veterinary College in
London. He then returned to the Cambridge vet school in 2012, initially as
Senior Clinical Training Scholar (resident) and subsequently as Lecturer in
Veterinary Clinical Pathology. In addition to his university commitments,
Tim also continues to work part-time as a first opinion small animal
practitioner in Cambridgeshire.
He became a Bye-Fellow of the College in 2016 and now acts as Veterinary
School Clinical Supervisor for all of the Fitzwilliam veterinary students.
DR DAVIDE LUCA
Dr Davide Luca is an Assistant Professor in Regional Economics at the
Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, and Fitzwilliam
College’s DoS for his department. His research is interdisciplinary, and
focuses on the interactions between territorial inequality, socioeconomic
outcomes, and public policy delivery. It explores issues such as the politics
of local and regional development, the geographies of political discontent,
and the links between local governance and policy delivery. Before joining
Cambridge University, Dr Davide Luca was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard
Kennedy School of Government, and worked for the European Commission.
He holds a PhD in Economic Geography from the London School of
Economics and Political Science.

NEW BYE-FELLOWS
The College was pleased to welcome the following new Bye-Fellows during the course of the 2020-22 academic years.
Bye-Fellows are elected on an annual basis, and therefore in some cases have completed their affiliation with the
College at the time of publication. Those Bye-Fellows who have left in the academic year 2022-23, are marked with an
asterisk.
DR RICHARD BATEMAN
Richard Bateman studied English and American Literature at York and then
Newcastle Universities. He took his PhD at Fitzwilliam, where he was also
President of the MCR in 2014-15. Alongside academia he is a professional
drummer, singer and choral conductor. His research specialism is the
intersection between African-American Poetry of the 1960s – specifically
that written within the Black Arts Movement – and American Jazz music of
the same period, with a particular focus on how these relate to the political
and social currents of the Civil Rights Movement and Black Power. Wider
areas of interest include Twentieth Century Literature, Jazz, and Postcolonial
Theory, and his teaching concentrates on these areas as they arise within
both the English and Music Undergraduate Triposes.
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DR PETER BOLGAR
Peter Bolgar undertook his degree in Natural Sciences at St Catharine’s
College, after which he continued with his PhD studies in supramolecular
chemistry under the supervision of Professor Christopher Hunter. His
special interests in chemistry lie in supramolecular chemistry and physical
organic chemistry. Besides teaching for Fitzwilliam College, he is an
Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in organic chemistry at UCL. He is a member
of the UK Chemistry Olympiad Committee, and he teaches students for the
International Chemistry Olympiad both nationally and internationally.
DR THOMAS BOEHMER
Thomas Matthews Boehmer is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in
Classical Archaeology working on the AHRC-funded ‘Roman York beneath
the streets’ project. He completed his undergraduate degree in Classical
Archaeology at the University of Warwick, before coming to Fitzwilliam
College in 2016 for postgraduate study. He obtained his MPhil and PhD
degrees for work on how identity change was materialised in object use and
burial construction in the western regions of the Roman Empire. Thomas is
currently working on memory loss, the connection between burial rites and
specific kinds of body, and fluctuating rates of burial deposition in the first
few centuries CE.

PROFESSOR MONOJIT CHATTERJI
Monojit Chatterji came to Christ’s as an affiliated student in 1970 to read
Economics, graduating in 1972. After finishing his PhD, he went on to a
Lectureship at the University of Essex and then to a Chair at the University
of Dundee. He retired from his Chair in 2013. In addition to his Bye-
Fellowship at Fitzwilliam he is also Honorary Professor at Heriot Watt
University in Edinburgh. His research interests are focused mainly on
unemployment, growth economics, trade unions and inflation. His teaching
interests are much broader, encompassing micro economics, quantitative
methods and development economics as well as macro and labour
economics. He has also held many public appointments on quangos which
advise governments in the UK on public policy pertaining to the labour
market.
DR RACHEL HOPKINSON
Rachel Hopkinson is a practicing general practice small animal veterinary
surgeon and became an affiliated lecturer in Veterinary Anatomy at the
Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at Cambridge
in 2020. Her career began at Fitzwilliam in 2005-2011 studying MVST
and Zoology. She also completed the rotating small animal junior clinical
training scholarship at the Queen’s Veterinary School hospital in 2014.
Her special interest areas are Veterinary Anatomy and Companion animal
Behaviour as well as Internal Medicine. She is a mother of two young
children and very much enjoys utilising all the transferable skills this life
experience brings to her new roles within higher education.
DR ANTON MACHACEK
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Anton Machacek was appointed Bye-Fellow of Fitzwilliam College in 2021.
He works as part of the Isaac Physics team at the Cavendish Laboratory
providing an Open Platform for Active Learning for school students. He
studied as an undergraduate and postgraduate at Trinity College, Oxford,
where he also held a position as a College Lecturer. His research was in laser
produced plasmas, however his real joy was in teaching. On completing his
doctoral studies, he worked as a physics teacher in British secondary schools
for 20 years where he held roles including Head of Physics, Director of Sixth
Form Studies and Assistant Headteacher. His passions include his faith (he
has served as a church minister), his family, writing physics textbooks and
aviation (he is a pilot and flight theory instructor).
MR GRAHAM MATTHEWS
Graham Matthews is Director of Estates for the University of Cambridge. He
was permanently appointed to the role in 2020, following a period as Interim
Director. He joined the University from Auckland International Airport,
where he led the delivery of the airport’s $6bn expansion programme. Before
that, he held senior positions in property and construction consultancy,
where his responsibilities included public sector business, including Higher
Education. Graham is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors.

NEW BYE-FELLOWS
(CONT.)
MR JAMES MANTON
James Manton is an applied physicist developing new instrumentation
and techniques for optical microscopy, with the goals of increasing
speed, resolution and utility whilst minimising photodamage and sample
perturbation. His current work focusses mainly on structured illumination
and light sheet microscopy, with interests in both theoretical developments
and practical realisations. He is currently an MRC Career Development
Fellow at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.
DR NATALIE MORNINGSTAR
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Natalie Morningstar is an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of
Social Anthropology at Cambridge. Her research is concerned with activism
and party politics in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Her
doctoral work followed a network of young, left-wing, anti-austerity and
human rights activists in Dublin, focusing on the relationship between their
experience of the 2008 recession and housing crisis, their precarious labour
in the creative sectors and their views of the fault lines in liberal democratic
politics. Her current work examines youth left-wing support for the political
party, Sinn Féin, and cross-border activist mobilisations after Brexit.
DR KATHERINE POWLESLAND
Katherine Powlesland is the University’s first Postgraduate Widening
Participation Manager, responsible for developing strategy and
implementing programmes to address underrepresentation in Cambridge
at Master’s and doctoral level. She leads Cambridge’s two major OfS and
Research England-funded programmes to improve access to postgraduate
research study for UK-domiciled students from Black, Asian, and minority
ethnic backgrounds, alongside a wider programme of work to address
underrepresentation within a range of other characteristics, including
at international level. Her academic research is sited at the intersection
of medieval literature and videogame critical theory and a monograph,
Narrative Strategies for Participation in Dante’s Divine Comedy, is
forthcoming in early 2022.

PROFESSOR SUMANTRA RAY
Professor Sumantra (Shumone) Ray is a Licensed Medical Doctor as well as
a Registered Nutritionist (Public Health), with special interests in Nutrition
Education in Health Systems and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. Since
2008 he has been Founding Chair and Executive Director of the NNEdPro
Global Centre for Nutrition and Health, headquartered in Cambridge and
working across twelve regional networks across six continents including a
highly active Indian contingent.
DR RITWICK SAWARKAR*
Ritwick Sawarkar is an MRC Investigator and Group Leader at the MRC
Toxicology Unit and Department of Genetics. His research focusses on
the molecular mechanisms by which chromatin exerts control over stress
response. His lab aims to address the following questions: Which cellular
pathways sense environmental stress/ toxins and signal to the genome? How
does chromatin interpret the information about cellular health and toxic
exposure determining the transcriptional response to stress? How does the
transcriptional response adapt cellular phenotypes to survive the stress?
The lab studies these three questions in the context of cellular exposure to
environmental stress as well as small-molecule therapeutics in collaboration
with pharmaceutical companies.
DR MEKAYLA STORER
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Mekayla is a Group Leader at the Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell
Institute and an affiliated member of the Department of Physiology,
Development and Neuroscience (PDN). Research in her laboratory is
focused on understanding why the ability to regenerate complex tissues is
limited in mammals. Remarkably, mice and humans can regenerate the tips
of their fingers following injury. This hints at the possibility that we have
inherited the ability to regenerate limbs or entire fingers, yet the relevant
genetic code may be switched off or modified by signals in the environment.
We aim to identify the cellular mechanisms underlying digit tip regeneration
so that we can use this knowledge to act as a springboard to unlock the
regenerative potential of other tissues in the body.
DR ASHLEIGH WISEMAN
Ashleigh is a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow, part support by an Isaac
Newton Trust Fellowship in the McDonald Institute for Archaeological
Research, University of Cambridge. She completed her PhD in evolutionary
biomechanics at Liverpool John Moores University. Ashleigh’s first postdoc
was based at the Royal Veterinary College where she worked on evolutionary
biomechanics and computational simulations of archosaur locomotion. Her
main research interest is establishing how fossils moved. Ashleigh’s current
research focuses on reconstructing the soft tissues (muscles and ligaments)
of early human ancestors and computing biomechanical simulations of
locomotory movement to establish how our ancestors moved.

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M. Qian Q. Zheng A. Aramanekoppa A. Xu G. N. U. Asiegbu E. Abebaw-Mesfin L. Akinnagbe Z. Ali D. Anshur S. A
R. Erewunmi F. A. C. Blond H. Bowers D. M. Bowers O. J. Breedon Z. S. Britton H. C. G. Broom S. F. P. Browne E. S. M. Busby T. S. C
A. M. Englyst Robb N. Eyre S. L. Fallon R. Gao R. Garg Z. J. Gavin L. Gibson E. K. Green L. F. Hadfield A. A. Haffner K. S. Haket J.
D. Jin C. N. Johnston A. Jones T. Ketmalasiri C. Khubchand R. A. Kliber R. U. Kong I. O. Kotopouli M. J. Kow
E. Lin J. Lindsay J. H. Y. Lok Z. Lu J. Lu C. Mack E. Magill A. Maheshkumar F. Mahmood J. W. Mair Z. Mathieson
R. Noboni H. Oakley B. O’Neill S. D. Oteng-Ntim S. S. Owen I. T. Owen K. Pal H. Palmer D. Parkus T. Peretz
M. Sampson S. Siventhiran G. Smith O. Solomons G. Stein M. Stokes R. Sun K. Suzuki R. Tandon M. Tanju H. T
S. Yan G. Yap Y. Zhang Dr N. Jones Dr J-M. Johnston Dr H. Chalmers Dr M. B. Wingate Dr S. J. Sawiak Dr P. A. Chirico Baroness S.

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atton D. W. H. Chan S. A. Chandarana C. Chen E. G. Collin M. Crozier H. R. Curry I. W. De Bessou E. Drake E. Eaton-Banks
Q. Han F. T. I. Hargreaves P. T. J. Harper A. J. Harris A. C. Harrison T. R. Hartshorn A. E. Hickson E. M. Hodgson A. T. Hodgson
alski A. Krishnan J. C. H. Lam L. Lawton W. Lee Q. Lei T. Lerman Y. Leung B. Levy L. Liao H. B. Lilly
G. McConachie M. Mitchell C. Moisoi C. Murgan A. Moroca O. Mosheim S. Mulcahy B. Muller M. Munro
E. Porter E. Press R. Ranson S. Ratnasingam G. Read T. Reddibathini B. Roberts T. Saiban H. Salman
uri K. Turner E. Turner-Frick A. Vijayan H. Watkins Ray J. Watson E. White A. Wickham T. Willock M. Wolny
Morgan Mr R. G. Cantrill Dr S. Owen Dr R. Abayasekara Mr A. Fuller Mr T. Everett Mr J. Parmar M. Zhang M. Zhao Y. Zhou
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J. A. Folley Q. Yang R. Battles J. C. A. Lee R. C. Dryzek Z. Baugher J. Worthington Y. I. Dancheva A. G. W. Barry S. P. Deka E.
W. P. L. Ang F. Hou M. V. Matthews M. S. Zhong S. O’Toole L. W. D. Jakobsen R. Zhao J. Marsh S. Yan T. Mughal
F. Zhang C. Jabr L. Myles A. Hall W. Chen L. Chang E. Poyser A. Yong J. W. Peteranderl S. P. R. Shirley-Smith Y. T.
C. H. Chung L. Vidal J. M. A. Steele A. Kuraite J. Richard D. I. S. Engelbrekt J. A. Buckenham R. Cleaver T. Sim M. Quedna
T. R. Gaskin C. J. McCubbins D. P. McAlinden S. Ye A. Kihiczak B. Che T. J. F. Ross J. L. Z. Rauwald E. A. F. Polglase T
P. Ho L. Zhang L. Cheng A. Cebeiro Munin T. Amofah-Akardom I. Abril Cabezas E. Pitzalis N. Zhang B. Adam
H. Mahmood F. Nijweide A. Low H. Petrovic T. Dome L. Huang H. S. Kalsi S. A. Kidwai Dr C. Chassonery-Zaigouche Prof. B. Vira Barone

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S. Neibart S. Ghanavati G. Maheson J. W. Green S. S. Partington S. R. Avichouser H. Baxter J. Temple W. Wang
A. Hamad E. Duskova J. Sinha S. M. Vera K. Voroshilov J. K. Adachi C. D. Ihedioha G. B. Colverd K. Xu
B. Ko H. I. Dewing N. A. Kern S. Eykyn N. A. Obeng P. G. B. Johnson C. K. Ha L. H. Bayless Z. Liu S. Xu
u J. Brazauskas K. Kreft Z. H. Liew R. Irfan A. M. Dopico Fernandez M. Zedler P. T. Carter-Cortez M. Mehvish
. Q. Deckker J. Lorente Macías S. P. Xie J. L. Pinzon Ramirez J. M. Ibanez N. McStay A. E. Cologne J. Lin
s Z. Zhou M. Calcagno Y. Cheng N. Dohadwala S. Kim H. Hapipi R. Chowdhury N. Tay J. Seah
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COLLEGE STATISTICS
The exceptional nature of this edition of the Journal means that this section will include academic results and
awards from two academic years, 2020-21 and 2021-22.
UNDERGRADUATE STATISTICS
2020-21
At the beginning of the academical year 2020-2021
there were 472 students in residence registered for
undergraduate degrees, 262 men, and 209 women and
1 undisclosed. Corresponding numbers for 2019-2020
were 463, 252, 210 and 1.
2021-22
At the beginning of the academical year 2021-2022
there were 485 students in residence registered for
undergraduate degrees, 257 men, and 223 women and 5
undisclosed.
By Origin
Undergraduate
By Origin
Undergraduate
Home 379 80%
EU 24 5%
Overseas 69 15%
Total 472
Home 387 79.8%
EU 16 3.3%
Overseas 82 16.9%
Total 485
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The total of students with Firsts was 158 (including
31 equivalents) – taking all the undergraduate years
together with LLM and MASt students.
The total number of Firsts in previous years are as
follows:
• 70 Firsts were awarded to ‘Finalists’ in 2020 (with
only finalists being classed)
• 126 Firsts (including 11 equivalents) were awarded
in 2019
• 112 Firsts (including 15 equivalents) in 2018
• 114 Firsts (including 14 equivalents) in 2017
• 104 Firsts (including 15 equivalents) in 2016
• 97 Firsts (including 12 equivalent) in 2015
The results for the Undergraduate finalists in 2020-21:
2021 2020
Firsts with Distinction 6 8
Firsts 60 50
2.1 58 54
2.2 6 6
3 0 0
Pass Merit 4 1
Pass 5 13
Deserved Honours 0 1
Ordinary 0 0
Fail 1 0
Total 140 133
The total of students with Firsts was 127 – taking all
the undergraduate years together with LLM and MASt
students.
The results for the Undergraduate finalists in 2021-22:
Firsts with Distinction 2
Firsts 34
2.1 75
2.2 10
3 2
Pass Merit 7
Pass 4
Deserved Honours 0
Ordinary 0
Fail
Total 135

