Graduation https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/graduation/

[…] that it is a private recording, not to be publicly shared on social media or in any public forum. Booking  Graduation bookings can only be made using the Graduation Booking Form. Once received, bookings will be date stamped and places allocated […]

Data Protection https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/dataprotection/

[…] determined by legal requirements relating to that specific information.  Where no specific retention period is noted, at the point of graduation, the College reduces your personal information to a subset of information so that the College can retain a sufficient […]

Governance and Policies https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/governance-and-policies/

[…] failure to comply with these regulations may eventually lead to the withdrawal of exam results, the inability to attend a Graduation ceremony, or (as per College Statute XVIII.7) the member’s name being withdrawn from the College Register and thus automatically […]

Cards, CamSIS, Certificates & Forms https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/members/info/cards/

[…] process. Students are responsible for managing various aspects of their interactions with the University and its staff though the self-service, for example: notification of changes in contact details exam enrolments applying for allowances, intermission, leave to work away graduation supervision reports

Graduation Story: Kwabena Kusi-Mensah https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/graduation-story-kwabena-kusi-mensah/

[…] first few years of married life, the couple are enjoying establishing a more settled routine back home. But a shared graduation weekend will provide a welcome opportunity to tick a few Cambridge boxes. “I do miss Cambridge. It’s interesting – […]

Graduation Story: Sarika Dewan and Jürgen Sauer https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/graduation-story-sarika-dewan-and-jurgen-sauer/

[…] perform quantitative analyses. After completing his PhD in 2023 he returned to Berlin as a consultant for McKinsey, delaying his graduation until Sarika, whose studies had been extended by the pandemic, could graduate alongside him. She has returned to the […]

Graduation story: James Bevan https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/graduation-story-james-bevan/

[…] in sustainability consultancy, a field which, after a brief dalliance with accountancy, he then worked in for several years post- graduation, before changing direction to train as a doctor. “I felt at the time that no one was taking sustainability […]

Graduation Story – Boris Božić https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/graduation-story-boris-bozic/

[…] interviews. It was really valuable, this Cambridge experience, in terms of giving you something that you can immediately use, after graduation. My previous Masters was hard ecology, hard biology…the only way forward was to be a scientist. From Cambridge, I […]

Graduation Story – Maroof Rafique https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/graduation-story-maroof-rafique/

When Maroof Rafique left Pakistan to begin a Masters in Law at Cambridge, he knew he would find himself in a minority in England. What he hadn’t anticipated was what form that would take. “I was the only Pakistani on…

Graduation Story: Alina Utrata https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/graduation-story-alina-utrata/

It’s not unknown for research topics to acquire greater contemporary resonance over the course of a PhD. But for Alina Utrata, the past few months have seen her interests go from niche to era-defining. “I look at the political theory…

Graduation story – Mairead Ryan https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/graduation-story-mairead-ryan/

Getting children moving, and the barriers that prevent them doing so, has been the focus of Mairead Ryan’s time at Darwin. Her PhD in Medical Sciences, which she began in 2019 and with which she graduates this weekend, explores levels…

Graduation Story: Henry Daramola-Martin https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/graduation-story-henry-daramola-martin/

When Henry Daramola-Martin completed his undergraduate degree in History at Warwick University, he already had the long game worked out. Knowing he wanted eventually to establish a career in law, he recognised that it would be difficult to take time…

Graduation Story: Alex Shinebourne https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/graduation-story-alex-shinebourne/

Going straight from an undergraduate degree in Computer Science at Warwick to a full-time job at Google sounds like the dream. But for Alex Shinebourne, it was clear that he wasn’t quite ready yet for the leap to industry. “I…

Graduation story – Jonathan Itcovitz https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/graduation-story-jonathan-itcovitz/

Starting his PhD in 2019, much of Jonathan Itcovitz’s early Darwin experience was inhibited by pandemic restrictions. But if his world had shrunk, his research reached for the stars. Looking at the early evolution of terrestrial planets, Jonathan focused on…

Graduation Story – Jonathan R. Goodman https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/graduation-story-jonathan-r-goodman/

Jonathan R. Goodman doesn’t believe in doing things by halves. Over the past few years he has combined a PhD in Cambridge with a London-based life as a journalist, signed a book deal based on his research with Yale University…

Graduation Story: Tobi Alegbe https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/graduation-story-tobi-alegbe/

