The future of the island of Ireland 20 September 2021 Sidney Fellow Professor Eugenio Biagini and Dr Barry Colfer, Fellow of St Edmund’s College, have organised a series of webinars discussing the future of the island of Ireland.
Future Leaders Research Fellowship awarded to Sidney Fellow 13 September 2021 Dr Owen Weller, Sidney Fellow and Director of Studies in the Earth Sciences component of Natural Sciences, has been awarded a £1.4 million UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) backed ‘Future Leaders Fellowship’ to develop new techniques to help locate rare-earth element deposits.
Sidney Fellow awarded Ashby Prize 26 August 2021 Dr Özge Öner, Sidney Fellow and Director of Studies in Land Economy, and her co-author Dr Maria Abreu (Pembroke College) have been awarded the Ashby Prize for innovative research in the field of 'Environment and Planning: Economy and Space' by the top Urban and Regional Planning Journal.
Climate change will transform cooling effects of volcanic eruptions 25 August 2021 Dr Thomas Aubry and a team of researchers from the University and the UK Met Office have shown that human-caused climate change will have important consequences for how volcanic gases interact with the atmosphere.
Welcoming Sidney's 2021 Freshers 16 August 2021 Sidney is excited to welcome 109 new undergraduate students into our College community this academic year.
Talking period drama with the BBC 3 August 2021 Rana Rofifah, current undergraduate at Sidney, discusses how the rising popularity of recent period dramas like Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton’ has drawn younger audiences to nineteenth century literature.
Sidney alumna on pursuing arts after graduating 3 August 2021 Helena Fox (2017, Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic) shared her experience of graduating as part of the University’s Careers Service #Finalist blog series, and how trusting in your abilities and taking chances pays off.
Sidney Choir release new album 27 July 2021 The Sidney Sussex College Choir’s latest album of music by Joanna Marsh (previous Sidney Organ Scholar and Composer in Residence from 2016-2019) has recently been released.
The First Version of War and Peace 8 July 2021 Through the great generosity of Andrew Grinberg, Sidney has acquired a rare monument of Russian literature, Count Leo Tolstoy’s Tysiacha Vosemsot Piatyi God [The Year 1805], published in Moscow in 1866.
Congratulations to Sidney's graduands 2 July 2021 Well done to all our graduating students who have completed their degrees under the most extraordinary circumstances. We are immensely proud.
Tsitsi Dangarembga elected to Honorary Fellowship 1 July 2021 Sidney alumna Tsitsi Dangarembga (Medicine, 1977), a Zimbabwean novelist, playwright, activist and filmmaker, has been elected to an Honorary Fellowship.
How the hypoblast affects embryo development in early pregnancy 28 June 2021 Research led by Sidney Fellow Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz has identified key molecular events in the developing human embryo between days 7 and 14 - one of the most mysterious, yet critical, stages of our development.
Bursary boost for Sidney students 22 June 2021 Some of Sidney’s most generous supporters have come together with the wider Collegiate University to provide additional bursary support for an increased number of undergraduates from October 2021.
Faculty of Divinity launch Cambridge in your Classroom 14 June 2021 This new online hub features experts from the Faculty answering some of the big questions of religion, philosophy and ethics aimed at students aged 14-18. Sidney Fellow Dr Ruth Jackson Ravenscroft was the very first to feature.
‘Unfolding’ features in the London Design Biennale 11 June 2021 A group led by Sidney PhD student, Ana Gatóo, is featuring in the 2021 London Design Biennale. Her team have focused on global forestation, and a future of design that responds to the climate emergency.
Sidney sweeps Champs Eights Head 4 June 2021 The Champion of the Thames Rowing Club ran Champs Eights Head last month on a 1450m course from the Plough to the site of the former Penny Ferry pub. Sidney Sussex Boat Club’s Publicity Officer and Medicine undergraduate, Fizz McNally, is here to fill us on how Sidney fared this year.
Cambridge bat to victory 1 June 2021 Sidney postgraduate Rob Newby and the rest of the Cambridge men’s cricket team notched a win at the One-Day Varsity match. Rob is here to give us the details on how the match played out.
A major 2,500-year history of democracy published by Sidney Fellows 28 May 2021 Several years ago, Professor Eugenio Biagini undertook the daunting task of assembling a task force of sixty-six scholars to write essays on the history of democracy from ancient times to the present.
