Annual Report 20 09

Clare College Cambridge Contents

Master’s Introduction ...... 3

Teaching and Research ...... 4–5

Selected Publications by Clare Fellows ...... 6–7

College Life ...... 8–9

Financial Report ...... 10–11

Development ...... 12–13

Access and Outreach ...... 14

Captions ...... 15

2 Master’s Introduction

Clare’s primary purpose remains to provide a world-class undergraduate education In today’s competitive global market for the best graduate students, it is reassuring with an emphasis on individual teaching and support. We have this year introduced that Cambridge has finally taken steps to provide successful applicants with timely changes to the tutorial system to provide better cover during term-time and offers accompanied by appropriate funding packages. This is a good example of how vacations. We have also continued to recruit new Fellows to strengthen our teaching the colleges and University can work together to address an issue of fundamental provision in key subjects, and have made appointments to deepen our links with importance to Cambridge’s future. As part of Clare’s commitment to graduate important University institutions such as the Judge Business School and the Fitzwilliam students, detailed plans have been drawn up for an additional accommodation block Museum. The study skills sessions for first-year undergraduates and close attention to on the existing Newnham Road site, which will allow us to create a vibrant our teaching methods which I mentioned last year have transformed the results of community for graduate students close to the main College buildings. our students in less well performing subjects, as the spectacular improvement in This year has already witnessed two major enhancements of the College’s buildings: Economics continues to demonstrate. But the results this summer show that there is the long-awaited refurbishment of Castle End and the completion of Lerner Court. still much to be done. Together with the recent conversion of the Old Court attics and the refurbishment of I have expressed concerns in the past that students at Clare might not be challenged Thirkill Court, these projects comprise the most concentrated improvement of our enough both in the strictly academic sphere but also in the wider world. I am pleased built infrastructure for many decades. Capital expenditure at this level is only made to report that I see signs of greater political and social awareness: in the work of our possible by the generosity of our alumni and the careful stewardship of our historic graduates with the Clare-Bermondsey Trust, teaching music in Palestine, or with endowment. Hence the College’s decision last autumn to borrow £15 million to Afghan refugee women in Germany. I also detect a greater recognition by students of invest over 40 years, which should give us a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to the need to present themselves better to the outside world. But I worry that our increase our endowment significantly. Thanks to the work of the Bursar and the excellent women students are reticent about their achievements, so I am currently Development Office and the support of alumni, Clare is as well-placed financially as a talking to the President of Barnard College, the all-women’s college in New York, medium-sized Cambridge college can be. about the possibility of places on their summer courses on leadership for women. But the task of sustaining a world-class university in the next few years is a challenging Ensuring that the brightest young people from every background are encouraged to one. The mix of state and private funding has up to now protected Cambridge and its apply to Cambridge and Clare remains a major concern. We have launched two colleges from the worst effects of a fall in endowments. But the position of the public important initiatives this year to widen participation. First, we have adopted an additional finances in the next few years means that Clare’s future financial well-being and its ‘link area’, forging relationships with schools in Coventry and Warwickshire on behalf of ability to deliver high quality undergraduate education and student support are likely the University as a whole, to complement our long-standing work in Tower Hamlets. to depend on income from private, rather than government, sources. The talent of Second, we hosted an Alumni Teachers Conference in the Easter vacation, which we the students we admit, the efforts of the Fellowship, and the support of our alumni hope will become an annual event designed to disseminate up-to-date information about give me confidence that we will be able to maintain that quality in the future. the Cambridge admissions process. We are conscious that much more remains to be done to encourage applications from talented students from non-traditional backgrounds.

3 Teaching and Research

Undergraduate numbers 2008–09 Undergraduates by country/region of origin

Subject Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Years 5-7 Total Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic 121 4 Archaeology & Anthropology 411 6

