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#58 Abisola Babalola (2020, Public Policy)

Abisola Babalola is a development practitioner, with research interests surrounding the achievement of good governance, development and peace in developing countries/contexts. Prior to joining the Cambridge MPP, Abisola devoted her career to supporting the cause for global food and nutrition Read more…

By admin, 2 yearsMarch 4, 2021 ago
50 Women of Eddies

#57 Diana Wood – Vice-Master (2003)

First and foremost, I am a doctor. I always wanted to be a doctor, and after a long career in clinical medicine I can honestly say it is core to who I am.    However, ironically, for someone who as Clinical Dean in the University was responsible Read more…

By admin, 2 yearsMarch 4, 2021 ago
50 Women of Eddies

#56 Molly Fassbender (2001, European Studies)

Let me tell you how old I am. My boyfriend had a Sony Ericsson flip phone (with a collapsible antenna) when I went to Eds. And it wasn’t a retro thing. It was cool. When I got my Eddies acceptance Read more…

By admin, 2 yearsOctober 14, 2020 ago
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#55 Christina Sevdali (2001, Linguistics)

When coming to the University of Cambridge to study, the biggest fear is ‘I will not belong here’. This terrible self-doubting feeling, rampant in academia also known as ‘imposter syndrome’ can be debilitating for anyone. Especially someone from a small Read more…

By admin, 3 yearsJuly 27, 2020 ago
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#54 Anita Pampusch (1969)

When I arrived at St. Edmund’s in April 1969 I learned that I was the first woman to live in college. Housed in the cottage behind the main house,, I was joined a couple of months later by Margaret Geib. I Read more…

By admin, 3 yearsJuly 20, 2020 ago
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#53 Venise Chan (2013, Egyptology)

After graduating from the University of Washington, I embarked on a sports career as a professional tennis player representing Hong Kong. I reached No. 1 in Hong Kong and No. 340 in the world during my tennis career. The end Read more…

By admin, 3 yearsJuly 10, 2020 ago
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#52 Anoka Abeyrathne (2018, Social Innovation)

I remember fervently praying and checking my student portal to hear back on whether I had got in. From the extensive education and financial checks to the college acceptance (where Eddie’s was my first choice – my incredible supervisor Neil Read more…

By admin, 3 yearsJune 2, 2020 ago
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#51 Edna Murphy – Bursar

It’s funny how things turn out. Here’s a family snap in the early 1980s. We are posing outside my digs on Huntingdon Road. And in the background……Mount Pleasant House! It is safe to say I couldn’t have imaged then how Read more…

By admin, 3 yearsJune 2, 2020 ago
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#50 Amy Kravitz (2000, Medicine)

Like an indelible pen across a page, St Edmund’s has made such a mark on my life. When I arrived at St Edmund’s for Michaelmas term in 2000, I felt unsteady, unsure as to what lied ahead. I was coming to Read more…

By admin, 3 yearsJune 2, 2020 ago
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#49 Vanessa Pearson (1999, Land Economy)

A dare took me to Cambridge and changed the course of my life. After I finished my undergraduate degree at Bond University, Australia, I was at a loose end. I was planning to continue to run a business that I Read more…

By admin, 3 yearsJune 2, 2020 ago

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