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Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, the Glossary

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  1. 69 relations: A-level, Access to Higher Education, Alfred Marshall, Ali Smith, Alison Richard, Anna Ford, Anna McClean Bidder, Anne Owers, Anne Warburton, Cambridge University Reporter, Carol Black (rheumatologist), Catherine Tizard, Cephalopod, Claire Askew, Claire Tomalin, Colleges of the University of Cambridge, Cynthia Glassman, Digestion, Edwina Dunn, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, Fellow, Gail Honeyman, Girton College, Cambridge, Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, International Baccalaureate, Jackie Ashley, Jane Clarke (scientist), Janet Neel Cohen, Baroness Cohen of Pimlico, Janet Todd, Judi Dench, Kate Bertram, Lucy Cavendish, Lucy Cavendish College Boat Club, Madeleine Atkins, Madingley Road, Margaret Burbidge, Margaret Masterman, Margrethe II, Marshall House, Cambridge, Martina Navratilova, Mary Paley Marshall, Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Nautilus, Newnham College, Cambridge, Nirmala Rao, Noeleen Heyzer, Northampton Street, Cambridge, Passive house, Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark, Phyllis Hetzel, ... Expand index (19 more) »

  2. Colleges of the University of Cambridge
  3. Former women's universities and colleges in the United Kingdom

A-level

The A-level (Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational authorities of British Crown dependencies to students completing secondary or pre-university education.

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Access to Higher Education

The Access to Higher Education (HE) Diploma is a U.K. qualification which prepares students — usually 19+ — for study as an undergraduate at university.

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Alfred Marshall

Alfred Marshall (26 July 1842 – 13 July 1924) was an English economist, and was one of the most influential economists of his time.

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Ali Smith

Ali Smith CBE FRSL (born 24 August 1962) is a Scottish author, playwright, academic and journalist.

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Alison Richard

Dame Alison Fettes Richard, (born 1 March 1948) is an English anthropologist, conservationist and university administrator.

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Anna Ford

Anna Ford (born 2 October 1943) is an English retired journalist, television presenter and newsreader.

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Anna McClean Bidder

Anna McClean Bidder (4 May 1903 – 1 October 2001) was an English zoologist and academic.

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Anne Owers

Dame Anne Elizabeth Owers, (née Spark; born 23 June 1947) was Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons.

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Anne Warburton

Dame Anne Warburton (8 June 1927 – 4 June 2015) was a British diplomat who was the first female British ambassador.

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Cambridge University Reporter

The Cambridge University Reporter, founded in 1870, is the official journal of record of the University of Cambridge, England.

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Carol Black (rheumatologist)

Dame Carol Mary Black (born 26 December 1939) is a British physician, academic, specialising in rheumatology.

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Catherine Tizard

Dame Catherine Anne Tizard (née Maclean; 4 April 1931 – 31 October 2021) was a New Zealand politician who served as mayor of Auckland City from 1983 to 1990, and the 16th governor-general of New Zealand from 1990 to 1996.

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Cephalopod

A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda (Greek plural κεφαλόποδες,; "head-feet") such as a squid, octopus, cuttlefish, or nautilus.

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Claire Askew

Claire Askew (born 10 March 1986) is a Scottish novelist and poet.

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Claire Tomalin

Claire Tomalin (née Delavenay; born 20 June 1933) is an English journalist and biographer known for her biographies of Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Samuel Pepys, Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft.

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Colleges of the University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is composed of 31 colleges in addition to the academic departments and administration of the central university.

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Cynthia Glassman

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Digestion

Digestion is the breakdown of large insoluble food compounds into small water-soluble components so that they can be absorbed into the blood plasma.

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Edwina Dunn

Edwina D. Dunn OBE (born May 29, 1958) is an English entrepreneur in the field of data science and customer business strategy.

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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the 2017 debut novel by Gail Honeyman, and the winner of the 2017 Costa Debut Novel Award.

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Fellow

A fellow is a concept whose exact meaning depends on context.

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Gail Honeyman

Gail Honeyman (born 1972) is a Scottish writer whose debut novel, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, won the 2017 Costa First Novel Award.

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Girton College, Cambridge

Girton College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge and Girton College, Cambridge are colleges of the University of Cambridge and former women's universities and colleges in the United Kingdom.

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Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws

Helena Ann Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, (born 12 May 1950), is a Scottish barrister, broadcaster, and Labour member of the House of Lords.

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International Baccalaureate

The International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), more commonly known as the International Baccalaureate (IB), is a nonprofit foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and founded in 1968.

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Jackie Ashley

Jacqueline Ashley (born 10 September 1954) is an English journalist and broadcaster.

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Jane Clarke (scientist)

Jane Clarke (née Morgan; born 1950) is an English biochemist and academic.

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Janet Neel Cohen, Baroness Cohen of Pimlico

Janet Neel Cohen, Baroness Cohen of Pimlico (born 4 July 1940) is a British lawyer and crime fiction writer.

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Janet Todd

Janet Margaret Todd (born 10 September 1942) is a British academic and author.

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Judi Dench

Dame Judith Olivia Dench (born 9 December 1934) is an English actress.