Architecture 232 7 UK Asian & Middle Eastern Studie s * 4232 11 EU Chemical Engineering 34 7 Asia Classics 6341 14 Other Computer Science 423 9 Economics 565 16 Engineering 8678 29 English 899 26 Geography 222 6 Examination results 2009 History 10 11 10 31 In the 2009 Tripos examinations, 79% of all Clare students gained Firsts or 2.1s, compared History of Art 11 2 with 81% last year. Among the finalists, 88% of students in Arts subjects achieved Firsts or 2.1s. Land Economy 11 2 Overall, 20% of all Arts students and 22% of Science students gained Firsts, together Law 3631 13 representing 21% of all Clare students (compared to 25% last year). Management Studies 33 Manufacturing Engineering 11 2 In the arts and humanities, five out of seven students reading Philosophy gained Firsts, as did half the Mathematics 9785 29 students at Theological and Religious Studies Part IIB and four out of nine students at English Part II. Medicine (including Clinical Medicine) 14 11 11 7 17 60 Three out of five students at Economics Part IIB gained Firsts. In the sciences, Biochemistry showed Modern & Medieval Languages 11 89 9 37 an excellent set of results for the third year in succession, with four out of five students at Part III Music 8451 18 gaining Firsts. Both students reading Part II Plant Sciences and three out of five students at Zoology Natural Sciences (Biological) 10 12 13 5 40 Part II also gained Firsts, while four out of seven students at Mathematics Part III gained distinctions. Natural Sciences (Physical) 19 18 16 15 68 Philosophy 412 7 Seven Clare students were awarded Firsts with distinction: Yvonne Bristow in Anglo-Saxon, Social & Political Sciences 342 9 Norse and Celtic Part I; Qinkan Wu in Engineering Part IIB; David Belius, Hans Johansson, Ailsa Theology 366 15 Keating and Nicholas Sofroniew in Mathematics Part III; and Oliver Topping in Modern & Veterinary Science 43238 20 Medieval Languages Part II. Mr Topping’s performance was also recognised by the University with the award of the Mrs Claude Beddington Prize, the Whalley Prize, and the Olga Youhotsky and Catherine Matthews Prize. Giles Smith won the University’s David Roberts Total 144 131 130 61 25 491 4 Memorial Prize for the highest dissertation mark in the Architecture Tripos, while Katie Armitage won the Roger Morris Award for Medicine and Surgery. * formerly known as Oriental Studies Clare stands this year 18th (compared to 12th last year) among the Cambridge colleges in the PhD theses successfully defended by Clare graduate students Baxter Table measuring all Tripos results. Clare finalists were ranked 6th and Arts finalists 5th. Economists continued to perform well, with Clare ranked 3rd overall (up from 4th in 2008), Alexis, D. A comparative and developmental analysis of future planning while the College was 4th overall in English. Astley, M.R. Surface-acoustic-wave-defined dynamic quantum dots Cawthorn, W.P. Molecular mechanisms of anti-adipogenesis by tumour necrosis factor-alpha Andrew Thomason, Professor of Combinatorial Mathematics in the Faculty of Mathematics, and Cluett, T.J. The mechanism of mammalian mitochondrial DNA replication the late Michael Majerus, Professor of Evolution in the Department of Genetics, were awarded Cragin, R.K. Palestinian resistance through the eyes of Hamas two of the University’s prestigious Pilkington Prizes for Teaching. They bring to nine the number of Clare Fellows to win a Pilkington Prize in the last eight years. This is a singular achievement by Findlay, A.D. Total synthesis and structural assignment of antimitotic polyketides one college and reflects Clare’s commitment to providing a world class undergraduate education. Helme, A.E. Convergent evolution of intelligence in corvids and apes: implications for animal welfare Houghton, M. Gain in terahertz quantum cascade lasers Hubbard, K.E. Identification of calcium signalling elements in the Arabidopsis circadian network Graduate student numbers 2008–09 Jin, S. Dynamics of Galactic gas streams and satellites Kipps, C.M. Insights into frontotemporal dementia: an imaging and neuropsychological study PhD 222 Klein, A.M. The laws of cell fate in epidermal maintenance Masters courses (MPhil, MEd, etc.) 54 Mellad, J.A. Novel Nesprin-1 isoforms participate in mRNA regulatory pathways PGCE 0 Owens, G.A. Using systemising to facilitate social competence in autism: an evaluation of The Transporters DVD and Other 2 LEGO® therapy Total 278 Petrozza, A. Optoelectronic processes at organic semiconductor interfaces Sanders, R.A. The social lives of elite Philadelphian women, ca. 1760–1800 Seach, G.J. Wholly attending: theological thinking after Dietrich Bonhoeffer and D. H. Lawrence Graduate students by Sexton, T.I. Genome-wide detection of preferential associations between genes within transcriptional networks country/region of origin Sharkey, J. The politics of Wolsey's cardinalate, 1515–1530 Snaddon, J.L. Biodiversity and ecosystem function within leaf-litter accumulations in Sabah, Malaysia Teufel, C.R. Mental attribution: its role in socio-cognitive development and adult social cognition UK Tomazou, E.-M. Identification and characterisation of differentially methylated regions within the human Major EU Histocompatibility Complex USA Tse, D.H.Y. Spin dynamics in the presence of inhomogeneities Asia Vias, M. Neuroendocrine differentiation in hormone resistant prostate cancer cells Australia & New Zealand West, R.H. Modelling the chloride process for titanium dioxide synthesis Canada Wheeler, J.M. Nanoindentation under dynamic conditions Others Williams, I.S. English legal reasoning and legal culture, c.1528–c.1642 5 Withers, H.C. Parental food calling at passerine nests Selected publications by Clare Fellows Mr Neil Andrews as media: modelling the relationship between designer intent and ‘Photosynthesis in Global-Scale Models’, in A. Laisk, L. Nedbal and 136–149. London: Palgrave Macmillan Andrews, N. (2008) in The Reception and Transmission of Civil consumer experience ’, International Journal of Design 2(3): 15–27 Govindjee (eds), Photosynthesis in silico: Understanding Complexity Guy, J. (2009) ‘The Tudor Age’ , K.O. Morgan (ed.), The Oxford Procedural Law in the Global Society : 285–306. Antwerp: Maklu Crilly, N ., Moultrie, J . and Clarkson, P .J. (2009) ‘ Shaping things: from Leaves to Ecosystems (Springer Series Advances in Illustrated History of Britain: 223–2 85 . Oxford: Oxford University Press Andrews, N. (2008) ‘The Modern Procedural Synthesis: the intended consumer response and the other determinants of Photosynthesis and Respiration 29): 465–497. Dordrecht: Springer Professor Bill Harris American Law Institute and UNIDROIT’s “Principles and Rules of product form ’, Design Studies 30(3): 224–254 Keenan ,T., García ,R., Friend , A.D., Zaehle ,S., Gracia , C. and Vitorino ,M., Jusuf , P.R., Maurus ,D., Kimura ,Y., Higashijima , S. and Transnational Civil Procedure”’ , Revista de Processo 164: 109–120 Dr Maciej Dunajski Sabate, S. (2009) ‘Improved understanding of drought controls on Harris ,W.A. (2009) ‘Vsx2 in the zebrafish retina: restricted lineages Professor Tony Badger Dunajski, M. (2008) ‘An interpolating dispersionless integrable system’, seasonal variation in Mediterranean forest canopy CO 2 and water through derepression ’, Neural Dev. 4: 14 Badger, A.J. (2008) FDR: The First Hundred Days . New York: Hill & J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41: 315202. fluxes through combined in situ measurements and ecosystem Wilkinson , C.J., Carl , M. and Harris ,W.A. (2009) ‘Cep70 and Wang Dunajski, M. and Gibbons, G. (2008) ‘Cosmic Jerk, Snap and modelling ’, Biogeosciences Discussions 6: 2285–2329 