News from Hughes Issue 9 December 2008

News from Hughes December 2008 Issue 9

Newsletter for Hughes Hall members

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Soon to be 125 –

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Memories of Hughes Hall

Hughes Hall celebrates its 125th anniversary in 2010. During 2009, the year that the University celebrates 800 years, we are calling on members and friends of Hughes to send us their memories – both written and visual. You can use the form enclosed with the newsletter or simply use this as a starting point.

Please send your reminiscences and any photos to Rachel Boston: Hughes Hall, Cambridge cb2 1ew, or rb439@hughes.cam.ac.uk Here is a selection of some we received after the Alumni Weekend, from members who were here between 1958 and 1960, when Hughes was a teacher training institution.

What is your favourite memory of Hughes Hall?

The privilege of spending a year at Cambridge University. The confidence at the end of it that we would have a good teaching post, because of the reputation of Hughes Hall.

The very nice girls who were my counterparts – we had a nice gang and lots of laughs in each other’s rooms – lots of parties and sunny days.

Arriving for interview on a cold December day; feeling warmly welcomed with open fires and friendly faces, my own intense excitement at the possibility of being lucky enough to be offered a place. …And the memorable talk from Miss Wileman before we left, telling us she had selected us from the large number of applicants because we had a touch of dottiness about us! This rather deflated our cockiness at having been chosen, but I soon realised that, in those days, it was a pretty good way of selecting teachers.

What do you remember about dining at Hughes, or the food in College?

Do you have any favourite memories of your teaching practice placements?

The day 2b ran riot: the window cleaner outside stepped in through the window and said “Leave it to me Miss, I’ll sort them out for you” – and he did.

The infinitely patient and tolerant Physics master wisely suggested I swap with him and start afresh with 2a!

What do you remember about Cambridge itself?

A magical year! I did not go to the kind of school that told its pupils about Cambridge. Had I known such places existed I would have tried to gain a place as an undergraduate. I ran a girls’ comprehensive for over 20 years and I certainly pointed my girls in your direction.

Hughes Hall students in 1886 …

Courtesy of jetphotographic

… and in 2008

This is part of a longer reminiscence we received from Elizabeth Bryan who, unusually at the time (1958), got married just before starting her course at Hughes.

By accepting me at Hughes Hall and by permitting me to continue there, Miss Wileman substantially helped towards the equality of women. Married women could be capable students and could make a contribution to society if allowed to do so. I have much to thank her for. As must many others.

With thanks to Philippa Russell and Brigit Carolin.

Mushrooms on lettuce on Friday evening.

And the fierce housekeeper, Miss Marshall, who told us off for making burn marks on the lawn with our picnic kettles. …the friendly meal I had with my old tutors on my return from the USA.

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Academic Achievement at Hughes Hughes Hall has had excellent academic success this year. The College was placed first amongst the graduate colleges in the recently published Tompkins Table, and the number of First Class results achieved was impressive. Final year students from Hughes following the Cambridge Graduate Course in Medicine graduated in July with some of the best results the College has had to date.

As well as our success as a college, a number of individual students have achieved some remarkable results and have

demonstrated considerable personal drive and determination to succeed. Ali Bonner, having been awarded a Double First for her undergraduate degree in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, went on to gain a distinction in her MPhil last year. She now has full funding for her PhD and has received the Elizabeth Cherry Research Students’ Major Scholarship from College (Honorary).

Frank Whittall came to Hughes as a mature undergraduate in his late sixties and received his BA in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at the age of 71.

The achievements are the result of the hard work not only of students, but of Directors of Studies, Tutors and staff. We are sure that all at Hughes Hall will build on this success, and go on to even things better things next year.

Continuing Success in Medicine Since the inception of the Graduate Course in Medicine in Cambridge, Hughes Hall has been at its centre.

The primary aims of the course are to enable graduates from all academic areas (the arts as well as sciences) to train as clinicians in as short a period as possible, to the very highest standard.

The course has been taking admissions for ten years with more than 100 students joining Hughes on their path to qualification.

Our students’ results are impressive. They have passed all the course stages both at the preclinical medical science and clinical levels, and a large percentage have been awarded distinctions.

Hughes Hall clearly offers an ideal environment for those wishing to study Medicine on the Graduate Course. Information on how to apply for the course at Hughes is available in the admissions section of the website: www.hughes.cam.ac.uk

John Mansfield – the Chef John Mansfield came to Hughes as Chef in 1996.

