Girton College, University of Cambridge
@girtoncollege.bsky.social
Fearless pioneers since 1869.
Meet our vibrant community; See our beautiful campus; Discover our world-class research.
www.girton.cam.ac.uk
Meet our vibrant community; See our beautiful campus; Discover our world-class research.
www.girton.cam.ac.uk
To celebrate Melvyn Bragg’s 27 years of 'In Our Time', five well-known fans chose their favourite episodes, and Girton Fellow Prof Anthony Bale features in one!
Author & columnist Caitlin Moran chose the episode on English medieval mystic Margery Kempe.
🎧 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07cyfkg
Author & columnist Caitlin Moran chose the episode on English medieval mystic Margery Kempe.
🎧 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07cyfkg
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Margery Kempe and English Mysticism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Margery Kempe, the medieval English mystic.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
To celebrate Melvyn Bragg’s 27 years of 'In Our Time', five well-known fans chose their favourite episodes, and Girton Fellow Prof Anthony Bale features in one!
Author & columnist Caitlin Moran chose the episode on English medieval mystic Margery Kempe.
🎧 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07cyfkg
Author & columnist Caitlin Moran chose the episode on English medieval mystic Margery Kempe.
🎧 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07cyfkg
👏 Huge congratulations to Girton Fellow, Professor Lucio Sarno, who was awarded the 2025 @jbs.cam.ac.uk MFin Award for outstanding teaching and impact! 🌟
Read more ⤵️
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/2025/2025-cambridge-judge-excellence-in-teaching-awards/
Read more ⤵️
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/2025/2025-cambridge-judge-excellence-in-teaching-awards/
2025 Cambridge Judge excellence in teaching awards - News & insight - Cambridge Judge Business School
Find out which members of Cambridge Judge faculty have been awarded prizes for excellence in teaching at the Business School.
www.jbs.cam.ac.uk
December 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
👏 Huge congratulations to Girton Fellow, Professor Lucio Sarno, who was awarded the 2025 @jbs.cam.ac.uk MFin Award for outstanding teaching and impact! 🌟
Read more ⤵️
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/2025/2025-cambridge-judge-excellence-in-teaching-awards/
Read more ⤵️
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/2025/2025-cambridge-judge-excellence-in-teaching-awards/
What can history teach us about the future of globalisation?
Watch Professor Jeremy Adelman give the inaugural Girton Global History Lecture now on our YouTube ⬇️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vNdntTrroo
Watch Professor Jeremy Adelman give the inaugural Girton Global History Lecture now on our YouTube ⬇️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vNdntTrroo
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
What can history teach us about the future of globalisation?
Watch Professor Jeremy Adelman give the inaugural Girton Global History Lecture now on our YouTube ⬇️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vNdntTrroo
Watch Professor Jeremy Adelman give the inaugural Girton Global History Lecture now on our YouTube ⬇️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vNdntTrroo
🌍 COP30 wrapped up last week with a renewed commitment to support developing countries.
Girton Fellow, Dr Antoinette Nestor, shared her insights from the conference, framed under the powerful theme: “Where climate meets care.”
🔗 https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/nestor-cop30-insights
Girton Fellow, Dr Antoinette Nestor, shared her insights from the conference, framed under the powerful theme: “Where climate meets care.”
🔗 https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/nestor-cop30-insights
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🌍 COP30 wrapped up last week with a renewed commitment to support developing countries.
Girton Fellow, Dr Antoinette Nestor, shared her insights from the conference, framed under the powerful theme: “Where climate meets care.”
🔗 https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/nestor-cop30-insights
Girton Fellow, Dr Antoinette Nestor, shared her insights from the conference, framed under the powerful theme: “Where climate meets care.”
🔗 https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/nestor-cop30-insights
👏 Congrats to team GIRTONOPATHY for competing in the national Royal College of Pathologists quiz for #PathologyWeek!
⚕️🦠 They tackled topics from global pathology to disease knowledge and AI’s future, finishing 5th and calling it a great bonding experience across year groups!
