Student Prospectus

R o b i n s o n C o l l e g e

S t u d e n t s ’P r o s p e c t u s

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STUDENTS’ PROSPECTUSRobinson College

ContentsSection 1: The CollegeFood and the Bar 3Accommodation 4The Gardens 5Formals 6

Section 2: Student LifeWelcome 8What is the RSCA? 9RCSA Money 9Admissions 10Freshers’ Week 11Academic Affairs 11Facilities 13Partying 13Green 14Welfare 15Women 16Men 17Ethnic Minorities 17Overseas Students 18LGBT 18Sports and Societies 19

Section 3: Subjects

Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic 21Architecture 22Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 22Classics 23Computer Science 23Economics 24Engineering 24English 25Geography 26History 26Human, Social and Political Sciences 27Land Economy 28Law 28Mathematics 29Medicine 30Modern and Medieval Languages 30Music 31Natural Sciences 32Philosophy 32Psychological and Behavioural Sciences 33Theology 33Veterinary Medicine 34

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IntroductionEmma Naughton, Access Officer

Choosing a Cambridge college can be a con-fusing business. The aim of this Students’ Prospectus is to give prospective applicants an honest view of what life here is like, and it’s all written by current Robinson students, independent of the staff. Robinson is one of the friendliest, least pretentious colleges in Cambridge, and there are so many different kinds of people you’re bound to find people who have things in common with you.

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STUDENTS’ PROSPECTUS

There are three sections to the prospectus: information about the college in general, life as a student here, and a part on every subject available to study at Robinson, written by current students. If you’ve got a question that’s not answered here or by another pro¬spectus, there’s a contacts page in the back, so you can email us and get an answer, or you can use the FAQ section on the Access/Prospective students page to ask your own question, and one of the student committee will answer it as soon as possible

The only part we haven’t really included is general information about the struc-ture of each degree, along with other general information about the university – but you can find this stuff out at www.cam.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate, or contact Cambridge University Students Union (www.cusu.cam.ac.uk).

THE COLLEGEFood and the BarAlex Kennedy and Martyn Statter

The bulk of college eating will take place in what college pretentiously (and wrongly) calls the “Garden Restaurant.” We warn you now: if you use this name, you’re likely to be met with a blank look. Here at Robinson we prefer to call a spade a spade, and this particular spade is, in fact, a canteen.

Fortunately, the name is by far the most contentious issue facing the canteen. A recent Varsity newspaper poll found that the food at Robinson was the best in any of the Cambridge colleges. Food is served three times a day. If you feel brave, studious or just plain daft enough to get up and down there before 9, then cooked breakfasts could be your norm. For lunch and dinner, there are usually two meat options and a vegetarian. Choice. Each of these, with two veg portions, will cost around £3.20.

As well as the main meal, there are a plethora of delicious delicacies. From a salad bar, build-your-own-baguette bar, soup of the day, potato bar (Amazing! A bar with potatoes!) pasta bar and a range of tasty sandwiches.

Payment is done almost entirely with swipe cards; these can be topped up online or in the canteen, cafe or bar.

If nothing in the canteen seems tempting, you can always pop into the Red Brick Cafe. This serves all kinds of hot drinks as well as cakes, buns, flapjacks, paninis, pasta and (for some reason) sushi. The cafe is open from 10.30 in the morning.

In the evening the cafe spills almost seamlessly into the bar. This opens at 6.30pm during the week, and 7pm at the weekends. Its a really homely bar, just like a proper local. It boasts a jukebox, darts board, pool table and table football. In addition to this, the ENTs Committee work VERY HARD to put on events such as Karaoke, open mic nights and quizzes to relieve you from work. Occasionally, the bar opens up early on the weekends to show sport on the big screen. The start of this year’s six nations coincided with the first annual Robinson College Ale festival. It was the perfect accompaniment to shouting and gentle national xenophobia.


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The bar is stocked with a fairly wide range at a decent price, including our very own Robinson Ale. Ale haters do not despair - there’s also Guinness! As well as lagers, ciders, lots of spirits and wine. Oh, and soft drinks. The bar have a rolling selection of weekly deals on selected drinks too; be sure to check to get the best price.

If, like us, the thought of actually cooking terrifies you, the bar helpfully steps in to fill the unfortunate gap on weekend evenings. With pizza on Saturdays and huge portions of something else (that comes with a pint) on Sundays, you are almost guaranteed not to starve. The bar food’s a little more expensive than the canteen (don’t you mean Garden Restaurant?) normally around the £4.50 mark, but like we said, you get a drink included, so it’s pretty good.

So yeah, I think we’ve covered most of the actual food and drink now, but you might be reassured to know the staff are all really friendly, and both the bar and canteen are great places to catch up with people and unwind in a great atmosphere.

Accommodation Charlotte Brierre-Edney

Do you like green? Do you like pine? Well if you don’t yet, you should probably start soon because this is pretty much what you can expect in a Robinson room. Dubious curtain fabric aside, the rooms are warm, comfy, light and fairly spacious and are remarkable in their similarity. They contain everything that Robinson housekeeping deems necessary, which tends to include: a desk, a bed, a bedside table, 2 lamps, 2 chairs, shelves, a built-in wardrobe, an internet connection and also a kettle.

Every week a lovely lady comes and cleans your room, changes your bed and updates you on the staircase gossip. However, the unanimous answer to the question ‘What makes accommodation at Robinson better than anywhere else?’ is the sheer quantity of bathrooms. We need never face the terrifying prospect of darting across sinister courtyards, dressing gown-clad, for a shower, nor freeze to the bone on expeditions to the loo.

If you have siblings then you will rejoice at no longer having to bang exasperatedly on the bathroom door before tiptoeing round the small paddling pool that was once the floor. Conversely, the only child’s secret incapacity to share a bathroom need never be

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divulged. Here in this haven of ceramics and piping, most students need only share with one other person (of the same gender), or even nobody at all if you have one of the 170 en-suites. Other things that should probably be mentioned here include the admirable fact that Robinson provides you with accommodation for the entire duration of your degree. Furthermore, all accommodation is conveniently located at Robinson itself and on the roads surrounding its gardens, so you need not purchase hiking gear for trips to college facilities or worry about being separated from fabulous friends and sensational social events. This is different (better) than other colleges which often have sites away from their main college building and can involve marathon amounts of cycling/walking/other transport. The gardens themselves and their eclectic collection of artwork provide many rooms with a lovely view and peace and quiet. There have even been sightings of real live deer. Those afraid of bricks need not apply.

