Robinson alumna Drew Chateau (Law, 2018) had special reason to celebrate earlier this week as she joined acclaimed musician and philanthropist Stormzy at Senate House to watch him receive an honorary Degree in Law from the University of Cambridge.
Best of luck to Robinson's Rebecca Keetley who is part of the bi-annual open water varsity race relay crossing the English Channel.
Congratulations to Izzy Howse, Poppy Craig-McFeely and Izzy Winter who won awards for their contribution to sport.
What a Party! Huge thanks to everyone involved in the first Robinson College Summer Garden Party, which was a huge success.
'Be Still' was commissioned by the Choir and premiered at the Celebration of Benefactors service on Sunday 2 March 2025.
Article by the Social Anthropology team on an event convened by anthropologist and Robinson Fellow, Iza Kavedžija.
Congratulations to Robinson Fellow Professor Bartomeu Monserrat on his promotion to a University Professorship.
The highlights from the life of Robinson College and its members - May 2025
We are delighted to announce that Robinson alumnus, Professor Adam Fox (Medicine, 1990), has been awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025 for his contribution to Paediatric Allergy.
Nawaz Peerbocus "As a proud Robinson College alum, I am currently leading the United Nations Development Programme's Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST) Global Study on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking.
Emeritus Fellow, Dr Judy Weiss, and Prof. Neil Cartlidge, have co-translated Ipomedon (Boydell and Brewer 2025) - a twelfth-century romance in Anglo-Norman by a witty poet in Herefordshire.
Robinson College is inviting applications for the William Waite Scholarship from EU students pursuing studies in STEMM at the University of Cambridge.
Henrietta Hill, violist in the Belinfante Quartet, in concert this Friday at the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Congratulations to Xiang Li, a Robinson Engineering PhD student who was awarded the Innovate UK Immersive Tech Award for Technical Innovation this week.
Congratulations to Ido Balter who has been awarded the prestigious ISTAT Foundation scholarship.
Congratulations to Jiayao Jiang, who has recently been awarded international Fellowships at the Huntington Library and the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress.
Congratulations to Professor Geoffrey Greatrex who has been elected to the Academia Europaea.
Thank you to Robinson PhD student, Andrew Fischer for sharing this article from Kumamoto University about his research.
Last Saturday was the first of three meetings of a new Robinson-funded Research Group.
Dr Massey and Professor Swaminathan are part of a team that have recently received the Sugden Prize from The Combustion Institute (British Section) for the best journal article published in 2023.
We've been busy in Outreach and Widening Participation recently, and can't wait to share with you what we've been up to.
We're excited to share that Robinson medic, Shubang Nagalotimath has been selected by British Powerlifting to represent Team GB this summer.
Tune into ‘Cambridge Students Explore the Law’, to hear Professor Alison Young tell us about a day in her life as newly appointed Law Commissioner.
Join Dr. Sureka Davies at one of her London talks on 27 and 28 April.
We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all our alumni, friends and supporters who joined us in Hong Kong and Singapore!
Congratulations to Robinson students Theo Hatcher and Louis De Neve who both competed last weekend.
Robinson is saddened to share the news that Norman Summers, a former staff member, died last week at the age of 103.
Congratulations to Xiang Li, a Robinson College PhD student at the Department of Engineering.
The Robinson College Staff Social Committee have joined the challenge of turning £100.00 in to £500.00 or more to raise funds for the East Anglian Air Ambulance.
Congratulations to Robinson 5th year medic Shubang Nagalotimath for his powerlifting success this year.
The inaugural Bill Cornish Scholar Zihan Ni (Robinson 2024), meets Lovedy Cornish and talks IP law, life in Cambridge—and the impact of giving to postgraduates.
Congratulations to Theo Hatcher and Louis De Neve who have been selected for The Boat Race on 13 April.
We are delighted to announce the winners of the Robinson College Sykes Prize 2025 (Shades of the Past).
Earlier this month, Professor Amy Erickson organised a hybrid careers event with Robinson History alumni spanning a wide range of industries, worldwide.
Last year Gary Dougan celebrated 40 years of service at Robinson. On her last day at Cambridge, alumna Daisy Thomas interviewed Gary, one of Robinson's longest serving employees.
Since it began in 2022, our Pegasus Bridging Programme has supported a wide range of students in their transition from sixth-form to studying at Robinson College and the University of Cambridge.
Professor Krista Kesselring, Robinson's 4th Baxandall Visiting Fellow, delivered a fascinating lecture in the Umney Theatre last night.
Congratulations to Gethin on passing his carpentry exams.
