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Colleges of the University of Cambridge
Lucy Cavendish College
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College nameLucy Cavendish College
Named afterLucy Cavendish
Established1965
LocationLady Margaret Road
AdmittanceWomen only (aged 21 or over)
PresidentDame Veronica Sutherland
Undergraduates130
Graduates110
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Lucy Cavendish College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge with a focus on the needs of older women students. Only women over the age of 21 are admitted to the college for undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.

Origins

Although women had been allowed to undertake limited study at Cambridge, it was only in 1947 that they were admitted as full members of the student body; even then, the two existing women’s colleges were limited in their numbers. In 1950 a group called the "Society of Women Members of the Regent House who are not Fellows of Colleges" (also known as the "Dining Group") was established in order to offer women an environment like that experienced by college fellows, where academic support, feedback and conversation was available as at a college High Table. One of the Dining Group's aims was the establishment of more women's colleges, and after the 1954 foundation of New Hall their focus moved to creating more provision for female graduate students.

The Dining Group applied to the Senate House in 1964 for recognition as the Lucy Cavendish Collegiate Society, with a mandate in its Trust Deed to have responsibility for "the care and discipline of:
  1. research students working for higher degrees or diplomas and
  2. women, not necessarily so engaged, who wish to re-equip themselves for professional careers by advanced study, or by obtaining higher qualifications."


In 1965, the Lucy Cavendish Collegiate Society was given official recognition; this date is considered by the college to be its foundation date.[1] It became an "Approved Society": a new type of body coined specially by the Senate House to distinguish the Society from an "Approved Foundation" of the University as a more experimental, less formal institution. It was not until a change in the University statutes was made in 1971 that Approved Societies could admit undergraduates. Approved Foundation status was granted to the body called Lucy Cavendish College in 1984, and in 1997 the College finally became self-governing under a Royal Charter.[2]

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The college is named after Lucy Cavendish (1841-1925), an aristocrat who campaigned for the reform of women's education.

The current President of Lucy Cavendish is Dame Veronica Sutherland.

Lucy Cavendish is one of the least wealthy colleges with an estimated financial endowment of £9m (2003).

Presidents

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Notable staff and alumnae

See also
  • Kate Bertram
  • Anna Abulafia
  • Jillinda Tiley
  • Jane Renfrew
  • Julie Dashwood
  • Jane Greatorex
  • Orsola Spivack
  • Ruth Jones
  • Alison Curry
  • Jane McLarty
  • Alison Vinnicombe
  • Mirca Madianou
  • Anat Scolnicov
  • Catherine McKenzie

Honorary Fellows

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Further reading

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This is a list of the colleges within the University of Cambridge. These colleges are the primary source of accommodation for undergraduates and graduates at the University, and help to arrange teaching in collaboration with the University departments and faculties.
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University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and has a reputation as one of the world's most prestigious universities.
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Lady Lucy Caroline Cavendish, née Lyttelton (born September 5, 1841, died April 22, 1925) was the wife of the assassinated Chief Secretary for Ireland, Lord Frederick Cavendish, and a pioneer of women's education. Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge is named after her.
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Dame Veronica Evelyn Sutherland, DBE, CMG, Hon LL.D (b. 25 April 1939), is a former British career diplomat with considerable Commonwealth experience and the current President of the Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge
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Lady Lucy Caroline Cavendish, née Lyttelton (born September 5, 1841, died April 22, 1925) was the wife of the assassinated Chief Secretary for Ireland, Lord Frederick Cavendish, and a pioneer of women's education. Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge is named after her.
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Dame Veronica Evelyn Sutherland, DBE, CMG, Hon LL.D (b. 25 April 1939), is a former British career diplomat with considerable Commonwealth experience and the current President of the Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge
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