Tobi Alegbe’s first year at Darwin involved “a bit of soul-searching,” he says. Not because he was in any doubt that he was in the right place at the right time – although the onset of the pandemic might have…

Graduation story – Zixuan Tang https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/graduation-story-zixuan-tang/

In the popular imagination, concrete is about as solid a substance as it gets. But, as anyone whose children have found themselves taught in portacabins as the UK attempts to repair its crumbling schools will tell you, its lifespan is…

Graduation Story: Erin Williamson Wimmer https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/graduation-story-erin-williamson-wimmer/

Erin Williamson arrived at Darwin as a Gates Scholar in 2018. She graduates tomorrow with a PhD in Social Anthropology, a husband, two children, and a new name – Erin Wimmer – having also weathered a global pandemic. There are…

Graduation Story: Arya Sharma https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/graduation-story-arya-sharma/

Arya Sharma, who graduates this weekend with an MPhil in English, isn’t someone who takes big decisions lightly. She took a year out following her undergraduate degree at King’s College London to give herself time to work out exactly how…

Graduation Story – Tanya Mangoma https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/graduation-story-tanya-mangoma/

Tanya Mangoma’s teaching staff at the University of Manchester have a lot to answer for. Although she began her undergraduate degree in Material Science and Engineering with the intention of pursuing a career in banking, she was quickly inspired to…

Graduation Story: Blakeney Clark https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/graduation-story-blakeney-clark/

After completing a BA in English at Exeter University, Blakeney Clark returned home to South Cambridgeshire without a definitive sense of what she planned to do next. But the discovery that her local children’s book fair was struggling for lack…

Graduation story – Madeline McInnis https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/graduation-story-madeline-mcinnis/

For Madeline McInnis, who has just completed an MPhil in Film and Screen Studies, the autonomy the course offered was a key factor in her choice to come to Cambridge. “The decision really came down to the thesis,” she explains….

Graduation story: Louise Walter https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/graduation-story-louise-walter/

After completing a Masters in the early 1990s, Louise Walter knew she had unfinished business with academia. But a career in teaching, combined with bringing up her three daughters, meant further study had to take a back seat for a…

Graduation story: Nobert Nyandire https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/graduation-story-nobert-nyandire/

For Nobert Nyandire, his year at Darwin has been the realisation of a long-held dream. After completing his undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies at Kenyatta University in 2007, Nobert wrote to Cambridge, Oxford and Harvard for information on postgraduate courses….

Graduation Story – Bea Simpson https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/bea/

Graduation Story – Bea Simpson For Bea Simpson, a PhD in Education was a return to first principles. After training in law, she had returned to her native Uganda and worked with the African Prisons Project, supporting those in […]

Graduation Story – Joshua Maynard https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/jmaynard/

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Graduation story – Socrates Angelides https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/socrates/

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Graduation Story – Victoria Turland https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/vturland/

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Sharing trustworthy research with parents and educators https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/sharing-trustworthy-research-with-parents-and-educators/

[…] just getting started. We’re excited to see where we can take this together.” We talked to Mairead ahead of her graduation in the spring, when the project was still in development. It’s wonderful to see it brought to fruition! To […]

Spring 2024 – Telephone Campaign https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/spring-2024-telephone-campaign/

[…] very excited to chat to alumni about their own experiences at Darwin and what they have been up to following graduation.   Elvire de Thomasson, MPhil in Genetics at Sainsbury Laboratory, working on the mechanisms of petal patterning of Hibiscus […]

Darwin Graduation Guidelines – November 2025 Revision https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/darwin-graduation-guidelines-november-2025-revision-5/

[…] only exception is that i f you received a degree ‘in absence’ during the Covid -19 Pandemic when ‘in person’ graduation was unavailable , attendance at a Congregation to ‘celebrate’ the degree is currently possible . The ceremonial is identical […]

Darwin Graduation Guidelines – November 2025 Revision https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/darwin-graduation-guidelines-november-2025-revision-2/

[…] only exception is that i f you received a degree ‘in absence’ during the Covid -19 Pandemic when ‘in person’ graduation was unavailable , attendance at a Congregation to ‘celebrate’ the degree is currently possible . The ceremonial is identical […]

Darwin Graduation Guidelines – November 2025 https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/darwin-graduation-guidelines-june-2025-revision-2/