Latest sporting news from our students - Rugby League, Football, Volleyball & Real Tennis.
It’s been a whirlwind 24hrs for Robinson’s Senior Tutor and Director of Rugby for Cambridge University, Dr Scott Annett.
A new piece of art has been installed in the Robinson Chapel, on the southern wall: Howard Dyke 'Impostor'.
Enjoy up to 10% off our Conference and Event prices at Robinson College this summer (for events to take place between July and September 2025).
Good luck to the Robinson students in the Football reserves varsity this Sunday 2 March.
We're pleased Mel has returned to Robinson in this newly created role.
Robinson is saddened to share the news that Life Fellow, Dr Peter Newman Brooks, died at home on Thursday 20 February.
We're pleased to announce that Robinson has two players selected in this year’s rugby Varsity matches.
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2025 there is a chance to explore our wonderfully diverse library collections.
We're delighted to announce that Dr Tom Crawford is to cover Rachel Riley MBE on Countdown whilst Rachel takes a short break to work on another project.
Robinson College invites applications for the Baxandall Visiting Fellowship from outstanding scholars who intend to spend a research period in Cambridge.
The Centre for Music Performance (CMP) is pleased to announce that, following this year’s University Conducting Competition, five student Conducting Scholars have been appointed for the 2025-26 academic year.
Congratulations to Alex Myall who has been awarded the Robinson Book Collecting Prize for his Collection of Tintin graphic novels.
Congratulations to Poppy Craig McFeely and the Cambridge Runs team who were the BUCS Cross Country 2025 winners.
Dr Lizzi Rawlinson-Mills hosted a creative writing masterclass on The Sentence led by novelist Ross Raisin.
One-size-fits-all approach gives fluent writing an outsize role in research success, warns Rachel Oliver.
Thank you to everyone who supported BinsonGives2024!
Congratulations to Robinson Fellow Professor Athina Markaki for receiving one of the two Translational Awards from the British Heart Foundation.
Welcome to Sophie Clarke and Ryan Cullum!
We had a fantastic group of Year 11s visit us all the way from Commonweal School Swindon on Wednesday 22nd January.
We had a great day welcoming two A Level English classes from Comberton Village College today!
We're delighted that Dr Steph Archer will lead one of the cross-cutting work packages that will focus on involving patients and the public in the development of cancer risk models and tools.
Welcome to Lent Term!
Following their first commercial CD release in December, we are delighted to announce our Chapel Choir will tour to Barcelona this month.
We're pleased to welcome Robinson's 4th Visiting Baxandall Fellow, Professor Krista Kesselring.
We are delighted to announce that Robinson Fellow, Professor Rachel Oliver, has been awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours List for services to Materials Engineering.
Robinson’s Senior Tutor, Dr Scott Annett, had the pleasure of delivering a series of workshops in English to over 100 Year 8 students in Rochdale Town Hall last month, introducing the pupils to the
We're pleased to announce Ankit Dilip Kumar has commenced his Henslow Research Fellowship at Robinson College.
Get ready for our third annual Giving Day, BinsonGives 24 on 4-5 December!
We’re excited to see Dame Pippa Harris (English, 1986) feature as the producer of Armando Iannucci’s hit HBO TV series, The Franchise.
Robinson College Library has taken in a new collection of books over the summer.
College Senior Member, Dr Christopher de Saxe, has secured a grant for GoMetro from the UK government’s Freight Innovation Fund, as part of their Accelerator Programme.
You're invited to join us for the remaining RCMS concerts this term:
In the first episode of The Chronicles podcast, Robinson Fellow in the History of Political Thought Dr Adam Woodhouse introduces us to the man behind a name which instantly evokes skulduggery and r
Congratulations to Robinson student Louis De Neve (Natural Sciences 2021) who competed in The Head of the Charles 2024.
We're pleased to welcome, Fiona Davey (she/her), the new Student Wellbeing Advisor at Robinson College.
Welcome to Dr Tom Crawford who has joined Robinson this term as an undergraduate College Teaching Officer in Maths.
Congratulations to Professor Bartomeu Monserrat, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge who was awarded the prize for his work on computational physics, computation
Peter Hutchinson, Robinson Fellow and Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Cambridge and Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon at Addenbrooke’s Hospital commenced his 2-year term as President
The generous contribution of a donor has paved the way for Robinson College to be part of an enriching partnership between the University of Cambridge and the BBC on the National Short Story Award
Robinson College MCR President, Andrew Fischer, is delighted to announce that he married Joanna Henney BA (Peterhouse) MPhil (Trinity Hall) in Robinson College Chapel on Saturday, 21 September 2024
Prof. Badu is an Associate Professor in organic and natural products chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana.
