Thank you to all who attended the Magdalene Residential this week! It was a pleasure to host you at Magdalene. Best of luck with your university applications!

It was wonderful to see so many Members at our Hong Kong Dinner. #GTF #LoveMagdalene #MyMagdalene

On this day in 1606, the first Union flag was introduced as a maritime flag.

As Secretary to the Admiralty this manuscript from 1686 Called ‘Insignalia Navalia’ details Naval flags and would have been a useful reference for Pepys.

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This morning, the Physical Sciences group visited the Engineering Dept Department where they experimented with making and breaking structures. Meanwhile the Biological Sciences group learned about synthetic biology at GeneticsCambridge

Magdalene Fellow, Professor Paul Lane (2018), Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Professor of the Deep History and Archaeology of Africa, awarded European Research Council (European Research Council (ERC)) Advanced Grant.

Millie Lewis Faculty of English Magdalene College leads a workshop for our 'Medieval Worlds' programme for Yr 12 students. 'Alone am y and Wille to be alone' with help from Tuija Ainonen The Parker Library and MS 079: Pontifical

The Golden Legend, printed in 1527!

2024 marks the 300th anniversary of the Pepys Library's arrival at Magdalene. To celebrate we will be sharing treasure from the Pepys collection.

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The Magdalene Residential participants are getting stuck into their academic sessions this morning! The Arts and Humanities group are visiting Cambridge University Library to learn about critical reading and study skills. The Sciences groups are attending sessions on Medicine and Chemical Engineering.

It’s day one of the Magdalene Residential! 38 students from Merseyside and the Isle of Man will be spending the next four days experiencing Cambridge. We began with a punt tour along the river, and are ending the day with a quiz night led by our Magdalene Student Ambassadors!

We want to say a big thank you to everyone who donated during the Telephone Campaign. Our amazing student callers talked with over 1200 alumni from 50 countries and raised over £178,000!
magd.cam.ac.uk/news/telephone…

For any Year 12s looking for some academic enrichment over the Easter holidays, take a look at the Armstrong Arts and Humanities Essay Competition! Send us your essay by 3rd May to be in with a chance of winning a £300 prize and a visit to Magdalene College in Summer 2024.

In case you were not awake! Go to the today program at 6:53am to hear an interview about our breast atlas study. Lots of work still ahead of us. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…

I am pleased to share the final version of our Human Breast Cell Atlas with MarioniLab now out Nature Genetics. There are important new additions, which I will leave to Sara Pensa and Austin Reed to mention👇 . Couple of points i want to highlight 👇:
nature.com/articles/s4158…

Wishing the Magdalene community, our friends and followers a wonderful Easter weekend.

The Seren Network Residential academic sessions are in full swing this morning! Learners are attending sessions in one of English, Neuroscience, or Physics.

Another busy morning of academic taster sessions for the Seren Network Residential Arts and Humanities group! The day started with Languages led by Professor Silke Mentchen, followed by Law with Professor Neil Jones.

For the final morning of the Seren Network Residential, we’re focusing on the application process. Dr Sergio Bacallado is talking personal statements with prospective STEM applicants, while Sandy Mill discusses some sample interview questions for arts and humanities subjects.

On tonight’s @bbctheoneshow we’re talking sewage after a day of shocking headlines. While sewage dumping is all too common, the EA’s monitoring of water quality has massively declined. Which is why rowers & even Olympians are now getting involved! BBC1, 7pm this evening…