Room prices are divided into 4 bands (value, standard, standard plus, best), and prices are fairly average for a Cambridge college. After first year, in order to facilitate the room-choosing process a ballot places all Freshers in a random order. This will be the order in which you chose your college second year room. This order is reversed in second year, so if one year you are at the top, the following you will be at the bottom. And vice versa.

You can enter the ballot alone or on a list with friends (this means you can chose rooms at the same time, so there’s more chance of living together). The most important thing to remember about accommodation here is that whether you like hibernating in your cosy room or prefer socializing outside of it, Robinson provides you with the perfect atmosphere and community to do just that.

The GardensCathy Mansfield

When describing Robinson, apart from ‘the Red Brick Castle’, it would be hard not to mention our beautiful gardens. This huge area has got to be one of the wildest College gardens in Cambridge, and is home to a huge range of plant (and animal) species. From you room you can be looking across the lawns (which you can walk on!) to the lake and the trees. It really is a beautiful scene which will inspire you through your studies.


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In winter it becomes Narnia-like in the snow, and in the summer it’s a great place to relax and unwind, maybe going for a stroll across the bridge to the croquet lawn or enjoying a play put on by the Brickhouse Theatre group in the outdoor theatre.

As a College we are very proud of our wonderful gardens, and take care to keep them that way. After all, it is said that Charles Darwin brought some of the plants in the Robinson gardens back from his expeditions!

FormalsDan Green

Formal Hall (formal for short) is one of the few ‘old fashioned’ Cambridge traditions that Robinson kept when it was founded back in the late ‘70s. On Tuesday and Friday night you can go to formal where you get a delicious three course meal served to you for just £9. The dress code is suits and gowns (you’ll get one when you first arrive here) and you are expected to stay in your seats and behave yourself but really it is no more ‘formal’ than going to a restaurant. It can be a really fun experience each

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time you go. We only have formal twice a week (compared to 5 or 6 times a week at some other colleges) and it is completely optional which means that it’s still quite a special event even if you’ve been many times before. The food is possibly the best in Cambridge and the atmosphere is much more relaxed than at some other colleges. Notably our grace is only about one sentence long. (If you’ve sat through a five minute grace in Latin you will appreciate this.)

For me, the best thing about formals at Robinson is that you can go into formal in your suit and gown and have a really ‘Cambridge’ experience but the second you leave the hall you are back in reality and don’t have to worry about any sort of formality. You get the best of both worlds! Most people go to formal for birthdays or celebrations and there are also ‘formal swaps’ where a group of people from another college come to formal. These can be done by subject or society or just randomly. Formals are a really great part of the Cambridge experience and Robinson does them superbly!


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STUDENT LIFE

This section describes what it’s like to live at Robinson. Each piece has been written by an officer of the Robinson College Students’ Association (RCSA) about the area of College life they’re involved in. The RCSA is the Student Union for Robinson and each officer is elected by students, so they know quite a bit about their area.

Welcome Jimmy Campbell, PresidentRobinson, as we hope you will soon discover, is one of the best places to study in the world. Your time at University is forged not by where you live, but by the people you meet, the things you do and the people you’re involved with. Wherever you study, you would probably have a great time, so what makes Robinson so special?

You probably already know the basics - Robinson, at only 35 years old, is the youngest, freshest college in Cambridge with top-rate accommodation, among the best catering department in the University and a tremendous number of red bricks. There are also superb theatre facilities, a reasonably priced café with unbelievably comfy sofas and gardens with grass you can actually walk on (quite a rarity in Cambridge!) We could not hope to tell you about all the things you will be offered in even your first week at Robinson, the opportunities are endless.

If you have any queries then do not hesitate to ask questions on Facebook or get in contact with any of the committee via email.

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What is the RCSA?Alice Udale-Smith, Secretary

The RCSA – or Robinson College Student’s Association to use the proper name, which nobody does – is your own college version of the student’s union. Every single undergraduate member of college is automatically part of the RCSA and can run for positions and vote in our open meetings. However, when people refer to the RCSA they are often talking about the committee – a group of around 20 people elected every November. The jobs involved in being on the committee vary wildly from talking to college staff about academic and welfare issues, to organizing our amazing college events, to helping with IT problems, organizing the recycling, getting a new TV for the JCR and writing this prospectus!

For a full list of who’s who take a look at the website at www.rcsa.co.uk/contact. The RCSA is involved with pretty much every level of college life and joining gives you a great ability to not only help others but also make the changes you want to see in the way things are done aroundcollege.

RCSA Money Peter Judge, Treasurer

The RCSA gets given money by College to spend on student activities. This money funds student societies, including sports teams, music and ents. The RCSA also pays for ame-nities such as a subscription to Sky for the TV room and daily newspapers in the JCR. There is also some money to support students paying ‘subs’ for university sports teams.

Students have control over what the money is spent on - after College provides the money it is then distributed according to how students vote. Student societies also raise funds themselves, through theatre productions, choir services and parties. The money generated is used to support these societies – for example, in helping pay for a rugby tour to Bristol. The aim of the RCSA’s money is to improve student life through provid-ing funding for any activity that students may wish to be involved in, and there’s plenty to go round: Recently, money from the RCSA funded a renovation of the TV room, the new sports board and a new football kit as just a few examples.


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AdmissionsEmma Naughton, Access Officer

The application process for Cambridge can seems a little daunting – it’s quite unlike that of other universities. But it’s a bit strange and unsettling for everyone else too, and your interviewers will know that. They really want you to put you at ease so that you can give them the best possible idea of what you’re capable of. Part of the reason that Cambridge interviews all applicants is to see what you’d be like in a supervision environment (similar to a very small class).

There will be current students around in the common room where you will wait in between interviews – they will take you to and from your different interviews and tests so that you don’t get lost, and you can ask them any questions you have, or just chat to calm your nerves.