We're delighted to announce that we have appointed a new Director of Development, Katharine Cantell, who will join us on 30 September.
Dr Chris Warner has been appointed a Deputy Senior Tutor from October 2024, succeeding Dr Paul Griffiths, and working alongside Dr Brian McCabe in that role.
Professor Rosalind Love has been elected by Governing Body to be Deputy Warden of Robinson College from October 2024, succeeding Professor Anuj Dawar.
Robinson Fellow Dr Iza Kavedžija, curator, invites you to this exhibition at the Leper Chapel this weekend.
Ahead of Open Cambridge this month Newmarket garden designer Melanie Taylor featured Robinson College gardens in her article 'Back to the Future' in Velvet Magazine this month.
A recent Robinson graduate herself, Kaz brings a fantastic mix of student knowledge and understanding combined with a wealth of experience working in various aspects of University outreach and even
The new display for Michaelmas Term is now in place in the Library. We are celebrating the work of Gillespie, Kidd and Coia
We’re delighted to announce that Professor Rosalind Love has been elected as one of the new Fellows at the British Academy.
Robinson's Director of Studies in History, Professor Amy Erickson, spoke last month to a history society meeting of the Merchant Taylors’ and the Skinners’ Companies about women in London’s livery
PRESS RELEASE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM - 1 July 2024
Congratulations to the Robinson students who represented Cambridge University last weekend in the Varsity Lawn Tennis and Cricket.
Congratulations to Robinson Veterinary student Phoebe Barker for her well deserved award 'Cambridge University Sports Person of the Year 2024'.
We are delighted to announce that Robinson Fellow Dr Bill Nolan been promoted to unestablished Teaching Professorship (Grade 11) in the Teaching and Scholarship pathway.
You are invited to join the RCMS in concert on Wednesday 19 June, 4.30pm-5.30pm, Robinson Chapel.
We are delighted to announce our Chapel Choir will tour to Milan and Lake Como later this month, on their first international tour in six years.
Funding totalling almost £6 million has been awarded to doctors and scientists in the East of England to boost research into life-saving cancer treatments and services.
Congratulations to Robinson PhD student Jingyu Chen who was awarded first prize in the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award 2024 with her composition Nebula.
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and the theme this year is ‘Moments for Movement’.
We're pleased to launch Robinson College's summer outreach events for 2024!
All events are free of charge, and open to students at UK state-maintained schools and colleges.
Robinson Fellow Professor Peter Hutchinson will be speaking about traumatic brain injury (TBI), the commonest cause of death under the age of 40 in high-income countries, in a Cambridge University
Congratulations to Robinson College PhD student Jingyu Chen, who has been chosen as one of the final 4 in an international competition in Tokyo.
Congratulations to Robinson College apprentice gardener Nicholas Warrington on passing his Horticulture Operative Level 2 with Distinction.
Last Friday the Robinson College Rugby Team were victorious in the 2023/24 Cuppers Shield at Shelford Rugby Club.
We were delighted to welcome back the Financial Times US News Editor and Robinson alumnus Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson who read MML at Robinson from 1990.
It was a full house on Wednesday at the Robinson College/Y Combinator event.
Congratulations to Bartomeu Monserrat, Robinson Fellow and Professor of Materials Physics at the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, was recently selected as one of five finalists of ‘T
Last night the College welcomed Dr Emma Cooper to the Fellowship.
Congratulations to Robinson postgraduate student Andrew Fischer, a Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholar, who has been awarded a Japanese Studies Fellowship by the Japan Foundation to conduct
Tom Blomfield and Surbhi Sarna, Group Partners at Y Combinator are coming to Robinson College on Wednesday 1 May at 6:00pm!
We’re delighted to announce Robinson College alumnus, Francis Bushell, is performing as a soloist with the Cambridge University Orchestra on 4 May at West Road Concert Hall.
Mr David Reynolds retires today as our Head Porter, after 5 years with the College.
Congratulations to the Cambridge Sailing team who came first at the open BUSA Team Racing Championships at Grafham Water Sailing Club.
This year's Women in Science Festival ran at Robinson College from 8th-9th April 2024.
Congratulations to Robinson PhD student Toby Ashworth who has won an award from the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS) for the best published essay by a doctoral st
Paula López Caballero is a Mexican historian and anthropologist working as a full-time tenured professor at the National University of Mexico (UNAM) and Research Associate at CLAS (University of Ca
We’re delighted to announce that the Department of Culture, Media and Sport has appointed Robinson Fellow Saul Nassé as the next Chief Executive and Keeper of The National Archives in London, from
Congratulations to Dr. Charmian Mansell, a PDRA at Robinson College whose book ‘Female Servants in Early Modern England’ was published by OUP last week.