POSTGRADUATE STATISTICS
2020-21
In January 2021 there were approximately 331 registered
full-time postgraduate students; the total changes
throughout the year as, for instance, PhD students are
approved for their degrees, so a ‘snapshot’ is presented.
About 38% of the full-time postgraduate students
were from the UK, about 22% from European Union
countries and 40% from outside the European Union.
The postgraduate student body was about 65% male and
35% female with 0.3% identifying as neither male nor
female.
Of the full-time postgraduate students, 59% were either
registered as candidate for a PhD or on track to be so
registered (196 students) and 27% were undertaking
MPhil or other one-year Masters degrees, some as a
precursor to studying for a PhD (91 students). Other
full-time students were in medical or veterinary studies
(33 students) undertaking other courses such as leading
to PGCE or LLM, or at the Judge studying for an MBA
or MFin (11)
There were 148 part-time postgraduate students, about
56% male and 44% female: and about 54% UK, 16%
EU and 30% from outside the EU. The majority of this
group were studying for Master of Studies degrees (135)
with Applied Criminology and Police Management, and
Sustainability Leadership accounting for 90%. There
were 14 (10%) other Master of Studies students, 10
PhD and PhD-track students and 3 students on other
courses.
2021-22
In January 2022 there were approximately 340 registered
full-time postgraduate students.
About 44% of the full-time postgraduate students
were from the UK, about 12% from European Union
countries and 44% from outside the European Union.
The postgraduate student body was about 61% male and
38% female with just under 1% identifying as neither
male nor female.
Of the full-time postgraduate students, 55% were either
registered as candidate for a PhD or on track to be so
registered (187 students) and 30% were undertaking
MPhil or other one-year Masters degrees, some as a
precursor to studying for a PhD (104 students). Other
full-time students were in medical or veterinary studies
(36 students) undertaking other courses such as leading
to PGCE or LLM, or at the Judge studying for an MBA
or MFin.
There were 121 part-time postgraduate students, about
51% male and 49% female: and about 60% UK, 17%
EU and 23% from outside the EU. The majority of this
group were studying for Master of Studies degrees (102)
with Applied Criminology and Police Management and
Sustainability Leadership accounting for 76%. There
were 9 (7.5%) other Master of Studies students, 13
PhD and PhD-track students and 6 students on other
courses.
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ACADEMIC AWARDS AND
PRIZES
ACADEMIC YEAR 2020-21
(AWARDS MADE SUMMER 2021)
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Postgraduate Scholarships and Studentships for 2021-
2022
Awards for PhD studies
Kuok Family - Lee Kuan Yew PhD Scholarship: A.
Low (renewal), A. Ng (renewal), T. Sim, A. Sobey
(renewal) and Y. R. Tan (renewal). Lee Kuan Yew
NUS PhD Studentship: S. Rihm, J. Seah. Stan Gold
PhD Studentship: T. Cochrane (renewal), P. Heathcote
(renewal). Leathersellers Scholarships: C. Bodnar
(renewal), B. Drummond (renewal), Y. Andres Jeske, J.
Lawrence (renewal).
Awards for Masters studies
Fitzwilliam College Hong Leong – Lee Kuan Yew Masters
Scholarship: W. P. L. Ang, L. Zhang. Fitzwilliam College
– Quantedge – Lee Kuan Yew Masters Studentship: A.
Tan. Fitzwilliam College Masters Studentship: I. Abril
Cabezas. Fitzwilliam College Charlton Studentships: E.
Brain, A. M. Dopico-Fernandez, C. Jabr, A. Cebeiro
Munin, S. Partington, S. Vera. Plummer-Pollard
Scholarship: A. M. Dopico-Fernandez. Cambridge UK
Masters and Fitzwillam College Awards: E. Brain, D.
McALinden. Fitzwilliam College – Robert Lethbridge
Scholarship: Y. Dancheva.
Other Graduate Scholarships
College Graduate Scholarship: K. Townsend. ED Davies
Scholarships: J. Bagri, E. Camarillo Abad, D. Street.
Gibson Scholarship: T. Horton. Hirst-Player Scholarships:
C. Collister, T. Wright. Shipley Scholarship: R. Walker.
College Senior Scholarships for 2021-22
H. Allen; Y. Andres Jeske; J. Bagri; W. Baker; H. Bevins;
W. Biggs; C. Bodnar; E. Camarillo Abad; S. Chaudhary;
C. Cole; D. Collins; E. Danby; S. Deka; S. Dragos; P.
Gallagher; D. Georgiev; T. Gessey-Jones; L. Hirst; M.
Holmberg; M. Houck; L. Huang; M. Huang; S. Jung; M.
Kalyva; S. Kidwai; R. Kimber; B. Klein; E. Knight; S. Lee;
E. Lleshi; A. Low; J. W. A. Lui; I. Markakis; N. McStay;
H. Mee; M. Michaels; D. Morley; J. Moss; E. Moutin;
O. Oliviers; J. Ostolazo Paraiso; S. Srivastava; D. Street;
Y. Suganuma; M. Taplin; K. Townsend; E. Wilding; X.
Zhou; R. Zmigrod.
1912 Senior Scholarships
S. Agüi Salcedo (MAST Applied Mathematics); T.
Amofah-Akardom (Education); T. Andre (Geography);
E. Andrsova (Law); O. Aretakis (LL.M); S. Arora
(History and Politics); D. Artioukh (Land Economy);
Z. Aylward-Maruna (HSPS); J. Bailey (Law); D.
Bashtanov (Geography); A. Bessis (Land Economy);
P. Blackshaw (LL.M); O. Bonsall (MML); F. Bor (NST
Materials Science); B. Bristow (Engineering); H.
Broomfield (MML); C. Broughton (NST Physics);
A. Burns (NST HPS); E. Chia (NST HPS); B. Chung
(LL.M); C. A. Dong Paez (MAST Astrophysics); I.
El-dandrawy (History); J. Folley (Philosophy); E.
Fox (Geography); K. Goodchild (NST PNB); S. King
(Chemical Engineering); A. Kolomiets (History of
Art); M. Latham (Engineering); S. Lim (NST Physics);
K. Ling (NST PDN); Z. Liu (Law); B. Lockey (NST
Systems Biology); J. Marshall (Law); M. Matthews
(PBS); N. McStay (Mathematics); G. Milton (NST
Physics); M. Mosny (MAST Applied Mathematics);
J. Nana-Dabankah (HSPS); J. Neve (Geography); M.
Ogunyeye (HSPS); M. Ord (NST Physics); S. Peedle
(NST Materials Science); T. Pierce (Mathematics); S.
Pinches (Music); E. Poston (Geography); V. Pushkarev
(MAST Applied Mathematics); R. Reilly (MML); Z-U.
Richards (History); H. Robinson (Law); A. Rottenberg
(Clinical Medicine); O. Rousham (Archaeology); H.
Sherry (MML); Y. Shi (MAST Mathematical Statistics);
S. Shirley-Smith (History); L. Summerfield (Theology,
Religion & Philosophy of Religion); J. Sykes Macleod
(NST Physics); L. Tan (Clinical Medicine); M. Titeca
(LL.M); B. Tudor (Classics); R. Watts (Mathematics);
L. Westwood (History); E. While (Computer Science);
B. Willstead (Classics); M. Windust (HSPS); J. Wreford
(Computer Science); N. Wright (PBS); T. Young (NST
Physics).

Scholarships, awarded to students with First Class or
equivalent
Elections to scholarships
1912: I. Fahey (Archaeology), R. Ma (Chemical
Engineering), J. Parkinson (Computer Science).
Barnes: S. Bird (NST Physics), C. Ngai (NST Biology).
Clothworkers: H. Akhter (Economics), G. Kim
(Economics), C. Malaley (Education), H. Nguyen
(Economics). Clough: Y. Agarwal (Engineering), N.
Aggarwal (Engineering), R. Annison (Engineering),
J. Bae (NST Physics), Z. Bai (Mathematics), G.
Bird (Engineering), N. Bowen (HSPS), R. Chen
(Engineering), J. Conacher (Mathematics), F. Craig-
McFeely (NST Bio), R. Ezekiel (NST Biology), L.
Franks (NST Physics), D. Gibson (NST Physics), T.
Hale (NST Biology), A. Hood (Computer Science),
O. Lagercrantz (HSPS), F. Li (Engineering), Z. Lin
(Engineering), E. Long (Clinical Vet), F. Majdzinski
(PBS), J. Parmar (Mathematics), T. Quinell (Computer
Science), C. Richards (NST Physics), S. Shah (Computer
Science), O. Shires (Mathematics), F. Thompson (NST
Physics), D. Timmers (NST Physics), N. Uzoma-
Ebere (HSPS), K. Van Der Spuy (Engineering), A.
Wanders (NST Zoology), O. Wilshaw (Mathematics),
L. Xu (NST Physics), Y. Zhu (NST Physics). Donald
Walker: N. Choustikov (NST Astrophysics). Dr
William Edwards: D. McIntyre (Music). Ellen Hughes:
A. Macpherson (History & Modern Languages).
Excelect: H. Hill (Archaeology: Bio Anth.). Fitzwilliam
Society: A. de Gooijer (Classics). Fitzwilliam Society
Coleby: H. Houillon (Land Economy). Fitzwilliam
Society Skinner: T. Adams (Economics). Fitzwilliam
Society Taylor: Y. Karidis (History). Henry Locke: S.
Daczo (Linguistics). Irene Hill: M. Lay (Linguistics).
Irene Walker: L. Hilton (Geography). J-M. Bordeau:
F. Swinburne (MML). Marion Burrow: B. Ahmed
(Medicine). Muriel Lawrence: J. Chan (Medicine). Peter
Constable: R. D’Souza (Medicine). Rawlins: A. Harper
(NST Biology). Reddaway: E. Beck (Classics), E. Callow
(Music), J. Douglas (English), E. Etches (English),
K. Filova (Philosophy), M. Harris (Geography), L.
Hewitt (Classics), T. Horton (Geography), A. Kettlewell
(Geography), D. Pila (English), R. Severy (English),
J. Tan (Education), C. Thomas (History and Politics),
E. Thornton (Education), A. van Velsen (Geography).
RN Walters: A. Reed (History). Sir John Stratton:
H. Chen (Economics), G. Gentile (Economics), Y.
Ma (Economics), C. Men (Economics), D. White
(Economics). SS Samra: L. Kouame (HSPS). Tim Gray
Law: S. Thompson (Law). Vincent Joseph Hughes: R.
Joiner Brown (Architecture). WW Williams: M. Smith
(Geography).
Re-elections to scholarships
1912: Y. Abdurahman (Architecture), D. Carter
(Computer Science). Barnes: J. Atkinson (NST Physics).
Clough: E. Bertin (Clinical Vet), H. Seabrook (NST
Physics). David Mason: S. Kirkbride (Engineering).
Thomas Walker: E. Ali (NST Physics). Wilfred Wilde: H.
Aubad (NST Physics).
Foundation Scholars
T. Andre (Geography), O. Bonsall (MML), B.
Bristow (Engineering), H. Broomfield (MML), C.
Broughton (NST Physics), E. Chia (NST HPS), E. Fox
(Geography), K. Goodchild (NST PNB), M. Latham
(Engineering), K. Ling (NST PDN), Z. Liu (Law), N.
McStay (Mathematics), G. Milton (NST Physics), M.
Ord (NST Physics), S. Peedle (NST Materials Science),
T. Pierce (Mathematics), E. Poston (Geography), R.
Reilly (MML), O. Rousham (Archaeology), B. Tudor
(Classics), R. Watts (Mathematics), E. While (Computer
Science), J. Wreford (Computer Science), T. Young (NST
Physics).
Graduate Tutors’ Prizes for distinction in Masters
Degrees
W. Anderson-Samways (MPhil in Anthropocene
Studies), G. Bardsley (Apprentshp Ap Crim & Pol
Man), M. Basford (Apprentshp Ap Crim & Pol Man),
S. Billiet (MPhil in Nuclear Energy), M. Bojko (MPhil
in Economic Research), L. Camacho (MPhil in Public
Policy), M. Cator (Apprentshp Ap Crim & Pol Man),
H. Cook (MPhil in Egyptology), T. de Rooij (MPhil in
Health, Med, & Society), S. Deka (MPhil in Education
(PSY), G. Hayes (MPhil in Environmental Policy), W.
Hodgkinson (Apprentshp Ap Crim & Pol Man), B.
Hudson (MPhil in Adv. Computer Science), E. Koivisto
Stenstrom (MPhil in Public Policy), W. Lay (Apprentshp
Ap Crim & Pol Man), M. Leggetter (Apprentshp Ap
Crim & Pol Man), K. Løwenstein (Applied Crim. and
Pol.Mgt), J. Martin (MPhil in Anthropocene Studies),
E. D. Meimaroglou (MPhil in Classics), S. Metcalfe
(MPhil in Geographical Research), K. Mitchell-Fox
(Eur, Lat Am & Comp Lit & Cult), D. Morley (Future
Infra & Built Envir), J. Moss (MPhil in Classics), P-A.
Patel (MPhil in Theo,Rel & PoReligion), A. Pritchard
(Apprentshp Ap Crim & Pol Man), V. Radulescu (MPhil
in Theo. & App. Linguist), J. Ross (Apprentshp Ap Crim
& Pol Man), A. Scott (MPhil in Genomic Medicine), S.
Sherratt (Master of Education), X. B. Wee (MPhil in Ind.
Systms, Manu&Mng).
Academic Prizes for First Class Results
AJ Watson: M. Matthews (PBS). Audrey Siddall: T.
Adams (Economics). Barbara Humphrey: E. Fox
(Geography). Brian Jones: D. Artioukh (Land Economy).
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Burton: M. Harris (Geography), T. Horton (Geography),
A. Kettlewell(Geography). Business Fellows: H.
Akhter (Economics). Carole Putnam Lowry: I. Fahey
(Archaeology). Cockle: J. Neve (Geography). College: E.
Andrsova (Law), O. Aretakis (LL.M), S. Arora (History
and Politics), J. Bae (NST Physics), J. Bailey (Law), E.
Beck (Classics), E. Bertin (Clinical Vet), A. Bessis (Land
Economy), F. Bor (NST Materials Science), N. Bowen
(HSPS), C. Broughton (NST Physics), A. Burns (NST
HPS), E. Callow (Music), H. Chen (Economics), B.
Chung (LL.M), J. Conacher (Mathematics), F. Craig-
McFeely (NST Bio), S. Daczo (Linguistics), C. A. Dong
Paez (MAST Astrophysics), R. Ezekiel (NST Biology),
K. Filova (Philosophy), J. Folley (Philosophy), L. Franks
(NST Physics), G. Gentile (Economics), K. Goodchild
(NST PNB), T. Hale (NST Biology), A. Harper (NST
Biology), L. Hewitt (Classics), A. Hood (Computer
Science), H. Houillon (Land Economy), Y. Karidis
(History), A. Kolomiets (History of Art), L. Kouame
(HSPS), O. Lagercrantz (HSPS), M. Lay (Linguistics), S.
Lim (NST Physics), K. Ling (NST PDN), Z. Liu (Law),
Y. Ma (Economics), A. Macpherson (History & Modern
Languages), F. Majdzinski (PBS), C. Men (Economics),
G. Milton (NST Physics), M. Mosny (MAST Applied
Mathematics), J. Nana-Dabankah (HSPS), M. Ogunyeye
(HSPS), J. Parmar (Maths), S. Peedle (NST Materials
Science),T. Peirce. T (Maths), V. Pushkarev (MAST
Applied Mathematics), T. Quinnell (Computer Science),
A. Reed (History), C. Richards (NST Physics), H.
Seabrook (NST Physics), S. Shah (Computer Science),
Y. Shi (MAST Mathematical Statistics), O. Shires
(Mathematics), L. Summerfield (Theology, Religion
& Philosophy of Religion), F. Swinburne (MML), J.
Sykes Macleod (NST Physics), C. Thomas (History and
Politics), F. Thompson (NST Physics), D. Timmers (NST
Physics), M. Titeca (LL.M), N. Uzoma-Ebere (HSPS),
A. Wanders (NST Zoology),R. Watts. R (Maths), D.
White (Economics), O. Wilshaw (Maths), M. Windust
(HSPS), L. Xu (NST Physics), T. Young (NST Physics),
Y. Zhu (NST Physics). Cuthbert: B. Ahmed (Medicine).
David Pearl: P. Blackshaw (LL.M). Dennis Price: R.
Reilly (MML). Edward Miller: I. El-dandrawy (History).
Fitzwilliam Engineers’: Y. Agarwal (Engineering), N.
Aggarwal (Engineering), R. Annison (Engineering),
G. Bird (Engineering), B. Bristow (Engineering), R.
Chen (Engineering), S. Kirkbride (Engineering), M.
Latham (Engineering), F. Li (Engineering), Z. Lin
(Engineering), K. Van Der Spuy (Engineering). Gent:
J. Chan (Medicine). Harvey: Z-U. Richards (History).
Heather Butcher: N. Wright (PBS). Houston Putnam
Lowry: S. Thompson (Law). Hugh Humphrey: H. Hill
(Archaeology Bio Anth). Humphrey: Y. Abdurahman
(Architecture), O. Rousham (Archaeology). Inge
Naismith: E. Long (Clinical Vet). Irving: E. Chia (NST
HPS). Jack Gossage: S. Shirley-Smith (History). Jean
& Arthur Hart: D. McIntyre (Music). John Etherton:
R. D’Souza (Medicine). Johnson-Jary: B. Lockey (NST
Systems Biology), S. Pinches (Music), H. Robinson
(Law). Kevin Yuen: N. McStay (Mathematics). KL
Desai: E. Etches (English), D. Pila (English), R. Severy
(English). Landy: D. Gibson (NST Physics). Newton:
E. Ali (NST Physics), H. Aubad (NST Physics). Nick
Clarke: B. Tudor (Classics). OB Pask: O. Bonsall (MML).
Padma Desai: J. Douglas (English). Pat Higginbottom: R.
Joiner Brown (Architecture). Paul Cassidy: B. Willstead
(Classics). Perreau-Saussine Prize: Z. Aylward-Maruna
(HSPS). Peter Wyllie: L. Westwood (History). QinetiQ:
D. Carter (Computer Science), J. Parkinson (Computer
Science), E. While (Computer Science). RA Watchman:
S. Agüi Salcedo (MAST Applied Mathematics). Rawlins:
N. Choustikov (NST Astrophysics). Ray Kelly: H.
Broomfield (MML). Sir John Stratton: A. de Gooijer
(Classics), S. King (Chemical Engineering), R. Ma
(Chemical Engineering), C. Malaley (Education),
J. Wreford (Computer Science). Skepper: H. Sherry
(MML). Stumbles: Z. Bai (Maths). Swinburne Senior: C.
Ngai (NST Biology). Thatcher: T. Andre (Geography),
D. Bashtanov (Geography), L. Hilton (Geography),
G. Kim (Economics), H. Nguyen (Economics), E.
Poston (Geography), M. Smith (Geography), J. Tan
(Education), E. Thornton (Education), A. van Velsen
(Geography). Tom Comfort: A. Rottenberg (Clinical
Medicine). Trethewey: J. Atkinson (NST Physics), S. Bird
(NST Physics), M. Ord (NST Physics). Vera Lethbridge:
L. Tan (Clinical Medicine). Wellings: T. Amofah-
Akardom (Education). Whitlock: J. Marshall (Law).
University and Departmental Prizes
HAT Book Prize, and John Stewart of Rannoch
Scholarship: E. Beck (Classics). Henry Arthur Thomas
Travel Exhibition: B. Willstead (Classics). Italian
Department Prize: R. Reilly (MML). Joan Robinson
Prize: G. Kim (Economics). Pitt Prize, and John Stewart
of Rannoch Scholarship: L. Hewitt (Classics). Polity Prize:
O. Lagercrantz (HSPS).
Music Awards
Avshalom Hertwolf Saxophone Scholarship: J. Jolley, T.
Peirce. Carolyn and David Keep Choral Scholarship: I.
Rowe. E. D. Davies Choral Scholarship: D. Carter, D.
Gibson, S. Mathetharan. E. D. Davies Music Exhibition:
D. Carter, P. Coppola, F. Prince. E. D. Davies Open
Instrumental Scholarship: L. Henry, R. Severy. John
Duncan Choral Scholarship: R. Severy. John Etherton
Choral Scholarship: S. Anderson. Ken Smith and Ronald
Smith Alkan Piano Scholarship: A. Shenoy, H. Sherry.
Padley Repetiteur Scholarship: P. Riley. Queen Anne’s
Choral Scholarships: J. Folley, E. Shaw. Swinburne Senior
Prize for Music: D. Carter. Thatcher Music Scholarships:
A. Van Dijk & T. Williamson (Organ Scholarships), E.
Beck (Conducting and Musical Leadership Scholarship).
Yehudi Menuhin Scholarship: G. Bird, T. Easwar.
Other Awards and Prizes
Scholar of the Year: E. Chia (NST HPS)

