I joined Eddies to study an MPhil in Criminology in 2016. I was a fresher again but not fresh to Cambridge having spent three years as an undergraduate at Gonville & Caius college. However, by the time I dragged my suitcases into Eddies I had been away from Cambridge for Read more…
When I think back to my time at Cambridge I see things in snapshots; tea and biscuits in the CR, fancy dress bops, dusty sunlight glancing through the Benet House windows, the tiny bar which seemed to always be open at 3am, formal halls full of gowns and people trying Read more…
Upon completion of my PhD in Immunology in 2007 with Nobel Laureate Peter Doherty and Prof Stephen Turner, after a worldwide search of the best labs to study the cell biology of the T cell immune synapse, I could not go past Prof Gillian Griffiths, who was a senior fellow Read more…
Coming to St. Edmund’s as an undergraduate when I was 75, and spending three years in college, was one of the richest experiences of my life. I must admit, though, that I had applied to study English Literature because of ignorance: when a lecturer at the International Summer School said Read more…
St Edmund’s College has been a huge part of my family for almost twenty years. I fondly remember my first visit as a guest of my husband to be (Andy Harter, Fellow), and being seated with the then Dean, Dr Michael Robson, who some two years later was to officiate at Read more…
For the record, I love Eddies. There’s nowhere else I’d rather be spending my one year at Cambridge- though this is more a case of luck than choice. I applied for my Masters without selecting a College preference; this was partly out of spontaneity, but mainly because I actually knew Read more…
I first met Sarah Davis in September 2018. I had just arrived in Cambridge to study a Classics MPhil which, to my horror, made me a Fresher. Again. Walking into the hubbub of Eddie’s CR, I was uneasy. I faced the daunting prospect of making new friends, forming meaningful bonds, Read more…
The story of how I chose to study an EMBA at Cambridge University and to enter St Edmund’s College is somewhat accidental. I currently work as a desk strategy quant at an Investment Bank. My educational background and work experience have always been around the technical fields of mathematics and computer science. Read more…
‘What does StEds mean to you?’ Well, that is not an easy question to answer. It has been my college for over thirty years and I have many, many happy memories. When I first came to Cambridge University from London University, it felt like an alien place, where women were Read more…
My love affair with Cambridge started with a dream one night in 1980. At the time, I was in a remote part of Sierra Leone working on a project to research and document traditional medicines used by the Kuranko people. Somewhat surprised by the dream, I wrote an inquiry letter Read more…