Gary Gerstle on the US election 20 October 2020 With just two weeks to go until the 2020 United States presidential election, Professor Gary Gerstle has been discussing Trump's authoritarianism, Biden’s challenges, and political polarisation.
Honorary Fellow awarded CBE 15 October 2020 John Osborn has been awarded a CBE in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his philanthropic services to Education, the Arts and charity.
Sidney student elected as General-Secretary for the UNA-YP 15 October 2020 Third-year Archaeology undergraduate Ethan Lees has been elected to the leading position of General-Secretary for the United Nations Association Youth Platform of the United Kingdom (UNA-YP).
Sidney Fellow wins Vice-Chancellor’s Research Impact and Engagement Award 12 October 2020 Dr Michael Ramage and his team have received the newly-established ‘online and remote engagement’ award for their HappyShield project.
Sidney alumnus wins Academic Entrepreneur of the Year award 30 September 2020 Professor Julian Gough, Sidney alumnus and a group leader at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), has been named as the 'Cambridge Enterprise Academic Entrepreneur of the year' in the 2020 Business Weekly Awards.
Sidney’s Master to run the 2020 Virtual London Marathon 29 September 2020 The London Marathon is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and will mark the occasion by going virtual. Professor Richard Penty will be one of up to 45,000 runners to take on this year’s challenge.
Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz voted as one of the ‘World’s top 10 thinkers for the COVID-19 age' 28 September 2020 A public ballot of some 20,000 votes has seen Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz landing in the top 10 after Prospect Magazine had shortlisted the Sidney Fellow and Biologist as one of the ‘World’s top 50 thinkers for the COVID-19 age’.
Introducing Sidney’s newest Fellows 16 September 2020 The College is excited to welcome Sidney's newest Fellows to Sidney this year, with some familiar faces among them. Welcome to the community!
Sidney's Outreach and Open Day summer round-up 9 September 2020 Sidney's Schools Liaison Officer has worked incredibly hard this year to transform Sidney's typical outreach calendar into a series of virtual events. Stuart is on hand to tell us more.
Professor Andrew Flewitt's spin-out raises £900k 27 August 2020 Sorex Sensors is a spin-out company from the Engineering Department co-founded by Sidney Fellow Professor Andrew Flewitt. The Company has recently raised £900,000 to fund further development of its sensor technology and target a global market estimated to be worth $323 billion inside four years.
Welcoming Sidney's 2020 Freshers 21 August 2020 Sidney will welcome a record-breaking 116 new undergraduate students to Sidney this Michaelmas Term.
Undergraduate admissions 2020 (19 August 2020) 15 August 2020 Following the recent Government announcement, Sidney Sussex College is delighted to honour its offers to incoming undergraduate students whose Centre Assessed Grades mean that the original conditional offer has been met or exceeded.
Honorary Fellow Gwilym Roberts passes away aged 95 11 August 2020 Gwilym Roberts sadly passed away on 31 July 2020. Here we celebrate his esteemed career and achievements.
Beyond the pandemic 6 August 2020 The University of Cambridge has recently launched 'Beyond the pandemic' – a series of evidence-based opinion articles by researchers across the University.
Sidney and Fitz team announced as joint Cuppers champions 20 July 2020 Sidney, Fitzwilliam, and Downing's men's rugby players have been named as the latest Cuppers champions.
Sidney Fellow named as one of the world’s top 50 thinkers in 2020 20 July 2020 Prospect magazine has named Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz as one of the world’s top 50 thinkers for the COVID-19 age.
Access to the arts is a human right, for prisoners as for students 20 July 2020 What do the arts do for us? In an article featured in Psyche magazine, Dr Emma Gilby discusses why access to art in prison is a human right.
Alamire release new EP 8 July 2020 Dr David Skinner and Alamire are to release a recording of Media vita in morte sumus later this month.