Anuradha Bhagwati: D. Huthwaite John Adams: A.
Neto Bradley. Bordeau-Rest: S. Rashidi. Paul Cassidy
Progress: E. Beck, L. Hewitt. Chandaria Economics: T.
Adams. Colinssplatt Cup for Music: H. Sherry. John &
Jenny Duncan: J. Neve. Fitzwilliam Engineers’ Prize for
Progress: T. Huo, S. Porter-Frakes. Sir James Holt: I. el-
Dandrawy. Ilsley: G. Richmond. Lalit Kumar Singhania:
D. Artioukh. Landy Prize for Progress: C. Richards.
Reddaway: T. Amofah-Akardom, E. Hughes, M. Houck
(MCR President 2019-20), J. Marshall, M. Ogunyeye,
G. Richmond, A. Salkeld (JCR President 2019-20).
Fitzwilliam Society Stratton: Q. Richardson. RN Walters:
R. Rice. William French: C. Farrow.
Sports Personalities of the Year: P. Blackshaw and O.
Little
Team of the Year: Men’s First Football
ACADEMIC YEAR 2021-22
(AWARDS MADE SUMMER 2022)
Postgraduate Scholarships and Studentships for 2022-
2023
Awards for PhD studies
Kuok Family - Lee Kuan Yew PhD Scholarship: A.
Ng (renewal), S. J. Quah, T. Sim (renewal), Y. R.
Tan (renewal) and W. Xie. Lee Kuan Yew NUS PhD
Studentship: C. K. Ha, S. Rihm (renewal), J. Seah
(renewal). Stan Gold PhD Studentship: T. Cochrane
(renewal), P. Heathcote (renewal). Leathersellers
Scholarships: J. Bagri, C. Bodnar (renewal), Y. A. Jeske
(renewal), J. Lawrence (renewal).
Awards for Masters studies
Fitzwilliam College Hong Leong – Lee Kuan Yew Masters
Scholarship: B. Hou. Fitzwilliam College – Quantedge –
Lee Kuan Yew Masters Studentship: S. H. Ma. Fitzwilliam
College Masters Studentship: L. Akatova. Fitzwilliam
College Charlton Studentships: I. Ogbeifun, R. Rice,
M. Tariq, A. Vlachaki. Cambridge UK Masters and
Fitzwillam College Awards: R. Smith. Peter Wilson
Estates Gazette Scholarship: L. Akatova, S. Baloch.
Fitzwilliam College – Robert Lethbridge Scholarship: W.
Skinner.
Other Graduate Scholarships
College Graduate Scholarship: S. Dragos. ED Davies
Scholarships: E. Canova, E. Knight, R. Kimber. Gibson
Scholarship: R. Walker. Hirst-Player Scholarships: T.
Horton, T. Wright. Shipley Scholarship: S. W. D. Lee.
College Senior Scholarships for 2022-23
I. Abril Cabezas; H. Allen; E. Almanzor; R. Aly; T.
Amofah Akardom; J. Bagri; W. Baker; G. Beaney
Colverd; F. Beke; W. Biggs; E. Canova; P. Carter-Cortez;
R. Chowdhury; L-C. Ciuches; C. Cole; C. Collister;
S. Deka; T. Dome; S. Dragos; R. Dryzek; A. Duggal;
S. Frengley; Y. Gao; D. Georgiev; T. Gessey-Jones; H.
Hapipi; S. Henderson; L. Hirst; M. Holmberg; S. Kim; I.
Markakis; N. McStay; M. Michaels; D. Morley; B. Mui;
M. Ord; J. Rauwald; S. Rihm; B. Saffell; J. Seah; T. Sim; J.
Steele; M. Taplin; R. Walker; T. Wright.
1912 Senior Scholarships awarded to students who
achieved a First Class or equivalent
I. Abril Cabezas (Astrophysics); T. Adams (Management
Studies); A. Addow (PBS); E. Ali (NST Physics); E.
Atkinson (NST Physics); H. Aubad (NST Physics);
E. Beck (Classics); D. Beresford (Clinical Vet); P.
Bui (MML); Y. Chen (Mathematics); N. Choustikov
(NST Astrophysics); V. Chown (MML); R. Ezekiel
(NST Pathology); A. Hewitt (Archaeology); L. Hewitt
(Classics); H. Hill (Archaeology); B. Hillier (Land
Economy); T. Huo (Engineering); E. Jasonson (HSPS
Politics); Y. Karidis (History); G. Kim (Economics);
S. Kirkbride (Engineering); K. Kreft (LLM); C. K.
Leung (Chemical Engineering); J. Lin (PGCE);
M. Ma (Chemical Engineering); E. Milton-Seall
(Manufacturing Engineering); M. Nguyen (Economics);
J. Parkinson (Computer Science); J. Peternaderl
(Applied Mathematics); C. Power (Geography); A.
Reed (History); L. Renard Kouame (HSPS Sociology);
H. Seabrook (NST Physics); O. Shires (Mathematics);
E. Silaste (History); M. Smith (Geography); J. Tan
(Education); N. Thompson (History); E. Toms (NST
Physics).
Scholarships, awarded to students with First Class or
equivalent
Elections to scholarships
1912: M. Harris (Geography); A. Hodgson (History);
M. Hodgson (Geography); Z. James (Geography).
Clothworkers: C. Evans (Archaeology BioAnth); S.
Kowalczyk (Clinical Vet); L. McGravey (Clinical Vet).
Clough: F. bin Amran (Engineering); O. Breedon
(NST Bio); S. Browne (NST Physics); K. Ciukiewicz
(Manufacturing Engineering); D. Georgiou (NST
Physics); A. Khovanov (Mathematics); L. Lawton
(Engineering); Q. Z. Lei (Computer Science); B. Lin
(Engineering); J. Lindsay (Computer Science); C.
McCann (Engineering); A. McColgan (NST Genetics);
N. Mekjan (NST Physics); T. Peretz (NST Bio); A.
Shenoy (Mathematics); G. Stein (NST Physics);
R. Sun (Engineering); K. Suzuki (Engineering); T.
Willock (NST Physics); S. Yan (Medicine); M. Zhang
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(Engineering); W. Zhou (Engineering). Ellen Hughes:
E. Green (History). Fitz Society Taylor: B. O’Neill
(History). Irene Walker: T. Horton (Geography). J-M
Bourdeau: L. Hill (MML). Marion Burrow: M. Wong
(Medicine). Rawlins: N. Jin (NST Bio). Reddaway: L.
Akinnagbe (HSPS); D. Bowers (Geography); W. Chan
(Land Economy); M. Crozier (Geography); R. Gao
(Economics); H. Han (Economics); N. Huang (PBS); M.
Kowalski (HSPS); Z. Lu (Economics); A. Maheshkumar
(Economics); F. Majdzinski (PBS); C. Moisoi (Law);
R. Ranson (Classics); E. Shaw (Linguistics); H.
Watkins Ray (Geography); E. White (HSPS); H. Yan
(Economics). Sir John Stratton: T. Awre (English); J.
Parker-Ward (History); M. Wolny (English). Thomas
Walker: C. Rayner (NST Materials Science). Tim Gray
Law: O. Ogunnaike (Law). W W Williams: A. Kettlewell
(Geography).
Re-elections to scholarships
1912: S. Shah (Computer Science). Barnes: C. Richards
(NST Physics). Clothworkers: E. Bertin (Clinical
Vet). Clough: N. Aggarwal (Engineering); Z. Bai
(Mathematics); S. Bird (NST Chemistry); T. Hale (NST
Biochemistry); F. Thompson (NST Astrophysics);
D. Timmers (NST Physics); K. Van Der Spuy
(Engineering). David Mason: R. Annison (Engineering).
Donald Walker: D. Gibson (NST Astrophysics).
Excelect: E. Long (Clinical Vet). Fitz Society: E. Uzoma-
Ebere (HSPS). Fitz Society Coleby: H. Houillon (Land
Economy). Fitz Society Skinner: H. Zhang (Economics).
Henry Locke: F. Swinburne (MML). Irene Hill: S. Daczo
(Linguistics). Muriel Lawrence: J. Chan (Medicine).
Peter Constable: B. Ahmed (Medicine). Reddaway: K.
Fílová (Philosophy); G. Gentile (Economics); C. Men
(Economics). RN Walters: J. Douglas (English). Sir John
Stratton: A. Macpherson (History & MML); D. Pila
(English). SS Samra: M. Hood (Computer Science).
Vincent Joseph Hughes: R. Joiner-Brown (Architecture).
Wilfred Wilde: C. Ngai (NST Physics).
Foundation Scholars, who have achieved a First in
each Undergraduate-course year
T. Adams (Management Studies); E. Ali (NST Physics);
E. Atkinson (NST Physics); H. Aubad (NST Physics);
E. Beck (Classics); N. Choustikov (NST Astrophysics);
R. Ezekiel (NST Pathology); L. Hewitt (Classics); H.
Hill (Archaeology BioAnth); Y. Karidis (History); G.
Kim (Economics); S. Kirkbride (Engineering); M. Ma
(Chemical Engineering); M. Nguyen (Economics); P.
Parkinson (Computer Science); A. Reed (History); L.
Renard Kouame (HSPS); H. Seabrook (NST Physics);
O. Shires (Mathematics); M. Smith (Geography); J. Tan
(Education).
Graduate Tutors’ Prizes for distinction in Masters
Degrees
C. Alli (MBA ), T. Amofah-Akardom (MPhil
in Education ), G. Beaney Colverd (MRes
PhysSciEnviroDataS ), L. Chang (MPhil in
Anthropocene Studies), W. Chen (MPhil in Sociology),
R. Cleaver (MPhil in Sociology), J. Green (MPhil in
Film & Screen Studies), N. Kern (MPhil in Economics),
Z. H. Liew (MPhil in World History), A. Myers (MPhil
in Education ), S. Partington (MPhil in History & PoSci
& Med), J. Steele (MRes in Physical Sci: Ns & Nt), M.
Stolkarts (MPhil in Medieval History), K. Tailor (MPhil
in Education (EGID)), B. Tudor (MPhil in Classics), A.
Yong (MPhil in Education), L. Zhang (MPhil in World
History), J. Craven (MSt Sustainability Leadership), S.
Walkley (MSt Sustainability Leadership).
Academic Prizes for First Class Results
AJ Watson: A. Addow (PBS). Audrey Siddall: M.
Nguyen (Economics). AV Stachulski: S. Bird (NST
Chemistry). Barbara Humphrey: C. Power (Geography).
Brian Jones: H. Houillon (Land Economy). Burton:
T. Awre (English), D. Bowers (Geography), W.
Chan (Land Economy). Business Fellows: T. Adams
(Management Studies). Carole Putnam Lowry: C.
Evans (Archaeology). Cockle: M. Smith (Geography).
College: L. Akinnagbe (HSPS), S. Browne (NST Physics),
M. Crozier (Geography), S. Daczo (Linguistics), R.
Ezekiel (NST Pathology), R. Gao (Economics), G.
Gentile (Economics), E. Green (History), H. Han
(Economics), M. Harris (Geography), A. Hodgson
(History), M. Hodgson (Geography), T. Horton
(Geography), Z. James (Geography), E. Jasonson
(HSPS), A. Kettlewell (Geography), A. Khovanov
(Mathematics), M. Kowalski (HSPS), K. Kreft (LLM),
Q. Z. Lei (Computer Science), J. Lindsay (Computer
Science), Z. Lu (Economics), A. Macpherson (History
& MML), A. Maheshkumar (Economics), N. Mekjan
(NST Physics), C. Men (Economics), E. Milton-Seall
(Manufacturing Engineering), C. Ngai (NST), B.
O’Neill (History), J. Peternaderl (Applied Mathematics),
H. Seabrook (NST Physics), E. Shaw (Linguistics),
G. Stein (NST Physics), E. Toms (NST Physics), H.
Watkins Ray (Geography), E. White (HSPS), H. Yan
(Economics), H. Zhang (Economics). Cuthbert: J. Chan
(Medic). Dennis Price: P. Bui (MML). Edward Miller:
J. Parker-Ward (History). Fitzwilliam Engineers’: N.
Aggarwal (Engineering), R. Annison (Engineering), T.
Huo (Engineering), S. Kirkbride (Engineering), F. bin
Amran (Engineering), K. Ciukiewicz (Manufacturing
Engineering), L. Lawton (Engineering), B. Lin
(Engineering), C. McCann (Engineering), R. Sun
(Engineering), K. Suzuki (Engineering), K. Van Der
Spuy (Engineering), M. Zhang (Engineering), W. Zhou
(Engineering). Gent: S. Yan (Medicine). Harvey: E.
Silaste (History). Heather Butcher: E. Uzoma-Ebere