Cep131 contribute to ciliogenesis in zebrafish embryos ’, BMC Cell Professor Andrew Balmford Beyond’, Class. Quantum Grav. 25: 235012. Dr Marina Frolova-Walker Biol. 10: 17 Balmford, A., Beresford, J. , Green, J., Naidoo, R., Walpole, M. and Dr Fiona Edmonds Frolova-Walker, M. (2008) ‘Between Two Aesthetics: The Revision of Dr David Hartley Manica, A. (2009) ‘A global perspective on trends in nature Edmonds, F. (2009) ‘Personal names and the cult of Patrick in Pilnyak’s Mahogany and Prokofiev’s Fourth Symphony’, in S. Hartley, D. (2008) ‘Titan - the Poor Man’s Atlas? ’, Computer tourism ’, PLoS Biology 7(6): e1000144 eleventh-century Strathclyde and Northumbria’, in S. Boardman, Morrison (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev and His World : 452–492. Princeton Resurrection 44: 11–20 Rodrigues, A.S.L., Ewers, R.M. , Parry, L., Souza, C., Jr., Vérissimo, A. J.R. Davies and E. Williamson (eds), Saints’ Cults in the Celtic World and Oxford: Princeton University Press Professor Sir Bob Hepple and Balmford, A . (2009) ‘ Boom-and-bust development patterns (Studies in Celtic History 25 ): 41–65. Woodbridge: Boydell and Professor H.L. Gates, Jr. Hepple, B. (ed.) (2009) The Transformation of Labour Law in Europe: A across the Amazon deforestation frontier ’, Science 324: 1435–1437 Brewer . Gates, H.L. (2009) In Search of Our Roots . New York: Crown Comparative Study of 15 countries 1945–2004 . Oxford: Hart Naidoo, R., Balmford, A., Costanza, R., Fisher, B., Green, R., Dr Paul Edwards Publishing Publishing Malcolm, T. and Ricketts, T . (2008) ‘ Global mapping of ecosystem Cooke, S .L., Northup, J .K., Champaige, N .L., Zinser, W ., Edwards, Gates, H.L. and Yacovone, D. (eds) (2009) Lincoln on Race and Hepple, B. (2009) ‘Forensic databases: implications of the cases of S services and conservation priorities ’, PNAS 105: 9495–9500 P.A., Lockhart, L .H. and Velagaleti, G .V. (2008) ‘ Molecular Slavery . Princeton: Princeton University Press and Marper ’, Medicine, Science and the Law 49: 77–87 Dr Bob Blackburn cytogenetic characterization of a unique and complex de novo 8p Gates, H.L. (2009) ‘John Hope, the Prince Who Refused the Professor David Hodell Blackburn, R.M. (2008) ‘What is Social Inequality’, International Journal rearrangement ’, Am. J. Med. Genet. A 146A(9): 1166–1172 Kingdom ’, The Root.com , April 1, 2009 Hodell, D.A. and Curtis, J.H. (2008) ‘ Oxygen and carbon isotopes of of Sociology and Social Policy 28(7/8): 250–259 Dr Patricia Fara Dr John Gibson detrital carbonate in North Atlantic Heinrich Events ’, Marine Mr Timothy Brown Fara, P. (2009) Science: A Four Thousand Year History . Oxford: Oxford Gibson, J.S., Ellory, J.C. and Lauf, P.K. (2009) ‘Pathophysiology of KCl Geology 256: 30–35 Brown, T. (ed.) William Walton: Choral Works with Orchestra (Vol. 5 of University Press cotransport’, in F.J. Alvarez-Leefmans and E. Delpire (eds), Hodell, D.A., Channell, J.E.T., Curtis, J., Romero, O. and Roehl, U. the Complete Edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press Fara, P. (2008) ‘Framing the evidence: scientific biography and Physiology and Pathology of Chloride Transporters and Channels in the (2008) ‘ Onset of “Hudson Strait” Heinrich Events in the Eastern Professor Paul Cartledge portraiture’, in T. Söderqvist (ed .), The poetics of biography in Nervous System . San Diego: Elsevier-Academic Press North Atlantic at the end of the Middle Pleistocene Transition Cartledge, P. (2009) Ancient Greek Political Thought in Practice . science, technology and medicine : 71–91. Aldershot: Ashgate Dr Josip Glaurdic (~640 ka)? ’, Paleoceanography 23: 1–16 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Fara, P. (2009) ‘Elizabeth Tollet and her scientific sisters ’, History Today , Glaurdic, J. (2009) ‘Inside the Serbian War Machine: The Milošević Channell, J.E.T., Xuan, C. and Hodell, D.A. (2009) ‘ Stacking Cartledge, P. and Edge, M. (2009) ‘‘Rights’, Individuals, and April 2009: 52– 8 Intercepts, 1991– 1992’, East European Politics and Societies 23(1): paleointensity and oxygen isotope data for the last 1.5 Myr (PISO- Communities in Ancient Greece ’, in R. Balot (ed. ), A Companion to Dr Tamara Follini 86–104 1500) ’, Earth Planetary Science Letters 283: 14–23 Greek and Roman Political Thought : 149–163. Malden and Oxford : Follini, T. (2008) ‘James, Ruskin, and The Stones of Venice ’, in M.H. Dr Jonathan Goodman Professor Andrew Holmes Wiley-Blackwell Ross and G.W. Zacharias (eds), Tracing Henry James : 355–373. Simon, L. and Goodman, J.M. (2009) ‘Mechanism of BINOL- Catimel, B., Schieber, C., Condron, M., Patsiouras, H., Connolly, L., Professor Nicola Clayton Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing Phosphoric Acid-Catalyzed Strecker Reaction of Benzyl Imines ’, Catimel, J., Nice, E.C., Burgess, A.W. and Holmes, A.B. (2008) Emery, N.S. and Clayton, N.S. (2009) ‘Comparative Social Professor Philip Ford Journal of the American Chemical Society 131: 4070–4077 ‘The PI(3,5)P2 and PI(4,5)P2 Interactomes’ , Journal of Proteome Cognition ’, Annual Review of Psychology 60: 87–113 Ford, P. (2008) The Montaigne Library of Gilbert de Botton at Fedorov, M.V., Goodman, J.M. and Schumm, S. (2009) ‘The effect of Research 7: 5295–5313 Seed, A.M., Call, J. Emery, N.J. and Clayton, N.S. (2009) Cambrdge University Library . Cambridge: Cambridge University sodium chloride on poly-L-glutamate conformation ’, Chemical Wong, W.W.H., Jones, D.J., Yan, C., Watkins, S.E., King, S., Haque, ‘Chimpanzees solve the trap problem when the confound of tool- Library Communications 2009: 896–898 S.A., Wen, X., Ghiggino, K.P. and Holmes, A.B. (2009) ‘Synthesis, use is removed ’, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Ford, P. (2008) ‘L’Education des femmes d’après la correspondance du Llinas, A., Glen, R.C. and Goodman, J.M. (2008) ‘Solubility Photophysical, and Device Properties of Novel Dendrimers Based Processes 35: 23–34 XVIe siècle: le cas de la famille Morel’, in G. Poirier (ed.), Dix ans Challenge: Can You Predict Solubilities of Thirty-Two Molecules on a Fluorene-Hexabenzocoronene (FHBC) Core’ , Organic Letters Seed, A.M., Emery, N.J. and Clayton, N.S. (2009) ‘Intelligence in de recherches sur les femmes écrivains de l’ancien régime: influences Using a Database of One Hundred Reliable 11: 975–978 corvids and apes: a case of convergent evolution? ’, Ethology 115: et confluences (Mélanges offerts à Hannah Fournier ): 77–86. Measurements? ’, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling 48: Grimsdale, A.C., Chan, K.L., Martin, R.E. and Holmes, A.B. (2009) 401–420 Québec: Presses de l’Université Laval 1289–1303 ‘Synthesis and Applications of Electroluminescent Conjugated Dr Nathan Crilly Ford, P. (2009) ‘Ronsard, amant vieillissant dans les Sonets pour Dr John Guy Polymers’ , Chemical Reviews 109: 897–1091 Crilly, N ., Good, D ., Matravers, D . and Clarkson, P .J. (2008) ‘ Design Helene ’, in C.H. Winn and C. Yandell (eds), Vieillir à la Renaissance : Guy, J. (2008) A Daughter’s Love: Thomas and Margaret More . Dr Julian Huppert as communication: exploring the validity and utility of relating 107–117. Paris: Champion London: Fourth Estate Huppert, J.L. (2008) ‘Four-stranded nucleic acids: structure, function intention to interpretation ’, Design Studies 29(5): 425–457 Dr Andrew Friend Guy, J. (2009) ‘Mary Queen of Scots (1971)’, in S. Doran and T.S. and targeting of G- quadruplexes’ , Chemical Society Reviews 37: Crilly, N ., Maier, A . and Clarkson, P .J. (2008) ‘ Representing artefacts Friend , A.D., Geider , R.J., Behrenfeld ,M.J. and Still ,C.J. (2009) Freeman (eds), Tudors and Stuarts on Film: Historical Perspectives : 1375–1384