Interviews and tests vary across subjects, but you will probably have a general interview and a subject interview. The general interview will be with a fellow of the college who may or may not be from the subject you’re applying for. The purpose of it is just to get to know you a little better as a person and perhaps talk about what you’ve done outside your subject. The subject interview will probably be a little tougher, and it’s possible the interviewer will deliberately ask you questions that take you outside of your comfort zone. Don’t worry about any of it – a lot of people who think their interviews went terribly actually receive offers. Often interviewers are happy to let you guide the conversation too, so if you have a special area of interest relevant to your subject, bring it up!

Whether or not you get an offer, a Cambridge interview is a pretty unique experience, and a chance to talk to a leading academic in your field of interest, so enjoy it!

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Freshers’ WeekBryn Pickering, Vice President

Robinson College prides itself in being really welcoming and encouraging: a place where people can get involved in College life from the start.

A big part of helping new students settle in when they arrive is Freshers’ Week (or Freshers’ 5 days as it turns out to be…) and I reckon Robinson organises some of the most varied and exciting activities (not that I’m biased at all). Events include college parties - known as ‘bops’ here - in ‘The Party Room’ (With a brand new College-shaking sound system), tours to some of the bars in town, team building events, workshops and quiet chill-out events where you can just relax and chat.

The college also lays out a memorable dinner (free of charge) and you get a photo of your year group! Then to finish the week on a high, we have Robinson’s annual massive party (formally known as Corruption). Everyone has really fond memories of those first few days and it’s great fun introducing yourself to so many new people. Everyone is in the same boat and are all really keen to make new friends. You can introduce yourself to anyone and they’ll really want to talk! The events organised for me in Freshers’ Week really helped me settle in quickly at College and everyone really wants you to enjoy your time at Robinson.

RCSA Officers wear named hoodies during Freshers’ Week so you know who to ask for help. College holds a Societies Fair so you can sign up for anything you’re interested in, and there are events to suit everyone from pub crawls to board game evenings.

Academic AffairsLotte Reinbold, Academic Affairs Officer

It’s pretty unavoidable - academic work is a big part of your life here at Cambridge. That doesn’t mean, however, that you are expected to spend every moment feverishly swotting; unless, of course, you want to! Each subject has vastly different amounts of


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contact time and lecture time, so if all your friends seem to be in labs from dawn to dusk whilst you only have two supervisions a week, don’t worry. The most important thing about your work here is to get into a good routine. After a few weeks, you’ll learn when your essays are due, and when your supervisions and lectures are. If you can structure your work around that with a good balance of time out, it really isn’t as daunting as it might at first appear.

Of course, everyone struggles at times and has the odd essay crisis - it’s just part of life. Thankfully, because everyone’s in the same boat, your first port of call when you’re having academic problems can often be your friends. There’s a really great network of support at Robinson as well, should you need a little more support. Your Academic Affairs officer will be there to help you with any academic difficulties you might have - just email, text or come to a drop-in session. You will also have a Subject Rep who can help out - and, of course, you can also see your tutor, your Director of Studies or chat to one of your supervisors. If you feel like you’re struggling, there is always someone to talk to. It’s a terrible cliché, but a problem shared really is a problem halved. It’s amazing how just talking about your work to someone else can help you get things into perspective.

Cambridge is a really great place to work. As well as the college library, you will have a subject library with a wider range of books than Robinson Library (useful if you’re not a medievalist or a theologian...!), and you can now also borrow from the University Library. Each library will have different rules about how much you can borrow and for how long, but they’re all super-helpful and you should (hopefully) never have a problem getting a book you need. If you find that you are missing a vital textbook and nowhere seems to have it, talk to your DoS - they can quite often buy in books for the library, or reimburse you for things you’ve bought (as an impoverished student, this last part is especially handy!)

Finally, you will at some point during your time here have to do exams. Don’t panic! Exam term can be a pretty hectic time here in Cambridge, but it can also be really rewarding. Remember to take plenty of time to chill out and do things away from work, and remember, there are plenty of people always willing to lend a hand if you feel swamped.

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FacilitiesMary Hughes, Catering and Amenities Officer

The Catering and Amenities Officer’s job is to look after the facilities we have in college for student use and to improve them. Robinson is a modern college so we have the benefit of several purpose-built venues, for example the auditorium which can be hired by students to produce plays or show films. There is also the outdoor theatre in our (beautiful) gardens and several conference rooms which can be hired by students to hold meetings, rehearsals or dinners.

We have a games room, which has a table tennis table, as well as some gym equipment. On that note there is also a weights room hidden under college which everyone is welcome to use once they’ve been inducted - and it’s free! Across the road from College are three squash courts which are free to use in the University Real Tennis Club. Then there are all the little things that make the difference - we have a DVD library and CD library. The JCR has just been renovated and boasts a large selection of board games, along with a 60” TV. In addition, the TV room is undergoing improvement, and now has a big TV with surround sound and 3D capabilities.

PartyingToby Hayward-Butcher and Will Nyerere-Plastow, Ents Officers

Whilst Cambridge isn’t best known for its nightlife, there is still a great deal going on. The city has five major nightclubs, as well as various other bars/pubs and venues. Cambridge students live by the mantra of work-hard-play-hard, so whilst we may not go out quite as much as other students, we make the most of it when we do. If clubbing isn’t really your scene, there is plenty on offer for youtoo! Cambridge is famous for its rich array of cultural pursuits, with a dearth of theatre, comedy and music.

On a more local level, Robinson puts on a lot of entertainment for students, so you can enjoy yourselves without even having to venture out of college! Every Friday we run discos that we affectionately refer to as ‘bops’. These take place in our party room, which is always stocked with an eclectic selection of alcohol, and the bar is completely student-run. In fact we recently spent a largeamount of money installing a professional-level sound-system, so the party room is a bit like a mini-nightclub within college! Bops are a bit naff, but always go down well and


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are good fun.We also run fortnightly pub-quizzes, and there are always various other events taking place, such as karaoke, live music and open-mic nights. Robinson also has its own bar and cafe, which serves cheap drinks every night of the week.

Freshers week may not be as infamous as at other universities, but we put on a lot of events to keep you entertained, which culminates in ‘Corruption’, our annual end of freshers week party which takes up the whole college. At the end of the year when everyone finishes exams we enjoy May Balls. May Balls are huge events hosted within the Cambridge colleges, with free food and drink allnight, and often attract high-profile musical artists to come and play.

