Veterinary Medicine

Jane Greatorex is Senior Tutor, Undergraduate and Graduate Tutor and Director of Studies in Pre-Clinical Medical and Veterinary Sciences at Lucy Cavendish College. She has had a long career in academic and clinical science, specializing in the blood borne viruses and, until September 2017, was responsible for streamlining and improving HIV diagnostic services at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge. As a scientist used to working in high containment laboratories, she was a team leader in Sierra Leone during the Ebola outbreak in 2015 and remains on the list of scientists that may be called upon to respond in the event of a similar occurrence. She remains involved in a number of research projects, specifically exploring the use of next generation sequencing for the identification of resistance mutations in HIV and human herpes viruses. Jane also maintains an active research interest in the Influenza virus, most recently working on the shedding and survival of H1N1v (“swine ‘flu”).

As Senior Tutor at Lucy Cavendish, she is responsible for the admission, education and welfare of all the students, in which she is assisted by the College’s tutorial team and Directors of Studies. She plays an active role in recruiting Junior Research Fellows and Post-doctoral Research Associates to the College, enhancing the academic depth and scope.

Jane teaches in the University, lecturing Masters students, and supervising undergraduate projects and dissertations.

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Lesley read Biology at Aberdeen University (1975-1979) where she also studied for her PhD (1979-1983). On completion of her doctorate she moved to Cambridge and worked as a postdoctoral researcher for many years in the laboratory of Professor Alan Cuthbert in the Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine. Her research focussed on epithelial physiology and pharmacology, with a specific interest in the genetic disease cystic fibrosis.

Lesley returned to Pharmacology in 2004 to take up the post of Senior Teaching Associate where she is the departmental teaching coordinator as well as having a full teaching load. In recognition of her contribution to outstanding teaching within the Department, the Faculty of Biology awarded Lesley the University’s Pilkington Prize for Teaching in 2013 and she was short-listed for a CUSU student-led Teaching Award in 2018. She is also the Graduate Admissions Tutor for the Department of Pharmacology, part of the Equality and Diversity team within the Department and a Fellow at Wolfson College.

I applied to Lucy Cavendish to study Veterinary Medicine in my final 
year of undergrad at the University of Nottingham. I was studying Animal 
Science there, but still had dreams of being a vet after failing to get 
an offer when leaving school. I'd always wanted to be a vet but didn't 
have enough experience having grown up in London, and it was only during 
my first degree that I got to chance to see a wide range of practice and 
really understand why I would enjoy this career. 

As I was a graduate there were only three colleges I could apply to (for 
this course) and Lucy Cavendish seemed the most friendly. The interview 
process was really relaxed compared to interviews I'd had before and 
allowed me to perform to my best ability. I didn't expect to love the 
college as much as I do - I ended up living on site in college for four 
years because I enjoyed it so much! There's a good mix of undergrads and 
postgrads, and being one of the only 'mature' students in my year on the 
vet course I was grateful for being in a mature / grad college. The 
social scene is also really good! I play rugby for the University and 
the college has always been really proactive with supporting me in that, 
which I really appreciate. I've also had good academic support -  the 
quality of supervisions can vary greatly between colleges but I 
definitely had some of the best supervisors.

When I qualify I plan on taking a few months off before starting work to 
travel and put my vet skills to use in charity clinics abroad. I plan on 
going into practice after that but have yet to decide between farm or 
small animals (or both!).

I worked in a pet store for several years, and studied independently to improve the A-level grades I had originally achieved at school in Norwich. I have always known I wanted be a vet however I had never considered Cambridge before due to the various myths I had heard. How wrong the myths are! Coming to Lucy Cavendish was such a welcoming and refreshing experience. The college is a supportive, encouraging environment that feels a home away from home. The vet course here is amazing due to the well equipped vet school, top class lecturers and the small year group. On top of this there are almost one to one ratios with supervisors at the college, who can help with any questions you may have from lectures.

Since 1981 Dr Webster has been self-employed as an itinerant pedagogue teaching a range of biological and biochemical subjects to a variety of students at a range of educational establishments.

He has taught A level Biology, firstly at some Cambridge private colleges e.g.C.C.S.S. and then for about 20 years at Hills' Road Sixth Form College. He was also a part-time Open University tutor/associate lecturer on 2nd and 3rd level courses and demonstrator, tutor, senior tutor and course director at O.U. Summer Schools for almost 30 years. 

Dr Webster is now retired from all but the supervising which he still does for Clare, Christ's, Robinson, St. Edmund's, Sidney Sussex and Lucy Cavendish so he is now in his 46th continuous year as a supervisor. Dr Webster has been supervising the single medic Lucy Cavendish then admitted (in what was a total intake in all subjects of 17) since about 1981 or thereabouts, and has continued to do so ever since (not forgetting the vets who came on board soon after).

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After working full time in small animal practice, he now teaches orthopaedics at the vet school as a Clinical Teaching Associate in Small Animal Surgery, and supervise preclinical veterinary anatomy, and veterinary ethics. As VSCS, he also oversees extramural studies at Lucy Cavendish. Matt researches orthopaedic implant materials at the Cambridge Centre for Medical Materials, but also still spend some of his time working in general practice. He is passionate about teaching, and supporting our students. Outside of work he cycles competitively, and enjoy gardening, woodwork, and hiking holidays with his partner.