2007 Homerton Roll News ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------group photograph - believed to be the earliest photograph of a women's football team, which resides in Homerton's archives in Cambridge.
The Helen Morris Prize – For the most distinguished results in English in Part 1 of the Education Studies Tripos Laura Hughes
“ACCESS” AND HOMERTON The Jonathan Beswick Memorial Prize – In recognition of outstanding project work in Maths for Part 1 of the Education Studies Tripos Amy Hobday
by Steve Watts, Admissions Tutor Though Homerton College has changed considerably in the last 6 years since we ‘converged’ with the University, our commitment to education has not wavered. We still take students for Education Studies degrees at both undergraduate and graduate level, and, of course, are the college for the vast majority of those taking the PGCE.
The Simms Benefaction – For the student judged by the History Directors of Study to have benefited most from the study of history Brendan Coyne
As you all know we now take under- and postgraduates for most of the courses offered by the University as a whole, and have a growing body of fellows, Directors of Study and supervisors covering everything from Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic to Zoology. This makes it even more important that we maintain and develop a serious interest in what is going on currently in education. It is from schools, obviously, that we get our students, and so we must go to schools in order to demonstrate that what we have to offer is for everyone with the necessary academic qualities. In practical terms this means visiting state schools, and having them visit us to help in raising aspirations. The schools we work with tell us that their biggest problem is persuading some of their very bright students that Higher Education is worthwhile at all, let alone ‘posh’ Cambridge.
Homertonian Mother and Son Andrew Malcolm (2004-2007) graduated in June having completed the Education Studies Tripos. Pictured here with his mother who was also a Homerton student, Helen Samuels (1972-1975)
Homerton has been involved from the beginning in the initiatives undertaken by the Cambridge Colleges to widen participation in Higher Education. With pumppriming money from the government (long gone, we pay now) Cambridge elected to work regionally, with individual colleges taking responsibility for areas that had lower numbers of students going into Higher Education than average. We took on South Yorkshire (Doncaster, Rotherham, Barnsley) and a zone of ‘Educational Action’ (particularly disadvantaged) in North East Derbyshire. We also took on most of Humberside (Scunthorpe, and Grimsby). I have to confess the main reason for taking this region was that it was where I come from- so I spoke the language. As well as visits to schools and day visits from schools, we have had regular residential visits from year 10 students from these areas. Groups of schools bring their ‘gifted and talented’ students to see what a Cambridge college is like and these are always amazed by the friendliness and lack of ‘poshness’ in Homerton College. We give them a taster of academic life with
Football Victory The Homerton College Student Football Club won back the Challenge Trophy from Leyton Orient Supporters Club after an exciting four all draw followed by a penalty shoot out. Prior to the match a plaque was unveiled above the ticket office in the newly built grandstand recording that Leyton Orient was founded by a group of Homerton students in 1881. This high profile location, close to the centre of the Olympic 2012 area, will be seen by many thousands of football fans and Olympic visitors. After the match and the presentation of the trophy, the College gave the Supporter's Club a framed copy of the Homerton Ladies Football Team of 1907-8
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