In short, Cambridge isn’t all about work, we like to let our hair down and enjoy ourselves too!

GreenCatherine Mansfield, Green Officer If you are at all interested in environmental and ethical issues, then Robinson is the place to be, as it is one of the greenest Colleges in Cambridge!At Robinson we have lots of schemes in place to allow us to have the minimum impact on the environment. Our student-run recycling system reduces our landfill waste. We have a Fairtrade society and the college has Fair Trade Status. Alongside Fairtrade, you can also get involved in many of the university-wide ethical and environmental campaigns. We look into how we can participate in these areas as a College during our Green sub-committee meetings run by our Green Officer, which anyone can come along to. So if you want to make a difference in the world, Robinson is an excellent place to get involved!

The College Catering Department is also very ethical in the food and drink it serves. All of the hot drinks in the Red Brick Café are Fairtrade, and the chocolate sold is also Fairtrade (and yummy!). In Garden Restaurant there is a strong influence on sustainable food choices.This means that they will not serve any fish which is endangered, and

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regularly serve locally produced food wherever possible. They also provide lots of healthy organic, vegetarian and vegan dishes, so there’s something for everyone.The Garden Restaurant also serves Fairtrade food and creates the delicious Fairtrade Formal meals. What little is left at the end is composted and packaging is recycled, so hardly anything is thrown away! If you choose to cook for yourself in the staircase kitchens (there are hobs and microwaves available to use) then the market and health food shops in town can provide all the green food you could ever want!

In considering how green a College is, it’s important to look at the buildings themselves. As a modern College, not only do we benefit from excellent facilities and very comfortable rooms (and lots of bathrooms!) but also form great insulation and much better energy-efficiency than older buildings.Even though we’re this green already, as a College we’re always looking for ways in which we can further reduce our carbon footprint and be more ethical consumers. If you like that idea, then Robinson could be the ideal place for you!

WelfareHannah Cowan, Welfare OfficerAs you will have heard from everyone here, Robinson is a small college with a really friendly environment. This makes it great for welfare because on top of the tutors, who are there to support you through your non-academic side at uni, there’s always people you know down at the bar or in the common room if the huge pile of work on your desk is getting you down. It also means ev-eryone’s pretty good at looking out for each other both in college and getting home from town late at night.

If you do fall into trouble at Robinson, there’s a whole network of people to help you out. For financial troubles, there’s a financial tutor who can help you access hardship funds and college


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bursaries. For personal problems there’s always your personal tutor or a duty tutor on all night, as well as the chaplain, nurse, and RCSA Welfare officers who will all be happy to hear you out.

The RCSA has an elected team of welfare officers so that whatever your prob-lem, there’s someone to talk to. As well as the main welfare officer there are Men’s, Women’s, LGBT, ethnic minorities,and overseas officers, who have all got a little something to say below.

…Oh, and if you’re thinking I’ve missed something – there’s a plentiful supply of free condoms in our welfare cupboard, and a new “C-Card” scheme which enables you to pick up condom packs from pick-up points around college and Cambridge town-centre.

WomenDaisy May Pope, Women’s Officer

As Women’s Officer I don’t have an enormous amount to do because, luckily for all of us, Robinson is very female friendly.

Part of my role is to represent you in communication with college authorities over women’s issues, but so far no woman in college has come to me with any complaints which testifies to how unproblematic it is being a woman at Robinson.

As Women’s Officer I am also part of the Welfare Committee which meets regularly to think of lots of different ways to look after the welfare of everybody in college. In addition to this I go to the fornightly CUSU Women’s Forum where we discuss university wide issues and try to come up with solutions and campaigns. While this is primarily intended for Women’s Officers, any female student is welcome to attend.

If you are interested in getting involved in feminist issues and activities Cambridge has a lot to offer, from small scale events such as the women’s running in college to much larger affairs like the Reclaim The Night march against violence which is about to take place as I am writing this.

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All in all, being a woman in Cambridge and in Robinson is fun, easy and pretty much the same as being a man, except we have the benefit of an active network of women supporting us and offering lots of things to get involved in.

MenJacob Waller, Men’s Officer

It may seem a little unusual to have a section just for men. However, student welfare is really important in Robinson and on the welfare team are dedicated Women’s and Men’s Officers, the latter of whom looks out for the well-being of male students in college. From the beginning with Men’s Drinks in Freshers’ Week, guys have a great time at Robinson, with lots of extra-curricular and sporting activities to get involved in as well as the ever popular bar. There is also a fairly even mix of men and women in college. Most guys normally love their time here, but if problems arise – be they work-related or personal – there is always someone there to help out.

Ethnic Minorities Favourite Frizell, Ethnic Minorities OfficerAs an ethnic minority student, I certainly feel that the relaxed Robinson environment actually allows you to branch out, and experience the various opportunities Cambridge has to offer. Certainly , there has been an attempt to recruit the academic staff more diversely and in recent years there has been a growing ethnic minority population, which is due in part to its socially inclusive and friendly environment. Part of the university experience is meeting new people you probably wouldn’t have met otherwise. There are many cultural societies across the University that offer a dynamic medium for meet-ing new people or even some that facilitate debate and discussion. They usually hold an annual ball or dinner, weekly events (some of which are good for a night out ) and are a good way of meeting new people both in Robinson and at the other colleges.There is also a great and dedicated system of support that aims to help alleviate any problems that may well arise, and my role as the RCSA Ethnic Minorities officer is only one aspect of this. But I am ever present for a confidential chat, and where possible will take grievances on your behalf when it comes to dealing with any form of preju-dice. CUSU (Cambridge University Student’s Union) also give support in the form of an Ethnic Minorities Officer, an Anti-racism officer and the Black and Minority Ethnic


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Campaign, which works to improve welfare for all ethnic minority students and increase access for prospective students. John Rawles remarked that ‘you judge a fair society on the way it looks after its minority not its majority’. Perhaps he would applaud our recent college effort. That is, the students here afford every member a certain respect that can only help engender an easier transition into the Cambridge system, and environment. Difference is respected. Come and see Robinson to experience this yourself…

Overseas Students Mimi Kyprianou, Overseas Officer

Robinson College’s international community is much like the college itself : tight knit with a certain magnetism for the college bar. Students hail from a ridiculously varied background; from Moldova to Singapore and the sharing of cultures and experiences from various parts of the world has become the norm. The three (soon to be four) in-ternational formals a term provide an enjoyable and relaxed mingling session between students of all years. The Overseas Officer is always around to help new students settle in. The International breakfast at the start of the academic year (it’s free) also helps break the ice and puts new students at ease. Help in terms of advice on local banking, shop-ping, mailing and all the nitty gritty can also be sought from the International Officer at any time. The college also provides a trunk room for students to store their luggage during term breaks, and even overseas students find it hard to resist the food from one of the best cafeterias in the university!