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Kate Bertram

Cicely Kate Bertram, JP (née Ricardo; 8 July 1912 – 6 July 1999) was a British academic specialising in East African and Palestinian fisheries, and working with her husband Colin Bertram on sirenea.

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Lucy Cavendish

Lucy Caroline Cavendish, also known as Lady Frederick Cavendish (Lyttelton; 5 September 1841 – 22 April 1925), was a pioneer of women's education.

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Lucy Cavendish College Boat Club

Lucy Cavendish College Boat Club (LCCBC) is the rowing club for students and members of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.

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Madeleine Atkins

Dame Madeleine Julia Atkins, (born 2 July 1952) is a British academic administrator, scholar of education, and former teacher.

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Madingley Road

Madingley Road is a major arterial road linking central Cambridge, England with Junction 13 of the M11 motorway.

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Margaret Burbidge

Eleanor Margaret Burbidge, FRS (12 August 1919 – 5 April 2020) was a British-American observational astronomer and astrophysicist.

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Margaret Masterman

Margaret Masterman (4 May 1910 – 1 April 1986) was a British linguist and philosopher, most known for her pioneering work in the field of computational linguistics and especially machine translation.

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Margrethe II

Margrethe II (Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid, born 16 April 1940) is a member of the Danish royal family who reigned as Queen of Denmark from 14 January 1972 until her abdication on 14 January 2024.

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Marshall House, Cambridge

Marshall House has been the President's Lodge at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, England, since 2001.

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Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova (Martina Navrátilová;; born October 18, 1956) is a Czech-American former professional tennis player.

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Mary Paley Marshall

Mary Marshall (née Paley; 24 October 1850 – 19 March 1944) was an economist who in 1874 had been one of the first women to take the Tripos examination at Cambridge University – although, as a woman, she had been excluded from receiving a degree.

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Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, a member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Nautilus

The nautilus is an ancient pelagic marine mollusc of the cephalopod family Nautilidae.

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Newnham College, Cambridge

Newnham College is a women's constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge and Newnham College, Cambridge are colleges of the University of Cambridge.

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Nirmala Rao

Nirmala Rao (born 1959, Hyderabad, India) is a British academic and the current vice chancellor of Krea University.

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Noeleen Heyzer

Noeleen Heyzer (born 26 April 1948) is a Singaporean social scientist, diplomat, and United Nations official who was the United Nations Special Envoy on Myanmar from October 2021 until June 2023.

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Northampton Street, Cambridge

Northampton Street (part of the A1303) is a street in the north of central Cambridge, England.

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Passive house

Passive house (Passivhaus) is a voluntary standard for energy efficiency in a building, which reduces the building's carbon footprint.

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Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark

Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark (née Welch; born 15 October 1931) is an educator, educationist, academic, and activist.

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Phyllis Hetzel

Phyllis Bertha Mabel Hetzel (10 June 1918 – 6 January 2011) was a British civil servant and university administrator.

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Pound sterling

Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories.

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Regent's Park College, Oxford

Regent's Park College (known colloquially within the university as Regent's) is a permanent private hall of the University of Oxford, situated in central Oxford, just off St Giles', England, United Kingdom.

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Rosena Allin-Khan

Rosena Chantelle Allin-Khan (born 10 May 1978) is a British politician and medical doctor serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tooting since 2016.

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Royal charter

A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent.

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Sandi Toksvig

Sandra Birgitte Toksvig (born 3 May 1958) is a Danish-British broadcaster, comedian, presenter and writer on British radio, stage and television.

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Sarah Sands

Sarah Sands (née Harvey; born 3 May 1961) is a British journalist and author.

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Shami Chakrabarti

Sharmishta Chakrabarti, Baroness Chakrabarti, (born 16 June 1969) is a British politician, barrister, and human rights activist.

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Silver Street, Cambridge

Silver Street is located in the southwest of central Cambridge, England.

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Sophie Hannah

Sophie Hannah (born 1971) is a British poet and novelist.

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St John's College, Cambridge

St John's College, formally the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, founded by the Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort. Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge and St John's College, Cambridge are colleges of the University of Cambridge.

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Stella Rimington

Dame Stella Rimington (born 13 May 1935) is a British author and former Director General of MI5, a position she held from 1992 to 1996.

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Tooting (UK Parliament constituency)

Tooting is a constituency created in 1974 in Greater London.

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Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations

An under-secretary-general of the United Nations (USG) is a senior official within the United Nations System, normally appointed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the secretary-general for a renewable term of four years.

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United Nations Development Fund for Women

The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM, Fonds de développement des Nations unies pour la femme) was established in December 1976 originally as the Voluntary Fund for the United Nations Decade for Women in the International Women's Year.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England.

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Varsity (Cambridge)

Varsity is the oldest of Cambridge University's main student newspapers.

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Veronica Sutherland

Dame Veronica Evelyn Sutherland, DBE, CMG (née Beckett; born 25 April 1939) is a former British career diplomat who served in the Diplomatic Service of the United Kingdom from 1965 until 1999, including a stint as Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland.

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Westminster College (Cambridge)

Westminster College in Cambridge, England is a theological college of the United Reformed Church.

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Zoology

ZoologyThe pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon.

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See also

Colleges of the University of Cambridge

Former women's universities and colleges in the United Kingdom

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Cavendish_College,_Cambridge

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