(HSPS). Houston Putnam Lowry: C. Moisoi (Law). Hugh
Humphrey: R. Joiner-Brown (Architecture). Humphrey:
A. Hewitt (Archaeology), H. Hill (Archaeology). Inge
Naismith: M. Wong (Medic). Irving: C. Richards (NST
Physics). Jack Gossage: A. Reed (History). Jaspal Thandi:
Y. Chen (Mathematics). Jean & Arthur Hart: R. Ranson
(Classics). John Etherton: B. Ahmed (Medic). Johnson
Jary: O. Breedon (NST Biology), N. Jin (NST Biology),
T. Peretz (NST). Kevin Yuen: A. Shenoy (Mathematics).
KL Desai: D. Pila (English), M. Wolny (English). Landy:
D. Timmers (NST Physics). Mary Lucking: G. Kim
(Economics). Newton: E. Ali (NST Physics), H. Aubad
(NST Physics). Nick Clarke: N. Thompson (History).
OB Paske: V. Chown (MML). Padma Desai: J. Douglas
(English). Pat Higginbottom: E. Long (Clinical Vet). Paul
Cassidy: E. Beck (Classics). Perreau-Saussine: L. Renard
Kouame (HSPS). Peter Wyllie: Y. Karidis (History).
QinetiQ: N. Choustikov (NST Astrophysics), D. Gibson
(NST Astrophysics), F. Thompson (NST Astrophysics).
RA Watchman: Z. Bai (Mathematics). Rawlins: C.
Rayner (NST Materials). Ray Kelly: L. Hill (MML).
Sir John Stratton: I. Abril Cabezas (Astrophysics), N.
Huang (PBS), CK. Leung (Chemical Engineering),
M. Ma (Chemical Engineering), F. Majdzinski (PBS).
Skepper Prize: F. Swinburne (MML). Stumbles: O.
Shires (Mathematics). Swinburne Senior: T. Hale (NST
Biochemistry). Thatcher: D. Beresford (Clinical Vet), E.
Bertin (Clinical Vet), K. Fílová (Philosophy), B. Hillier
(Land Economy), M. Hood (Computer Science), S.
Kowalczyk (Clinical Vet), L. McGravey (Clinical Vet),
J. Parkinson (Computer Science). Tom Comfort: L.
Hewitt (Classics). Trethewey: T. Willock (NST Physics),
E. Atkinson (NST Physics), D. Georgiou (NST Physics),
A. McColgan (NST Genetics). Vera Lethbridge: J. Lin
(PGCE), S. Shah (Computer Science). Wellings: J. Tan
(Education). Whitlock: O. Ogunnaike (Law).
University and Departmental Prizes
Adam Smith Dissertation Prize: G. Gatsios (Economics).
Adam Smith Prize: G. Kim (Economics). Andrew Hall
Prize: D. Bowers (Geography). Archibald Denny Prize in
Theory of Structures: R. Annison (Engineering). Charles
Fox Memorial Prize: J. Lin (PGCE). David Newland
Prize for Design: R. Annison (Engineering). D. H.
Green Prize: V. Chown (MML). NSTIB Physics Prize: D.
Timmers (NST Physics). Polity Prize 2022: M. Kowalski
(HSPS). Sismey VetMB Independent Research Project
Prize: A. Lamelle (Clinical Vet). William Vaughan
Lewis Prize: L. Hilton, C. Power, R. Rice, A. Romang
(Geography). Winifred Georgina Holgate Pollard
Memorial Prize: R. Annison (Engineering).
Music Awards
Avshalom Hertwolf Saxophone Scholarship: J. Jolley.
Carolyn and David Keep Choral Scholarship: I. Rowe.
E. D. Davies Music Exhibition: D. Carter, F. Prince. E.
D. Davies Open Instrumental Scholarship: G. Bird. John
Duncan Choral Scholarship: R. Severy. John Etherton
Choral Scholarship: S. Anderson. Ken Smith and Ronald
Smith Alkan Piano Scholarship: M. Chen. Padley
Repetiteur Scholarship: A. Shenoy. Queen Anne’s Choral
Scholarships: G. Bird, E. Shaw. Swinburne Senior Prize
for Music: G. Bird. Thatcher Music Scholarships: A. Van
Dijk & C. Johnson (Organ Scholarships), G. Asiegbu
(Conducting and Musical Leadership Scholarship).
Yehudi Menuhin Scholarship: T. Easwar.
Scholar of the Year: G. Kim (Economics)
Other Awards and Prizes
John Adams: L. Knight, A. Salkeld. Bordeau-Rest:
F. Swinburne. Paul Cassidy Progress: S. Anderson.
Chandaria Economics: G. Gatsios. Colinssplatt Cup
for Drama: M. Pointer. Colinssplatt Cup for Music: D.
Carter. John & Jenny Duncan: L. Hilton. Fitzwilliam
Engineers’ Prize for Progress: G. Bird, T. Liu, Y. Agarwal,
I. Nayakshin. Sir James Holt: A. Reed. Ilsley: O. Shekoni.
Lalit Kumar Singhania: B. Hillier. Landy Prize for
Progress: D. Georgiou. Reddaway Prizes: H. Duncan, M
Hodgson, T. Metherell, W. Randell, R. Sheng, M. Smith,
J. Tan. Fitzwilliam Society Stratton: S. Kirkbride. William
French: O. Kyne.
Sports Personality of the Year: C. Farrow
Team of the Year: Men’s First Football
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
The following dissertations were approved for the
degree of PhD in the period October 2020-September
2022.
M. Ando Kuri: The role of high mobility group A1 protein
in transcriptional regulation of cellular senescence
P.A. Atkin: BioLaser: establishing a high-resolution
laser ablation tomography platform for UK bioimaging
research
E. Avdoulos: Detroit in decline: an investigation into the
dynamics of two urban neighbourhoods
G. Baverez: On Gaussian multiplicative chaos and
conformal field theory
Ø.L. Borthne: On the irreversibility of collective motion in
polar active matter
O. Burton: Integrated growth and process technology for
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atomically thin single crystal films
F.M. Caballero Pedrero: Critical dynamics of active phase
separation: a scalar field theory approach
R. Chen: Enhancing signal coverage for UHF RFID
systems
R.L. Clucas: Acceleration of Eulerian multi-material
methods on highly parallel compute architectures
L.B. Crocker: Design and application of nanostructured
flavin photocatalysts
H. Cui: A novel switchable thermal insulation technology
Y. Darmenova: Understanding corporate social
responsibility and the case of small and medium
enterprises in a Kazakh context
E.K. Demir: Teacher capital unbound? The role of
organisational structures for teacher social capital and
student outcome
G. Don Ranasinghe: Prognostics under the conditions of
limited failure data availability
K. Doniec: Cultural determinants of global health
B.E. Droguet: Large area cellulose nanocrystal selfassembly:
towards sustainable pigments
N. Falahati: Strength of drilling fluid filter cakes
A.K.M. Fekry: Optimizing data-intensive computing with
efficient configuration tuning
R. Finlinson: Gender, body and parenthood in Muscovite
Russia
J.D.D. Gawith: Development of HTS transformer-rectifier
flux pumps
J.F.K. Halliday: On the prediction of electronic stopping
power from first principles
T. Hermenegildo: Fields and forests: a stable isotope
perspective on the subsistence strategies of past
Amazonian peoples
F.H. Hezemans: Mechanisms of apathy in health and
Parkinson’s disease
H. Jackson: A unified framework for simulating impactinduced
detonation of a combustible material in an
elasto-plastic confiner
S. Katz: A novel bioinformatic approach for
comprehensive genome scale analysis identifies key
regulators of macrophage activation
A.C. Katz-Summercorn: Multi-omic characterisation of
Barrett’s oesophagus reveals a molecular continuum in the
progression to oesophageal adenocarcinoma
D.A. Kessler: Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging
and analysis of articular cartilage and osteoarthritis
B. Klein: Restoring the Earth: South African literature
and environmental justice
C. Konstantinou: Hydraulic fracturing of artificially
generated soft sandstones
A. Kusec: A mixed-methods investigation of behavioural
activation theory in acquired brain injury
H. Kwon: Refining behavioural theories and rules in
agent-based models to enhance dynamic simulation of
urban change
B. Kybett: Religion and rhetoric at the courts of the
Theodosians c.379-404 A.D.
S. Lee: The role of higher education in economic
inequalities and intergenerational social mobility:
empirical evidence from South Korea and lessons from the
UK
E.A. Lees: Modelling the interactions of salmonellae
with the human host using stem cell-derived intestinal
organoids and macrophages
O. Leicht: Robust estimation techniques for the
cosmological analysis of large scale structure
K. Lin: Identification and characterisation of human
cytomegalovirus-medicated degradation of helicase-like
transcription factor
L.M.D. Longley: The development of hybrid liquids and
glasses
G. Mancini: Recovering the lost context of the Rovarella
altarpiece by Cosmè Tura. The Olivetan church of San
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Postgraduate matriculation took place in early October, and the leaves
were already golden and falling.
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The 2021-22 academic year began far more
‘normally’ than in recent times, and Freshers
mingled on the Grove Lawn in preparation
for their Matriculation photographs. In
contrast to the carefully-distanced individual
shots of last year, Michaelmas 2021 saw
the return of excited groups of new friends
supplementing the offical shots with more
informal selfies posts on social media.

In Summer 2022 we were delighted to hold
two in-person Open Days for potential
undergraduates, and an Open House for
those considering a postgraduate course
at Fitz. In the sweltering heat of July, we
welcomed over 1000 people to the College
with ice creams and bespoke tours of the
site with our fantastic Delegoat volunteers.
Pictured left, our students and admissions
team worked tirelessly for two days and were
a brilliant advert for what life at Fitz is like.
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The past few years have brought departures
and plenty of new arrivals to the nonacademic
staff community at Fitz. It was
great to have the opportunity to bring all our
new arrivals together in summer 2022, with
an informal tea party on Tree Court, both to
introduce them to the wider Fitz community
and to each other.