[…] only exception is that i f you received a degree ‘in absence’ during the Covid -19 Pandemic when ‘in person’ graduation was unavailable , attendance at a Congregation to ‘celebrate’ the degree is currently possible . The ceremonial is identical […]

Darwin Graduation Guidelines – November 2025 Revision https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/darwin-graduation-guidelines-november-2025-revision-6/

[…] only exception is that i f you received a degree ‘in absence’ during the Covid -19 Pandemic when ‘in person’ graduation was unavailable , attendance at a Congregation to ‘celebrate’ the degree is currently possible . The ceremonial is identical […]

Darwin Graduation Guidelines – November 2025 Revision https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/darwin-graduation-guidelines-november-2025-revision-3/

[…] only exception is that i f you received a degree ‘in absence’ during the Covid -19 Pandemic when ‘in person’ graduation was unavailable , attendance at a Congregation to ‘celebrate’ the degree is currently possible . The ceremonial is identical […]

Darwin Graduation Guidelines – November 2025 Revision https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/darwin-graduation-guidelines-november-2025-revision-4/

[…] only exception is that i f you received a degree ‘in absence’ during the Covid -19 Pandemic when ‘in person’ graduation was unavailable , attendance at a Congregation to ‘celebrate’ the degree is currently possible . The ceremonial is identical […]

Darwin Graduation Guidelines – November 2025 Revision https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/darwin-graduation-guidelines-november-2025-revision/

[…] only exception is that i f you received a degree ‘in absence’ during the Covid -19 Pandemic when ‘in person’ graduation was unavailable , attendance at a Congregation to ‘celebrate’ the degree is currently possible . The ceremonial is identical […]

Darwin Graduation Guidelines – February 2025 Revision[3] https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/darwin-graduation-guidelines-february-2025-revision3/

[…] only exception is that i f you received a degree ‘in absence’ during the Covid -19 Pandemic when ‘in person’ graduation was unavailable , attendance at a Congregation to ‘celebrate’ the degree is currently possible . The ceremonial is identical […]

Darwin Graduation Guidelines – Autumn 2024 Revision https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/darwin-graduation-guidelines-autumn-2024-revision/

[…] only exception is that i f you received a degree ‘in absence’ during the Covid -19 Pandemic when ‘in person’ graduation was unavailable , attendance at a Congregation to ‘celebrate’ the degree is currently possible . The ceremonial is identical […]

Darwin Graduation Guidelines – Autumn 2024 Revision https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/darwin-graduation-guidelines-autumn-2024-revision-2/

[…] only exception is that i f you received a degree ‘in absence’ during the Covid -19 Pandemic when ‘in person’ graduation was unavailable , attendance at a Congregation to ‘celebrate’ the degree is currently possible . The ceremonial is identical […]

Darwin Graduation Guidelines – January 2025 Revision https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/darwin-graduation-guidelines-january-2025-revision/

[…] The only exception is that i f you received a degree ‘in absence’ during the Covid-19 Pandemic when ‘in person’ graduation was unavailable , attendance at a Congregation to ‘celebrate’ th e degree is currently possible . T he ceremonial […]

Darwin Graduation Guidelines – February 2025 Revision https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/darwin-graduation-guidelines-february-2025-revision/

[…] only exception is that i f you received a degree ‘in absence’ during the Covid -19 Pandemic when ‘in person’ graduation was unavailable , attendance at a Congregation to ‘celebrate’ the degree is currently possible . The ceremonial is identical […]

Darwin Graduation Guidelines – June 2025 Revision https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/darwin-graduation-guidelines-june-2025-revision/

[…] only exception is that i f you received a degree ‘in absence’ during the Covid -19 Pandemic when ‘in person’ graduation was unavailable , attendance at a Congregation to ‘celebrate’ the degree is currently possible . The ceremonial is identical […]

Graduation Guidelines – October 2023 onwards https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/graduation-guidelines-october-2023-onwards-2/

[…] to have their degree ‘celebrated’ at a future date providing there is space available . Celebration is almost identical to graduation, with some small differences in the Latin used. Students who delay graduati on or plan to return to ‘celebrate’ […]

Graduation Guidelines – revised https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/graduation-guidelines-revised/

[…] to have their degree ‘celebrated’ at a future date providing there is space available . Celebration is almost identical to graduation, with some small differences in the Latin used. Students who delay graduati on or plan to return to ‘celebrate’ […]

Graduation Guidelines – October 2023 onwards https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/graduation/graduation-guidelines-october-2023-onwards/