⚕️🦠 They tackled topics from global pathology to disease knowledge and AI’s future, finishing 5th and calling it a great bonding experience across year groups!
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
👏 Congrats to team GIRTONOPATHY for competing in the national Royal College of Pathologists quiz for #PathologyWeek!
⚕️🦠 They tackled topics from global pathology to disease knowledge and AI’s future, finishing 5th and calling it a great bonding experience across year groups!
⚕️🦠 They tackled topics from global pathology to disease knowledge and AI’s future, finishing 5th and calling it a great bonding experience across year groups!
🌍 Can geoengineering help tackle the climate crisis?
Hear from Girton Fellow and Director of the @climaterepair.bsky.social at @cam.ac.uk, Dr Shaun Fitzgerald, on BBC Rare Earth.
🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002htcs
Hear from Girton Fellow and Director of the @climaterepair.bsky.social at @cam.ac.uk, Dr Shaun Fitzgerald, on BBC Rare Earth.
🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002htcs
Rare Earth - Engineering the Planet - BBC Sounds
Can we design and build our way out of climate change?
www.bbc.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🌍 Can geoengineering help tackle the climate crisis?
Hear from Girton Fellow and Director of the @climaterepair.bsky.social at @cam.ac.uk, Dr Shaun Fitzgerald, on BBC Rare Earth.
🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002htcs
Hear from Girton Fellow and Director of the @climaterepair.bsky.social at @cam.ac.uk, Dr Shaun Fitzgerald, on BBC Rare Earth.
🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002htcs
How well does the law serve women?
Listen to Girton Alumna, Visitor, and Honorary Fellow, Lady Hale, talk about this and her new book 'With the Law on Our Side – How the law works for everyone and how we can make it work better' on BBC Woman's Hour. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002jf29
Listen to Girton Alumna, Visitor, and Honorary Fellow, Lady Hale, talk about this and her new book 'With the Law on Our Side – How the law works for everyone and how we can make it work better' on BBC Woman's Hour. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002jf29
BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, 16/09/2025
Baroness Hale, Trump’s visit, Afro hair care
www.bbc.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
How well does the law serve women?
Listen to Girton Alumna, Visitor, and Honorary Fellow, Lady Hale, talk about this and her new book 'With the Law on Our Side – How the law works for everyone and how we can make it work better' on BBC Woman's Hour. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002jf29
Listen to Girton Alumna, Visitor, and Honorary Fellow, Lady Hale, talk about this and her new book 'With the Law on Our Side – How the law works for everyone and how we can make it work better' on BBC Woman's Hour. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002jf29
Wonderful to share the news of our alumna Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald’s appointment as Head of the Department of Oncology at University of Cambridge.
Professor Fitzgerald has made critical contributions to cancer research and is a passionate advocate for cancer prevention and early detection.
Professor Fitzgerald has made critical contributions to cancer research and is a passionate advocate for cancer prevention and early detection.
September 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Wonderful to share the news of our alumna Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald’s appointment as Head of the Department of Oncology at University of Cambridge.
Professor Fitzgerald has made critical contributions to cancer research and is a passionate advocate for cancer prevention and early detection.
Professor Fitzgerald has made critical contributions to cancer research and is a passionate advocate for cancer prevention and early detection.
🔍 We have just passed identifying an amazing 500 species of plants, animals, and fungi on our @inaturalist.bsky.social webpage!
Participate in monitoring the diversity of life at Girton College 👇 https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/girton-college-biodiversity
Participate in monitoring the diversity of life at Girton College 👇 https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/girton-college-biodiversity
August 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🔍 We have just passed identifying an amazing 500 species of plants, animals, and fungi on our @inaturalist.bsky.social webpage!
Participate in monitoring the diversity of life at Girton College 👇 https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/girton-college-biodiversity
Participate in monitoring the diversity of life at Girton College 👇 https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/girton-college-biodiversity
We are pleased to share that Paresh Patel (Engineering, 1981) has been elected a Bodichon Foundation Fellow in recognition of his significant contribution to Girton through his support for student bursaries and the College’s wider mission.
