Development
A Great Campaign Supporting our Future Pioneers As you know, Girton’s educational experience can be transformational for students. Donations to A Great Campaign are helping to ensure that we can continue to offer a world class education, to all those who are academically talented enough to receive an offer of admission, regardless of their backgrounds, in perpetuity.
The current priorities for A Great Campaign are: • t o grow the capital of the unrestricted permanent endowment; • t o endow 20 means-tested bursaries for undergraduates; • t o establish five much-needed graduate scholarships; • t o fund a further six teaching and research Fellowships.
To date, over 85% of our £50 million target has been raised in gifts and future legacy pledges. We are very grateful to everyone who has supported A Great Campaign. Girton’s early pioneers 150 years ago inspired a bright future for the higher education of generations of women and, today, the College remains a beacon of widening participation. Our outreach programme reaches
over 7,000 young people each year and this academic year (2019–20) the proportion of students from state schools starting at Girton was a record-breaking 74%. In this issue we highlight the impact of the generosity of our alumni and supporters on three key areas which are: original graduate research, inspirational teaching, and bursaries for our undergraduates. Can we ask you to continue to support our future pioneers?
Spring 2020
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