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FROM
THE JCR
PRESIDENTS
For completeness, JCR reports are given from both
academic years, 2020-21 and 2021-22.
2020-21
President
Joshan Parmar
Vice President
Mayuran Visakan
Treasuer: Alex Harper
Academic Affairs Executive: Emilia Silaste
Target and Access Executive: Natalie Thompson
Ents Executive: Louis Henry
Ethical Affairs Executive: Elizabeth Torley
Welfare Executive: Colin McCann
Welfare Executive: Thalia Witherford
Secretary: Sarah Anderson
Target and Access Officers: Ali Khalid, Sakhina
Benkmael, Temitope Bolaji.
BME Officers: Aye Omatsuli and Gareth Effiom
Class Act Officer: Freya Prince
Disability and Mental Illness Officer: Keri McIntyre
International Officer: Natasha Huang
LGBT+ Officer: Isabelle Woodford
Womens & Non-Binary Officer: Erin Gerrity
Green Officer: Hannah Harrison
Publications Officer: Tommy Gilhooly
Website Officer: Alexander Hood
Ents Officers: Abi Chapman, Ceci Powers, Natalie Rose,
Simpson Tam, Tejas Easwar.
Charities Officers: Yasmin Adam and Charlotte Malaley
COVID Officers: Kathryn Spencer and Miriam Lay
Services Officers: Athena Ham and Holly Hodges
The JCR committee has pulled the Fitz community
together through these tough times. Every member
of the committee has approached every challenge and
opportunity with passion, excitement and ambition.
I am proud to report that 2020-21 was a year of
many adaptations but above that, a high number of
achievements that could only have been attained
with the dedication of the outgoing committee. The
committee cannot be praised highly enough for all the
effort that they have put in to help the Fitz community
adapt to the new COVID era.
Our Welfare team, Aye Omatsuli, Gareth Effiom,
Freya Prince, Keri McIntyre, Natasha Huang, Isabelle
Woodford, Colin McCann, Thalia Witherford and Erin
Gerrity worked tirelessly throughout 2020-21 to ensure
that our welfare provision has been improved from
previous years. This has been vital due to the many
issues caused by the COVID pandemic. They worked
incredibly hard to ensure all students feel represented
and comfortable in college.
The Events Team (Abi Chapman, Ceci Powers, Natalie
Rose, Simpson Tam, Tejas Easwar and Louis Henry)
worked hard to run online events throughout the
pandemic (too many to list here) and planned a wideranging
Freshers’ week. We also ran a successful Garden
Party at the end of Easter Term 2020 for which the
tickets sold out within the hour.
The hard work of the Target and Access team (Ali
Khalid, Sakhina Benkmael, Temitope Bolaji and Natalie
Thompson) is felt by students. They have continued
the work from the previous Target and Access team to
improve access provisions in Fitz and across Cambridge.
They’ve also produced a fantastic Alternative Prospectus
that is available on our new website.
Our biggest task in 2020-21 was Freshers’ week – where
we ran over 30 events. Activities ranged from FitzUp to
relaxed film nights. We produced a detailed Freshers’
guide introducing students to the college and university
life in general. We produced a brand new JCR website,
with a modern interface – ensuring all students have
access to the information they need from the JCR.
Work on bringing together the housing ballot was
led by our Vice-President, Mayuran Visakan. Higher
Fresher numbers made it an even greater challenge to

organise than is usually the case. Despite many technical
challenges we managed to make this work successfully.
We’ve also been working closely with the College on
various strategic reviews – including the Rent Reform
review – which plans to look structurally at how rent,
college bills and so much more work in Fitz. We’ve
also looked closely at the internal structure of our
committee, restructuring our committee to ensure we,
as a JCR, are able to successfully represent students
effectively.
I would like to thank all remaining members of the JCR
that have not already been mentioned. Their efforts over
the past year have not gone unappreciated. It has been a
massive team effort to get through and make the year as
enjoyable as ever despite the many challenges that have
been thrown at us.
Joshan Parmar
2021-22
Co-Presidents
Charlie Mack and Hannah Curry
Vice President
Elizabeth Eaton-Banks
Vice President emerita: Isabelle Woodford
Secretary: Hannah Lilly
Treasurer: Barton Muller
Academic Affairs Officer: Miriam Lay
Accommodation & Services Officer: Ishaka De Bessou
BME Officer: Lois Akinnagbe
Class Act Officer: Inka Kotopouli
Disability and Mental Health Officer: Ilse Taylor
Ents Executive: Percy Hartshorn
Ents Officers: Bryant Ng, Sharliny Ratnasingam, Siyani
Siventhiran
Ethical Affairs Officer: Grace Read
International Officer: Caaira Khubchand
LGBTQ+ Officer: Aidan Jones
Men’s & NB Welfare Officer: Yuvraj Agarwal
Women’s & NB Welfare Officer: Emily Parry
Target & Access Officer: Robert Barker
Website & Technology Officer: Kyle Van Der Spuy
Women’s Officer: Freya Prince
With a new year comes new opportunities, challenges
and excitements. Amongst these has been the instance
of our Co-Presidency as first year students. We have
been working hard with the JCR towards supporting
the College community as we move out of the COVID
pandemic and back to something approaching
normality. Each member of the committee has stepped
into their roles and has been doing excellent work both
individually and together as a JCR, listening to the views
of our students and working with the College to sustain
and improve the wonderful experience that is studying
and living at Fitz.
WELFARE
Our excellent Welfare officers have been working with
the new College Wellbeing Coordinator to establish
more activities encouraging students and staff to
actively take a break from work, as well as running
a week of welfare activities during exam season with
the support of the MCR Welfare officers and the
Chaplain. They have also been pushing to make college
counselling more accessible for students, and working
on introducing a scheme to make drug testing available
to students to combat drink-spiking.
EVENTS
The 2021-22 Refreshers Week FitzUp went down a
storm; it was amazing to see all of the 2000s era outfits
that students had put together. The whole JCR came
together to make it a night to remember. In addition,
our Ents officers organised a popular Eurovision watch
party, as well as working closely with our neighbouring
hill colleges to inspire a greater sense of community. As
a JCR we were particularly excited to be able to work on
events with little to no COVID impact, which we hope
has been refreshing for the student body after the last
few years, and it will be great to see more College and
intercollegiate events coming back now that restrictions
have fully lifted.
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ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
The hard work done by our Academic Affairs officer has
been greatly appreciated by the Fitz community as they
have been supporting our students through the tough
combination of online, in person and hybrid exams as
well as preparing to welcome and support the incoming
cohort of Foundation Year students.
LGBT+ OFFICER
This year the JCR’s LGBT+ officer has been primarily
focusing on improving resources for transgender
students, including ensuring that documents display
preferred names, streamlining the administrational
side of transitioning and pushing to establish a gender
affirmation fund for the purchase of items to aid
students in their gender expression. As well as this,
they have been regularly running events for the LGBT+
students at Fitz which have been positively received.
TECHNOLOGY
The website and technology officer has made extensive
changes to the balloting system to amend previous
issues and ensure that it runs smoothly, particularly
aiding the transition from JCR to college control.
In addition, they intend to update the existing JCR
website in order to improve transparency and aid
communication between the student body, JCR and
college.
WOMEN’S OFFICER
Our wonderful Women’s officer held a formal hall for
International Women’s Day which was greatly enjoyed
by the students and also served as a fundraising
opportunity to support the Cambridge Rape Crisis
Centre. They have also been working with the College
maintenance department to ensure that there are
shelves in every bathroom in College, as well as
extending the provision of free menstrual products
in all College bathrooms (including disabled, gender
neutral, and men’s toilets). They are currently working
towards sourcing funding to continue the sustainable
period product program in college. Furthermore,
they have been working hard alongside the College to
establish a supply of drinks covers and bottle stoppers
which are now used at College events as anti-spiking
measurements.
SPORT
Fitz football has taken many steps closer to total
domination, with the men’s team winning both the
league and Cuppers this year and the women’s team
(combined with Corpus Christi) being promoted
to the first division. The Boat Club has also had a
fantastic year, with M2 over-bumping in the Lent
bumps and winning their category of the Cambridge
Spring Regatta. In addition, FitzSidney made it to the
rugby finals, and the Fitz Varsity ski trip in December
was enjoyed greatly by many of our students. Find
out more on the newly-created instagram page @
fitzsportsandsocs! (Ed., And in the dedicated report
from the Clubs and Societies President on pp. 60-63).
EID FORMAL
The JCR has also worked hard to establish a new
tradition at Fitz: an annual formal to mark Eid al-Fitr to
mark the holiday as a community with a special menu
which was greatly appreciated by students. Thanks to
the support of the College events and catering team and
the enthusiasm of members of the JCR, this should now
become part of the regular College calendar.
ART COMPETITION
The JCR is currently in the process of planning an art
competition for the Fitz student body, entries of which
will be used to decorate the Junior Combination Room,
providing a much-needed refreshment to the room’s
decor! This goes along with overall plans to improve the
room in accordance with student demand in order to
make it the best place possible for our undergraduates
to relax and socialise. We hope that the art competition
will be a fun way for students to take a break and get
creative during the holidays, and we can’t wait to see
what people produce!
We would like to extend our gratitude to all members
of the JCR for their continuing support, efforts and
enthusiasm in representing the students of Fitz and
working together to maintain the College’s friendly,
inclusive and progressive atmosphere. It has been a huge
privilege to work with the JCR and College this year,
and we look forward to seeing what the next year will
bring!
Charlie Mack, Elizabeth Eaton-Banks, and Hannah
Curry
Fitzwilliam JCR Presidential team 2021-22

FROM THE
MCR PRESIDENTS
The MCR committee operates on a split-year basis, so
that members undertaking one-year courses are able to
participate in elections.
EASTER 2021 - MICHAELMAS 2021
President
Jon Ostolaza
Vice-President
Sana Kidwai
Secretary: Holly Smith
Treasurer: Harkeerit Kalsi
Academic Officer: Wee Xian Bin
Environmental Officer: Francesco Zaccarian
Access Officer: Thomas Meng
Welfare Officers: Allan Lui and Tibor Dome
Technical Officer: Zara Cheema
Social Secretaries: Rami Aly, Megan Huggett, Li Huang,
Juliet Martin, Valentin Radulescu
MICHAELMAS 2021 – EASTER 2022
President
Jon Ostolaza
Vice-President
Hannah Petrovic
Secretary: Yanqi Cheng
Treasurer: Harkeerit Kalsi
Academic Officer: Laura Ciuches
Environmental Officer: Nipun Sawney
Access Officer: Jaana Bagri
Welfare Officers: Rhydian Cleaver and Tyra Amofah-
Akardom
Technical Officer: Irene Abril
Social Secretaries: Anastasia Kappelou, Marie Zedler,
Gabriel Maheson, Frederik Nijweide, Ana Dopico and
Arjav Kulreshtha.
EASTER 2022-MICHAELMAS 2022
President
Marie Zedler
My year as MCR President started in an odd way.
The academic year of 2020-2021 seemed promising
as COVID cases were low and we were allowed to
have in-person events at the beginning. However, as
the situation got worse, students that went home for
Christmas were told not to come back as the UK was
going into another lockdown. In that scenario, I ran
for MCR President in Lent 2021 and the traditional
handover formal that was cancelled the year before
took place that year, albeit in a virtual format. Planning
the virtual formal required to put into practice
everything we learned over the past year in terms of risk
assessment, and it included the whole package: takeaway
formal, staggered arrivals, social distancing for the
queue, mandatory masks and hand sanitising, only one
member per household, speeches over Zoom… People
did appreciate the effort we put into organising this after
a full term without any formals, but as I said before, that
was not how I pictured the beginning of my presidency.
Easter Term started to be more joyous as people were
slowly coming back to Fitz for the last term of the
academic year, but work for the committee was not
easy. We had to navigate and adapt ourselves and our
events to the different rules set by the government. We
went from being able to mix inside (Michaelmas Term),
to only being allowed to see one person outside (Lent
term), to the famous rule of 6 outdoors (early Easter
Term), to groups of 30 (end of Easter Term) and, finally,
to no restrictions in the summer. All of these changes
resulted in the adaptability skills of the MCR committee
being challenged not only in terms of planning and
events ideas but also in terms of risk assessments, but I
do believe the committee outperformed itself.
Easter term brought back not only most of our students,
but also the good weather, which gave us more flexibility
to run events. We started with a very successful happy
hour on the Grove lawn, which was great to catch
up after a term of basically virtual events. The MCR
decided to have an “epic” June month to try and give
students a final Cambridge experience by hosting our
three biggest events of the year: a 30-people BBQ and
an outdoor formal, and a 60-people garden party (bear
in mind that the rule of 30 was in place back then).
Unfortunately, not everything was going to be on our
favour, and the weather decided to play against us this
time with heavy rain forecast. I remember trying to
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find a solution with Sana, the MCR Vice-President
back then, and with the help of the maintenance and
catering team, we managed to fit a 30-people table
under a gigantic marquee, resulting in a very successful
dinner despite the weather. This same marquee was
actually used as a photobooth in the garden party the
weekend after and by the College for different events
during the summer, which made us believe that thanks
to the pandemic we could come up with a solution for
any event and gave us a big morale boost for welcome
week. The garden party was in my opinion the most
rewarding event of the academic year. With the rule of
30 in place, the MCR had to find a way to host the same
party in two different locations to avoid mixing. Thanks
to the spacious gardens at Fitz, we managed to host both
parties on the Grove Lawn, separated by the food and
drinks bar and the photobooth in a way that everyone
had access to the latter from both sides. The lawn games,
picnic food and drinks, photobooth, bingo, music, and
a guessing game, together with the restrictions in place,
made this garden party an unforgettable event for those
who had not been around too long.
After all the June events, the annual time for goodbyes
came around with those of us who were staying here the
next academic year left with a sad feeling. Summer term
was quiet as usual, but the news about all restrictions
being lifted was welcomed by all of us. This news was
followed by the annual graduate tutor’s BBQ and this
again proved to be another challenge as we had to
plan our biggest event yet. After the BBQ, we all sat
around the lawn to watch the movie Luca with the
outdoor cinema equipment. However, what made me
enjoy the summer the most was the chance to talk to
future students that were coming to Fitz in October.
Throughout this period, the MCR committee planned
several Zoom meetings for incoming students to ask
any questions they had about Cambridge or College
life. These interactions motivated the committee on the
preparation of the “covid-free” Welcome Week because
we finally started to get to know the new cohort of
students.
September came and the first students started to arrive.
It was time to host our first event of the academic year
for those new students who came early and didn’t
have to quarantine in the end. I must add that we were
very happily surprised to see the huge turnout. In
May, together with College the MCR decided to move
Welcome Week forward by a week due to the very
positive feedback received in the previous year, and
it was an absolute hit this year again. During the first
week, since no departmental events were taking place,
new students spent all their time getting to know other
students within Fitz, and it has been very rewarding to
see that the groups of friends that were made during
the first week have kept together throughout the year,
making Fitz MCR one of the tightest postgraduate
communities within Cambridge.
During Welcome Week we hosted different events
targeted to difference audiences such as wine tasting,
hot chocolate and s’more’s night, sports day at the
playing fields, a pub quiz in the Hall, punting, our
classical night walk, a simultaneous pub crawl and
game night and sushi in the MCR for those who don’t
enjoy drinking, gardening event and a BBQ, and many
more. But the highlight of the week was our COVIDthemed
welcome party that was held on the Grove
lawn. It was an incredible evening with COVID-themed
drinks where different shots had different vaccine
names, a hand sanitiser dispenser was dispensing drink
colouring, syringes being used instead of the traditional
shot glasses, and all of it under a lovely starry night with
a bunch of fairy lights, disco lights and good music. All
of this was only possible thanks to the help of current
and previous MCR Committee members, including
former Presidents Maurits and Aisha and former
Vice-President Conor. Because we moved Welcome
Week ahead by a week, term had not yet started and
UGs students hadn’t arrived which meant that we were
allowed to play music on the lawn, making this event a
safer event in terms of COVID transmission.
Because of the situation at the time, we managed to
reduce the number of matriculation dinners from
three in 2020 to two in 2021. Seeing the Hall full of
people and new faces for the first time since my arrival
was an emotional moment as it marked that we were
leaving the pandemic behind. Matriculation dinner was
followed by our annual bop. However, for the first time
the bop took place in the Auditorium instead of in the
Reddaway Room to make it safer. The amazing Fitzbased
band Fitz Swing delighted us with their music
for the first part of the night and the night ended with
regular dance tunes.
After the exhausting yet rewarding two-week Welcome
Week, it was time to start recruiting for the new
Committee. Elections were held during the last week
of October and I am pleased to say that we managed
to fill all positions and that we had more competitive
elections than we ever did in the past. With the newly
elected committee came the Handover Formal, where
the whole MCR got to thank the outgoing committee,
and specially the VP Sana Kidwai, without whom none
of the events in the previous year would have happened.
She had not only been an incredible and hands on VP,
but also a good friend and someone you could ask for
advice with any matter.
With the new committee came the traditional events
that didn’t take place in the last year because of the
pandemic, including the famous Graduate Salon, the
Thanksgiving Potluck, Christmas Karaoke, Secret Santa,
and of course, our first formal swap in a year and a half,