6 Huppert, J.L. et al. (2008) ‘ G-quadruplexes: the beginning and end of measuring success ’, Conservation Letters 1: 155–164 Durrington ,P., Soos , M.A., Carpenter , T.A., Lomas , D.J., Cochran , Ptolemy Philadelphus’, in P. McKechnie and P . Guillaume (eds), UTRs’ , Nucleic Acids Research 36(19): 6260–6268 Dr Terry Moore E.K., Gorden , P., O’Rahilly , S. and Savage , D.B. (2009) Ptolemy II Philadelphus and his world (Mnemosyne Supplement 300 ): Wong, H.M. et al. (2009) ‘ Function and targeting of G-quadruplexes’ , Moore, T. (2008) ‘Locke: An Empiricist?’, Think 7(20) ‘Postreceptor insulin resistance contributes to human dyslipidemia 27– 38. Leiden: Brill Current Opinion in Molecular Therapeutics 11(12): 146-155 Dr Gordon Ogilvie and hepatic steatosis’, J. Clin. Invest. 119(2): 315–322 Thompson, D.J. (2009) ‘The Ptolemaic library project’ , Actas del XII Dr Tess Knighton Ogilvie, G.I. (2008) ‘3D eccentric discs around Be stars ’, Monthly Topaloglu , A.K., Reimann ,F., Guclu ,M., Yalin , A.S., Kotan , L.D., Congreso Español de Estudios Clásicos I : 845–8 61. Madrid Knighton, T. (2008) ‘Isabel of Castile and her music books: Franco- Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 388: 1372–1380 Porter , K.M., Serin ,A., Mungan , N.O., Cook , J.R., Ozbek , M.N., Dr Helen Thompson Flemish song in fifteenth-century Spain’, in (ed.) B. Weissberger Lesur, G. and Ogilvie, G.I. (2008) ‘On self-sustained dynamo cycles in Imamoglu ,S., Akalin , N.S., Yuksel , B., O’Rahilly , S. and Semple , Thompson, H.J. (2008) Might, right, prosperity and consent: (ed.), Queen Isabel I of Castile: Power, Patronage, Persona : 29–52. accretion discs ’, Astronomy and Astrophysics 488: 451–461 R.K. (2009) ‘ TAC3 and TACR3 mutations in familial representative democracy and the international economy 1919–2001 . Woodbridge: Tamesis Ferreira, B.T. and Ogilvie, G.I. (2009) ‘Warp and eccentricity hypogonadotropic hypogonadism reveal a key role for Neurokinin Manchester: Manchester University Press Knighton, T. (2008) ‘Music and devotion at the court of the Catholic propagation in discs around black holes ’, Monthly Notices of the B in the central control of reproduction’, Nat. Genet. 41(3): 354– Thompson, H.J. (2009) ‘The political origins of the financial crisis: the Monarchs’, in D. Hook (ed.), The Spain of the Catholic Monarchs. Royal Astronomical Society 392: 428–438 358 domestic and international politics of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’, Papers from the Quincentenary Conference (Bristol, 2004) : 206–225. Dr Fred Parker Savage , D.B., Semple , R.K., Clatworthy , M.R., Lyons , P.A., Morgan , Political Quarterly 80(5): 17–24 Bristol: University of Bristol Parker, F. (2009) ‘“We are perpetually moralists”: Johnson and moral B.P., Cochran , E.K., Gorden ,P., Raymond-Barker ,P., Murgatroyd , Professor Nigel Weiss Knighton, T. (2009) ‘Marian devotions in early sixteenth-century philosophy’, in G. Clingham and P. Smallwood (eds) , Samuel P.R., Adams ,C., Scobie ,I., Mufti , G.J., Alexander , G.J., Thiru , S., Thomas, J.H. and Weiss, N.O. (2008) Sunspots and Starspots . Spain: the case of the Bishop of Palencia, Juan Rodríguez de Johnson After 300 Years : 15–32. Cambridge: Cambridge University Murano ,I., Cinti ,S., Chaudhry , A.N., Smith ,K.G. and O’Rahilly ,S. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Fonseca (1451–1524)’, in M.J. Bloxam and G. Filocamo (eds), ‘Uno Press (2009) ‘ Complement abnormalities in acquired lipodystrophy Brummell, N.H., Tobias, S.M., Thomas, J.H. and Weiss, N.O. (2008) gentile et subtile ingenio’: Studies in Renaissance Music in Honour of Parker, F. (2008) ‘Classic Simplicity’, in A. Lianeri and V. Zajko (eds), revisited’, J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 94(1): 10–16 ‘Flux pumping and magnetic fields in the outer penumbra of a Bonnie Blackburn . 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(2009) ‘Construir lo esencial: Rosa Chacel y el discurso de Dr Toby Wilkinson Lewens, T. (2008) ‘Innovation and Population’, in U. Krohs and P. New York: Continuum lo femenino en la esfera pública’, in P. Nieva-de la Paz, S. Wright, Wilkinson, T. (2008) ‘Cones, nails and pegs: enigmatic clay objects Kroes (eds ), Functions in Biological and Artificial Worlds: Comparative Professor Lawrence Paulson C. Davies and F. Vilches-de Frutos (eds), Mujer, Literatura y Esfera from Buto and their implications for contacts between Egypt and Philosophical Perspectives : 243–257. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Meng, J. and Paulson, L.C . (2009) ‘ Lightweight Relevance Filtering for Pública: España 1900-1940 : 33–46. Temple University: Society of Western Asia in the fourth millennium BC’, in S. Ikram and A. Lewens, T. (2009) ‘Seven Types of Adaptationism’, Biology and Machine-Generated Resolution Problems ’, Journal of Applied Logic Spanish and Spanish-American Studies Dodson (eds), Beyond the Horizon: Studies in Egyptian Art, Philosophy 24: 161–182 7(1): 41–57 Professor Anthony Snodgrass Archaeology and History in Honour of Barry J. Kemp : 601–610. Professor Donald Lynden-Bell Professor Jaideep Prabhu Snodgrass, A. (2008) ‘¿Otro lector temprano de Pausanias ?’, Anales Cairo: American University in Cairo Press Gourgouliatos, K. and Lynden-Bell, D. (2008) ‘Fields from a relativistic Rao, R.S., Chandy, R.K. and Prabhu, J.C. (2008) ‘The fruits of de Historia antigua, medieval e moderna 39: 69–73 Dr Nigel Woodcock magnetic explosion’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical legitimacy: why some new ventures gain more from innovation Snodgrass, A. (2008) ‘Descriptive and narrative art at the dawn of the Mort, K. and Woodcock, N.H. 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(2008) ‘ Exact Optics VI: Schmidt Dr Andrew Preston faults, NW England ’, Journal of the Geological Society, London 165: Cameras & prime focus correctors’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Preston, A. (2008) ‘The Iraq War as Contemporary History ’, Professor Roel Sterckx 829–837 Astronomical Society 387: 677 International History Review 30: 796–808 Sterckx, R. (2008) ‘The Limits of Illustration: Animalia and Professor Jim Woodhouse Pharmacopeia from Guo Pu to Bencao Gangmu ’, Asian Medicine: Dr Andrea Manica Dr Helena Sanson Sato, J., Hutchings, I.M. and Woodhouse, J. (2008) ‘Determination of Tradition and Modernity 4(2) Harcourt, J.L., Ang, T.Z., Sweetman, G., Johnstone, R.A. and Manica, Sanson, H. (ed.) (2008) ‘L’Instituzione della sposa del cavalier Pietro the dynamic elastic properties of paper and paperboard from the Sterckx, R. (2008) In the Fields of Shennong . Cambridge: Needham A. 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Music Bridgewater Hall under the baton of Nicholas Kraemer, with the Manchester Camerata, James The CCMS termly concerts have been of exceptionally high quality this year, showcasing Clare’s ability to Gilchrist and other renowned soloists put on large projects. The Michaelmas Term concert, conducted by Carlos del Cueto (2005), Simon The world and London premières of Sir John Tavener’s Ex Maria Virgine , in St John’s College Thomas Jacobs (2006) and Nik Myers (2007), featured Verdi’s overture from Nabucco , Haydn’s second Chapel, Cambridge, and the Temple Church, respectively cello concerto in D with soloist Sophie Gledhill (2006), and Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony . The last Two appearances on BBC Radio 3 ‘In Tune’ programme piece was an ambitious choice involving huge orchestral forces, difficult solo parts sung by Raphaela A concert of Fauré’s Requiem and Schubert’s Gesang der Geister with The Schubert Ensemble, in Papadakis (2006) and Ed Ballard (2005), and a choir of over fifty including Clare Choir, CCMS chorus and the newly opened King’s Place Concert Hall, London choral scholars from around the university. The concert was a triumphant success and a great start to the year. The Lent Term concert began with Mozart’s overture from The Magic Flute , conducted by Cordula The Choir continues to make critically acclaimed recordings, particularly of new music. The world Geck (2008), continued with Grieg’s famous piano concerto in A minor played by Cordelia Williams première recording of Tavener’s Ex Maria Virgine , generously supported by Paul Lee (1964) and the (2006) and conducted by James Henshaw (2007), and concluded with Brahms’ Third Symphony Friends of Clare Choir, was highly acclaimed on its release in October 2008 and swiftly became conducted by Mark Biggins (2006). The Easter Term opened with an Opera Evening performance of Naxos’s best-selling CD of the season. In January, the women of the choir recorded Vaughan Williams’ Haydn’s comic opera La Canterina . Directed by Imogen Tedbury (2007) and featuring soloists Maud Millar Folk Songs of the Four Seasons with Sir David Willcocks, for the Vaughan Williams Society. (2007), Alessandro Fisher (2007), Eleanor Caine (2008) and Dominic Sedgwick (2008), the opera was a Arts and Societies chance for a small ensemble to work together to acheive exceptionally high standards. The programme for Along with the ever-popular pantomime and May Week Show, Clare Actors have funded successful the end of year concert included Mozart’s Symphony No. 41 in C major, ‘Jupiter’, Copland’s Quiet City productions of Waiting for Godot , Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter and Sheridan’s The Rivals . This year, the with Masie Anderson (2006) on trumpet, Strauss’s Blue Danube , Rossini’s Overture to The Barber of Seville third Miscellaneous Theatre Festival included visiting performers from Berlin and London, as well as conducted by Alessandro Fisher (2007), and Brahms’ Hungarian Rhapsodies . providing a collaborative, communal space for student performance and experimentation. Clare Poetry Among other concerts, Clare Voices, a non-audition choir directed by Nicholas Myers (2005), has continued to offer a relaxed and informal opportunity for students to share their writing. In the performed Vierne’s Messe Solennelle in the Chapel. The College continues to attract some of the best Michaelmas Term, the College took delivery of Lotus II by Brian Wall, a striking modern sculpture recitalists around Cambridge and has also provided opportunities for budding young budding currently installed in the Scholars’ Garden. It is the latest in a series of loans from the NewArtCentre at composers such as Freya Waley-Cohen (2008) to have their compositions performed. Roche Court, kindly facilitated by Lady Bessborough. The revived Lady Clare magazine published a fifth edition, featuring writing and original artwork by students, Fellows and alumni. Chapel Choir In addition to these artistic activities, Clare students are involved in over 40 College-based clubs and In addition to its regular commitments in the Chapel, the Choir has undertaken a number of exciting societies, from sporting and academic to international and political: national and international engagements, performing with leading orchestras and conductors. Clare Amnesty International has increased its profile within College and has been actively involved in University-wide letter-writing events Highlights of the year included: The Clare College Student Investment Fund (CCSIF) allows students to gain hands-on experience A further appearance at the Munich Opera Festival, under the baton of Ivor Bolton (1976) of investment decisions, managing a portfolio of stocks in challenging financial circumstances. CCSIF A semi-staged performance of Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito in the Barbican, London, with the also hosted a talk by the CEO of the London Stock Exchange, Dame Clara Furse Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conducted by Edward Gardner The Whiston Society (for Clare Natural Scientists) welcomed Sir David Attenborough (1945, 8 Performances of Bach’s St Matthew Passion in Cambridge and Manchester, the latter in the Honorary Fellow) as the guest of honour at its annual dinner Clare Politics has continued to host many high-profile speakers including Nigel Farage, leader of Sam Spurrell (2008) in Men’s Lacrosse UKIP and David French of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy Among other notable achievements, Gardens Joel Jennings (2005) rowed for Cambridge in Goldie and has been selected to represent Great Britain The year began with the planting of Lerner Court, to plans by Robert Myers Associates. The court Nicola Pocock (2007) and Stephanie Caird (2005) both rowed in Blondie has been planted with species suited to each of its aspects: the north-facing border with magnolias, Hydrangea ‘Annabelle’, Epimedium and Luzula nivea ; the south-facing bed with Cirsium rivulare , Team achievements Geranium ‘Ann Folkard’, Lavandula ‘Hidcote’, Cistus and Perovskia ; and the west with Hamamelis , Clare Men’s Football I’s were undefeated league champions in the Lent Term , sedums, and viburnums. The middle of the court features geometric beds of Prunus incisa Rosa nozomi The Clare Lacrosse team remained undefeated Cuppers champions Ilex crenata and dwarf box, while the lawn is graced with a specimen tree, Sophora japonica , Clare students dominated the University Mixed Lacrosse team, supplying both the captain and the aptly known as the ‘Scholars Tree’. The plants have established very well, despite the very dry April vice-captain; the Varsity squad included seven members of Clare, most of whom had not played and May, and looked splendid for the official opening of Lerner Court in June. Lacrosse prior to coming to Cambridge Clare had four representatives in the Cross Country Varsity Match against Oxford Another major project completed this year was the arboricultural inspection of all the major trees at Clare. The copper beech in the Master’s Garden, estimated to be 200 years old, and the Pterocarya at Library & Archives the main entrance to Memorial Court were both given a clean bill of health. The latter has been This year, loans and recommendations have increased, and a fine new colour photocopier/scanner has registered with the Tree Register of Britain and Ireland as one of the top three specimens in Britain. been installed. Almost two hundred Archive enquiries have been dealt with, and several exhibitions mounted for College events. Sports Individual achievements Two major projects are now complete. A second Law Reading Room was created by extending and modifying the residential set at J4. Colin Turpin officially named it the Turpin Law Reading Room at a The following Clare students were awarded Blues for representing the University in their respective sports: David Bell (2008) in Hockey ceremony in late April. The establishment of a modern, two-room store at the Colony will provide secure and sound long-term storage for the Archives’ modern records for the foreseeable future. Ed Chadwick (2007) in Heavyweight Boxing Mark Dyble (2008) in Athletics, winning the 100m and 200m races; Mark was also selected for the Clare’s copy of William Thynne’s 1538 edition of Chaucer’s complete works has been loaned to the Achilles athletics squad (the best of the Cambridge and Oxford Blues teams) for the quadrennial British Library for a major exhibition on Henry VIII, co-curated by David Starkey. US tour against teams from Harvard, Yale, Penn State and Cornell Universities. Josie Faulkner (2007) in Water Polo Alumni continue to donate items of interest to the College Archives, for which we are most grateful. James Hunt (2008) in Rugby League, maintaining Clare’s recent tradition in the sport Amongst this year’s accessions are a photograph album from 1898–1901 which includes pictures Stephanie Ko (2007) in Basketball of the Rag, sports teams and College events; other early Boat Club photographs; and a gown, Fionnuala Ratcliffe (2006) in Rowing, having rowed at bow in the CUWBC Blue Boat against bonnet and hoods formerly belonging to Rendel Harris, given for safekeeping by his descendents, Oxford at Henley on 22 March 2009 the Miles Family. 9 Financial Report

