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Development Director Vacancy Posted on Jan. 20, 2012
Girton College is looking to appoint a Development Director. Please click here for information about the position and details of how to apply.
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Jane Martin Poetry Prize 2012 Posted on Feb. 8, 2012
Girton College is delighted to invite entries for the 2012 Jane Martin Poetry Prize. Now in its second year, the prize is a key part of the College's support for poetry and will be of interest to all those serious about literary excellence.
The competition will be judged by experts drawn from across the literary world and academia. We are thrilled that this year the panel will include Bernard O'Donoghue and Gwyneth Lewis.
Building on the success of 2011, the 2012 winner will receive not just a cash prize of £1,500, but the opportunity to give a ...
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Dr Colm Durkan co-founds CambridgeNano Posted on Feb. 1, 2012
Dr Colm Durkan, Lecturer and Director of Studies for Engineering at Girton, has unveiled a new enterprise aiming to provide microscopes for Nanotechnology. The business, CambridgeNano, based at the St John's innovation centre, hopes one day to provide affordable equipment for secondary schools to increase awareness of and interest in Science, as well as working with industry and higher education. More details on this exciting story can be found here (please note that Girton College is not responsible for the content of extrernal websites).
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Sandi Toksvig appointed Chancellor of Portsmouth University Posted on Jan. 26, 2012
Girton College is delighted to announce that the University of Portsmouth has appointed the author, broadcaster, producer and Old Girtonian Sandi Toksvig (1977) as its new Chancellor. Sandi read Archaeology and Anthropology at Girton, and was awarded both the Theresa Montefiore Memorial Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement and the Raemaekers Prize for Archaeology during her time at the College. Full details of this can be found on the University of Portsmouth's website (Please note that Girton College is not responsible for the content of external websites).
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New Lent Term Card Posted on Jan. 16, 2012
The new Lent Term Card is now online which gives you all the details of the services taking place this term in the College Chapel.
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Honorary Fellow Prof Frances Ashcroft to give a Darwin Lecture Posted on Jan. 10, 2012
Former Girton student and current Honorary Fellow, Professor Frances Ashcroft, is to give a lecture on 3rd February 2012 as part of Darwin College's annual series of Darwin Lectures. The overall theme of this year's lecture series is "Life", and Professor Ashcroft has entitled her lecture "The Spark of Life".
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Girtonians in 2012 New Year Honours (updated) Posted on Jan. 4, 2012
** Updated **
Congratulations to the following Girtonians, who were honoured in the 2012 New Year's Honours list:
Professor Madeleine Atkins, Vice-Chancellor, Coventry University, appointed CBE for services to Higher Education
Professor Karin Barber, Professor of African Cultural Anthropology, University of Birmingham, appointed CBE for services to African Studies
Professor Ursula Martin, Professor of Computer Science at Queen Mary, University of London, appointed CBE for services to Computer Science
Professor Sarah Springman, OBE, President, British Triathlon, promoted to CBE for services to Triathlon
Mrs Prudence Bollam, appointed MBE for services to the communities in Upwey and Weymouth, Dorset
Mrs Margaret Ellen ...
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Boardwalk Posted on Nov. 18, 2011
Girtonian Lady Kitty Chisholm is part of a group putting together a professional development programme, Boardwalk, to help women achieve Board level positions. Survey participants are needed.
You can view the survey here - www.surveymonkey.com/s/8BP7YPY
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Professor Jane Moody Posted on Nov. 2, 2011
Girton is sad to announce the death of former Research Fellow, Professor Jane Moody, who was Rosalind, Lady Carlisle Research Fellow at Girton 1993-1997.
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Humanities Writing Competition Posted on Oct. 27, 2011
Girton College has launched its first Humanities Writing Competition. Open to any Yr 12 student in the UK of any combination of subjects, the competition is based on six objects that are housed in the Lawrence Room, the College's antiquities museum. Students are invited to use one or more of the objects as starting points for their own research to be taken in any direction they choose, and to then produce a written response.
Deliberately designed to be broad, it is hoped that the competition will be an opportunity for sixth formers to combine the use of their own ...
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