Alumnae News

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Radhika Swarup publishes Where the River Parts

Radhika Swarup’s (NC 1997) novel Where the River Parts was published by Sandstone Press on 18 February 2016.  Isabelle Grey (NC 1973) describes it as ‘a perceptive story of love swept aside by history, packed with insight,…

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Alumna nominated for the People’s Book Prize

Congratulations to Griselda Heppel (NC 1975). Her book The Tragickall History of Henry Fowst has been nominated in the Children’s section of the Spring Collection of The People’s Book Prize 2016. The Prize was founded…

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Three Newnhamites

Three Newnhamites feature on BBC Radio 2 – a nun, a life coach and a television broadcaster

Clare Balding (NC 1990) was joined on her Good Morning Sunday BBC Radio 2 programme by two other Newnhamites – a nun and a life coach. Clare McGregor (NC 1991), Managing Director, Coaching Inside…

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Margaret Anstee

Ban Ki-moon talks of influence of Newnham alumna in speech at Central Hall Westminster

Outgoing UN secretary Ban Ki-moon spoke to a packed London audience about the impact of Dame Margaret Anstee and his pride in bringing more women into the UN. The event was held on February…

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Annie and sheep

Two alumnae join forces to raise money for charity

Two alumnae who became friends when they both rowed for Newnham have joined forces to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust and brain injury charity, Headway. Jane Allberry (nee Jane Coker) and Anne…

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Newnham College Shield

Personal Information Form

Personal Information Form (PIF) Thank you to those of you who replied to our Personal Information Questionnaire sent to 7,293 Newnhamites worldwide in March 2015. The Development and Roll Office aims to conduct this…

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Newnham College Shield

Ingrid Murray (NC 1989) at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition

Ingrid is the lead teacher for the school exhibit “Cosmic Ray Detectives”. Their pioneering work on the HiSparc Project in conjunction with Birmingham University led them to be selected for funding by the Royal…

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