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Selwyn College Cambridge Academic excellence and a strong community. Selwyn is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

It is home to students of all backgrounds from the UK and across the world. We are proud of our diversity, and we welcome everyone whatever their race, gender, sexuality, disability or religious belief. The college takes its name from George Augustus Selwyn, who was the first Bishop of New Zealand (1841-68) and later Bishop of Lichfield (1868-78), and in whose memory the college was founded. The college opened at the start of the academic year in 1882. At the time it was seen as being away from the Cambridge mainstream, despite only being a short walk from King’s College and the centre of the city. However, the Sidgwick site – which includes such major faculty buildings as Classics, Economics, English, History, Law, and Modern Languages – was later created right next to Selwyn; and due to the steady growth of the University and its development of the West Cambridge site, Selwyn now stands at its geographical heart.

Students David Ding and Oumaima Berrada were snapped at Selwyn’s annual bike sale on Tuesday 13 October. Recycle Your Cy...
13/10/2026

Students David Ding and Oumaima Berrada were snapped at Selwyn’s annual bike sale on Tuesday 13 October.

Recycle Your Cycle brought 40 refurbished bikes to sell, along with locks and lights. Plenty of students spun by to take a look.

Head Porter Lee Scott, who agreed to host the group, said: “With every bike sold, we stress the importance of buying and wearing a good quality helmet and encourage fitting working lights. With the clocks going back on Sunday 25 October, good lights matter more than ever on Cambridge roads and a helmet could save a life.”

The local policing team also offered free security marking for bikes.

Pictures: Elizabeth Bam

Dr Daniel Beauregard has been appointed Selwyn's next Senior Tutor. He takes up the role in January 2027, succeeding Dr ...
08/10/2026

Dr Daniel Beauregard has been appointed Selwyn's next Senior Tutor. He takes up the role in January 2027, succeeding Dr Mike Sewell who is retiring.

A Fellow since 2000, Daniel is a Director of Studies and Tutor, and has been an Admissions Tutor for the past ten years. He lectures in inorganic chemistry, and his research uses MRI to watch chemical reactions as they happen, with a focus on wastewater treatment and energy storage.

Daniel said: "I'm really looking forward to this wonderful opportunity to contribute even more to Selwyn, which is such an important part of my life."

The Master, Suzanne Raine, said: "Daniel knows Selwyn and its students well and cares deeply about both."

Congratulations Daniel.

Find out more about him on our website. Link on our page.

Arriving at Cambridge can mean stepping into a place where you know no one and have little idea what to expect. Selwyn's...
08/10/2026

Arriving at Cambridge can mean stepping into a place where you know no one and have little idea what to expect. Selwyn's Bridging Course gives around 15 incoming students a week to ask questions, meet current students and experience college life before term starts.

Thanks to Selwyn Fellow Benefactors, Peter and Christina Dawson, the course is now funded for the next four years.

"I felt so reassured by being around people like me that I thought, I'd like to be able to do that for someone else." Kathryn, past participant and now a Bridging Course ambassador.

Find out more and read Kathryn's story on our website. Link in our profile.

📷 The 2026 Bridging Course students, taken by

Spot anyone you know? There are lots more photos from our undergraduate matriculation on Monday 5 October 2026, and from...
07/10/2026

Spot anyone you know? There are lots more photos from our undergraduate matriculation on Monday 5 October 2026, and from our postgraduate ceremony on Friday 2 October, on our website here: https://www.sel.cam.ac.uk/news/welcoming-our-new-students

📷 Howard Beaumont & Elizabeth Bam

We installed ten new Fellows on Tuesday, 6 October.The Master, Suzanne Raine, said: “It is wonderful to be welcoming so ...
06/10/2026

We installed ten new Fellows on Tuesday, 6 October.

The Master, Suzanne Raine, said: “It is wonderful to be welcoming so many new Fellows to Selwyn, to succeed departing members and augment our teaching offer. They bring more energy, enquiry and expertise to Selwyn College across a wide range of disciplines, and we look forward to all they will bring to our community.”

We have been introducing our Fellows over the summer on our website. Watch out for more there.

Some 122 new undergraduates matriculated at Selwyn on Monday 4 October, marking the official start of their time at Camb...
05/10/2026

Some 122 new undergraduates matriculated at Selwyn on Monday 4 October, marking the official start of their time at Cambridge.

They were chosen from more than 900 applicants with 31 people joining us from outside the UK. Their subjects range from economics and natural sciences to medicine, veterinary medicine, history and modern languages.

Welcome everyone.

Picture: Howard Beaumont

04/10/2026

Our head gardener Alex Turner shows us around the Selwyn pond.

A survey by Dr Justin Gerlach of Peterhouse, funded by the Friends of Selwyn Gardens, found the pond had the highest species diversity of the Cambridge college ponds he has surveyed.

Among its residents are dragonfly and damselfly nymphs, diving beetles, smooth newts and the only population of pygmy backswimmers recorded in Cambridge.

Welcome to our newest postgraduate students who joined Selwyn on 2 October. There are 69 of them and they come from 26 c...
02/10/2026

Welcome to our newest postgraduate students who joined Selwyn on 2 October.

There are 69 of them and they come from 26 countries including Ethiopia, Japan, Saint Lucia, Chile, Qatar and Hungary. A few are already known to us, having finished their undergraduate degrees at Selwyn.

Between them they'll be taking PhDs, master's degrees, law and business qualifications, and more. Here are a few photos from their matriculation.

Pictures: Howard Beaumont

Professor James Keeler is Selwyn's new Vice-Master, taking over from Professor Janet O'Sullivan from 1 October.James has...
01/10/2026

Professor James Keeler is Selwyn's new Vice-Master, taking over from Professor Janet O'Sullivan from 1 October.

James has been a Fellow here since 1984. A chemist, he has been Admissions Tutor and Senior Tutor at Selwyn, and head of the University of Cambridge's Department of Chemistry.

He said: "College is quite different from when I first joined, but what has been a constant is the strong sense of community and the importance we have always placed on working together for the common good."

The Master, Suzanne Raine, said: "I'm delighted James is our new Vice-Master. His deep understanding of what makes Selwyn so special will be invaluable. I am deeply grateful for Professor Janet O'Sullivan's exceptional contribution through her ten years of service as Vice-Master."

Read more on our website.

Our heartfelt thanks to Professor Janet O'Sullivan, whose 10 year term as Vice-Master comes to an end on 30 September.Re...
30/09/2026

Our heartfelt thanks to Professor Janet O'Sullivan, whose 10 year term as Vice-Master comes to an end on 30 September.

Reflecting on her time at the heart of our community, Janet said: "I am proud to have served as Vice-Master at Selwyn, a unique and very special institution that really does combine outstanding academic achievement with being friendly, empathetic and diverse. I want to say my own huge thank you to the staff and Fellows for all the support they have given me, and everything they do to make Selwyn what it is. Finally, I wish all the very best to my successor as Vice-Master, Professor James Keeler."

During her tenure, Janet’s most significant role was chairing the 2024/25 Mastership election. She also set up Selwyn's first Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and championed apprenticeship and employment opportunities at Selwyn for students from Cambridge Regional College with learning disabilities. She also founded Selwyn Voices, our community choir of staff, Fellows and students which continues to flourish.

Janet, who has been a Governing Body Fellow since 1994, continues in that role and as Director of Studies for Law.

Thank you, Janet.

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