LBGTSean Walsh, LGBT Officer

Robinson and Cambridge as a whole is a very inclusive and accepting place to be LGBT. In fact, some people believe that there is little need for an LGBT community in such a friendly environment. Some people in Cambridge experience difficulties with their sexual orientation and/or gender; therefore it is essential to provide an effective support network. As LGBT officer, my primary role is to help and support members of college with any LGBT issue in strict confidence. My second role is a social one and involves organising ‘swaps’ with other colleges. There is also an annual LGBT ‘bop’ (see

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Ents section for explanation?): “Rainbow Robinson” later in the year, which attracts people from all colleges in the university. Last but not least, we host free LGBT drinks and nibbles at the start of year to provide a friendly and informal environment to socialise in.

…And now for a sports round up

from Robinson’s inaugural Sport’s and Societies Officer – Steven Gordon

So you were captain of your school’s rugby 1st XV, cricket first XI, county athletics squad, and district amateur beach volleyball team, and now you’re wondering where you can take that burgeoning sporting talent while you’re here at Cambridge’s youngest college.

Well the good news, there are a wealth of teams ready to make use of your natural ability, unbridled enthusiasm, and stunning physique. All the usual sports are represented, and listed with the appropriate captains’ contact details on the RCSA website. Plus if there’s something you have a real knack for but can’t find readily available within the wide world of the Red Brick Castle then there’s nothing to stop you going ahead and setting up a club or society to further pursue your inexhaustible passion for Extreme Ironing, or superhuman hankering for 43-Man Squamish.

If you really figure yourself as a serious athlete you’ll also be happy to hear that there are even more sports represented at University level than could ever be accommodated by a single college, these range from the nearby Blues Rugby, Real Tennis, and Hockey, to the slightly more travel demanding Archery, Life Saving, and, somewhat inevitably, Rowing.

So don’t be under any false pretences that now you’re all grown up at University that you have to cut out your sporting recreation. In fact my big piece of advice would be simply to grab the amazing opportunity that Cambridge offers to try out as many new sports as you can fit in, continue any that you already enjoy, and dip in and out of what-ever else tickles your fancy- and always snap up all thestash you can get your hands on.

Now for the Arts students amongst you don’t fear. There are plenty of other ways that you can get involved in free time activities which don’t require the merest sporting ef-


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fort on your part, a lot of these procrastinating activities being run by fully fledged Col-lege or University level Societies. And much like the situation with sports teams, if you find the inexcusable absence of a club for the natural appreciation of Mexican headwear, or a society dedicated to the collective enjoyment of Lemon-based products, then go ahead and set it up – it’s incredibly easy to do, there’s advice and guidance on hand, and you may even get college funding. Now before you go to all that trouble it might be worth doing a quick check and for a fairly comprehensive list of existing societies you could do a lot worse than consulting the RCSA website, or even contacting the delight-fully helpful Sports and Societies Officer - [email protected].

So to wrap things up, some closing words or recycled wisdom…As you’ve likely already heard, these societies exist to enhance your university experience, so feel free to sign up to as many as you want, ignore the follow up emails from all you’ve lost interest in, and grab the freebies from the treasure trove that is the early October Freshers’ fair with reckless abandon.

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SUBJECTSWhat about the work? You’re probably thinking “yeah, but it’s Cambridge so the work has to be over the top” and you’re half right. We do work hard but most people enjoy their subject so it isn’t too bad! All students find time to socialise. It’s work hard, play hard.

All the courses you can do at Robinson are available across the University but each College has different resources, locations and so on which is why we’ve included a short piece on each subject.

Also, there’s a bit of jargon, so by way of a glossary: your “DoS” or Director of Studies is the Fellow of the College who oversees your academic work and supports you if you get into difficulties. They may also organise some of your work but this varies across sub-jects. “Supervision” is a meeting between yourself, an academic and usually some other students (fewer than five, sometimes it’s one-to-one) in which you may go over written work or discuss a particular part of the course. They’re practically unique to Oxbridge and are a vital part of every degree.

Anglo-Saxon, Norse And CelticMartyn Statter

Studying Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic (ASNaC) at Robinson is pretty nifty. Firstly, as with most Arts subjects, one of Robinson’s major selling points is its proximity to the Sidgwick site, home of lectures and the ever-useful ASNaC library. But we’re also opposite the UL which is rather handy and our own library has a decent selection of useful books, making last minute research a viable option.

Being a small subject, there’s obviously not many ASNaCs at Robinson, but it does mean you’ll soon get to know those in the years above you. We also have a lovely Director of Studies here and a doctor in Anglo-Saxon history, makingtravel for some supervisions a lot easier.


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ArchitectureMaria Radjenovic

One of the best things about studying architecture at Robinson is that you actually get to meet your class (unlike the NatScis because there’s about 1000 of them) and they all tend to be unique and fascinating individuals, adding colour to the University! Archi-tecture is quite a unique course at Cambridge, as it is in fact the only real arts subject! There are usually two architects a year at Robinson, which seems to be pretty standard throughout the other colleges, and there are only around 40 a year in the whole Uni-versity.

The architecture section in the College library is getting updated, and students should be provided with a drawing board for as long as they’re here, and usually get bigger rooms than other subjects!

It does require a great deal of dedication as it is a very time-consuming subject: you have to work fast and learn fast. We have a lecture course which makes up 40% of your mark, the studio work making up the remaining 60%.