[…] with some small differences in the Latin used. Students who delay graduati on or plan to return to ‘celebrate’ following graduation ‘in absence’ will still be able to attend Congregations in the future, provided the College has the capacity . […]

Graduation Booking Form – revised https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/graduation-booking-form-revised/

For Office Use Only Status Booked Emailed Alumni Date From THE DEANERY OFFICE DARWIN COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE GRADUATION BOOKING FORM Please return b y e -mail to the Deanery Office at: deanery@darwin.cam.ac.uk 1. SURNAME: FORENAME: 2. PERMANENT ADDRESS FOR COLLEGE RECORDS […]

Graduation Booking Form – October 2023 onwards https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/graduation-booking-form-october-2023-onwards/

For Office Use Only Status Booked Emailed Alumni Date From THE DEANERY OFFICE DARWIN COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE GRADUATION BOOKING FORM Please return b y e -mail to the Deanery Office at: deanery@darwin.cam.ac.uk 1. SURNAME: FORENAME: 2. PERMANENT ADDRESS FOR COLLEGE RECORDS […]

Graduation Booking Form October 2024 https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/graduation-booking-form-october-2024/

DARWIN COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE GRADUATION BOOKING FORM Please return b y e-mail to the Deanery Office at : deanery@darwin.cam.ac.uk SURNAME: FORENAME: PERMANENT ADDRESS FOR COLLEGE RECORDS & ALUMNI OFFICE : Please note , for those graduating in absence your degree certificate […]

Graduation Booking Form – October 2023 onwards https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/graduation/graduation-booking-form-october-2023-onwards-2/

DARWIN COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE GRADUATION BOOKING FORM Please return b y e-mail to the Deanery Office at : deanery@darwin.cam.ac.uk SURNAME: FORENAME: PERMANENT ADDRESS FOR COLLEGE RECORDS & ALUMNI OFFICE : Please note , for those graduating in absence your degree certificate […]

dcrr010 https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/dcrr/dcrr010/

[…] Heitland’s brother-in-law, William Bateson, the eminent physiologist and a man who in spite of having spent the year after his graduation researching in an American laboratory, could see nothing at all wrong with the present lack of arrangements at Cambridge. […]

Deanery Admistrator_JD November 2023 https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/deanery-admistrator_jd-november-2023-2/

[…] • Work as a member of the Deanery team ; overseeing the student journey through Darwin, from admission through to graduation. • Provide confidential office support to the D ea n, Deputy Deans and Postg raduate Tutors. • Provide administrative […]

8 Darwinian Summer 2024 https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/8-darwinian-summer-2024/

[…] part of promoting student wellbeing Karen Knight talks to us about 40 years of seeing Darwinians through from admission to graduation 60 years of Darwin life I write this message a few days after the most wonderful long weekend celebrating […]

Darwinian DIGITAL AUG25 https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/darwinian-digital-aug25/

[…] first few years of married life, the couple are enjoying establishing a more settled routine back home. But a shared graduation weekend this summer provided a welcome opportunity to tick a few Cambridge boxes. “I do miss Cambridge. It’s interesting […]

International Freshers’ Guide 2024-compressed https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/international-freshers-guide-2024-compressed/

[…] information, records and transactions. It is the official repository of the student’s record from application all the way through to graduation and is the sole source of official University and College transcripts. You can access CamSIS using your CRSid here: […]

Darwinian Autumn 2016 for digital spreads https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/darwinian-autumn-2016-for-digital-spreads/

[…] it is pleasing that every year we have alumni coming back to enjoy the night with our current students. The Graduation in July was one of our biggest yet with 280 students and guests, and the lawn by the dining […]

Darwin Accounts 2021 23 Dec https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/darwin-accounts-2021-23-dec/

[…] respectively) . During the COVID – 19 pandemic there were no congregations at which students could graduate in person . Graduation s resumed in person, but without guests, in July 2021 and arrangements are proposed for those who graduated in […]

Darwinian Summer 2025 https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/darwinian-summer-2025/

[…] first few years of married life, the couple are enjoying establishing a more settled routine back home. But a shared graduation weekend this summer provided a welcome opportunity to tick a few Cambridge boxes. “I do miss Cambridge. It’s interesting […]

Darwin College Accounts 2024 https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/darwin-23-24-accounts-signed-2-dec24/

