Incoming @gatescambridge.bsky.social Scholar Lengwe Sinkala will research how #paediatric surgical services can be redesigned to be more inclusive, responsive & supportive for #neurodivergent children www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/gates-c... She will begin her PhD in October @robinsoncollege.bsky.social

What are hantaviruses? 🦠 Understanding the anatomy of an outbreak... The Naked Scientists explores the outbreak of hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius. Cambridge virologist and Robinson Fellow Dr Colin Crump explains how the outbreak of this viral disease may have occurred.

📖@elgarpublishing.bsky.social has published 'A Research Agenda for Succession Law' edited by @briandsloan.bsky.social (@robinsoncollege.bsky.social) bringing together international scholars to map out the future of legal research in the field of inheritance and estates: 🔗https://bit.ly/4u55PxE

Come and join us at @robinsoncollege.bsky.social! We’re looking to appoint someone to a new position of Head of Academic Skills. Further information here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQZ261/h...

Congratulations to @robinsoncollege.bsky.social Law students for participating in this year’s mooting competition. We had a brilliant final last night, with first-year Taylor Lovegrove taking the prize. Here are the finalists, with Taylor receiving the college mooting trophy from the Warden.

Our Y10-13 school photography competition is open to entries! Win £100 for yourself, £100 for your school and an invite to visit @cam.ac.uk 🏆 ➡️ This year's theme: take an original photo that tells a story about (in)tolerance ➡️ Deadline: 8 May 2026 🔗 Enter: www.sociology.cam.ac.uk/photo-compet...

The unique and remarkable chappel of @robinsoncollege.bsky.social with stainned glass modern works designed by John Piper and executed by Patrick Reyntiens in the early 1980s! I am very privileged to be a Fellow! The College has been amazing for @caldaslab.bsky.social!

Don't miss! Dr Terri Ochiagha, who is working on the first full-length biography of the writer Chinua Achebe, will be discussing her work on the most ethically, conceptually, and aesthetically challenging chapter: that on the Nigerian Civil War (1967-70) www.robinson.cam.ac.uk/events/baxan...

My Tuesday summarised in 3 photos: getting tattooed; supervising Cambridge University in Quantum Theory; and attending formal dinner @robinsoncollege.bsky.social to welcome three new fellows. Who knew this is where maths would take me… but so grateful it did!

❕New WP from Amy Erickson❕ 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡-𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 ⬇️

Congratulations to Robinson alumna Dame Pippa Harris (English, 1986), who has won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture for Hamnet which she co-produced.  Read the full story 👉 www.robinson.cam.ac.uk/news/congrat...

We’re delighted to announce our first Sustainability Leadership Alumni Insight Sharing Day and Dinner, held in partnership with one of the UAE’s foremost sustainability leaders and Robinson College alumna, Her Highness Sheikha Shamma Bint Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan. 👉 shorturl.at/2CM4z

Congratulations to Robinson alum Matt Brittin (Land Economy, 1986) who has been awarded a CBE in the King’s New Year Honours for services to technology and the enhancement of digital skills. Read the full story 👉 shorturl.at/576U8 @cam.ac.uk

Welcome to Iheanyi Onwuegbucha, who joins Robinson as a Fellow this term. An art historian and independent curator specialising in the art of Africa and its diaspora. Find out more about Iheanyi👉 www.robinson.cam.ac.uk/news/welcome...

A Purple Testament of Bleeding War’: On the Art of Biography and the Poetics of Silence Baxandall Visiting Fellow Lecture with Dr Terri Ochiagha. Tuesday, 17 March, 6pm-7pm Umney Theatre, Robinson All welcome. This is a free, ticketed event www.robinson.cam.ac.uk/events/baxan...

Congratulations to Robinson Fellow Professor Gabriele Kaminski Schierle, who has been awarded the 2025 BBS Sosei Heptares Prize for Biophysics, recognising research that has advanced understanding of how neurodegenerative diseases develop. Full story 👉 www.robinson.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...

