As a junior doctor working on the frontline during the coronavirus outbreak, I have been especially reflective over these last few months. The crisis has made me re-examine what is truly important in my life and appreciate the little things. Read more…
Eggshells and fireworks. It was 1869. Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon had founded Girton College, the first residential college for women in England. Only five women began their studies that year, but they still weren’t permitted to receive degrees. The Read more…
I arrived at St. Edmund’s in 2017 to start an MPhil in Archaeology, having applied to read HSPS at Magdalene four years earlier and been rejected. I went to UCL to study Egyptian Archaeology instead, a degree I was far Read more…
S.A. Thornton (MA, PhD Cantab)Matriculated 1982; BA 1983; MA 1985; PhD 1990 Besides getting a Ph.D. in Oriental Studies (yes, Oriental Studies, not Asian Studies), my goal was to have a real Cambridge experience. Like Scarlett O’Hara, I [was] going Read more…
The following is not an account of degrees, awards, or extra-curriculars…if that’s the story you’re looking for go ahead and find me on LinkedIn. Instead, I’d like to take this opportunity to share what I hope to be a brief Read more…
When Dr. Sean Butler called me on New Year’s Eve to ask me to join the matriculation class of 2008, I sat down on the bed of our FEMA trailer and sobbed. As a Cajun girl from New Orleans living Read more…
Life Before Cambridge I was born in a small district in Jamaica to a large family of mostly males. My mother was a house wife and my father was a retired electrician and poultry farmer. My parents were of a Read more…
Nevertheless, she laughed! As my PhD in Cambridge and St. Edmund’s is coming to an end, the most important aspect of my life here were the people who changed me, shaped me and taught me so much about life. I Read more…
It was actually a chance discovery in the Archive that has made this 50th anniversary celebration possible. Up until a few years ago, no one knew when the first female student was admitted to St Edmunds. I had received several Read more…
October 17th 2019. Matriculation. Armed with a Harry Potter wand hidden underneath my academic gown, I shook hands with the new Master, who inquired what a Doctoral Training in Future Propulsion and Power was. “A bit like rocket science,” I Read more…