TCD Alumni – Cambridge Chapter Event – March 2020
The TCD Alumni – Cambridge Chapter will hold their annual Spring event this March at Magdalene College, Cambridge. All Alumni and Friends are welcome to attend.
DATE: Saturday, 14th March, 2020
VENUE: Magdalene College, Cambridge CB3 0AG
Tickets: £35/person (discount for full-time students), incl. 2-course lunch
The afternoon will include welcome drinks and a 2-course lunch in the college hall followed by an address by speaker Dr Cliona Hannon, Director of the Trinity Access Programme at Trinity College Dublin and a visiting fellow at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University. Dr Hannon's talk, "What would Stormzy think? Is TCD inspiring generations?", will explore how TCD offers Oxbridge a way of “levelling the playing field” for students whose background is not the privileged elite.
Please RSVP by Monday 2nd March by following the instructions below.
Please RSVP by 2nd March 2020
Additional Information
Event Information
Date: Saturday 14 March Venue: Magdalene College, Cambridge CB3 0AG Cost: £35 per person, which includes the talk, drinks reception and a two-course meal with tea/coffee
Timetable
12 noon – Drinks reception in Pepys Cloister
12.45 – Lunch in College Hall, 2 courses / coffee (wine available to purchase)
14.15 – Talk by Dr Cliona Hannon: “What would Stormzy think? Is TCD inspiring generations?” in the Cripps Auditorium, followed by questions.
About our Speaker
Dr Cliona Hannon In the late 1990s, Cliona set up an innovative, year-long Foundation Course for young adults from working class backgrounds in Trinity College Dublin. In 2019, 30% of Trinity’s first year cohort was made up of students from underrepresented groups including those from working class, ethnic minority and refugee backgrounds, mature students and students with a disability.
In 2016, Cliona was appointed as Visiting Fellow – Course Director in Lady Margaret Hall (LMH), Oxford to adapt the TAP Foundation Course to that context.
Following the generous donation of 2 scholarships by the rapper Stormzy to enable 2 black students to study at Cambridge, and the launch by Cambridge University in 2018 of a 500 million campaign to resource a Transition Year for underrepresented student groups, it seems especially apposite to hear from Dr. Hannon how such a scheme can be set in motion.