Sidney’s Green Team secures silver impact award in first year 29 September 2023 A team of students and staff has secured a Silver Green Impact Award, at the end of its first year of participation in the University’s environmental accreditation scheme.
Sarah Bonnett to leave role as Sidney’s Bursar after six years, to join Stephen Perse Foundation 20 September 2023 The College is very sad to share the news that Bursar and Fellow Sarah Bonnett will leave Sidney on 13 October, after almost six years at the College.
Clive Wilmer receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Ruskin Society of North America 19 September 2023 Emeritus Fellow Clive Wilmer is to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Ruskin Society of North America.
The medical student who broadened his understanding with a year of Linguistics: Mohammed Elyass 18 September 2023 Mohammed Elyass spent his early childhood in the Netherlands, his parents having fled the conflict in Sudan. Aged seven, he moved to England and attended the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe. In his third year at Sidney, studying Medicine, he ‘intercalated’, taking the opportunity to spend the academic year studying Linguistics.
Sad to leave, but ready for the world: Refaat Hassan 25 August 2023 Refaat Hassan was born in Bournemouth, UK. Aged seven, he moved to Egypt and lived there for seven years before returning to England in time for his A Levels.
Meet our new Teaching Fellows 25 July 2023 This Term, Sidney admitted three new Teaching Fellows with expertise in Sociology, Plant Science and the Ethics of AI.
High-flying Engineering student wins prestigious scholarship: Navid Kalani 25 July 2023 Choosing a career path can take time. Some of us might envy the singular focus of Navid Kalani: “From a young age, I wanted to go into engineering.’
Five Sidney Fellows promoted to professorships 25 July 2023 Sidney Fellows, working across Political Science, Social Anthropology, the Sociology of Public Health, Polish Studies and Spanish, have been appointed as Professors by the University of Cambridge.
Remembering Derek Beales (1931-2023) 21 July 2023 Sidney Sussex College is greatly saddened by the death of Professor Derek Beales FBA. Derek had a positive impact on the lives of so many in our community and continued to play an active role in the life of the College until recently.
The table tennis star who went from making history to studying it: Charlotte Bardsley 5 July 2023 Charlotte Bardsley grew up in Stourbridge in the West Midlands, England. At the age of 10, she picked up a table tennis bat and just two years later won the national title for her age group.
The once ‘shy and quiet’ comedian heading for Footlights: Diya Shah 5 July 2023 Diya Shah grew up in Hertfordshire, England. In her time at Sidney, the second year Linguistics undergraduate who was ‘quite shy and quiet in school’ has ‘done a complete 180’, performing stand-up comedy and winning a coveted place in the Cambridge Footlights.
Cost-conscious June event delivers full house and positive feedback 5 July 2023 Sidney’s June event saw guests invited to share a "journey into a new Dimension, to see the College as you’ve never seen it before.”
Dr Stefan Theil to address online freedom of expression at Cambridge Disinformation Summit 29 June 2023 Dr Theil will speak about the need to adapt our approach to regulating freedom of expression, to cope with a changing world.
Dr Edward Wilson-Lee’s ‘A History of Water’ shortlisted for James Tait Black Prize in biography 29 June 2023 Dr Wilson-Lee’s latest book is one of four shortlisted in the Quality Biography category at Britain’s longest-running literary awards, founded in 1919.
Sidney alumnus Professor Sir Ravinder Maini receives Honorary Degree 21 June 2023 Professor Sir Ravinder Maini, who with Marc Feldmann and Fionula Brennan identified a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis which has improved the lives of those suffering from a wide range of autoimmune diseases, has today been awarded an Honorary Degree by the University of Cambridge.
The treatment, and potential causes, of autoimmune disease: an interview with Professor Sir Ravinder Maini 21 June 2023 Throughout his distinguished career, Professor Sir Ravinder Maini has benefitted from a range of mentors, collaborated on pioneering research, and supported the next generation of rheumatologists and immunologists. On the occasion of his Honorary Degree, we asked him to reflect on some key moments in his professional life, and to look ahead, with his thoughts on the quest for a cause and cure for autoimmune disease.
'Towards the environmental minimum': an interview with Dr Stefan Theil 9 June 2023 In his book 'Towards the Environmental Minimum' (Cambridge University Press, 2021), Dr Stefan Theil argues that courts can play a vital role in challenging polluters, and those responsible for other environmental harms. He argues for the recognition of a comprehensive framework that addresses the relationship between human rights and environmental harm: the environmental minimum.
Wimbledon Head Coach speaks at launch of MCR’s new event series, with further high-profile names to follow 9 June 2023 Sidney MCR has launched a new event series, promising inspirational speakers from the creative industries and worlds of food and sport.