He’s been in catering since he left school, going from unqualified pot washer at Addenbrookes to training at Fitzwilliam College, work in Le Touquet, and being offered a post at the Savoy Grill Room and turning it down when he realised the wages wouldn’t even pay for his lodgings and fares.

So John went to work in industry catering and got his management training there. There followed stints in retail, and at Trinity and on to Catering Manager at Eaden Lilley’s, and his own successful business. But with the birth of his first child, John decided that the consistency and security of employment was preferable, and was happy when the post came up at Hughes.

What do you like about the job?

The variety of it is invigorating! I also enjoy the creativity – seeing the skill that goes into every bit of the system, from how baked beans are ladled to devising menus for special meals, and everything in between.

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What do you like about Hughes?

I particularly like its lack of pomposity, especially compared to the older colleges. And the friendliness – the students, staff and Fellows engage with the catering staff, there’s no snobbery.

What are the biggest challenges?

Trying to find ways to please the customer within the constraints of the system. Juggling all the demands and successfully meeting them.

What memories stand out?

Telling the President at the flagship dinner for Fenner’s that we were rubbing sticks together to make a fire to cook for 80 guests! The gas kept going off but we managed to keep the delay to half an hour – by cramming everything into the one electric oven and using the microwave overtime.

Being told by the Health Inspector: ‘I haven’t got any five star establishments on my patch’ – ‘oh well’ I thought, then he carried on –‘until now’.

What is your biggest satisfaction?

Hearing the buzz in the dining room when all is going well. Locking the door at the end of a good day. Bringing on staff and seeing them progress to a high level. And getting unsolicited positive feedback, though there are always improvements I’d like to make.

Opening Seminar The Hughes Hall Centre for Biomedical Science in Society held its opening seminar at the College on the 6 November.

Speaking at the event was Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve, President of the British Academy and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. Her lecture was entitled Broadening Bioethics: Clinical Ethics, Public Health and Global Health.

The seminar was chaired by Professor Theresa Marteau, Director of Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve, President of the British Academy, Professor of the Centre.

Philosophy, speaking at the Seminar, with Professor O’Neill’s paper made three Dr Stephen John looking on main claims. First, she argued that traditional bio-ethics is too individualistic to answer ethical questions in global public health. Second, she argued that claims that the rich should promote global public health on prudential grounds are conceptually flawed. Third, she suggested that public health ethics needs to steer a middle course between individualism and ‘public good’.

Dr Stephen John, PHG Foundation Lecturer in Philosophy at Hughes Hall gave the response. He challenged Professor O’Neill’s second point by outlining differing senses of ‘private’ and ‘public’. He also raised some issues in regard to the third point, asking, for example, whether prioritising scarce avian flu vaccines to medical professionals is morally acceptable.

The well attended seminar officially launched the Centre, which is an interdisciplinary research group, whose aim is to study fundamental questions relating to biomedical science and the study of law, philosophy and the social sciences. The Centre not only contributes to academic debate and discussion, but also endeavours to inform health and public policy, as well as legal practice.

The event marked the beginning of a series of seminars run by the Centre. The next will be given by Professor Sir Bob Hepple on The Forensic Use of Bio-information, on 19 February 2009. Please contact Rachel Boston (rb439@cam.ac.uk) for more details.

Margaret’s students return to Hughes

From the College

Archive

Friday 26 September saw Hughes Hall host an event as part of the University’s Alumni Weekend. The event was aimed at a very special cohort of Hughes Hall students – women who took a PGCE at Hughes between 1953 and 1973, whilst Margaret Wileman

was President of the College. Thirty former students joined Margaret herself for lunch in the Pavilion Room, where they were able to share fond memories of their time at Hughes Hall.

Many of those attending had not seen each other for many years, and even those who attended Hughes in different years found common ground in their memories. Lunch was followed by a lecture, given by Professor Colin Wilcockson, Emeritus Professor at Pembroke College, on Ted Hughes at Cambridge. For this part of the afternoon, we were joined by 40 University alumni.

The talk gave an engaging insight into the life of the famous writer and poet whilst he was an undergraduate at Pembroke. This was a delightful event, and it was lovely to see so many of this group back together at Hughes Hall.

Margaret Wileman (middle row, far right) with students from 1970–1971 – including Liz Scott and Sheila Harvey-George, who attended the Alumni Weekend

Adrian Leonard: MCR president What did you do before coming to Hughes?

