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Girton Electrical Engineering Fellow talks about his research on Radio 5 Live Posted on May 18, 2012
Girton Electrical Engineering Fellow, Dr Sabesan Sithamparanathan, talks on the 'Dr Karl and the Naked Scientist' programme on Radio 5 Live about his research into expanding the area of the RFID tracking system using radio signals. This tracking system won the 2011 UK RAEng/ERA Innovation Prize and is intended to be developed commercially, for example, to help locate lost luggage at airports or to track important documents.
You can hear the discussion on the link below; 'Underground Water' 24th April from 10.38 to 17.30.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/drkarl
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Jane Martin Poetry Prize announced Posted on May 1, 2012
We are pleased to announce that Jane Yeh is the winner of the 2012 Jane Martin Poetry Prize. Jane Yeh is a published American poet now resident in the UK. Her first collection was published by Carcanet.
Now in its second year, the Jane Martin Poetry Prize is a key part of the College's support for poetry. The competition is judged by experts drawn from across the literary world and academia; this year the panel included Bernard O'Donoghue and Gwyneth Lewis.
The prize will be presented on 10 May 2012 by the founder, Professor Sir Laurence Martin.
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Talk on Baroness Wootton by Ann Oakley Posted on April 25, 2012
On Tuesday 8th May at 6pm, the eminent Sociologist, feminist and writer, Ann Oakley, will speak about a remarkable Girtonian, the sociologist and criminologist Baroness Wootton of Abinger.
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Girtonian in BBC Titanic Commemoration Concert Posted on April 16, 2012
Girtonian Charlie Siem (2005), violinist, played in the BBC's Titanic: A Commemoration in Music and Film on Saturday at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, among other performances, including Nicola Benedetti, the Ulster Orchestra and the Irish Harp Orchestra.
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Girton welcomes new Development Director Posted on April 2, 2012
Girton is delighted to announce that Elizabeth Wade will be taking up the role of Development Director from 1 May. Elizabeth, an alumna of Girton (1976), is a former Group Director of Communications and Investor Relations at Barclays PLC and will lead our highly successful development team towards the 150th anniversary of our Foundation in 2019.
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The Mistress on Thinking Allowed (Radio 4) Posted on March 22, 2012
The Mistress of Girton College, Professor Susan J. Smith, was on Radio 4's Thinking Allowed on Wednesday 21 March, in an episode that sets out to address the meaning of "home" in modern Britain.
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Humanities Writing Competition Posted on March 14, 2012
Girton College has launched its first Humanities Writing Competition. Open to any Yr 12 student 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 imagination and interests ... -
2012 Lent Bumps Results (FINAL) Posted on Feb. 28, 2012
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Dr Samantha Williams, Girton Fellow, on Today Posted on Feb. 24, 2012
Dr Samantha Williams, Fellow in History, was on the Today Programme this morning talking about her research into welfare provision in Bedfordshire between 1760 and 1834. Dr Wiliams is also mentioned in the Guardian's leading article on 24 February 2012.
Dr Williams is a Bye Fellow of Girton College. She is also a University Lecturer, and is Course Director of the MSt in Local and Regional History. Her research interests encompass the history of poverty in England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and welfare provision for unmarried mothers in London. Her latest book, 'Poverty, Gender and Life-Cycle under ... -
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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