The Goal of Financial Independence tuition fees generally. This is likely to result in Clare students having to Expenditure At matriculation, Clare students are urged by the Senior Tutor to make pay higher fees themselves, with a commensurate need for increased Total operating expenditure amounted to £9.9 million. the most of their opportunities and to be self-reliant. These same bursary provision. Increased levels of debt for students will also attributes are important for the College as a whole in finding the funds inevitably lead to heavy pressure on Clare’s hardship funds, which are Expenditure £m needed to continue to deliver world-class undergraduate teaching in currently supporting students to the tune of £273,000 each year. Education (including Research) 4.0 the future. The uncertain circumstances created by the economic Accommodation 2.4 downturn have reinforced the need for Clare to be self-reliant. Operating Budge t* Catering & Conferences 2.2 Funding the College’s activities comes from four principal sources: Administration 1.3 With this in mind, the total refurbishment of Castle End during academic fees, student rents, conference income, and donations Total 9.9 2009 has transformed the 43 dingy and cold rooms with (in the form of new gifts and the income from the College’s communal bathrooms into 51 sparkling en-suite bedrooms, with historic endowment). modern meeting spaces for the students, suitable also for conference delegates. This £3.1 million refurbishment was Income completed on schedule within a very tight time frame, so as to Total income of £12.5 million for the financial year ended protect the conference income during the long vacation. 30 June 2009 was in line with the College’s forecast:

Lerner Court – which cost £8.5 million and has been funded entirely Income £m through the remarkable generosity of Clare alumni – now gives the Academic Fees 2.2 College the opportunity to earn conference income throughout the Accommodation 2.1 year, including during term time. This additional income from The Catering & Conferences 2.1 Gillespie Centre, together with future donations and legacies from Donations 2.4 alumni, will help to build Clare’s long-term financial health. Endowment drawdown 3.7 Total 12.5 I Education (including research) In the light of intense pressure on government finances, the College I Accommodation is determined to achieve financial independence in order to preserve I Catering & Conferences small group teaching for undergraduates and also to ensure that I Administration talented students from low income backgrounds are still able to come to Clare. The College spends £7,843 on each student’s education. The government makes a contribution, paying £3,744 for each undergraduate by way of the College fee. This leaves a shortfall I Academic Fees of £4,099 per student amounting to 52% of the total cost. I Accommodation I Catering & Conferences The government’s contribution in the future cannot be seen as I Donations reliable, since Parliament will shortly be reviewing the arrangements for I Endowment drawdown 10 * provisional figures Endowment Financial Framework Actual Forecast Forecast The Clare Endowment, currently valued at £51 million, is invested In 2010 Clare aims to achieve an operating surplus of £0.3 million 2009* 2010 2011 in global equities (51%), commercial property (22%) and short before taking account of donations. This surplus is being used to £m £m £m dated bonds/deposits (27%). The recent heavy falls in equity and carry out essential works on the old buildings to comply with property values have caused serious problems for some higher legislative requirements. Operating Income 6.4 6.9 7.9 education institutions in the UK and USA. However, these falls Endowment drawdown 3.7 3.1 3.2 have presented the Clare Endowment with the opportunity to In 2009 the College took advantage of low tender prices, Donations 2.4 1.5 2.5 invest at a low point in the cycle. The College had positioned itself reflecting the severe building recession, to refurbish Castle End ______to anticipate these market slumps, by holding a high proportion of for £3.1 million. This has used up the accumulated operating 12.5 11.5 13.6 the Endowment in cash and by selling commercial properties in surpluses with the result that the rate of refurbishment elsewhere Operating Expenditure 9.9 9.7 10.3 2007. Clare had followed the advice of City alumni back in 1999 in College will be markedly slower for the next two years. ______by selling all its US equities at the top of the market. Last October, Operating Surplus 2.6 1.8 3.3 the College began to invest again in equities, and is now investing The next major project is the creation of new accommodation for at the rate of £1 million per month; that pace will accelerate when 34 graduate students on the College’s Newnham Road site. The Lerner Court completion 3.8 -- equity values fall below 700 on the S&P 500 index. tumbledown condition of the present buildings, one of which is uninhabitable, presents an opportunity for Clare to transform this Castle End refurbishment 2.7 0.4 - Clare distributes between 4.5% and 5.0% of the market value very convenient site which at present is housing only 11 students. Newnham Road development 0.3 0.2 3.0 of the Endowment each year to support the specific activities The £5.5 million cost will partly be funded by the sale of graduate Other capital projects 0.8 - 1.0 designated by donors. In this way, the Endowment supports houses around the city and by further increases to graduate rents ______the work of the College while being protected against inflation, across all sites. The College will have to decide early in 2010 if the Increase (reduction) preserving the capital for the future. The long-term target is funding is adequate for the work to proceed the following October. in Operating Funds (5.0) 1.2 (0.7) to achieve a 7.5% total nominal return, holding 80% of the Endowment in global equities and 20% in commercial property.