with Clare Hall. Michaelmas Term ended with another
long-time Fitz MCR tradition: Fitzmas. For those of us
who stayed at Fitz during the Christmas season of 2020,
it was an amazing and completely different experience.
The annual “fight” to get table number 5 also took place
this year, as it is the most desirable table when you sing
12 days of Christmas. With that and the Christmas bop,
we said goodbye to the most normal term we had in the
last year and a half.
With the start of the new term, older MCR members
were happy to see that traditional MCR events like the
Burns’ Night Formal and Ceilidh and the Valentine
bop in the Auditorium made their way back into the
term card. These were mixed with other regular events
like the Chinese New Year dumpling making, LGBT+
History Month events, and International Women’s Day
events.
Our handover formal was also moved forward by a
week due to a clash with the long-delayed Fitz Spring
Ball. It was with great honour that I was passing the
baton to Marie, and for the first time since I could
find records, the executive committee (President, Vice
President, Secretary and Treasurer) role were all filled
by women.
Jon Ostolaza
PhD Chemical Engineering; MCR President 2021-
2022
After getting elected as the new MCR President in
March 2022, I was fortunate to give my first speech as
President in person during our wonderful and fully
booked MCR handover formal dinner in the Hall.
During the Easter term, the MCR could host a very
diverse range of events. To name a few, slacklining, a
Eurovision watch party, a picnic in town as well as a
cycling trip to Ely were part of this term’s schedule. One
particular highlight was the swap with our sister College
in Oxford – St Edmund Hall, also lovingly called Teddy
Hall. The Oxford students joined us for a formal hall
dinner, watching Fitz rowers successfully compete in
Bumps, Saturday brunch, as well as a BBQ at the MCR.
I really hope that this post-Covid-revived tradition will
continue during the next years.
During the summer term, life at Fitz was much quieter
due to the majority of students wither having graduated
or being on holiday. Thanks to the organisational work
of the Postgraduate Officers, Suzy and Sue, the MCR
could appreciate the experience of an outdoor cinema
on the Grove Lawn, with movies chosen by the MCR
community through an online poll. To everyone’s
delight, strawberries and cream were also kindly
provided by catering. Moreover, our Garden Party was
a big success, with lots of people enjoying our food
and drinks as well as music and outdoor games. The
MCR committee spent an incredible amount of time
and effort for organising all these wonderful events to
make life at Fitz unforgettable for our MCR students.
I am also incredibly grateful for the help provided by
part-time students in Criminology and Sustainability
to prepare the BBQ for the Garden Party. It was such a
pleasure getting to know the part-time students and to
spend a great summer evening together.
Mainly through the efforts our amazing Vice President
Hannah, the MCR committee recruited a new Welcome
Week committee. An exciting schedule of events for
incoming postgraduates has been put together by
Hannah, myself and the new Welcome Week committee.
We already got in touch with some incoming students
through some Q&A sessions and are looking forward to
meeting all of them in person very soon.
I am convinced that this year was a great one for Fitz,
with our MCR being the place where many friendships
have developed and where many great memories were
formed. May the next year at Fitz be as fabulous as this
one!
Marie Zedler
MRes Sensor Technology; MCR President March –
August 2022
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Given the continuing uncertainties, the Fitz
Ball Committee elected to make a break with
tradition and hold a Spring Ball on the 19th
March 2022. As the setup got underway, the
rain threatened to make good on the watery
theme, but thankfully the rain held off on
the night, and the College was transformed
into an entirely dry and marvellous Sunken
Realm. The Ball will return in 2023, back in
its traditional Winter slot.

In August 2022, on a rather parched Fellows’
Court Lawn, staff from across the College
enjoyed a lunchtime BBQ and chance to
catch up informally. Several colleagues
received long service awards, and all staff
were thanked for their fantastic efforts
during the past few challenging years.
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The scorching summer weather meant that
the MCR could make the most of their BBQ
facilities and hold a number of well-attended
outdoor events. A particular highlight was
the BBQ timed to align with the residential
section of the MSt in Criminology, which
offered part-time students a chance to meet
with the full-time MCR members.

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES
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Written in Easter Term 2022
2021-22 has been yet another
fantastic year for Fitzwilliam
College Clubs and Societies. With
Covid restrictions finally lifting,
we have been able to enjoy an
almost normal year of Clubs and
Societies and are looking forward to
celebrating the talented community
of Fitz Students that we have at Fitz
at our upcoming Billy Day, which
includes the Music Garden Party,
and Amalgamated Sports Dinner.
On the sports field, the College has
continued to prove that Fitzwilliam
is indeed glorious. The Men’s
First Football Team stormed to its
sixth Cuppers victory as well as
the League Title. Special shoutout
to Lumi Kanwei who is the top
goalscorer with 25 goals and seven
assists this year. The FitzSidney
Men’s Rugby Team beat the All
Greys in the Cuppers Semi-Final
to advance into the final, where
they put on a very good show but
unfortunately were beaten by a
very strong John’s side. The Ladies
Netball Team dominated in their
Cuppers tournament, finishing 4th
overall and, after beating Medwards
and the Vets recently, are poised
to retain the Division 1 title. The
newly-formed Badminton Club was
quickly promoted from Division
2 to Division 1, which they won,
and went on to reach the Cuppers
Semi-final. Fitz Cycling impressed
at Cuppers, coming away with third
place. At Mixed Lacrosse Cuppers,
the team finished 3rd which is their
highest position to date.
Fitzwilliam College Boat Club
ended Michaelmas entering eight
crews into Fairbairns, from novices
to our most experienced rowers. In
Lent Bumps, we had a tough week
of racing, with M1 moving down
two places, W1 moving down three
places, W2 moving down four
places, and M2 moving up three
places with an overbump on the
first day! We’re hoping for a strong
set of races in the upcoming May
Bumps, and will be aiming to enter
five boats across the club into the
first May Bumps since 2019!
Trinity-Fitzwilliam Hockey Club
have had an exciting year. Despite
being knocked out of Cuppers early
on, they enjoyed two successful
league campaigns and, due to a
swell in popularity, were able to
field two teams throughout Lent.
The newly formed Fitz-Queens’
basketball team faced tough
opposition in the 2nd division,
and (despite injuries) managed to
secure their place in the division
next season.
New societies on the Fitz scene
include South Asian society,
which aims to create a community
between South Asian students,
many of whom have struggled to
visit home during the pandemic.
The biggest success has been
Chess Club, which has hosted fun
sessions for all abilities, whilst also
entering a team into Division 2 of
the University League. The team
performed well, finishing second in
the league, with particular mentions
to Josh Lam and Will Biggs, who
both went the season unbeaten.
The Fitzwilliam College Debating
Society enjoyed incredible growth
in 2021-2022, welcoming our
return to in-person debates and
attracting significant involvement
from students within College and
in the wider university community.
Highlights included our annual
Brewster Debate, collaboration
with other societies and continuing
to debate a wide variety of topical
and fascinating issues. The newlyformed
Fitz Gospel Choir debuted
at the Fitz Christmas Concert then
went on to perform in the Fitz
Chapel Morning Service in Lent
Term which they plan to do again
in Easter. They also headlined at
the ACSCompozers Showcase
2022 and have doubled in numbers
since Michaelmas with people from
multiple colleges. The Christian
Union has been putting on various
events such as Text-a-Toastie
(students send in a question, they
deliver a free toastie and chat to
them about their question), bakes
and board game nights and a
rounders event. As well as this,
they eat together in the Buttery on
Saturday evenings before doing a
Bible study.
Fitz students have continued to
succeed on the university sports
stage. With over 120 Fitz students
competing in University teams,
it is impossible to mention all of
them, so here are our highlights.
We were proud to send four women
- Emily Bell, Laura Vass, Robyn
Halcrow and Collette Russell - to
Twickenham to play in, and win,
the Varsity Blues Rugby Match in
April. A number of women’s rugby
players contributed to the Jaguars
(3rd Team) Varsity victory. Another
notable highlight of the year was
Felix Craig-McFeely and Zuhri
James coxing and rowing in the
winning boat in the Lightweight
Boat Race. In Mixed Lacrosse, Fitz
has had multiple players on the
starting line-up for Blues Varsity
and the National Mixed League
Final, both of which were won by
Cambridge. Lucy Hilton must be
noted for being awarded a Full
Blue for her contribution to this
success, despite Mixed Lacrosse
being a Half-Blue sport. Anna Van
Velson must be commended for her
role in the success of Cambridge
Netball seconds team against
Oxford at the annual Varsity Match.

In Athletics, Lea Holville, Maya
Hodgson and Alex Harper were all
part of the winning Blues teams.
Cyffin Thomas and Bethany Haran
both competed in, and won, the
Men’s Blues and Women’s Thirds
Skiing varsity held in Val Thorens
in December. On the cycling scene,
Tom Hale was part of the BUCS
time trial silver medal-winning
team.
Scott Partington was part of the
winning Ice Hockey team at
Varsity. In Karate, Alex Duncan
contributed to the 16th Cambridge
Varsity win in a row. Malin Schlode,
Charlotte Rayner and Natasha
Huang must be commended for
the 2nds Basketball Team coming
second in the BUCS league. Etta
Magill has taken the university
hockey scene by storm, competing
in Blues Varsity despite only being
in first year. Charlotte Johnston
contributed to the University 2nd
Olympic Gymnastics Team winning
Varsity. In Ultimate Frisbee, Nicole
Bowen won Varsity in both the
Women’s First and Mixed Second
teams. Thomas Adams continued to
make a splash with the Swimming
& Water Polo team, contributing to
their very successful season. Many
of our brilliant Fitz footballers
played in Varsity Football with a
special mention to the Falcons for
their win. Alex Macpherson danced
her way to Jazz Varsity victory,
while Ellie Drake won her Varsity
in the Tap team.
Maya Hodgson and Bethany
Haran
President and Vice President of
the Clubs and Societies, 2021-22.
(Editor: Maya and Bethany should
also be congratulated on their
outstanding organisational and
inspirational work this year. They
set themselves the ambitious goal of
reinvigorating the post-pandemic
social life of Fitz through the Clubs
and Societies, and have created
a vibrant and rich Instagram
account to document life at Fitz -
@fitzsportsandsocs
As their term came to a close in
Michalemas they worked with local
charity Power2Inspire on several
large-scale events, bringing together
24 Fitz student volunteers, and
pupils from 3 local schools)
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On 31st March 2022, four Fitz players -
Emily Bell, Colette Russell, Laura Vass
and Robyn Halcrow - were selected for the
Varsity Women’s Rugby Blues match, played
at Twickenham. In a tense match, a late
Cambridge try levelled the score to 10-10,
meaning that Cambridge retained the trophy
and the bragging rights for another year.

On 20th March 2022, two Fitzwilliam
rowers, Felix Craig-McFeely and Zuhri James
were in the men’s Lightweight crew that beat
Oxford by five lengths, scoring Cambridge’s
first such win since 2018. This isn’t the first
time that a Fitz duo have played such a key
role...Brian Potterill and Colin Pritchard in
1989 pulled off the same feat!
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One of the 2022 May Week highlights was
the FCMS Garden Party. Once again, the
Grove lawn and Auditorium Foyer came into
their own as fantastic performance spaces.
Some installed themselves on the grass for a
full afternoon of music, while others simply
enjoyed the joyful strains of music as they
filled the College site.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE
ACADEMIC YEAR
FITZELERATE COMPETITION
Fitzelerate is a newly-launched, annual student
entrepreneurship competition designed to provide
an opportunity for Fitzwilliam students to develop or
enhance their skills and experience in an increasingly
entrepreneurial world. The competition is sponsored by
Excelect, a consulting company founded by Professor
Kourosh Saeb-Parsy. Cash prizes of up to £5,000 are
available for the winning teams to support the direct
costs of further development of the winning proposals.
In its inaugural year, the winning proposal was made by
Sparxell. A new entrant into the $2.3 billion USD effects
pigment market, Sparxell uses innovative technology to
produce a high quality, environmentally friendly pigment
with applications in cosmetics and beyond.
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FITZ GOES ACCESSABLE
In 2021 the College was proud to partner with UK
organization AccessAble, to review, draft and publish
detailed guidance on access to the College site.
Fitzwilliam is now publically listed on the AccessAble
website (www.accessable.co.uk) with clickable guides to
all public spaces in the College.
This data-gathering exercise is an important first step
in improving the accessibility of the College site: as we
refurbish and develop the site further, we will incorporate
accessibilty considerations into our plans.

NEW PRO-VICE-CHANCELLOR FOR
EDUCATION
Professor Bhaskar Vira has been appointed Pro-Vice-
Chancellor for Education for three years, with effect from
1 October 2022. The Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education
leads the development and implementation of strategy
and policy relating to education.The five Pro-Vice-
Chancellors (whose number also includes Fitzwilliam
Fellow, Professor David Cardwell, PVC for Strategy and
Planning) provide academic leadership to the University
and support the Vice-Chancellor. They work as a team
with the Heads of the Schools, the Registrary, the
Chief Financial Officer and other senior colleagues, to
ensure that the University maintains and enhances its
contribution to society and its global academic standing.
For more information, see https://www.staff.admin.cam.
ac.uk/general-news/professor-bhaskar-vira-appointedpro-vice-chancellor-for-education
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LAUNCH OF STEMSMART
STEM SMART supports teaching already taking place
in schools, providing extra resources including weekly
online subject specific supervisions with Cambridge
academics, and regular meetings to discuss university
life with Cambridge student mentors. The programme
also features a Cambridge residential stay. In August
2022, more than 300 sixth formers - among them
mature students - currently on the course, spent time
in Cambridge, staying at Colleges and learning in
University departments, as part of the programme. The
four-day residential gave them the opportunity to work
in University labs, building on skills they had learned
online over the previous months, and experience life
as a Cambridge student. They also received advice
and guidance on applying to Cambridge - and other
top universities - including preparing for admissions
assessments and interviews.
Fitzwilliam is a partner College in the initiative, and one
of our students, Robert Barker, featured in the University
promotion, discussing his role as a student mentor.