Meet your maths interviewers @robinsoncollege.bsky.social for 2026 entry at Cambridge University. Best of luck to anyone going through the admissions process - we’re all rooting for you!! Swipe to the second photo to see an example interview question I used a few years ago… can you solve it?

Our 2025 Telephone Campaign is underway! Meet our student superheroes who are helping us fundraise. We’re fundraising for essential student support. The contributions secured will make a real difference to the lives of our students. shorturl.at/5KQIp

Upcoming CUL training sessions might be of interest to Chemistry PGs and PDRAs - scan the QR codes below or visit www.training.cam.ac.uk/cul/event-ti... to see all available sessions, find out more and book your spot! #researchskills #chemsky #chematcam

The article will be published by the Law Quarterly Review next summer, but a draft as accepted for publication can now be read on SSRN. We hope you enjoy it! Here's the link to the article: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Among the artists featured in this year’s Robinson Arts Festival was Freddie Dobbs (English Tripos, 2021) who specialises in hand-drawn animation. Find out more 👉https://www.robinson.cam.ac.uk/binbrook-article/robinson-art-festival

Great talk by Amos Lapidoth at @robinsoncollege.bsky.social Robinson College, University of Cambridge!

@robinsoncollege.bsky.social are looking for a new Junior Research Fellow from a variety of humanities and social sciences, including law. Join us! www.robinson.cam.ac.uk/about-robins...

We’re delighted to welcome three new Fellows to the Robinson community, bringing a wealth of expertise to support the College with innovative research and teaching. 👉 Dr Tom Crawford - Maths 👉Dr Bristi Basu -Medicine 👉Dr Orsolya Petőcz - HML Find out more 👉 shorturl.at/hTqqX

A fun Q&A for the @robinsoncollege.bsky.social Bin Brook magazine - discover the greatest influence on my approach to teaching; the subjects I found most difficult at university; advice for my younger self; and my favourite maths joke...

Assisted Memories: Have Your cake and Eat It Using a simple model for defective memories, Professor Lapidoth will demonstrate some of Shannon’s key theorems on Data Compression & Channel Coding, at the heart of Information Theory Tues 28 Oct 6pm Robinson College shorturl.at/Xe3c6 @eng.cam.ac.uk

Congratulations to Professor Swami Swaminathan on being elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in recognition of his outstanding and continuing contributions to the profession. @robinsoncollege.bsky.social www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...

An engaging talk on AI by Nick Clegg at @robinsoncollege.bsky.social tonight. He's a smooth performer who managed to charm the audience into asking only easy questions - the best ones came to us on the way home! We especially enjoyed the part about Trump.

Something really big happened #OnThisDay 1,100 years ago! 🏰 @davidwoodman45.bsky.social from @robinsoncollege.bsky.social ‬and @camhistory.bsky.social thinks someone in English history deserves far greater fame. Find out why in our full film 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDhj...

Who was the first king of England? 👑 Robinson Fellow, Professor David Woodman, thinks more people should know that Æthelstan created England in 927AD – should his story be on the school curriculum? David makes the case in his groundbreaking new biography 👇 shorturl.at/t07ej

How to Save the Internet: The Threat to Global Connection in the Age of AI & Political Conflict 🌍 Sir Nick Clegg & Matt Britten will dive into the thought-provoking topics raised by Nick’s powerful new book. Wednesday 17 Sept 6-8pm 👉https://shorturl.at/eZ0xQ  #CambridgeEvents #AI

Robinson alumna Drew Chateau was delighted to join acclaimed musician and philanthropist Stormzy to watch him receive an honorary Degree from the University of Cambridge this week. Drew was one of two students to be awarded the first ever Stormzy Scholarships back in 2018 👉 shorturl.at/TcPc3

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. Head to our website to read the full article 👉 shorturl.at/8U2Bc

A student relaxing in the @robinsoncollege.bsky.social gardens 💜 📸 Elodie Giuge

📢 Faculty & Cambridge Family Law (CFL) member @briandsloan.bsky.social ‪(@robinsoncollege.bsky.social) has been serving on the advisory group for the Law Commission project to modernise wills, and was extensively cited in the 'Modernising Wills Law' report issued on Friday: 🔗https://bit.ly/3ShkqFn

