
Newnham’s Student Life Skills programme
Now, more than ever, we can all see the importance of ‘soft’ skills such as dealing with change, managing the fear of failure, and identifying your own strengths. Each year, Newnham’s Life Skills programmes…
The latest news from Newnham’s Fellows, researchers, students and staff.
Now, more than ever, we can all see the importance of ‘soft’ skills such as dealing with change, managing the fear of failure, and identifying your own strengths. Each year, Newnham’s Life Skills programmes…
150 years after we were founded to widen access to University education, Newnham College is delighted to be one of the first Colleges to welcome students for a transformative new access programme. The Cambridge…
Fellow in Classics, Dr Carol Atack, has been appointed a Syndic of the Fitzwilliam Museum. The Syndics are the fourteen members who undertake the local governance of the Museum. Carol is well known for her…
Each year, Newnham’s Guild of Friends awards prizes to those students who have “made an extraordinary contribution outside of academic work.” The prize winners are nominated by anyone in the College (academic, staff or…
Dr Jane Morris is a consultant psychiatrist and psychotherapist specialising in the mental health of adolescents and young adults and is currently Lead Clinician for the North of Scotland Managed Clinical Network for Eating…
Newnham College 1871–2021: 150 years of… pioneering, inspiring, supporting, sharing. We invite you to embrace the Newnham spirit of the radical and rebellious. Join us in celebrating 150 pioneering years of excellence and inclusion…
Novelist and non-fiction writer Zoë Howe will be joining Newnham as our 2020-21 Royal Literary Fund Fellow – here to support students across all disciplines through their writing concerns. The Royal Literary Fund Fellowship…
Visiting schools, giving lectures to potential students, and running science outreach events – even lockdown didn’t stop PhD student Anthie (Chrysanthi-Maria) Moysidou from sharing her passion for biotechnology. Her work has now been recognised…
The College is delighted to announce that we have appointed Dr Thanuja Galhena as our first Adviser to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Students. Thanuja Galhena is an engineer, a Bye-Fellow of Newnham, and…
Newnham student Lottie Mills has won the BBC Young Writers’ Award 2020 for her short story ‘The Changeling’: the second time that she’s been shortlisted for this prestigious award. The BBC Young Writers’ Award…