🔗 https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/
🔗 https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/
August 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We are pleased to share that Paresh Patel (Engineering, 1981) has been elected a Bodichon Foundation Fellow in recognition of his significant contribution to Girton through his support for student bursaries and the College’s wider mission.
🔗 https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/
🔗 https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/
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I spoke to Engelsberg Ideas about what has and hasn't changed in the Middle East, why #Yemen's #Houthis remain such a persistent threat and what it might take to contain the conflict. engelsbergideas.com/essays/in-co...
In conversation with Elisabeth Kendall on what the Houthis really want
Elisabeth Kendall, acclaimed expert on jihadist movements and the Arab World, spoke to EI’s Jack Dickens about the current state of the Middle East, what drives the Houthis, and why a regional peace r...
engelsbergideas.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I spoke to Engelsberg Ideas about what has and hasn't changed in the Middle East, why #Yemen's #Houthis remain such a persistent threat and what it might take to contain the conflict. engelsbergideas.com/essays/in-co...
👏 Congratulations are in order for former Mistress of Girton College, @sjs1869.bsky.social who has just been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by Queen Mary University of London for her work as a leading figure in social geography
Queen Mary has awarded honorary degrees to 5 outstanding individuals at our summer graduations, recognising outstanding contributions to their respective fields of medicine, social geography, mechanical engineering, material science & academic leadership: www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...
Queen Mary recognises outstanding individuals at summer graduations
www.qmul.ac.uk
August 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
👏 Congratulations are in order for former Mistress of Girton College, @sjs1869.bsky.social who has just been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by Queen Mary University of London for her work as a leading figure in social geography
🎉 We’re thrilled to share that Girton Fellow Professor Anthony Bale has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy, in honour of his outstanding contributions to scholarship.
Read more ➡️ https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/girton-medievalist-professor-anthony-bale-elected-fellow-british-academy
Read more ➡️ https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/girton-medievalist-professor-anthony-bale-elected-fellow-british-academy
Girton medievalist Professor Anthony Bale elected as Fellow of the British Academy
www.girton.cam.ac.uk
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🎉 We’re thrilled to share that Girton Fellow Professor Anthony Bale has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy, in honour of his outstanding contributions to scholarship.
Read more ➡️ https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/girton-medievalist-professor-anthony-bale-elected-fellow-british-academy
Read more ➡️ https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/girton-medievalist-professor-anthony-bale-elected-fellow-british-academy
In case you missed it, Girton Fellows, Dr James Wade and Dr Seb Falk have solved the most famous mystery of Chaucer's work, a discovery that leads @cam.ac.uk main page today! 🎉 🎉 🎉
Learn more via the link below!
https://www.cam.ac.uk/
Learn more via the link below!
https://www.cam.ac.uk/
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July 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In case you missed it, Girton Fellows, Dr James Wade and Dr Seb Falk have solved the most famous mystery of Chaucer's work, a discovery that leads @cam.ac.uk main page today! 🎉 🎉 🎉
Learn more via the link below!
https://www.cam.ac.uk/
Learn more via the link below!
https://www.cam.ac.uk/
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After 130 years, Cambridge #scholars have decoded a Chaucerian mystery – the frequently referenced Song of Wade was not a monster-filled epic but a chivalric romance.
Drs James Wade and @sebfalk.com from @girtoncollege.bsky.social reveal all: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/song...
#Latin #English
Drs James Wade and @sebfalk.com from @girtoncollege.bsky.social reveal all: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/song...
#Latin #English
Lost English legend decoded, solving a Chaucerian mystery and revealing a medieval preacher’s meme
Decoding a lost English legend, solving a Chaucerian mystery, and revealing a medieval preacher’s meme
www.cam.ac.uk
July 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
After 130 years, Cambridge #scholars have decoded a Chaucerian mystery – the frequently referenced Song of Wade was not a monster-filled epic but a chivalric romance.