Asian And Middle Eastern StudiesKirsten Chaplin

Robinson is one of the best colleges for AMES and not just because it’s less than a 10-minute walk from the AMES faculty (in itself a huge benefit, given that the course is more centralised than some others)! Applicants often don’t realise that we have two of the main lecturers in Japanese and Korean history, who make Robinson a hub of East Asian Studies activity and a place that offers lots of opportunities (and some perks) to its AMES students. Although you can’t do Korean Studies as an undergraduate degree at any college, if you have an interest in Korea you’re choosing the right place – Robin-son is the home of Cambridge’s Korean Studies!

For a small faculty like AMES, Robinson has a pretty healthy number of students, so if you’re doing an East Asian course (there are currently no Arabic Studies students sadly), you’re going to get lots of support, as there are students in the years above who know exactly what you’re going through, but who’ll also be able to get to know you closely because they don’t have loads of faces to remember, unlike with the massively popular subjects like NatSci.

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The Robinson College library is very well-equipped for the East Asian history course and has a range of dictionaries and language books, but if there’s a book you need that isn’t there, our current DoS is more than happy to purchase it for the library. Alterna-tively, with the University Library just across the road and the faculty nearby, you could barely be better placed for books too!

Classics Rhiannon Litterick

Classics at Robinson is brilliant, with the faculty located a handy five minute walk away. During the first two years, the Cambridge course focuses on bringing you up to a high standard of fluency in both Latin and Greek, with Robinson offering both the 3 year (if you have Latin A Level) and 4 year (if you don’t) courses. As the majority of non-intensive language teaching is done within college you soon become very well acquainted with your fellow Classicists and the intensive Greek classes, although hard work, provide you with an excellent opportunity to make friends in other colleges. At Robinson, there is a much greater emphasis on personal motivation than at other colleges. Our Director of Studies has a very ‘hands-off ’ approach, allowing you a much wider scope to dictate the structure of your course right from the outset, with papers such as prose composition optional (unlike at other colleges). There is no pressure to go down any particular route, and although the classical languages are compulsory for the first two years, in third year you can choose from a huge variety of papers, and even borrow a paper from another subject. The work load isn’t light but there’s still plenty of time to have a busy social life!

Computer Science Dan Green

Robinson is a fantastic place to study Computer Science. Firstly, it is probably the best located college for this subject. The Computer Laboratory in the William Gates Building (our wonderful, modern faculty building) is on the West Cambridge site. This is where you will have your practicals, your lectures and some supervisions.

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inson are the two Directors of Studies’ – one for the first year and one for the second and third. They are both really engaging, passionate people and this really helps moti-vate us. Robinson has great computing facilities which means that although your own laptop/computer is helpful it is by no means a necessity. Studying CompSci at Robinson is a really rewarding and fun experience and I would recommend it wholeheartedly.

EconomicsNiall Browne

There are typically three economists per year at Robinson, so we’re a close-knit bunch – this can be really useful for things like sharing books and helping each other out when someone doesn’t understand an aspect of their work. Economists often form friendships across the year groups, with the older years always willing to pass on their advice (and, if you’re lucky, look things up in their old supervision work). Supervisions are essential for understanding the course content; they take place not only in Robinson, but at other colleges and in the faculty itself. They also give a great opportunity to practice Tripos questions before any exams. The annual economics dinner is always very interesting with our DoS inviting a guest speaker. For example this year we met a member of the Government Economic Service. The subject requires a fair amount of reading but fortunately for Robinson economists the Marshall Library of Economics is just a five-minute walk away and the University Library is just across the road. The position of Robinson is also helpful because we’re only five minutes away from the Faculty itself, which makes rolling out of bed at 8.48am and still making a9.00am lecture always possible.

EngineeringPeter Hallen

So you want to study Engineering? Well I believe there is no better choice of college for that than Robinson. Firstly it has a great location, just out of town where you won’t get plagued by tourists, but only 5 to 10 minutes (depending on how late you are!) cy-

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cle ride from the Engineering Department. If you want to choose a college that is next door to the Department then fair enough, but I have to say it would drive me crazy if I lived too close. Secondly the supervisors here are mostly very experienced and really know their stuff. Academically Cambridge is tough - that’s no myth - and your supervisors are there to help you keep up with the course, so having good supervisors is really important for academic success. I think it’s fair to say that the ones you’ll get at Robinson are at least as good as those at any other college.

Other than these considerations, however, there is really no difference academically between any of the colleges. The college you choose is extremely important for your social life, but not so much for your work. If you want ancient buildings with spiral staircases and pretty quadrangles this is not the college for you, but I believe it is archi-tecturally the best college built in Cambridge in the last century, and the old colleges all look pretty much the same anyway.

There are around 14 Engineers in each year group at Robinson, and within a week of being here you’ll feel like you’ve known them for years. With excellent food in the canteen, a lively, friendly bar, great Formal Halls, and many different clubs and societies, the community into which you will be dropped at Robinson is a welcoming and excit-ing one.

EnglishWill Ghosh

Robinson is a great place to study English for a number of reasons, not least because the Faculty Library and lecture halls (if you’re into that sort of thing) are just down the road. Moreover, whilst many people find it rather oppressive, the enormous tower of the University Library, right next door, means you’ll never struggle to find your way home, however dazed, drowsy or generally disorientated you may be.On a more serious note, the people who study and teach English at Robinson create a fantastic environment to live and work in. Our theatre company, Brickhouse, provides cutting-edge theatre in Robinson – saving you the five-minute walk into town – and you’ll find editors of the student newspaper ‘Varsity’ as well as Union Presidents hang-ing around on every stairwell (if you’re into that sort of thing).

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eloquent. In fact, a number of the leading critics in the University teach at Robinson, which makes it fairly likely that you’ll be supervised by them at some point.

Even within college, the Library facilities are excellent, especially for undergradu-ate texts (more Chaucer than you could shake a stick at &cet.) and our Director of Studies has thus far proved to be both demanding and understanding in appropriate measure; here’s hoping he stays that way...

