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Stay up to date with the latest from Magdalene, including College announcements, academic achievements, alumni updates, feature articles, and highlights from recent events.
Supporting Student Mental Health and Wellbeing
The Health and Wellbeing team at Magdalene College supports students through counselling and wellbeing activities. The Student Welfare and Mental Health Fund, launched in 2020, is essential for sustaining this vital care.
Magdalene Fellow Shortlisted for Prestigious Research Prize
Professor Brendan Burchell has been shortlisted for the 2024 ESRC Impact Prize for his research on the four-day working week, improving productivity and staff wellbeing.
Welcome to new Members of the Magdalene community
Magdalene welcomes 199 new students, including 81 international students from 27 countries. The Master, Sir Christopher Greenwood, offers a warm welcome to all, wishing success and joy at Magdalene.
Supporting Cambridge Pink Week
Magdalene students led the sponsorship team for Cambridge Pink Week, raising a record £8,100 for breast cancer charities. Their efforts continue for Pink Week 2025, supporting vital research and awareness.
Magdalene College Magazine 2023-24
The 2023-24 College Magazine is now available to read online.
Gilded Icon Stolen from Magdalene College Chapel
A gilded icon of the Virgin and Child, donated in 2009, was stolen from Magdalene College Chapel. The College urges anyone with information on its whereabouts to contact them.
Outstanding Young Writers Awarded at Essay Competition Prize-Giving
Winners of the 2024 Armstrong Essay Competition visited Magdalene for a celebration in the Master’s Garden during the Cambridge Open Day. Prizes were presented by the Master.
Magdalene Fellow awarded European Research Council Starting Grant
Magdalene Fellow Dr Adrian Baez-Ortega has won a €1.5M ERC Starting Grant for research on marine transmissible cancers, one of nine Cambridge recipients this year.
Magdalene-Magdalen Sports Day
A record turnout for Magdalene-Magdalen Sports Day saw over 300 join in a day of fierce matches and festivities, with Magdalene clinching victories across nearly all events.
Young Enterprise
William Salomon OBE reflects on the legacy of Young Enterprise, founded by his father in 1962, and its lasting impact on skills, opportunity and social mobility for young people.
Little Gidding and the Gospel Harmonies
The cataloguing of Ferrar Prints has been completed and is now searchable online. The collection includes religious engravings and prints of inventions, some with unique excisions by the Ferrars.
Pepys and Horses
Pepys relied on horses for travel, status, and enjoyment. His library includes rare books on vaulting and equine anatomy, reflecting seventeenth-century equestrian culture and knowledge.