Drs James Wade and @sebfalk.com from @girtoncollege.bsky.social reveal all: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/song...
#Latin #English
Drs James Wade and @sebfalk.com from @girtoncollege.bsky.social reveal all: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/song...
#Latin #English
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I'm so thrilled to have this published! Starting from a chat over lunch at @girtoncollege.bsky.social, James Wade & I chipped away at this & have made some fascinating discoveries.
The actual article should be published later today. In the meantime, more here: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/song...
The actual article should be published later today. In the meantime, more here: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/song...
July 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I'm so thrilled to have this published! Starting from a chat over lunch at @girtoncollege.bsky.social, James Wade & I chipped away at this & have made some fascinating discoveries.
The actual article should be published later today. In the meantime, more here: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/song...
The actual article should be published later today. In the meantime, more here: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/song...
🔍 A 130-year-old Chaucerian mystery has finally been solved!
Girton Fellows James Wade and Seb Falk have uncovered that the 'Song of Wade' is actually a chivalric romance ♥️ not a monster-filled epic!
Read more: https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/solving-130-year-old-medieval-literary-mystery
Girton Fellows James Wade and Seb Falk have uncovered that the 'Song of Wade' is actually a chivalric romance ♥️ not a monster-filled epic!
Read more: https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/solving-130-year-old-medieval-literary-mystery
July 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🔍 A 130-year-old Chaucerian mystery has finally been solved!
Girton Fellows James Wade and Seb Falk have uncovered that the 'Song of Wade' is actually a chivalric romance ♥️ not a monster-filled epic!
Read more: https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/solving-130-year-old-medieval-literary-mystery
Girton Fellows James Wade and Seb Falk have uncovered that the 'Song of Wade' is actually a chivalric romance ♥️ not a monster-filled epic!
Read more: https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/solving-130-year-old-medieval-literary-mystery
Last night, Girton Bye-Fellow in Land Economy, Dr Antoinette Nestor, was interviewed on BBC Look East!
Hear Dr Nestor talk about building socially and environmentally sustainable new communities via the link below.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002dsyp/look-east-evening-news-17062025
Hear Dr Nestor talk about building socially and environmentally sustainable new communities via the link below.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002dsyp/look-east-evening-news-17062025
June 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Last night, Girton Bye-Fellow in Land Economy, Dr Antoinette Nestor, was interviewed on BBC Look East!
Hear Dr Nestor talk about building socially and environmentally sustainable new communities via the link below.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002dsyp/look-east-evening-news-17062025
Hear Dr Nestor talk about building socially and environmentally sustainable new communities via the link below.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002dsyp/look-east-evening-news-17062025
Today on BBC Radio 3's Jazz Record Requests 🎷
🎧 Tune in to hear music from one of this year’s stand-out releases in jazz and beyond — Psalter: Themes for Peace by Tim Boniface.
🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnn9
Pre-order now from www.timboniface.co.uk/shop
🎧 Tune in to hear music from one of this year’s stand-out releases in jazz and beyond — Psalter: Themes for Peace by Tim Boniface.
🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnn9
Pre-order now from www.timboniface.co.uk/shop
BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Record Requests
Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Today on BBC Radio 3's Jazz Record Requests 🎷
🎧 Tune in to hear music from one of this year’s stand-out releases in jazz and beyond — Psalter: Themes for Peace by Tim Boniface.
🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnn9
Pre-order now from www.timboniface.co.uk/shop
🎧 Tune in to hear music from one of this year’s stand-out releases in jazz and beyond — Psalter: Themes for Peace by Tim Boniface.
🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnn9
Pre-order now from www.timboniface.co.uk/shop
✨ We are delighted to announce that trailblazing medical leader and clinical scientist, @neenamodi1.bsky.social, has been elected an Honorary Fellow of Girton College
https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/prof-neena-modi-honorary-fellow-girton
https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/prof-neena-modi-honorary-fellow-girton
Professor Neena Modi elected Honorary Fellow of Girton College
www.girton.cam.ac.uk
June 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
✨ We are delighted to announce that trailblazing medical leader and clinical scientist, @neenamodi1.bsky.social, has been elected an Honorary Fellow of Girton College
https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/prof-neena-modi-honorary-fellow-girton
https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/prof-neena-modi-honorary-fellow-girton
🎼 Join us this Sunday for @lesacolytesmusic.bsky.social's first concert including music that has probably never been performed in Cambridge before!