The College took advantage of an historic opportunity in October 2008 to enter into an inflation swap on a £15 million loan for 40 years. The inflation-linked interest rate of 1.09% was unusually low due to the turbulent market conditions at that time. This presents a very significant opportunity to invest in global equity tracker funds at a low point in the cycle. Clare expects to achieve a real return of over 4% p.a., which would produce a gain of £45 million (in 2008 pounds) in 2048. 11 Development

The 2008–09 academic year has been a landmark one for Clare’s supporting the flagship supervision and tutorial systems. Like Old The 2009 Clare Annual Fund, which comprised a direct mailing development programme. The completion of Lerner Court and a Court 350 years ago, Lerner Court has been funded entirely by appeal and a telephone campaign, was the most successful ever, record-breaking Annual Fund have highlighted the continuing donations from alumni and well-wishers. It too will stand for centuries raising over £314,000 for the College’s priority projects, including strength of alumni support for the College, while the launch of a to come as a testament to the loyal support of Clare members. £75,000 for individual teaching and support. As a direct result of new alumni website, the expansion of the Alumni Council’s remit these alumni gifts, Clare will be able to employ a new Teaching and the election of the first Alumnus of the Year underline the Just as significant as this landmark project is the steady growth in Fellow in Economics from the start of next academic year, College’s reciprocal commitment to its members. Fostering this annual giving since the Clare Annual Fund was launched in 2005. strengthening the College’s provision in this key subject, and fund mutually beneficial relationship remains the overriding objective of One-fifth of alumni now regularly support the College – twice the a Tutorship in perpetuity. the Development Office. Oxbridge average, and twenty times the UK university average. There is still some way to go before Clare reaches the remarkable For the second year running, Clare received more in donations (a Strengthening the College success of Princeton, with its 60% participation rate, but there is total of £2.4 million) than it did from the government: an important Despite the global economic downturn, Clare alumni and friends little doubt that a sustained culture of support has taken root on step towards financial self-sufficiency. Gifts from alumni and well- have continued to show outstanding support for the College as it this side of the Atlantic. wishers are now a vital component of the College’s income. Equally seeks to build on its strengths and secure excellence in education important for Clare’s future success is the growing number of for future generations. The most visible example of this generosity Annual Fund telephone campaigns – amount pledged individuals who have made provision for the College in their will. is the £8.5 million Lerner Court. Completed on schedule in Membership of the Samuel Blythe Society rose by 17% in the 12 January 2009 and officially opened by HRH The Duke of months to the end of 2008, and at 30 June 2009 stood at 214. Edinburgh – Chancellor of the University and Visitor of Clare College – on 12 June, the new court has already garnered a Building the Clare community presitigious RIBA Award for the elegance and sensitivity of its There have been three major developments this year in strengthening design. Yet it is much more than just bricks and mortar. the College’s links with its members. The launch of a new alumni website, clarealumni.com, marked a significant step forward in Lerner Court provides much-needed student accommodation, communications. Interactive features and full connectivity with established allowing Clare to house its increasing number of fourth-year networking sites such as LinkedIn and Facebook brings Clare’s alumni undergraduates – a recognition that the residential experience is an communications platform into the digital age. An enhanced searchable essential part of College life. The new buildings greatly enhance the database allows alumni to contact each other directly, while expanded College’s facilities for educational and extra-curricular activities, with news and events sections aim to keep members more fully informed the Riley Auditorium proving particularly popular for guest lectures. about the College. In the first three months, 2084 alumni (over 25% of Last, but by no means least, the new court makes a vital contribution the total) signed up for access to the new site. In the years ahead, to Clare’s long-term goal of financial independence, by increasing the clarealumni.com should allow more members than ever before to stay income from conferencing activity – income that is essential for in touch with each other and with Clare.