Join us in the Crausaz Wordsworth Building to enjoy a series of talks from our postgraduate students.
Robinson College invites applications for the Baxandall Visiting Fellowship from outstanding scholars who intend to spend a research period in Cambridge.
The Choir of Robinson College, Cambridge is delighted to have made their first commercial recording, ‘To the End of the Age’, in partnership with Prima Facie Records for release in their ‘Vignettes
🥊Therapy Boxing at Robinson College 🥊
GARDEN RESTAURANT OPENING DURING THE SUMMER VACATION 2024
Congratulations to Robinson Fellow Dr Jossy Sayir (Dept of Engineering) who has been awarded one of the 2024 Pilkington Prizes in recognition of his contribution to teaching excellence.
A fantastic achievement for two second year Robinson undergrad medics who have been published in the journal Pediatrics.
“International women's day is an important opportunity to acknowledge the challenges women continue to face and celebrate their achievements in spite of these.”.
When I was given the opportunity to chat to best-selling author, Abigail Dean, I jumped at the chance.
Congratulations to Robinson student Makafui Avevor who has been selected to play in his first Blues football Varsity.
Congratulations to the 4 Robinson students selected to play in the rugby Varsity this weekend!
Women’s Team – Hetta Friend is a final year medic, she plays at number 4, second row.
A personal tribute
Newnham (1976). Robinson Fellow (1989 - 2010); Robinson Graduate Tutor and Praelector. Procotor (2003-6), Senior Proctor (2004-5).
On Monday 26th February, three brave Robinson students (English, Law and MML (Spanish) will be taking on their professors in a battle of wits, as they go head-to-head on 'The 3rd Degree'.
Every year in England, over 400,000 women are referred to secondary care breast services via the breast cancer suspected two-week-wait (2WW) pathway.
Congratulations to Robinson Fellow, Rory Finnin, Professor of Ukrainian studies, for receiving the 2024 Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies for his book “Blood of Others: Stalin's
Congratulations to Dr Brendan McGurk (Law, 1995), who has been appointed to King's Counsel. The official swearing-in ceremony will take place on Monday 18 March at Westminster.
Robinson is excited to announce the 2024 Robinson Lecture Series: three fascinating lectures taking place in College in February and March, featuring guest speakers from a range of fields. These lectures are all free and open to the public, with details below on how to register for each one.
Congratulations to Dr Andrew Williamson (Physical Natural Sciences, 1990), whose report of university spin-out companies
Three former Robinson students, Michał Mgeładze-Arciuch (Computer Science, 2020), Daniel Vlasits (Computer Science, 2020) and Jan Oboril (Natural Sciences,
Naguib Kheraj (Economics, 1983) has been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the King's New Year Honours, for services to Business and the Economy.
Honorary Fellow and alumnus, James Harrison (Physical Natural Sciences, 1992), has been named the 2023 UK Changemaker for his work with Cycle Pharmaceuticals in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2023
A display in the College Library on Sir David Robinson's philanthropy.
The Robinson Access Programme, Robinson's free webinar project for state school-educated Year 11 and Year 12 students, has been launched for 2024.
Professor of Neurosurgery and Robinson Fellow, Professor Peter Hutchinson wins the award described as the "Nobel Prize of Neurosurgery"
A creative workshop masterminded by our Head of Wellbeing, Karen Tate and artist Joshua Obichere, proved to be a great success in College last week
Professor Alison Young has been appointed a Law Commissioner and will take up her five-year appointment in March 2024.
September was a busy month for Outreach & Widening Participation events at Robinson College
Robinson Fellow, Professor Clemens Kaminski has been awarded the Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics
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Professor Lord Martin Rees was recognised by the Royal Society as 'arguably the most distinguished theoretical astrophysicist of his generation'.
Professor Alison Young has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Worcester.
Congratulations to our Robinson sailors who achieved success at this season's races.
Dr Jeremy Thurlow, Director of Music at Robinson College, celebrates being awarded a Bogliasco Fellowship
Warwick Morris, elected an Honorary Fellow of Robinson in 2011, was awarded an OBE in the King's Birthday Honours List
Robinson students battle for survival in Invasion! An Alien Musical at the Camden Fringe...