[…] ed to Cambridge to attend celebrations of the award of their degrees , and two students participated in person in graduation ceremonies by way of a celebration of their completion of studies (and later formally graduated i n absenti a […]

Strategic Plan-compressed https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/strategic-plan-compressed-3/

[…] vision and values 8 The origins of Darwin College 10 Distinctive characteristics 12 Our Future: priorities for 2022–2032 18 Conclusion Graduation lunch in the Dining Hall Introduction from the Master In the history of Darwin College there has never been […]

Darwin Accounts 2020 SIGNED https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/darwin-accounts-2020-signed/

[…] Colleges to ens ure a consistent and co – ordinated resp onse. A wide range of matters including teaching, assessment, graduation, admissions, buildings, accommodation and catering provision were dealt with through these channels. Central funds provided financial assistance to students […]

6 Darwinian Summer 2023 https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/6-darwinian-summer-2023/

[…] productivity of the College this year. This has been my first ‘near-normal’ year as Master, with a rich mix of graduation ceremonies, formal and informal halls, full lecture theatres for the Darwin Lectures, garden parties, lively in-person research seminars and […]

Ordinances October 2023 https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/ordinances-october-2023/

[…] formally responsible to the Council and Governing Body for the College’s students from admission, teaching, welfare and pastoral support to graduation and must ensure that the University’s requirements in respect of the students are complied with. The Dean shall be […]

Darwinian Winter 2022 https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/4-darwinian-winter-2022/

[…] Chester acting as an Usher at the Darwin Lecture Series in 2014 Chester walking by the spiral staircase at a graduation in 2014 23 WINTER/SPRING 2022 Editors: Sophia Smith, John Dix, Samuel Venn, Emily Rigby, Hebe Hamilton The editors especially […]

25-26 Room licence for website https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/25-26-room-licence-for-website/

[…] new licence for College accommodation; or iii. impose an academic sanction including but not limited to withholding presenting you for graduation. 8. Should the College decide not to terminate the licence under 7(a) (b)(c) or ( d ) but the […]

Ordinances (website) 2024 https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/ordinances-website-2024/

[…] responsible to the Council and Governing Body for the College’s students from admission, teaching, welfare and pastoral support to 7 graduation and must ensure that the University’s requirements in respect of the students are complied with. The Dean shall be […]

Strategic Plan-compressed https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/strategic-plan-compressed/

[…] vision and values 8 The origins of Darwin College 10 Distinctive characteristics 12 Our Future: priorities for 2022–2032 18 Conclusion Graduation lunch in the Dining Hall Introduction from the Master In the history of Darwin College there has never been […]

Ordinances-2018-Feb-2018-final https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/ordinances-2018-feb-2018-final/

[…] formally responsible to the Council and Governing Body for the College’s students from admission, teaching, welfare and pastoral support to graduation and must ensure that the University’s requirements in respect of the students are complied with. The Dean shall be […]

Fellows’ Handbook 2025 https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/fellows-handbook-2025-final-1/

[…] College’s wine cellar. Dean & Senior Tutor Dr Duncan Needham is responsible for maintaining oversight of the admission, academic support, graduation, health, pastoral support and general welfare of all students. He is supported by Deputy Deans Mr Tim Milner and […]

Darwin College Fellows Handbook https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/darwin-college-fellows-handbook-compressed/

[…] of the College. Dean & Senior Tutor Dr Duncan Needham is responsible for maintaining oversight of the admission, academic support, graduation, health, pastoral support and general welfare of all students. He is supported by Deputy Deans Dr Matthew Jones and […]

Stat&Ords (website) composite April 2024 https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/statords-website-composite-april-2024/

[…] formally responsible to the Council and Governing Body for the College’s students from admission, teaching, welfare and pastoral support to graduation and must ensure that the University’s requirements in respect of the students are complied with. The Dean shall be […]

Strategic Plan-compressed https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/strategic-plan-compressed-2/

[…] vision and values 8 The origins of Darwin College 10 Distinctive characteristics 12 Our Future: priorities for 2022–2032 18 Conclusion Graduation lunch in the Dining Hall Introduction from the Master In the history of Darwin College there has never been […]

Darwin College Accounts 2023 https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/darwin-accounts-all-signed-2023/

[…] had graduated in absentia during the COVID-19 pandemic returned to Cambridge to attend celebrations of the award of their degrees. Graduations at the end of the 2023 were affected by a marking and assessment boycott undertaken by academic staff as […]


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