My family moved to Canada soon after I was born. My first proper job was in a small publishing company, where I was house editor for a weekly pensioners magazine and a fortnightly mining investment magazine.

When did you move back to the UK? In 1994. Canada seemed to be clogged up with baby boomers. I had a good job and friends but wanted a bit of adventure. Before starting here I spent ten years as amanuensis for the insurance and re-insurance business in London. This included projects ranging from writing Lloyd’s annual report to thesis length studies on the risk of asbestos liability claims.

I was also an insurance correspondent for the Financial Times and Editor of Insurance Day. Why drop all this to do a degree in History?

I was fed up with what I was doing and was in a position to change. So I trekked up Machu Picchu and then applied to Cambridge and Hughes, not really expecting acceptance.

But when the offer came through I went all out to meet the conditions. So I got an A in A level History in 8 months, and here I am.

Why did you choose Hughes?

Its growing undergraduate community and historian admissions tutor, and I liked the ethos presented on the website – of inclusiveness between the Fellowship and the students, and the graduate and undergraduate students – which exists in reality.

How do you feel about it now?

Fantastic. The college community is cohesive and sociable, and I like the range of people here, from all subjects and backgrounds.

I’m impressed that the President and Fellows are actively pursuing the development of the college, especially the building works. I’m pleased that even before the end of my first year I have made friends I know will last for life. And I like the food!

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Hughes in America Following the President’s successful trip to the American East Coast in 2007, she once again crossed the Atlantic in October to visit alumni and friends. Boston was the first stop for the President, where she was able to meet up with alumni from across the generations, including Professor Kevin Outterson. It was a weekend of brilliant New England autumn colours, and included a pleasant interlude supporting the Oxford and Cambridge rowers at the Head of the Charles regatta.

Amid US election fever, the President hosted an alumni reunion dinner at the University Club in Washington DC, with Hannah Flewitt, the new Acting Head of Development. This was a lively occasion, with two attendees sharing their stories of dining in all of the Cambridge colleges during their one year here. It was an opportunity for Hughes alumni to meet up with old friends and meet those new to the area. We were delighted to find that, for the second time in a row, the local alumni group Cantab DC (www.cantabdc.org) is headed up by a Hughesian.

The newly elected President, Peter Hansen, and his predecessor, Sarah Banas, have built a great network of Cambridge alumni in the DC area and the group organises regular alumni events in the city. Do let us know if you are interested in joining the group.

Chicago was the final destination for the President, with an enjoyable morning at the University of Chicago, where Hughesian Mathew Barber is now pursuing his research in genetics.

We are keen to remain in touch with our American alumni and friends, so do keep us updated with your contact details and come and have lunch in College when you are next in the UK.

May Ball report Explore!, the 2008 Hughes Hall May Ball, broke all records. More than 500 people were in College for the ten-hour affair, which was judged by all as the most successful yet. Constant live music in three venues, food from around the world, and an unyielding supply of drinks of all varieties were capped with such attractions as a Chinese Lion Dance, Human Table Football, and even a hot air balloon.

The Margaret Wileman Building was transformed with extensive themed decoration, while the car park became a virtual fairground. With entertainers ranging from the notorious indie rockers Missing Andy to jazz temptress Joanne Eden and the enduringly popular Casa del Funk, there was music for every taste. They were even dancing in the entrance hall!

“For me, the most rewarding part was the feedback”, says Adrian Leonard. “I received at least 150 messages, and all of them were people saying they had a great time. A few even said they had more fun than at the big expensive balls, because our event was more intimate, but never boring.

That’s what I like to hear!”

Hughes Hall May Ball 2009 will be held on 13 June.

Mark your calendar now!

Hughes May Ball 2008: the survivors

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Gervelie’s Journey Annemarie Young, former Head of Development at Hughes, is also an author and publisher.

One of her recent books has received great acclaim.

Gervelie’s Journey, by Anthony Robinson and Annemarie Young, was a Guardian Education Book of the Week, featured in the Times Educational Supplement and was the subject of the Radio 4 children’s programme Go4it in Refugee Week. It also featured on the BBC’s Newsround and Look East, and a number of other publications.