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FROM THE CHAPLAIN
Fitzwilliam College chaplaincy is
for all members of our College,
as exemplified by some special
gatherings this academic year
to bring us together for mutual
support and solidarity.
The first of these one-off events
was in Michaelmas term when we
gathered in Chapel for a ‘Pandemic
Reflection’ to acknowledge grief
and loss, while also sharing
thankfulness and hope. There was
live music, and the opportunity to
record fears, anxieties and hopes
on leaves which we hung on a
tree as a sign of the many ways
our community has been - and
continues to be - impacted by the
pandemic.
The second one-off event was a
‘Gathering for Ukraine’, held in
the Chapel on Ash Wednesday, to
express sympathy for and solidarity
with the people of Ukraine. We
were moved to hear Fitzwilliam
Fellow, Olenka Pevny, Associate
Professor of Ukrainian Studies, read
Love Ukraine, Like the Sun Do Love
Her (by Volodymyr Sosiura), and to
hear members of the Choir singing
Otche Nash, a Ukrainian language
version of the Lord’s Prayer set to
music by Kyrylo Stetsenko.
return to the regular pattern of
activities and services through the
chaplaincy. This year the I have
been ably assisted by John Bloomer,
an ordinand on placement from
Westcott House. We have been
pleased to welcome a series of
interesting visiting preachers again,
and the Choir continues to grow
from strength to strength, under
the care and guidance of Catherine
Groom, the Director of Music.
The chaplaincy continues to offer
wellbeing support for all members
of College. As Chaplain, I am
part of the wellbeing team which
was boosted this year with the
appointment of Claire Thompson,
our Wellbeing Coordinator.
In addition to one-to-one
conversations available with the
Chaplain, chaplaincy activities to
promote wellbeing have included
‘Art for All!’, ‘Take-a-break’ for
Easter ‘exam’ Term, and the
‘Dumb Phone Challenge’. The
latter was to encourage members
to be less connected by giving
up smart phones for some or all
of Lent in exchange for a ‘dumb’
phone (or as someone said, “wise
phone”) provided on loan from the
Chaplain. It was a welcome break
from endless notifications!
of members who have no religious
affiliation). This year has seen a
focus on understanding those needs
through a Faith and Value-systems
Survey which was conducted in
March and April. The response rate
was good and the results indicated
that, while College membership
is less religious than the general
population, there is a large minority
(45% of respondents) who identify
with a particular religion or valuesystem.
There is a wide range
of faiths represented across the
College, of which Christianity has
the highest number of adherents.
The results of the survey lend
support to the Christian ecumenical
nature of the Chapel - especially
if the chaplaincy is conducted in a
way that seeks to promote the needs
of all faiths and none. The results
also showed appreciation for the
Chapel as a distinctive space and
for the welfare provision through
the chaplaincy.
With gratitude for the privilege of
being a part of this College and
community, and with prayers for
the flourishing of all our members,
Graham Stevenson
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In addition to these one-off
events, the relative normality of
the past academic year has meant
that we were, thankfully, able to
To be a chaplaincy for all members
of College means recognising the
needs of all, regardless of religious
affiliation (including the majority

TALKS & LECTURES
FOUNDATION LECTURE 2020:
DIANE COYLE
Leading economist and Bennett Professor of Public
Policy, Professor Diane Coyle delivered the Fitzwilliam
College Foundation Lecture, on March 9th 2021, posing
the question: How do we know whether there’s progress?
In her online lecture, Professor Coyle explored what
economic success means in the digital world, and argued
that the more we use data, the greater the need for
human deliberation and trust.
You can watch the lecture again here: https://www.
youtube.com/watch?v=ori6J8oR0jI
ALL TO PLAY FOR
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From Joe Wicks to Marcus Rashford, the role of sport
and exercise has been at the forefront of the national
debate over the last 18 months. In their new book, All to
Play For: How Sport Can Reboot Our Future, Fitzwilliam
alumni Matt Rogan and Kerry Potter have taken a broad
look at the role exercise can play as a force for good
in our challenged society. In conversation with fellow
alumnus, Dr Thomas Tanner (Director of the Centre
for Development, Environment and Policy at SOAS
University of London), this session joined the dots
between a wide topic from the front pages to the back
- from healthcare to education; social activism to the
business of global sport.
OPTIMA LIVE!
Taking advantage of digital platforms, Michaelmas 2021
saw the first ever live online discussion of the College
magazine, Optima. Over 50 alumni joined Fitz academics
and contributing students to discuss their research,
all of which was connected to climate change and
sustainability. If you haven’t yet seen a copy of Optima,
you can view the publication here: https://www.fitz.cam.
ac.uk/alumni/read-our-publications/optima

FOUNDATION LECTURE 2021:
LINDA COLLEY
On November 11th 2021, Professor Linda Colley, the
Shelby M.C. Davis 1958 Professor of History at Princeton
University, and an expert on British, imperial and global
history, delivered the annual Foundation Lecture.
The UK is characterized by sharper and more doctrinaire
partisan divisions, and the polity as a whole is arguably at
greater risk of fragmentation. There are acute challenges
posed by climate and ecological changes, pandemics,
ever rising levels of long-distance migration, and deeper
inequalities. And so, she asks, in a dextrous conversation
with the work of J. H. Plumb, ‘How stable is Britain?’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUSQMsObGeg
CHRIS BRYANT
In February 2022, to mark LBGTQ+ History Month, Fitz
Fellow Dr Isaias Fanlo hosted Sir Chris Bryant (MP for
Rhondda and Chair of the Committees on Standards and
Privileges) to discuss his book The Glamour Boys: The
Secret Story of the Rebels who Fought for Britain to Defeat
Hitler
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WILSON LECTURE 2022:
ROGER MADELIN
In his lecture, ‘A good place?’ Roger Madelin CBE
reflected critically on his and other major development
experiences in Birmingham, Manchester, the Thames
Valley and London (including the huge King’s Cross
redevelopment) to see what common themes, societal
changes and political threads lead to these projects being
regarded as successful.
Roger Madelin CBE jointly leads the development of
Canada Water, a 53 acre development project in Central
London.

MUSIC AT FITZ
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2021-22 was an intensely busy
year in Fitz Music, with postponed
projects from 2020 and 2021
coming finally to fruition more-orless
simultaneously.
Fitz Opera’s production of Mozart’s
romantic comedy Così fan tutte
played in the Auditorium in early
May to two near-full houses, and
involved 40 Fitz students including
many with no previous background
in singing or music at all: a level
of ‘in-house’ production that has
not been achieved anywhere else
in Cambridge in contemporary
memory. Performed in English
with a reduced orchestration for
fourteen players, the show was slick
and hilarious and represented a
really significant achievement on
the parts of its six principals Emily
Callow, Imogen Rowe, Jonathan
Jolly, Joe Folley, Aisha Wheatley
and Rob Nicholas and orchestral
leader George Bird. It was superbly
lit and filmed by Fitz’s excellent
new AV Tech, Alex Camp, and the
garden scene was provided by Fitz’s
tireless and brilliant gardening
team.
Fitz’s gardens and their superb
curators are front and centre again
for the Choir’s forthcoming album
The stalk had no knots. Recorded
in March 2022 and available
in September/October 2022 in
physical form and on iTunes and
Spotify, the repertoire deals with
broad themes of trees, nature,
light and shade and the featured
photography is by Head Gardener
Steve Kidger. A piece written for
Director of Music Catherine Groom
and Fitz Choir by BBC Singers
Composer-in-Residence Bernard
Hughes, opens the disc: a setting
of the medieval Liber Celestis
rendering of the writings of St.
Brigid of Sweden, from which the
album’s title derives, and further
repertoire is by Kerensa Briggs,
Kerry Andrew, Edward Bairstow,
Cecilia MacDowell, Alec Roth, John
Joubert, Arvo Pärt and Amy Beach.
In terms of the repertoire recorded,
this is a significant addition to the
Oxford and Cambridge choral
discography, and there’s some
spine-tingling music.
The Choir’s short tour to Rome,
initially planned for 2020 and then
2021, finally occurred in July 2022.
We sang Masses at S. Giovanni in
Laterano and S. Maria Maggiore,
and gave concerts at the Pantheon
and at S. Paolo entro le Mura. As
with all our programming the
composer gender representation
was 50:50, and we were informed
that this was the first occasion in
living memory that the work of
any female composer has been
heard at the Pantheon. That concert
was attended by several hundred
people, and one of the many clips
of that concert on Instagram has
so far garnered 9000 views. An
extraordinary and unforgettable
experience.
A collaboration with former
Master Nicky Padfield in aid
of two charities under the
Women In Prisons umbrella,
Birth Companions and the
Prison Reform Trust’s Women’s
Programme, at which many Fitz
musicians performed the music
of seventeenth-century convent
composer Isabella Leonarda with
skill and enthusiasm, raised nearly
£1000.
Fitz Music has also supported
Wintercomfort this year with
several rounds of carol singing
and with a concert of 30 songs as
part of its ’30 for 30’ 30th birthday
fundraising campaign.
We were honoured to be invited
to sing at February’s University
Sermon at the University Church
and subsequently to sing there
again for the University’s service for
Ukraine.
Our weekly concert series
continues apace and this year has
included Freshers’ and Christmas
concerts, the summer Garden
Party, termly Jazz in the Bar, the
termly Graduate Salon of Music
and Poetry, and music from
chamber music at the highest level
to The One With No Pressure At
All, from a concert curated by
the LGBTQ+ Soc to a complete
performance of Buxtehude’s
cantata-cycle Membra Jesu nostri,
from an evening of comedy songs
to Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos
led from the violin by George Bird
(Brandenbird Concertos?)
The full range of instrumental
and vocal scholarships has been
held, and both small-size chamber
groups and bands and the larger
and more established outfits have
been active, with Fitz Barbershop
and Fitz Swing on fine form and
some excellent conducting of
the Orchestra-on-the-Hill from
Mercedes Tanju.
2021-22’s Conducting & Musical

The Choir on tour in Rome in July 2022.
Leadership Scholarship went to
first-year Law student Gloria
Asiegbu to found and direct a
Gospel Choir, which made its
superb debut at the Christmas
Concert and is going from strength
to strength.
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An impressive quantity of
instrumental and vocal teaching
has taken place at Fitz this year
and a quartet coaching day on
contemporary string techniques
from Mandhira de Saram of the
Ligeti Quartet has been particularly
inspiring.
Working with Fitz students
is a tremendous pleasure and
privilege, and I’m grateful to them
all and to the many members of
the Assistant Staff who facilitate
projects with such skill and good
humour. Preparations have already
commenced for 2023’s production
of Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’amore!
Catherine Groom, Director of
Music

IN MEMORIAM
Following the retirement of Professor David Thompson, and the circulation of the Journal into a digital format,
the College has reviewed its approach to publishing obituaries. In this edition, and in future, the Journal will
include written obituaries of current and former Fellows, Bye-Fellows, Life Fellows, Honorary Fellows and Fellow
Benefactors. It will also include obituaries for current junior Members of College, and current staff. Obituaries will be
written by members of the Fellowship, in consultation with families where appropriate.
Notification of alumni deaths will be listed in the Journal, by year, in the year in which the College is notified.
We have created a dedicated In Memoriam website, for alumni, friends and family to contribute their own
tributes. In contrast with the Journal, which is often published many months after notification, this site is
updated regularly throughout the year. The site can be visted via this link: https://fitzwilliam.shorthandstories.
com/in-memoriam/index.html
Contributions are welcomed. Guidance on how to submit a tribute is included at the link above. Where alumni have
recived public tributes in the press, we will endeavour to include links.
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Field Marshall Sir John CHAPPLE
Following an extensive obituary in The Times (26 March,
2022) Professor Robert Lethbridge replied:
“To the exceptional range of ‘extra-curricular’ activities
listed in your obituary…could be added his 1973
appointment as Services Fellow at Fitzwilliam College,
Cambridge. It was the first such appointment made
by the College. Over the following decades, we were
reminded of his loyalty to the college by his regular
appearance at the London dinner of the Fitzwilliam
Society. On one such occasion, when post-prandial
smoking was still allowed, and notwithstanding
remaining ‘defiant about some aspects of modernisation’,
he asked the guest next to him whether she would mind
if he lit up one of his notorious Philippine leaf cigars.
That he graciously demurred when she voiced her
objections was characteristic of his courtesy. But that
did not prevent him from often recounting the episode
with a chuckle.”
Dr Kenneth Charles Arthur SMITH
Ken Smith was born on 20 March 1928 in Birmingham
where his parents owned a radio and cycle shop – so he
was exposed to electrical and mechanical matters from
an early age. From 1943 he attended Coventry Tecnical
College part-time, whilst holding an engineering
apprenticeship with British Thomson Houston Ltd and
contributing to the war effort.
In 1949, benefitting from a State Scholarship, he applied
to Fitzwilliam House to read Mechanical Sciences,
taking Part I in 1951 and then the electrical Part II in
1952. He remained at the Engineering Department for
a PhD. With his combination of academic and practical
experience, he was very much the right person to take
on research and instrumental development in electron
microscopy – he was the second research student
of (Professor Sir) Charles Oatley, whose pioneering
research led to the first successful Scanning Electron
Microscope. Ken obtained his PhD in 1957 and
continued to work on scanning electron microscopy,
designing the first scanning electron microscope ever
to be sold. This was built in the Cambridge University
Engineering Department for the Pulp and Paper
Research Institute in Montréal; its capability for imaging
solid objects (as distinct from transmission electron
microscopes used for imaging transparent objects and
thin sections) was ideally suited to samples such as the
fibres of which paper is composed. Ken went with the
instrument to PPRI, and stayed in Canada for two years.
Scanning electron microscopes for many years followed
his instrumental design, in particular the Stereoscan
– the first such instrument in serial production, made
by the now-defunct Cambridge Scientific Instrument
Company.
On return from Canada he joined the Cavendish
Laboratory and continued to work on electron-beam
systems. In particular, under Professor Ellis Cosslett,
he led the programme to build a 750kV high-voltage
transmission electron microscope – high-energy
electrons can penetrate relatively thick samples and
image them. This instrument was highly successful
and served as the prototype for the 1MV transmission

microscope sold by AEI (Associated Electrical
Industries Ltd) in the 1960s and early 1970s.
Ken was appointed to a University Lectureship in
Engineering from October 1965, and to a Fellowship
at Fitzwilliam House eight months later; thus he was
one of the Fellows of Fitzwilliam House who saw the
transition to collegiate status in October 1966. At
the Engineering Department his work continued the
development of both scanning electron microscope
systems (including the use of field-emission cathodes)
and high-voltage transmission microscopes (the 600kV
atomic-resolution instrument built in association with
the Cavendish Laboratory).
which he held until his death on 15 March 2020.
In his retirement, Ken took considerable interest in
Fitzwilliam music and established the Alkan Piano
Scholarship, named after the French composer Charles-
Valentin Alkan. In his student days he was involved
with the Boat Club, and the photograph was taken in
2005 at the half-century celebration of the success of the
1955 First May Boat.
Obituary by Dr John Cleaver
Dr Robin Francis Denman PORTER GOFF
Ken’s work provides a very characteristic illustration
of the success of British R&D and the failure of its
exploitation. Neither Cambridge Scientific Instruments
nor AEI had the vision to see the potential scale of their
markets and simply sold instruments which largely
replicated the forms of their university precursors; they
took no account of the way in which proper design
for serial production could achieve major economies
and thereby effect much larger market penetration and
profit. In particular, the scanning electron microscope
became one of the most ubiquitous and valuable
scientific instruments of the last half-century – but most
of the instruments were designed and made in Japan.
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Robin Porter Goff was born on 30 September 1929 in
Westminster. Following National Service with the Corps
of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, he
read Mechanical Sciences at Jesus College. After
graduating in 1952, he joined the Aircraft Division
of English Electric where he worked on the supersonic
Lightning jet; he enjoyed the work so much he turned
down an invitation to return to Cambridge to study
for his PhD. In 1961 he left industry to help set up
the new Engineering Department at the University of
Leicester. In 1970, he returned to Cambridge, joining
the University as a lecturer and Fitzwilliam College as a
Fellow, Director of Studies and Tutor. He was awarded
the James Watt Medal of the Institution of Civil
Engineers in 1975.
Ken retired early from the Engineering Department
in 1988 in consequence of ill health, and at that time
was elected to a Life Fellowship of Fitzwilliam College,
And so Robin spent more than 40 years at Fitzwilliam -
a much loved supervisor, DOS and Tutor for generations
of students. Christopher Padfield (Fitz 1968) was a
third year engineer when Robin arrived and speaks for
generations of students when he says that it was Robin’s
mix of a calm and ever-courteous manner combined
with a straight-forward directness which made him so
effective as a teacher. He and his wife, Marian, were

always warm and welcoming. How many students were
welcomed to their home for Sunday lunches and teas,
accompanied by croquet on the lawn ?
Robin was awarded one of the earliest Pilkington
Prizes for excellence in teaching (in 1995) and he
maintained his enthusiasm for teaching and mentoring
throughout his life, still giving College supervisions
until he was 80. In his retirement, he was a TQA
auditor. Teaching Quality Assessment was introduced
in the 1990s to assess teaching in higher education.
Robin served on the Engineering panel and was
involved in auditing several institutions. Ken Platts
remembers that he used his TQA experience to
feedback into the Engineering Tripos at Cambridge and
made a significant contribution to the Departments
overall excellence in teaching.
David Cardwell (Fellow, Engineering, current PVC
for Strategy & Planning): “Robin press-ganged me
immediately after my interview in the Engineering
Department in 1992 and whisked me off to Fitz for
lunch (courting potential new Fellows was much more
straightforward in those days!). His insistence that
Fitz was the best place for me and his unconditional
subsequent support in both the College and Department
had more than a profound influence on my career. It
changed my life in a way I could never have imagined
back then. I will be forever in his debt.”
Professor Brian ROBSON
Brian was a fellow of Fitzwilliam from 1968 to 1977,
when he was appointed to a chair at Manchester.
Professor Barry Landy writes:
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“I was appointed a Fellow in 1973 and found myself in
the middle of interminable and labyrinthine discussions
about the merits and otherwise of admitting women as
undergraduates. The lines were drawn on generational
lines; the older fellows who had struggled so hard to
set up Fitzwilliam as a college with its own buildings
were against change; the “Young Turks” of which I was
a proud member, believed fervently in the necessity of
evening the playing field. The minutes would not have
been out of place in a CP Snow novel about the weird
and wonderful goings on at Cambridge.
Brian was the leader of the Young Turks. Our initial
approach was based on equity; what we proposed was
the right thing to do. As could have been predicted this
starry eyed approach did not work; we were shot down
by an accumulation of trivia, such as the purported cost
of retrofitting all the bathrooms to the standard females
would like.
Marian and he were exemplary citizens, a really devoted
couple, and committed members of their church. They
had two sons and a daughter. Marian died in 2016.
Obituary by Professor Nicky Padfield
David Cole (Fitz 1982 and current DoS) remembers
that Robin’s lectures and supervisions were models of
clarity. At that time Part I Engineering students had
a choice of two lecturers, the comparative attendance
figures providing an immediate and direct measure
of popularity; Robin’s lectures were always very well
attended! There were regular invitations from Robin and
Marian for tea and homemade cakes at Holbrook Road.
He recalls that many of the guests thought it a long
distance for Robin or anyone to cycle every day and
pondered their own fitness.
Brian took us in hand. At a clandestine meeting he told
us that we had to give up the appeal to what was right
and focus entirely on what would work. We decided
that the correct strategy was to appeal to the college’s
best interest; indeed its raison d’etre: admissions. We put
forward the case systematically that unless women were
admitted our admission statistics would vanish and
that we would be reduced to taking pooled candidates
“other colleges’ left-overs”. We also organised who
would say what at what point in the meetings. I regret
that idealism lost out but rejoice that we did succeed
in getting the college to vote for the admission of
women (in 1977?)- four years too late but just in time.
In no small measure this was entirely due to Brian’s
leadership.”