GeographyOwen Jones

Robinson is one of the best colleges for studying geography – both academically and socially. Geography always attracts a good number of students – there are seven in my year – so you’ll have no problem making friends with like-minded people. There’s always another geographer to talk to, whether it be for discussing an essay or arrang-ing to go out for a drink. Also, if you’re like me and don’t have a bike, there is always someone to walk to lectures with. Having such a large and successful group of geographers means the college is strongly geared towards the subject, and the college library is well stocked with at least one edition – often more – of nearly all the useful texts. As such, I’ve never had to buy a textbook in my time here so far. With relatively few lectures and a strong emphasis on your own independent reading and forming your own ideas, this makes studying here free of hassle.

With a huge range of social and academic opportunities, geography at Robinson is a thoroughly engaging and enjoyable subject to study.

HistoryAlex Marshall

I would urge even the most humourless scientist to make a significant life choice and convert to history. History is all about freedom. This can be in terms of free-dom of which paper to choose each term, freedom to pick and prioritise which lectures to attend or freedom to leave your weekly essay until the last possible moment. In my first two years I wrote essays on George W Bush’s foreign policy,

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the British penal system and even the barbarian invasions of the collapsing Roman Empire. Almost all of them were either coherent or handed in on time.

Robinson is excellently situated for history at Cambridge; the faculty is within five minutes’ walk and the University Library, packed with complicated old books, is literally across the road. Plus, the college library itself has most of the essentials for the first two years of the history tripos. Besides these practical matters, Rob-inson really is a learning environment; everywhere you look there are people, just learning furiously.

But more importantly, historians at Robinson have been proven to be objectively the most interesting and provocative group of people at Cambridge. The college takes around seven or eight undergraduates a year, which is roughly standard for a humanities subject. The Fellows, though at first perhaps intimidating, are genuinely friendly and intellectually stimulating. Studying here will stretch the way in which you think and equip you with a fancy vocabulary to argue and articulate even the most misguided of views.

For an enjoyable, respected and challenging subject, choose history (at Robinson).

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Land EconomyWill Woods

Robinson has the largest intake of Land Economists of any college which instantly provides you with plenty of people in the same boat during Freshers Week and also comes in handy for discussing work and supervision tasks. This also means that in there are plenty of 2nd and 3rd years to provide support, and make sure Fresher Week drinks and subject curry very sociable and enjoyable. Land Ecs have a reputa-tion as one of the most sociable departments and there are plenty of opportunities to meet everyone on your course. From Freshers Curry to the Christmas Meal, field trips or events organised by the Land Economy Society.

The Land Ec. department is on Mill Lane, about a 5 minute cycle or 15 minute walk from college. All lectures will be here and there is a well stocked library and computer room. In addition the college has a decent library which means many books can be accessed without leaving college. Supervisions are administered by the department so you will have them in different colleges and/or the department buildings. The best part of this system is that you are grouped with students from other colleges and is a great opportunity to meet the other students on your course. In the first year there are typically 8 hours of lectures and 2 hours of supervisions a week, which means with good time management the course allows plenty of time to experience everything on offer at Cambridge. Supervision work is an interesting mix of essays, discussions, presentations and projects.

LawMichael Boyle

Ladies and gentleman of the jury, I put it to you that there is nowhere better to do law than Robinson College. It is submitted that Robinson has separate and elusive Law Li-brary, which is better stocked than a lot of universities’ collections and has everything you need for your first year. We’re proud of having amongst our ranks of Fellows the venerable Professor Forsyth, the world’s pre-eminent mind on British administrative law.

We have the Robinson College Law Revision Week, the envy of Cambridge’s other lawyers, when we spend a week in Norfolk with the fellows covering the course before exam term. If you’re interested in a career in legal practice, the College has numerous events throughout the year with various firms and barristers, giving you

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plenty of opportunities to get a foothold in the working world, strengthened by Col-lege mooting that’ll give you experience in arguing a case. On the other hand, there’s none of the pressure to go into the law that can worry some applicants, the emphasis is, firmly on the academic study of the subject.

If you want to study the law in a cooperative, academic and bricky environment there’s nowhere better than Robinson College.

I rest my case.

(And obviously we’re spectacularly close to the Sidgwick Site, but I’m pretty sure you’ll have picked that up by now. Also, pretending I was making a case made me cringe just as much as you. Please forgive me.)

MathematicsClive Newstead

Maths at Robinson is great. It’s well-situated; it’s a 15 minute walk away from first-year lectures and 5-10 minutes away from the Centre of Mathamatical Sciences, where lectures are in third and fourth year. The workload is tough, but is very rewarding and still gives you plenty of free time. You’ll probably notice a big difference to A-level though. Most of the Further Maths A-level content will be covered in about 3 lectures and you’ll notice that the speed doesn’t get any slower! A typical first-year timetable will entail two lectures every morning (except Sunday) and 2-3 supervisions per week. Work is a lot more indepen-dent - you’ll have a lot of freedom as to how to manage your time, which is a task in itself. There are no set textbooks (although there is recommended reading) which has the advantage that you don’t need to pay a penny for course material, although finding the right chapter of the right book can be a challenge. The library has plenty of books for you to get another perspective on ideas brought up in lectures and to provide more exercises if the set problem sheets aren’t enough. Robinson Mathmos are also invited to a delicious meal at the start of every year of their degree courtesy of the Director of Studies; and trust me, it makes getting in all the more worth it.


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MedicineLaura Clapham

Cambridge is a fantastic place to study Medicine, but what makes Robinson special is the atmosphere; it is a friendly and welcoming college all-round, and the medics here are no exception! You are genuinely cared for, and all the years are well integrated, a quality some of the larger colleges can’t match. This will become especially useful when panicking about essays and exams, or needing reassurance that it is possible to get through and enjoy it. The library has all the books you’ll need, so you’ll never need to venture into the University Library, except, of course, for the odd hide-and-seek game. We also have a medics’ resource room on one of the staircases, which is available 24/7 with skeletons, plastic models, extra books and journals, and study space, which is a great place to do group work or anatomy revision. Each pair of students are loaned a skeleton (yes, a real one!) for revision over the holidays and during term in your first year. One of the things I love about Robinson is that it is slightly removed from the hustle and bustle of the touristy town (believe me, dodging meandering tourists on your bike is a skill you quickly acquire), and yet within a 5-minute cycle ride from lectures, dissections and practicals, although there is ongoing debate about which of two routes is quicker. Robinson is also a popular place for supervisions, so you will rarely have to trek halfway across Cambridge, a mission which lots of other colleges have to face. Here you will be pushed to do your best, and then pushed further. You are well-sup-ported by your Director of Studies and your supervisors, who strive to help you reach your potential as well as enjoying the course. Given its friendly and encouraging environment, you will undoubtedly love studying Medicine here at Robinson!

