Tackling COVID TACTICally! 14 April 2021 Dr Frances Hall, Sidney Fellow and Chief Investigator of the TACTIC-R trial, joined a panel during the Cambridge Festival event to discuss setting up clinical trials safely and quickly during a pandemic.
Celebrating 20 years of the Pavate Fellowship scheme 13 April 2021 Making virtue out of our lockdown necessity, on 23 March the College celebrated twenty years of partnership with Karnatak University, Dharwad, in managing the Pavate Fellowship scheme.
Sidney hosts virtual seminar with alumnus and Fianna Fáil politician Jim O’Callaghan 1 April 2021 On 23 March 2021, the College hosted a special virtual seminar during which Sidney alumnus and Member of the Irish Parliament, Jim O’Callaghan (1989), spoke to the possible political, economic, and legal consequences of Irish reunification.
Commemoration of Benefactors 18 March 2021 While we are able to fly the College flag in their memory, all of us at Sidney regret that we are unable to gather in person to commemorate our most generous benefactors with the traditional annual service in the Chapel.
Sidney Fellow’s film collaboration to premiere at the Cambridge Festival 18 March 2021 As part of the University’s ‘Creative Encounters’ project, Dr Ruth Jackson Ravenscroft and artist Riitta Hakkarainen have joined forces to make a short animated film about Ruth’s research.
Sidney Fellow’s textbook introduces the concepts of bionanotechnology 8 March 2021 Dr Ljiljana Fruk has co-authored the first comprehensive textbook on Bionanotechnology. The textbook covers all major recent developments in nanotechnology, biosensing and nanomedicine, and includes a timely look at lipid structures that feature in the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID vaccine.
Senior Organ Scholar awarded Fellowship Diploma of the Royal College of Organists 1 March 2021 Hugh Rowlands, Sidney’s Senior Organ Scholar, has recently been awarded the Fellowship Diploma of the Royal College of Organists (FRCO).
Professor Sepulchre awarded prize for outstanding contribution to control systems technology 1 March 2021 Professor Rodolphe Sepulchre was awarded the 2020 George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award of the IEEE Control Systems Society at the Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) (virtual) awards ceremony.
Sidney Engineer lands internship with Racing Point 9 February 2021 Racing Point were announced as the Aston Martin works team for this year's Formula 1 season, and Sidney Engineering undergraduate Max Minter will be on board during an exciting internship opportunity.
Learning lessons from the UK’s withdrawal from the EU 8 February 2021 Professor Kenneth Armstrong, Fellow at Sidney and Professor of European Law, joined the Constitutional Affairs Committee to discuss how Article 50 could be improved based on the experience of its activation by the UK.
A rocky route to a Scottish independence referendum 3 February 2021 Professor Kenneth Armstrong comments on the Scottish National Party’s roadmap for a second independence referendum.
Family court decisions distorted by misuse of key research 3 February 2021 Dr Robbie Duschinsky is one of a group of seventy experts from across the globe to argue that there are widespread misunderstandings around attachment research that have resulted in potentially negative consequences for decisions in family courts.
LGBT+ History Month 1 February 2021 Sidney raised the rainbow flag on the 1 February to mark the beginning of LGBT+ History Month.
Sidney members up for Boat Race selection 26 January 2021 After the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Boat Race, exciting plans for 2021 are now taking shape. The race is scheduled to take place on the River Great Ouse at Ely on Sunday 4 April.
Sidney to participate in Cambridge Foundation Year 13 January 2021 Sidney Sussex is delighted to be among the first Colleges to host students for the Cambridge Foundation Year – a new programme offering talented students from backgrounds of educational and social disadvantage a new route to undergraduate study.
Damehood for former Sidney Fellow 11 January 2021 Joanna Gabrielle da Silva, former Fellow at Sidney, has been awarded a damehood in the New Years Honours List for her contribution to humanitarian relief.
6 January 2021, A Second Day That Will Live in Infamy 8 January 2021 It has been an extraordinary few days in the history of modern America. Professor Gary Gerstle discusses the events in the United States and the historical impact.
39 ways to save the planet 7 January 2021 BBC Radio Four, in partnership with the Royal Geographical Society, presents 39 ideas to relieve the stress that climate change is exerting on the planet. Listen to Dr Michael Ramage in the ‘Wood for good’ episode discussing how cross-laminated timber may be the answer to sustainable building.