📆 Sunday 15 June, 2-3PM
📍 Chapel, Girton College
📆 Sunday 15 June, 2-3PM
📍 Chapel, Girton College
June 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🎼 Join us this Sunday for @lesacolytesmusic.bsky.social's first concert including music that has probably never been performed in Cambridge before!
📆 Sunday 15 June, 2-3PM
📍 Chapel, Girton College
📆 Sunday 15 June, 2-3PM
📍 Chapel, Girton College
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Lovely to see @girtoncollege.bsky.social’s medieval diptych of the Annunciation & Assumption by Francesco di Vannuccio (c. 1380) in the National Gallery’s super Siena exhibition. In the left panel, 2 supplicants kneel before a miniature version of Simone Martini’s Annunciation altarpiece.
April 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Lovely to see @girtoncollege.bsky.social’s medieval diptych of the Annunciation & Assumption by Francesco di Vannuccio (c. 1380) in the National Gallery’s super Siena exhibition. In the left panel, 2 supplicants kneel before a miniature version of Simone Martini’s Annunciation altarpiece.
🎉 Huge congratulations to all the Cambridge Boat Race crews for their fabulous clean sweep of the races yesterday!
And a very special congrats to Girtonian James Richards, who helped the Men's Lightweight Crew to victory 👏
And a very special congrats to Girtonian James Richards, who helped the Men's Lightweight Crew to victory 👏
April 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
🎉 Huge congratulations to all the Cambridge Boat Race crews for their fabulous clean sweep of the races yesterday!
And a very special congrats to Girtonian James Richards, who helped the Men's Lightweight Crew to victory 👏
And a very special congrats to Girtonian James Richards, who helped the Men's Lightweight Crew to victory 👏
📣 We're holding a special #Classics Event on Saturday 17 May for all current Girton Classicists and those who studied or worked in Classics at Girton ✨🏺
Come and explore current research and the diverse paths a Classics degree can take you on!
Book here ⤵️
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/events/class...
Come and explore current research and the diverse paths a Classics degree can take you on!
Book here ⤵️
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/events/class...
April 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
📣 We're holding a special #Classics Event on Saturday 17 May for all current Girton Classicists and those who studied or worked in Classics at Girton ✨🏺
Come and explore current research and the diverse paths a Classics degree can take you on!
Book here ⤵️
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/events/class...
Come and explore current research and the diverse paths a Classics degree can take you on!
Book here ⤵️
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/events/class...
Two Girtonians are leading the way in unlocking AI’s power to create positive change worldwide 🌍👥
🌱 Dr Robert Forrest at Materials Nexus
🫀 Raphael Peralta at CardiaTec Biosciences
🔗 cam.ac.uk/stories/camb...
#ShapingAIForEveryone
🌱 Dr Robert Forrest at Materials Nexus
🫀 Raphael Peralta at CardiaTec Biosciences
🔗 cam.ac.uk/stories/camb...
#ShapingAIForEveryone
10 Cambridge AI spinouts
Meet 10 Cambridge spinouts, all hoping to harness the potential of AI for the good of the planet and its people.
cam.ac.uk
April 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Two Girtonians are leading the way in unlocking AI’s power to create positive change worldwide 🌍👥
🌱 Dr Robert Forrest at Materials Nexus
🫀 Raphael Peralta at CardiaTec Biosciences
🔗 cam.ac.uk/stories/camb...
#ShapingAIForEveryone
🌱 Dr Robert Forrest at Materials Nexus
🫀 Raphael Peralta at CardiaTec Biosciences
🔗 cam.ac.uk/stories/camb...
#ShapingAIForEveryone