Congratulations to Professor Geoffrey Greatrex who has been elected to the @acad-euro.bsky.social Geoffrey was previously a Bye Fellow at Robinson College and is a Professor of Classics at the University of Ottawa. shorturl.at/9SNnx

Congratulations to Robinson alumna @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social on her new book ‘HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY’ London talks 👉Sun April 27 3pm, British Library 👉Mon April 28 5:30pm, Kings College London 👉Thurs April 24, YouTube live @peculiarbookclub.bsky.social 7pm US E Coast shorturl.at/Jforu

Sir Richard Heaton, Warden of Robinson College and Katharine Cantell, Development Director, would like to extend sincere thanks to all the alumni and friends they had the pleasure of meeting during their recent visit to Hong Kong and Singapore. A special thanks to Dr KK Chan and Sok-Theng Cheng.

The next Research Day will be held on Sat 3 May in the Crausaz Wordsworth Building, from 930am Dr Orsolya Petocz 'The age of the queer witness: Holocaust testimonies across national borders' Prof Peter Bossaerts 'How smart do smart drugs make you?' www.robinson.cam.ac.uk/events/mcrsc...

📢Faculty's Elaine Freer (@robinsoncollege.bsky.social) article “Leaving the gloss off: a critique of the appellate courts’ approach to reinterpretation of law cases” (2022) 138 Law Quarterly Review 239 cited in the Law Commission consultation on Criminal Appeals: 🔗https://bit.ly/4iYMZ5B

🗣️ "Receiving the Bill Cornish Scholarship is an honour and a profound encouragement for my academic aspirations!" Zihan Ni, inaugural Bill Cornish Scholar, and donor Lovedy Cornish met to talk about IP law, and life in Cambridge. 🔗https://bit.ly/41D26un

We’re delighted that Robinson lecturer in Applied Mathematics, Dr Tom Crawford, is to cover Rachel Riley MBE on Countdown for 3 weeks from Monday 24 Feb 🧮 Tune every weekday 2:10pm on Channel 4. Find out about Dr Tom Crawford and his Robinson lecture: shorturl.at/nCU41 @uniofcam.bsky.social

Did you know that the gap in university admissions is widening across the UK? Join us at Robinson Tues 4 March, 5.30pm Sir Simon Hughes Chancellor of South Bank University will share insights from his career dedicated to improving access to education shorturl.at/64jgJ @camedfac.bsky.social

Alex Myhill's research seeks to understand the properties of Earth and how it has evolved over billions of years - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/w... @robinsoncollege.bsky.social

Education for all? Lessons from the South Bank to Georgia State, Rt Hon Simon Hughes. The Professor John Hinnells Memorial Lecture Tue 4 Mar 5.30pm-6:30pm The Auditorium, Robinson What can help Cambridge, Russell Group and all universities in England do better? shorturl.at/qHIzF

Robinson Fellow @profrachelgan.bsky.social (Materials Science and Metallurgy) writes for @resprofnews.bsky.social about a project run by @uniofcam.bsky.social, which looked at how narrative CVs affect shortlisting decisions in postdoc recruitment. Read full article 👉 shorturl.at/TIV7d

New biological graft research to improve dialysis treatment. Congratulations to Robinson Fellow Professor Athina Markaki @eng.cam.ac.uk who has received one of the two Translational Awards from the British Heart Foundation. www.robinson.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...

I'm just back from this, which involved a series of fascinating talks.

Using Maths to Clean the Ocean 🌊 Where does river water go when it enters the ocean? And what does this have to do with plastic pollution? Dr Tom Crawford Tom Rocks Maths explains his PhD thesis in Fluid Dynamics Fri 7 March, 5-6.30pm Robinson Auditorium Free tickets 👉https://shorturl.at/U0rYA

Fantastic to see Robinson Fellow @stephthepsych.bsky.social is one of the researchers working on the CD3 programme, we’re delighted to see news of the funding announced today.