Robinson College alumna, Drew Chateau, (Law, 2018) from South London, was one of the two students awarded the first Stormzy Scholarship in 2018
Michael Stevens (Engineering, 2019) has been awarded the Sir George Nelson Prize
Congratulations to Robinson Fellow, Professor Carlos Caldas, on being awarded the prestigious Léopold Griffuel Prize
As part of the University-wide July Open Days, Robinson College runs a number of activities.
Robinson College invites applications for the Baxandall Visiting Fellowship from outstanding scholars who intend to spend a research period in Cambridge
Photograph of David Robinson, aged about 16, probably taken not long after he left Cambridge High School for Boys, now Hills Road Sixth Form College, whose Robinson Theatre was funded by him and is named after him.
In 1971, our founder David Robinson gave a speech at York racecourse to an audience mostly populated by members of the Jockey Club. Although he left behind few personal papers, we are very fortunate to have in the College Archive the text from which he gave this speech
One area of the College Archive in which there are many gaps is what is loosely termed the 'ephemera' collections - flyers, leaflets, posters, term cards, programmes, tickets, photos, menus, and ma
A rare treat for the College Archive, we were briefly home to the extraordinary model of the College in miniature which was made to celebrate Sir David Robinson's 80th birthday in April 1984.
We were delighted this week to make a new home in the Robinson College Archive for the College's Foundation Charter (RCGR 1/1/1).
Helena Mennie Shire (1912-1991, literary scholar) was a Founding Fellow of Robinson and had a particular interest in the poetry and music of Scotland 1500-1700.
This year marks a number of anniversaries in connection with Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
In 2007 the College Archive received an interesting file on the origins and early years of 4 Adams Road from a Mr Melville, a relative of former owners of the house
Robinson May Balls have been around since the early 1980s. An event called Castle Carnival was held in 1983, followed by the Barefoot Ball, the first full blown May Ball, in 1984.
Brickhouse and Robinson Drama: images show a flyer for ‘Popcorn’, 2004 (Archive ref. RCCS 5/3/2) and a poster for ‘Translations’, 2006 (Archive ref. RCCS 5/5).
Outline of proposed Chapel exterior, sketched by Andy MacMillan, architect, in 1977.
Discussions about a site for Robinson College were taking place as early as 1972. The letters shown here [Archive ref.
This first item is offered as a tribute to Commander George Coupe, who played a key role in Robinson College for nearly thirty years.
The Chandrakala & Mansukhlal Shah Building, the new home for the Robinson College Archive, was officially opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Sunday, 3 July 2022.
The box labelled RCPP/Robinson/7/6 has always carried an air of enigma about it. When the majority of the collection you work with is typewritten papers from 1970s-80s, two bubble-wrapped, oddly-shaped artefacts do tend to stand out, containing as they do probably the very last thing you would expect to find in the archive of a late-twentieth century Cambridge college
Historic England have announced that Robinson College has been listed at Grade II* by the Department of Digital Media, Culture and Sport.
Robinson Fellow, Professor Rachel Oliver, has been awarded £2.5M by the Royal Academy of Engineering to develop her work on porous semiconductors.
THE VARSITY MATCHES | TWICKENHAM STADIUM | SATURDAY 25 MARCH 2023
Robinson College Virtual Donor Day , Sunday 28 June 2020
A Fellow of Robinson College is first author on an article published today in the prestigious Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Robinson alumna Claire Spencer (Theology, 1991) attended the Coronation of King Charles III on Saturday 6 May. Below, she shares her experience of this incredible day.
On International Womens’ Day, Robinson postgraduate student Ruth Jepkemoi tells us about her journey from Kenya to Cambridge.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this year's Binson Gives!
The Robinson Admissions Office was as busy as ever throughout Lent term and the Easter vacation, organising a diverse range of widening participation and outreach activities both virtually and in college.
Robinson alumna Claire Spencer (Theology, 1991) attended the Coronation of King Charles III on Saturday 6 May.
Our Undergraduates may have largely gone home but Robinson is anything but quiet.
Robinson College Newsletter - July 2022
A statue of Dante Alighieri is now to be found in the garden of 2 Adams Road.
The Chandrakala & Mansukhlal Shah Building, the new home for the Robinson College Archive, was officially opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Sunday, 3 July 2022.
On 11 to 12 July, Robinson held its first law residential course, generously sponsored by Slaughter and May. The residential course was part of our widening participation programme. We welcomed 12 students from across the UK, all of whom were from backgrounds that do not traditionally apply to Cambridge.
Robinson College is delighted to announce the appointment of Will Sims to the post of Director of Choral Music, starting in September this year
Welcoming our first Head of Student Wellbeing & Welfare...Karen Tate
Nick Lomax, Bursars’ Assistant, grabbed a cuppa with Karen and found out a little more about her...
