Humanities Writing Prize Winners 2013
20 May 2013
The Humanities Writing Competition for current Year 12 students, of any subject, at schools across the UK was awarded for... Read more
Girton Historian shortlisted for top prize
10 May 2013
The Politics of Gender in Victorian Britain, written by Dr Ben Griffin, Fellow in History at Girton, has been shortlisted... Read more
Girton College is delighted to announce the unveiling of a new portrait
09 May 2013
A new portrait of our current Mistress, Professor Susan J. Smith, which the College commissioned from artist Benjamin Sullivan RP... Read more
Professor Dorothy Wedderburn
We are saddened to learn of the death of distinguished alumna Professor Dorothy Wedderburn. Professor Wedderburn (née Barnard) read Economics at Girton 1943-6 before working for a time at the Board of Trade. She then returned to academia, where her work on Social Policy, both in Cambridge, and subsequently at Imperial College, became increasingly influential. In 1981 she was elected Principal of Bedford College, and after the merger with Royal Holloway in 1985, became Principal of the Royal Holloway and Bedford New College. She was additionaly a Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of London 1986-88.