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A new exhibition at Trinity celebrating 700 years since the foundation of Michaelhouse throws light on one of the oldest colleges in Cambridge. In September 1324 the Chancellor of the Exchequer Hervey de Stanton founded Michaelhouse, following a tradition common…
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On Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 May, the Master, Sir Gregory Winter FRS (1970), will be in Washington D.C. and New York City for drinks, discussion and dinner. The evenings will include a talk given by Sir Gregory entitled ‘Antibodies: A Revolution…
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Fifty Year 12 students from across the UK joined Trinity’s Humanities Residential this week where they attended lectures, met current students and Fellows, and explored Cambridge. Now in its eighth year, the free three-day event offers students a fascinating taste…
‘Time for Action’ is the theme of this year’s Cambridge Climate Lecture Series, which runs 13 February-12 March. Founder & Chair of CCLS, Trinity Fellow, Dr Hugh Hunt, explains the virtues of discussing the issue and action we can take…
Trinity alumnus Dr Peter Biar Ajak is the first South Sudanese national to be awarded a PhD from the University of Cambridge. He receives his PhD officially at tomorrow’s ceremony, nine months after a global campaign saw his release from…
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There are many intellectual justifications for the study of History. These include: the need for a society to understand its own past if it is to guide its future; the philosophically respectable argument that all knowledge is, in some form,…
Human, Social, and Political Sciences (HSPS) is a three-year degree in which students can study Politics & International Relations, Social Anthropology or Sociology. Students take a range of these subjects in the first year and then specialise in the second…
Cambridge’s new enhanced bursary scheme – providing £100 million over the next ten years to UK students – is launched today. It was pioneered by Trinity’s Senior Tutor, Professor Catherine Barnard, and the Tutorial Office, working in collaboration with other…
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Professor Catriona Kelly is Senior Research Fellow at Trinity and Honorary Professor of Russian at Cambridge. In the latest Q&A with a Trinity Fellow, she shares her 50-year fascination with Russia, the similarities with another country she knows well, and…
Trinity and Churchill colleges welcomed 65 Year 12 students from across the UK to find out more about studying a humanities or social science subject at Cambridge, as well as the application process and student life in the city. The…
A new education centre in Great Yarmouth supported by Trinity College will enhance educational opportunities for less-advantaged young people. The initiative is a partnership between Trinity, the University of East Anglia (UEA), and IntoUniversity, the charity working to broaden access…
In the 2024 New Year Honours two Honorary Fellows of Trinity received awards. Judith Weir, Master of the King’s Music, was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to music, and the Most Reverend Justin…
Join us for an insightful online research talk from Trinity’s Dr Geoffrey Kirsch, will discuss his latest research: American Literature and the Law of Commerce. Dr Kirsch is currently a Junior Research Fellow at Trinity College and has recently received…
Welcome to the website of Trinity College, University of Cambridge. Trinity was founded by Henry VIII in 1546, when he combined two existing colleges (King’s Hall and Michaelhouse) and seven hostels (Catherine’s, Garratt, Gregory’s, Ovyng’s, Physwick, St Margaret’s, and Tyler’s)…
HM The King (1988) James Peter Hymers Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, KT, PC, KC, FRSE (1989) Prof. Walter Gilbert, ForMemRS (1991) Alec Nigel Broers, Baron Broers, FRS, FREng (1999) Prof. Dame Ann Marilyn Strathern, DBE, FBA (1999) Prof. Jeffrey…
Professor Dame Sally Davies DBE FRS FMedSci has been appointed the next Master of Trinity during the 40th anniversary of co-education at the College. Dame Sally will take up the role on 8 October 2019 when she will be formally ‘installed’…
Ardis Butterfield is Marie Borroff Professor of English, French and Music at Yale, before which she was at UCL. An undergraduate at Trinity in the second year of female admission, Professor Butterfield has returned to the College as Senior Visiting…
Adrian Poole, Emeritus Professor of English Literature, reflects on recent events.
In an inventive play on the College’s history, Trinity College Students’ Union and the Tutorial Office have recruited founder Henry VIII and Elizabeth I to welcome students and convey COVID-19 messages in a clever and amusing way. TCSU President and…
Trinity has appointed eight Junior Research Fellows for 2021: Meet the JRF: Dr Naomi Richman From the NHS frontline to cancer research: meet JRF Dr Henry Lee-Six Meet the JRF: Dr Rita Teixeira da Costa On Swift, satire and stories: meet English…