Mrs Anna WALKER
Ana (Anna) Carme Antonia Walker met her husband,
Geoff Walker (Life Fellow) in Cambridge, and they were
married in Montserrat in December 1958. For nearly all
of their married life they lived happily at 35 Thornton
Road, Girton.
They were both deeply involved with the teaching of
Modern Languages in Cambridge and Ana strongly
supported Geoff ’s focus on the teaching of Catalan and
Spanish and his research and writing on the history of
Spain in Latin America.
MEMBERS
The College has received the following notifications in
the period January 2020 - September 2022.
1945
Basil Ernest BRIDGE
John Mindedal RASMUSSEN
1947
Brian Leigh BLAKE
1948
Godfrey Kenneth KELLY
1949
Bryan ASKEW
Antoine Jose Pierre GUIRAUD
1950
Chin Aik Victor CHEW
Charles FitzJames GRAHAM-WATSON
William Zeer NAGEL
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At Fitzwilliam they were together constantly involved
with the life of the College. Ana’s warmth and lively
interest were always prized by successive cohorts of
Geoff ’s students as well as the Fellowship and College
staff, and Ana’s presence at the College with Geoff is an
abiding and very fond memory for all. Anna’s funeral
was held in the College Chapel on 24th August 2022.
1951
Robert John FIGURES
David Samuel FILER
David Richard Ferrebee HILL
John Garth LANCASTER
Hanslip Alford Richard LONG
Alan SERGENT
Harold John SNELLING
Donald TRISTRAM
1952
George Alexander Muir BAILLIE
Barrie James FRAMPTON
Alfred Hood Yew LEE
Alan John PENDER
John Roger SWAIN
Derek WARD
1953
Donovan HAILSTONE
Richard James PLANT
Rasiah RAJENDRAM
Alan WARREN

1954
Ian Melville BARRETT
Frank BEAVINGTON
James Lawrence McQUHAE
Howard Bentley (Ben) OGLESBY
Anthony Frederick George PAGE
Brian Paul TIBBETTS
Philip McRoberts BEUZEVAL
Reginald Frederick CLARKE
Robert John GARDNER
John Richard LEAR
Roger Patrick REEVE
Peter Neal Mountford SMITH
Ian Geoffrey SOLLY
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1955
Roger Waring Byron BALL
Andrew Quarles BLANE
Brian Ivor FOLLETT
Richard LEWIS
David Anthony WILSON
1956
Antony JOHNS
Richard Henry KEMP
John Kendrick SUTCLIFFE
1957
Clive BOSMAN
Alastair Michael HAY
John Francis IRELAND
George LeRoy Batten NELMS
James Robert (Robin) PICKARD
Elfed ap Nefydd ROBERTS
Indrajit SETH
1958
Frank Alan CLIFF
Glyn David MATTHEWS
John Harry Wragg ROBERTS
David John SAADY
1959
Ian James ARNOT
Derek Stanley ASHBURNER
Robin Frederick Steward MACKNESS
1960
Richard Dudley HILKEN
Clive Howard LEE
David John MATTHEWS
Paul Frederick RAMAGE
Robert Dorian RIBEIRO
Bryan Douglas THRESHER
Mahmoud El-Baz YOUNIS
1961
Adrian Malcolm Alexander BAGOTT
1962
Peter David Ronald ANTHONY
Thomas James CANNOCK
John Graham DOCTOR
Robert Andrew ESAU
Gerald Moody HAINSWORTH
Mohamed Abdel Khalek OMAR
John Andrew Brocket RITCHIE
Engkik SOEPADMO
Lindsay TYLER
1963
Brennan R HILL
Peter Viggo RAHR
Peter John STEINTHAL
1965
Vijaya Prasanna MALALASEKARA
1966
Michael Strang KEE
Peter Everett LANGLEY
Naranjan Kumar MITRA
Derek George STANSFIELD
1967
Roger John SMITH
William Thomas SNELSON
Colin Douglas Richardson WHITTLE
1968
Trevor Arthur EDWARDS
Simon Thomas HARRIS
1969
Raymond Randolph CALVERLEY
1970
James Michel Ignatius HUGHES
Philip John SLOPER
Ian Harry THOMASON

1971
Adrian Neil DALTON
2007
Lili SARNYAI
1972
Herman Houston GREENHAW
Henry Francis PICKARD
Timothy Alan WOOD
2015
Jaspal Singh THANDI
1974
Michael Leslie FORREST
James Frederick PENROSE
Darshan Singh TATLA
1975
Shane BEADLE
Norman PINE
1977
Allan H GREENBERG
1978
Paul Francis MCCOMBIE
1979
Vikram Pothen PHILIP
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1985
Yvonne Marilyn Claire WILLIS
1986
Anna Francesca FRIEDENTHAL
1991
Mark HARGREAVES
1995
Afolabi EUBA
2003
Chun Ghee TAN
2004
Thomas Patrick HIGGINS

THE FITZWILLIAM SOCIETY
FITZWILLIAM SOCIETY COMMITTEE 2021-22
President
Baroness Sally Morgan
Vice-Presidents Geoff Harrison (1955)
Professor Brian Johnson FRS (ex officio)
Professor Robert Lethbridge (ex officio)
The Reverend Professor David Thompson
John Adams (1958)
Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE (1971)
Professor Nicola Padfield QC
Dr John Cleaver
Dame Sarah Asplin DBE (1979)
Baroness Sally Morgan (Master) (ex officio)
Zoë Shaw (1979)
Rachael Webb (1979)
Secretary Peter Howard (1970)
Treasurer Robin Bell (1965)
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Editor of the Journal
Director of
Communications &
Engagement
Development Director
Bursar
Senior Tutor
Dr Nicola Jones
Dr Nicola Jones (ex officio)
Peter O’Connor (ex officio)
Rod Cantrill (ex officio)
Dr Paul Chirico (ex officio)
Elected Members
Retiring 2022 Andrew Garden (1981)
Judith Bunting (1979)
Professor Glen Norcliffe (1962)
Retiring 2023 James Harrington (2008)
Matt Bennison (2008)
Dr Helen Bettinson (1982)
Retiring 2024 Peter Bates (1959)
Stjepan Mandic (2008)
Tim Sullivan (1976)
Co-opted members Ellie Brain (2017)
(retiring Sept 2022) Rosie Cook (2007)
JCR Presidents Hannah Curry (2021)[Co-President 2021-22]
Charlie Mack (2021) [Co-President 2021-22]
Joshan Parmar (2019) [President 2020-21]
MCR Presidents Marie Zedler (2021) [President 2022-23]
Jon Ostolaza (2020) [President 2021-22]

ALL MEMBERS OF THE COLLEGE
ARE AUTOMATICALLY MEMBERS
OF THE FITZWILLIAM SOCIETY
The Fitzwilliam Society was established in 1824. Most of
the specific aims for which the Society was established,
including keeping records of members, publishing the
Journal and arranging reunions, were delegated to the
Development Office at the College some years ago. The
Committee therefore reviewed the role of the Society
in 2011 to ensure that it is useful and productive for
members, and to strengthen the links between alumni
and students. The Society exists to keep the members
of Fitzwilliam College in contact with each other and
with the College, to promote social, business and career
networking and support, and to further the interests of
Fitzwilliam College.
To achieve these objectives, the Fitzwilliam Society
works principally through the Development Office to:
• collaborate in the publication of the Fitzwilliam
Journal
• fund Fitzwilliam Society awards, scholarships,
prizes and debates – see pages #
• provide grant funds to support other student
activities – see below
• support the College in organising careers-related
events.
For the last eight years the Society has been making
small grants to assist a variety of student activities.
Projects supported by grants made in the last two years
include:
• a new study table for the new MCR extension.
• open air cinema equipment
• a table tennis table for the MCR
• Fitzwilliam BBQ to celebrate the College’s LGBTQ+
community
• Planting and adopting 10 native and fruit trees
across College properties
JOIN THE COMMITTEE
The Society operates through a Committee. The current
members of the Committee are set out on the previous
page, and we are always delighted to welcome new
members. All members of the Society are eligible to
stand for election to the Committee – please contact the
Secretary through the Development Office if you are
interested in doing so.
CAREER INITIATIVES
You can help students with career development by
• giving careers guidance to current students or
recently graduated alumni at careers events
organised by the College*
• host a careers-themed event at your organisation
• telling the Development Office about any work
experience or internship opportunities for students
at your organisation
• making a gift to the Student Opportunities Fund
which provides travel grants to students to help
them undertake work experience placements.
AGM MINUTES
Held via Zoom, hosted from Fitzwilliam College, at
5.30pm on Saturday 25th September 2021
The chair was taken by the President, Judith Bunting
(1979). Others present were Peter Bates (1959), Robin
Bell (1965) (Treasurer), Rodney Burton (1956), Rod
Cantrill (Bursar), Dr John Cleaver (Life Fellow),
Andrew Garden (1981), Maurits Houck (2018), Peter
Howard (1970) (Secretary), Dr Nicola Jones (Director
of Communications and Engagement), Baroness Sally
Morgan (Master), Professor Glen Norcliffe (1962), Peter
O’Connor (Development Director), Jon Ostolaza (2020),
Joshan Parmar (2019), Zoë Shaw (1979) and Rachael
Webb (1979)
Note The meeting took place online, via Zoom, and the
President informed the meeting that proceedings were
being recorded.
1 Apologies for absence
Apologies were received from John Adams,
Professor Nicola Padfield, Professor Robert Lethbridge,
Rev. Professor David Thompson and Doug Webb.
2 Secretary’s Report
The report by the Secretary, which had been
provided before the meeting, was approved.
3 Treasurer’s Report and Accounts
The report by the Treasurer and the accounts,
both of which had been provided before the meeting,
were approved. The Treasurer drew attention to the
increased surplus due to reduced costs of the Journal.
Asked whether this would continue and release more
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money for student benefits, the Communications
Director said that the expense of producing the Journal
would not go down, and future spending would depend
on the size of the print run and whether alumni would
be asked to pay for printed copies.
4 Report on the Fitzwilliam Society Trust Fund
A report by the Senior Tutor had been
provided before the meeting. There were no questions.
5 Proposed Changes to the Constitution of the
Society
The Secretary commented on the proposed
changes, the drafting of which had been made available
before the meeting. He explained that they would
simplify the definition of Society membership, add the
newly created role of Communications Director to the
list of ex officio committee members, and expressly
permit meetings to be held remotely. The committee felt
that the last of these would be useful, as even after in
person meetings had again become feasible, there might
be other reasons for meeting remotely, for example
travel difficulties. And once technology has improved it
might suit some to attend hybrid meetings remotely. The
Master agreed, commenting that this would certainly
help some overseas alumni, and the Communications
Director commented that while at present it is not
possible to guarantee that technology would currently
work satisfactorily for blended meetings, this is
something that we should aim to do when it becomes
possible.
Votes were taken on each of the proposed changes and
all were approved.
6 Election of Officers
The President proposed that Peter Howard
be re-elected as Secretary, Rachael Webb seconded
the proposal. Peter Bates proposed that Robin Bell be
re-elected as Treasurer and Andrew Garden seconded
the proposal. Rachael Webb proposed that Dr Nicola
Jones be re-elected as Journal editor and the proposal
was seconded by Zoë Shaw. Votes were taken and all
three were re-elected. Dr Jones asked that thanks to the
Secretary and the Treasurer for their work be recorded.
7 Election of Committee Members
Rachael Webb proposed that Stjepan Mandic
and Tim Sullivan be elected to the Committee for 3 year
terms and that Peter Bates be re-elected for a further 3
years. The proposal was seconded by Dr Jones, and all
three were elected.
The President invited volunteers to join the Strategy
Group
8 Election of Independent Examiner
Roger Smith FCA (proposed by Robin Bell
and seconded by Rachael Webb) was re-elected as the
Independent Examiner.
9 President’s Concluding Remarks
The President said that holding this office for the
last 2 years has been enormously stimulating and a
tremendous privilege and pleasure and expressed her
thanks to her fellow committee members for their help
and support. She added that the Society’s purpose is
to be the centre of the social and networking arm for
students and alumni, and thanked all those who had
contributed to this, whether through gifts of money,
giving their time and effort, or helping to organize
events. Thanks also to those who attended events and
shared their experiences with students. Thanks to John
Lees for presenting the CV workshop, a great event with
60 people attending; it would be good to make this a
regular event. She concluded by welcoming the Master
as her successor as President,
The Master thanked the President for keeping things
going so well notwithstanding the difficulties presented
by the pandemic.
10 Any other business
The Secretary endorsed the Master’s thanks to the
President, who has reinvigorated the Strategy Group,
which has been very active over last year.
Zoë Shaw asked about next steps and the next Careers
Fair. The Master said that the aim is to reinvigorate
the social networking side of Society, plus careers and
mentoring and transitioning into work. Involving
alumni through the generations would be great; the
experiences of someone 4 years into a career is very
different from someone who graduated 30 years ago.
Both are valuable. The Communications Director said
we should see whether the current model of Careers
Fair is what students want. There is a strong willingness
to hold it in person, so it looks unlikely that it will take
place in the Michaelmas term. Consultations among
students will take place and then this will be taken to
the Strategy Group.
The meeting closed at 5.58 pm
Minutes prepared by Peter Howard, Secretary, and
approved and signed by the President, Judith Bunting.

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