Lucy Cavendish welcomes over 300 students to its first ever College Virtual Open Day
The College’s interactive open day welcomed students as well as parents, supporters and guardians
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Lucy Cavendish admits around 130 undergraduates and affiliated students each October. We accept undergraduates in every subject including the graduate course in Medicine and Senior Status Law.
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Guidance for all studentsCOVID-19
News
Leading Fiction Prize celebrates biggest year yet as entries in 2021 exceed 750
The Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize is recognised as the leading women’s fiction prize in Europe for unpublished writers
Uncovering a profit-oriented black market economy, thriving on the exploitation of the poor
Lucy’s Bye-Fellow and Land Economy DoS, Dr Chatterjee, publishes in the ‘Handbook of BRICS and Emerging Economies’
Events
Celebration of our Benefactors and Legators
This virtual event will celebrate the impact of philanthropy at Lucy Cavendish to date, and the generosity of the College's supporters.
#LivefromLucy: 'ER-mitochondria contact sites in neurodegeneration: genetic screening approaches to investigate novel disease mechanisms' with Dr Emma Wilson
Join us for this informative virtual talk with Dr Emma Wilson in which she discusses ER-mitochondria contact sites.
#LivefromLucy: 'Bankers: from Pillars to Pariahs' with Ian Peacock
Join us for this informative virtual talk with Ian Peacock as he discusses how attitudes towards bankers have changed.
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The backbone of the community - our College Porters tell their story
The much-loved Porters at Lucy are the first port of call in College and always happy to help
Research and Antarctic adventure: my academic career as a palaeobiologist
Lucy’s Postdoc Dr Rowan Whittle tells us about her interdisciplinary research and her dream job
An interdisciplinary journey between cybersecurity, machine learning and network science
Lucy Postdoc Ildiko Pete - a fascinating insight into her research and its wider applications to everyday scenarios