The authors have written: We believe in the power of books and reading and wanted to give the usually unheard – children, and especially those who have suffered – their own voice. We want to help children and their parents understand what it’s like to suffer the sort of turmoil that leads people to flee their homes and seek refuge in another country. Our hope is that through these individual stories of real children, the ciphers conjured up by the words ‘refugees and asylum seekers’ will become real people with whom other children can empathise.

Scholastic Best Books of 2008 What makes this stand out from other refugee accounts … is its bravery in presenting the events as unresolved. This true story follows Gervelie from war-torn Congo to asylum in Norwich via the Ivory Coast and Ghana. Sensitively written and illustrated, the little girl’s story is told without softening, sentimentalising or seeking to shock. It ends with Gervelie telling us about her ambition to be a singer and the spirit of this girl … is fascinating. A great book to use … for class discussions at any age. Truly remarkable.

This is the first in the authors’ Refugee Diaries series of illustrated memoirs of refugee children, published by Frances Lincoln. Two more will be published next year: Mohammed’s Journey and Hamzat’s Journey.

The College Reception

Events Diary

The College Reception, held on Friday, 13 June, was a great success. Bettina Furnee, Hughes Hall Artistin-Residence (2008), gave a talk on the painting which hangs in the Fenner’s Dining Hall. The painting forms part of a series of works depicting market stall scenes.

The talk included an outline of the history of the painting and a discussion about the painter’s use of symbolic motifs. Over 30 came for afternoon tea with the President, followed by the talk. They then joined students and staff in the Peter Richards Room for Pimms and strawberries at the End of Term party.

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The Margaret Wileman Music Society – in the Pavilion Room Contact Kathy Hardy for the programme (kh343@cam.ac.uk)

Hat Club Research Seminars Contact Kathy Hardy for programme and details (kh343@cam.ac.uk)

A detail from The Fowl Market by Frans Snyders (on loan from the Fitzwilliam Museum)

Professor Sir Bob Hepple on The Forensic Use of Bio-information Thursday 19th February 2009

Soren Demin – champion kick boxer and recent PhD graduate – has been busy this year: starting a biotech spin off company, going to work as a scientist analyst, and getting married in Wales in June.

Congratulations!

We’re glad to welcome Soren’s sister, Dana, to do her Engineering PhD on medicines packaging.

Graduate Law Society Dinner Spring 2009

Lent Bumps Tuesday 24 February to Saturday 28 February 2009

Boat Club Black Tie Dinner Friday 6 March 2009

The Boat Race

David Van Reybrouck was recently distinguished with the Ark Award for the Free Word (Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord), the most prestigious distinction for writers and public intellectuals in Flanders. During his time at Cambridge, 1993–4, he combined his interest for archaeology with literary writing; he has been a full-time author for the past three years. His first novel, A Shadow Cast, was recently translated into French and very well received by Le Monde des Livres in July. His latest play features at the annual Theaterfestival in Amsterdam, as one of the ten best plays of the previous season, and he has just spent a term as writer in residence at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, in Wassenaar.

Hughes Hall Centre for Biomedical Science in Society Seminar

Sunday 29th March 2009 5.00pm Thames, London

The 8th Annual Kathleen Hughes Memorial Lecture Monday 27th April Speaker to be confirmed

May Bumps Shula Klinger has recently published a novel for young adults, The Kingdom of Strange (published by Marshall Cavendish US), which is receiving rave reviews from readers.

‘I just finished your amazing fantastic magical book The Kingdom of Strange.

IT WAS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST BOOK I HAVE READ ALL YEAR LONG. Which is saying something because I read like I breathe.’

Shula was at Hughes between 1995–96.

She moved to Vancouver, Canada, in 1997, to work on her PhD in Education. Following post-doctoral research, she developed online courses for British Columbia’s distance education schools, and is now a full-time writer and mother. She is working on an illustration contract, as well as the sequel to her novel.

Wednesday 10th June to Saturday 13th June 2009

Hughes Hall May Ball Saturday 13th June 2009

College Reception Saturday 20th June 2009

If you are interested in any of these events please contact Rachel Boston development@hughes.cam.ac.uk

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Roll of Honour The following elections and awards have been made:

Elizabeth Cherry Research Students’ Major Scholarship (Honorary) Alison Bonner

Ogden Trust M Ed (Science Education) Awards Francis Carpenter Rachel Carrington Kenneth Norton-Berry

William Charnley Law Scholarships Monique Sasson Yelena Sheftelevich

Johnny Hon Peking University Scholarship Chaohui Guo

E.M. Burnett Prizes on the Results of University Examinations

Dominic Silk writes of his experience at the Berlin marathon In 2007, the athlete Haile Gebreselassie ran the Berlin marathon in a record-breaking time of 2 hours 4 minutes and 26 seconds.