Modern and Medieval LanguagesJudith Fagelson

Studying Modern and Medieval Languages (or MML) at Cambridge is a great experi-ence. It is highly challenging, interesting, and opens doors to a wide range of careers. The course is really diverse – it’s not all just grammar and vocabulary; in your first

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year, as well as the compulsory language papers (which consist of translation, grammar and reading, comprehension and creative writing), you can choose between literature, linguistics and history and thought. The workload is heavy – particularly if you are taking up a new language from scratch, as many people do, but don’t let that put you off; the work is always interesting and everyone else is in the same boat – no subject at Cambridge is easy. Robinson also has an unusually high number of MML fellows, compared with other colleges, which means that you will most likely have an expert in your language close at hand should you feel stuck. You will spend your third year abroad, doing almost anything you like, provided you are actively practicing one or both of your languages. In addition to this, the department currently supplies Vacation Study Grants to fund travel during the holidays.

In addition, because you’ll spend most of your contact time in small classes rather than in lectures, you get to make friends with lots of people from other colleges – an op-portunity which most people don’t get.

It sounds like a lot of work, but there is always enough time to do extracurricular activities if you want to, or just relax in the bar if you don’t!

Music Daniel Tse

Robinson has the great advantage of being extremely close to the Faculty of Music on West Road (it’s a three-minute walk, or less than a minute’s cycle ride!)

Music students at Robinson are given an en-suite room in the main College building and guaranteed either an upright piano or an electric keyboard in their rooms for the whole of their degree.

The College has excellent musical facilities that are always available for use, including a Music Room (with a Yamaha Grand) and a Practice Room (with a John Broadwood and Sons). In addition, the Chapel has a Steinway Grand, a two-manual, four-stop Rubio harpsichord and a two-manual, twenty-six-stop Frobenius organ.

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many Robinson Music students took part. One of the College’s Fellows has performed with professionals on several occasions.

The academic resources for music at Robinson are excellent and constantly expanding in scope. The college library has a huge collection of books that are required for the University’s music course.

Natural Sciences Mark Driver, Physical and Joe He, Biological Natural Sciences is a diverse science course that allows you to continue studying a broad range of scientific disciplines in your first two years, with your specialisation only occurring in the final year. This allows you to gain a more thorough background in several fields before making a decision. The distinction between ‘biological’ and ‘physi-cal’ natural sciences is small, as you are free to choose from all the natural sciences modules, being restricted only by your interests and A levels. Changing between the two is not uncommon.

At Robinson you will benefit from really enthusiastic and supportive supervisors and Directors of Studies. You will meet regularly with your Directors of Studies to discuss your progress and advise you on your module options in future years. Natural scientists make up about 20-25 students per year, split between the two Directors of Studies, making it the largest course in Robinson. You can always find someone to talk to about your subject.

The college is ideally placed, being next to the University Library, and it is one of the nearest colleges to the West Cambridge site where the Cavendish laboratory (Physics department) is situated. It is also only 15 minutes from the city centre where many of the other departments are based.

Philosophy Mat Simpson

If you’re reading this, you probably already know that you want to study philosophy at university. So what’s so good about studying philosophy at Robinson?

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Philosophy is a very small subject at Robinson. We usually have around four or five philosophers in the whole college. This year we have just two in the second year, and none at all in the other two years. Because of this, only a few people have to share the pretty large selection of philosophy books in our library - which is open 24 hours a day, every day during term time. Even if a book isn’t available in the College library, Robinson is literally across the road from the University Library and is only a five-minutes walk away from the Department Library. The Director of Studies here - Dr. Hallvard Lillehammer - has an extremely good reputation, particularly for teaching, throughout the philosophy faculty and Robinson students are seen by other philoso-phy students as very lucky to have him. As an added bonus, the highly distinguished academic - Professor Myles Burnyeat - is an Honorary Fellow here, and is kind enough to offer some teaching in ancient philosophy to undergraduates if they want it. This is a great and unexpected bonus of studying at Robinson.

Robinson’s location, which I mentioned above, is extremely beneficial to philosophy students. Philosophy lectures tend to begin later in the day, usually at 10 or 11 in the morning, and the Faculty and lecture halls are only five minutes away on foot (or two minutes by bike). This means whilst most science students with 9am lectures have to get up at 8, philosophers can realistically expect to get up at 9.30 or 10.30 most weekdays!

Psychological and Behavioural SciencesThis is a new subject across the university and will be updated with a student’s view soon!

Theology & Religious Studies John Crook

Why study Theology and R.S. at Robinson?

With between 1 and 3 people studying Theology each year, you’ll get to know your year and theologians in the years above really well. The second and third year students have been exactly where you are, and they’re always going to be around, particularly in the first term when things can seem quite overwhelming.

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lems. The majority of supervisions are at other colleges or at the faculty, though you may well have some supervisions with the Chaplain.

One of the greatest advantages of studying theology at Robinson is its location, being very close to the Sidgwick site where the Divinity Faculty is. That’s where you’ll have your lectures so it makes it easier in the mornings. We are also opposite the University Library, which is very handy if you can’t find a book in the faculty library.

As for the people that study theology at Robinson, you definitely don’t need to have come from a religious background, and the community is varied and open.

Veterinary MedicineBecca Treloar Robinson is one of the best colleges to be a vet student. Situated exactly halfway between the lecture theatres in town and the vet school, it is a 10 minute cycle to lectures or to the pre-clinical animal handling sessions at the vet school. The gardens have lots of wildlife to excite the vets, including Roe deer, foxes and squirrels, as well as being great for revising in during summer. Because it’s off the beaten track, we don’t get many tourists wandering around and there is lots of parking for moving in day. Vet Med is a lot of work, but the Robinson vets are a close-knit bunch (3-4 per year), so there is always someone to talk to if you get stuck. All the Robinson vets get to-gether once a term for vet formal or vet punting; other vet events include a Christmas party and a dinner dance. And if it all gets too much, there is a lovely cycle path.

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