Dr Terri Apter gives the 2021 Woman of the Year lecture
How has the pandemic affected women’s careers? And how can we create a post-pandemic recovery that enables and empowers women? On Saturday 12 June the Newnham Associates welcomed the Woman…
Remembering Honorary Fellow Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams (1930-2021)
…Fellow of Newnham, and a keen supporter of College life for many years. The Development Office team remembers her snatching time between Brexit sessions in the House of Lords to…
Professor Emma Mawdsley
…She became Lecturer at the Department of Geography, Durham University, and then Senior Lecturer, at the Department of Geography, Birkbeck College. Since 2006, she has been based at the Department…
Professor Helen Firth
…DECIPHER today continues to bring emerging knowledge of human genetics and genomics to the forefront of clinical practice. https://www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/update-to-decipher-brings-power-to-clinical-genomics/ In 2020, Helen was elected as a Fellow of the Academy…
Newnham Family Forum 2017: Mental Health and Young People
…year olds who have been diagnosed with mental health conditions has risen dramatically in recent years: are our children struggling more, or are we more aware of issues as they…
Recent promotions for three of Newnhamโs Fellows, recognised for their outstanding contributions to their fields.
Newnham College is delighted to mark academic promotions for three of our Fellows. Scientist Dr Róisín Owens has been made Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, economist…
Medicine
…are entitled to apply for a June Brett Book Grant, and there are generous travel funds set up to enable students in their 2nd/3rd year (June Brett Awards) or their…
Philosophy
…years: these last two are very good introductions A. F. Chalmers. What is This Thing Called Science? (Open University). Excellent introduction to philosophy of science. Peter Singer, Practical Ethics (CUP)….
History and Modern Languages
…Level) German (from scratch or post-A Level) Spanish (from scratch or post-A Level) Italian (from scratch or post-A Level) Portuguese (from scratch) Russian (from scratch or post-A Level) Both faculties…
Past Seminars
…working-class women’s work in early 20th-Century England’ 15 February: Isabel Hernandez-Gil-Crespo (JCR), ‘Losing our ‘Pagan Innocence: Female Objectification through the Lens of Dance’ 22 February: Bao Nguyen Nguyen Thi (PhD),…