On 28th September 2008 I joined 35,000 other runners, (including Haile), with my own goal of getting round in one piece, preferably in under 4 hours.

The 26.2 mile course is flat and fast, the conditions were perfect, and the Berlin crowds turned out in thousands to show support. The course passes some of the amazing architecture of Berlin, and finishes just after the Brandenburg Gate, but with my head down and gritting my teeth near the finish, I missed seeing some of the The finish at the Brandenburg Gate sights in the latter stages.

As the Brandenburg Gate loomed ahead I put in a sprint finish and headed for the line. I stopped my watch at 3 hours, 55 minutes and 24 seconds, and took the medal for my 17th full marathon with pride. Haile had finished nearly 2 hours before me, smashing his own record by a further 27 seconds – (over a second a mile quicker than his previous best!).

Whilst the London marathon remains my favourite, Berlin ranks as one of the most fun. After all, what other race in the world gives all 35,000 runners free beer at the end?

Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Katherine Miller

Cheers all!

Archaeology and Anthropology Richard Halliday Beverley Kerr Jennifer Woodhead

Dominic Silk celebrating with his free beer.

Dominic is in his second year of the Graduate Course in Medicine

Economics

Ritam Chaurey Christopher Gedge Tanmay Shukla

Education

Robert Somers

Did you row at Hughes?

History

Alexander Diaz

If you rowed while at Hughes, we would love to hear from you, and we will keep you updated on our series of exciting events and news from the Club. Whether you rowed for a term or were in the Blue Boat, please get in touch.

Mathematics Pierre Demeulemeester Alexander Dobrinevski Marja Hanussek Sebastian Helmensdorfer Yiannis Kourris Medicine

Steven Bishop Peter McDowall Thomas Williams

Natural Sciences Siming Ma Lothar Maisenbacher

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Hughes Hall Boat Club

First date for your diary Alumni are warmly invited to the Annual Boat Club Dinner to be held on Friday 6 March 2009.

Contact the Development Office for details: development@hughes.cam.ac.uk Good news to add to our recent successes – we are now able to offer a Hughes Hall Boat Club Blazer in the Hughes Hall colours. The pattern is a vertical stripe in light and dark blue with a woven badge.

The blazer, for women and men, will be made to order.

The approximate cost will be £160. Enquiries to: sales@aeclothier.co.uk

Autumn Festival of India Hughes Research Fellows Sovan Sarkar and Sohini Chakrabortee were members of the organisation team of the Autumn Festival of India, put on by the Indian Cultural Society in October. The Festival recalls the power and glory of Goddess Durga to celebrate the victory of good over evil and to spread the spirit of love, kindness and happiness.

Hundreds of people from Cambridgeshire and beyond witnessed a cultural bonanza, including Indian classical dances, songs, recitation and drama, where the participants were local professionals, students and children.

Roll of Honour NEW Fellows Mr Roger Taylor Dr Jonathan Powell Mr William Charnley City Fellows Dr Anthony Freeling Mr Richard Jeffrey Research Fellows Dr Sohini Chakrabortee Life Fellows Dr Charles Moseley Mr Keith McVeigh Senior Members Dr Dora Pereira Dr Laetitia Pele Dr Philip Stiles Ms Annemarie Young Roy Helmore CBE, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Education by Anglia Ruskin University

Clockwise from top left: Classical dance by young performers; the festival at Hills Road Sixth Form College; folk dance by students; Research Fellows Sovan Sarkar and Sohini Chakrabortee; Goddess Durga; Sohini hosting the cultural evening

Emily MacDonald Emily has wanted to be an astronaut since she was six years old. Her mother found her one night lying on the grass staring at the stars in the sky, saying ‘That’s where I’m going to go.’ Since then she has been working towards this goal, which is why she has achieved so much already.

• A Masters in astrophysics, followed by a year on scholarships at the Anglo-Australian Observatory in Sydney, the Universities of Melbourne and Glasgow, and the joint Astronomy Centre in Hawaii.

• A PhD in astrophysics at Oxford, and post-doctoral research at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson, Arizona.

• A stint, during her PhD, on the FMARS project – simulations preparing for missions to Mars.

• And a pilot’s licence.

And so to the Graduate Course in Medicine at Hughes, where Emily is in her third year.

As well as her academic work, she plays sport – hockey, badminton, tennis and swimming – and is now ramping up her fitness training. She’s fortunate that she doesn’t need much sleep! She enjoys all this so it ‘doesn’t feel like a great achievement’.

Emily’s goal is to be the medic on a space mission, and she has already cleared several hurdles. The European Space Agency called for new recruits in March 2008, for the first time in 15 or so years. They whittled 50,000 applicants down to 10,000, then 1,000. Emily was one of

Emily MacDonald, astrophysicist, pilot, doctor in training – and astronaut?

these, invited to Germany for a two day cognitive evaluation. And she is now down to the last 190. There are two more tests to get through before the choice of the final four is made in June 2009.

We wish her well!

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The Welbodi Partnership – Sierra Leone

Development Studies. Like many students we spent many idealistic hours debating our respective academic disciplines. At the end of my first year Tom left Cambridge to go and work for the UN in Sierra Leone. Meanwhile I continued my medical studies. Tom and I kept in touch and when Matthew Clark writes I had the opportunity just before my final In June 2007, a group of friends working year (summer 2007) to spend some time in Sierra Leone began to ask themselves abroad I jumped at the chance to visit Tom and local colleagues how they could help in Sierra Leone and was able to organise raise the standard of care provided for sick a placement at a children’s hospital in children in Sierra Leone.

Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Tom Cairnes and I met in my first By this time Tom no longer worked year of graduate medicine at Hughes Hall for the UN and had recently set up while Tom was reading for an MPhil in ManoCap, a private equity fund manager focused on making investments in postconflict and other emerging economies. Despite the benefit of Tom’s experience in Freetown, little could have prepared me for the hospital that I found. There was no running water or electricity and only the bare bones of a hospital infrastructure. The children, some of the poorest in the world, had to pay fees for the basic care they could receive, which put most parents off even coming to the Annemarie Young stepped down as Head of Development at the end hospital. Dying of September because of her long-standing publishing commitments, children became a leaving the office in the very capable hands of Hannah Flewitt daily tragedy. (previously Hannah Fogg). Annemarie is remaining closely involved What made this so frustrating is with the College as a Senior Member and Editor of News from that with the right Hughes. support these lives Hannah joined Hughes Hall as Alumni and Development Officer could be saved. in August 2007, and is now Acting Head of Development. Rachel Sierra Leone trains Boston joined the team as Events and Communications Officer in dedicated doctors and nurses who July this year.

Development office staff news

E-Hughes Please send us your current email address and keep us updated so we can keep in touch by email. And let us know if you’d like to receive this newsletter by email instead of by post.

Contact us at development@hughes.cam.ac.uk or +44(0)1223 334895.

Matthew Clark with one of the children at the Ola During Children’s Hospital.

are desperate to save children’s lives. The hospital buildings and infrastructure were partially rehabilitated after the war, resembling a healthy skeleton waiting for the necessary muscles, nerves and energy required for it to function properly.

By the end of my initial visit to Freetown the foundations of The Welbodi Partnership were laid. It has been an exciting eighteen months. Today, things are beginning to change. The hospital now has running water and a supply of oxygen, and extra training has begun. Tom’s and my efforts have been greatly enhanced by Princeton graduate Ryann Manning, and more recently by Trinity graduate Toyin Ajayi.

The ‘academic’ debates started at Hughes Hall have become ‘real world’ debates about how to tackle child mortality in Sierra Leone.

If you would like more information about the Welbodi Partnership, please contact me on matthew@welbodipartnership.org And look up our website: www.welbodipartnership.org

Help Hughes when you use Amazon Help support Hughes by shopping at Amazon through the Hughes Hall website. Go to the Library page and click on the Amazon link. 4% of the purchase price goes to the College as a general donation, at absolutely no expense to you. Hughes Hall is an associate of amazon.co.uk

News from Hughes Editor Annemarie Young (aey20@cam.ac.uk) Design by Andy Wilson (andy@andywilson.biz) Contact us with your news at Hughes Hall, Cambridge CB1 2EW; by email at development@hughes.cam.ac.uk Photographs courtesy of the College Archive, jetphotographic, Ryann Manning and contributors Printed in England

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