12 Greater alumni involvement in policy-making has been marked Events to engage, educate and entertain Lectures to showcase the work of Clare Fellows, given by Dr by the establishment of two committees of the Alumni Council. The Clare Development Office now organises more alumni Marina Frolova-Walker, Dr Patricia Fara and Professor Nigel Weiss The Annual Fund Committee is responsible for reviewing the events each year than at any other Cambridge college. Through a Three alumni careers evenings, organised with the Clare College’s annual giving strategy, agreeing and signing off the case mixture of international and regional gatherings, year-group Ambassadors, focussing on careers in financial services, for support, and providing feedback on initiatives to develop the reunions and special interest events, the College seeks to serve psychology and psychiatry, and the creative arts Annual Fund and increase alumni participation. The Events and engage the entire alumni body. Overseas, Clare organised its An Edinburgh Dinner, kindly hosted by Douglas Lowe (1957) Committee has been set up to review the overall alumni events first ever gathering for alumni and parents in Hong Kong, a dinner at the New Club, Princes Street programme, suggest changes and improvements, and provide a hosted by the Master and Ruth Badger with guest speaker Roel An Oxford Dinner, co-organised with David Livesley (1975) source of best practice and experience for individual alumni or Sterckx (Fellow), the Joseph Needham Professor of Chinese and Norman Dawson (1966), and hosted at Pembroke alumni groups wishing to organise their own events. Both History, Science and Civilisation. In New York, the annual College by Daren Bowyer (2000) committees met for the first time in April and will report annually springtime drinks reception was once again held for younger The Benefactors’ Dinner, Samuel Blythe Society lunch and a to the full Alumni Council. alumni, organised by Patrick Monahan (2005). private viewing of the College silver collection for members of the 1326 Society The Alumnus of the Year Award, conferred for the first time in The Clare City Network had another successful year, beginning The annual Parents’ Dinner 2009, marks a new departure for a Cambridge college in the with the annual Clare City Dinner, hosted at Linklaters LLP by The Ambassadors’ Benefit Lunch area of alumni recognition. The award has been established to partners Ann Minogue (1974), Jonathan Inman (1977) and Brigid A decade reunion for alumni who matriculated in the 1980s celebrate the contributions that Clare alumni make to wider Rentoul (1980), and continuing with two further events: and their guests society, for example by extraordinary community involvement, An evening talk in February given by Professor Sir Mark praiseworthy heroism, or engaging in significant charitable work. Walport (1971), Director of the Wellcome Trust, on ‘Medical The final event of the 2008–09 academic year was the flagship It is also intended to serve as an inspiration to current Clare ethics’, hosted by Michael Smyth (1976) at the offices of Alumni Day, held in Lerner Court to showcase the new buildings. students. The holder for 2009 is Stephen Jakobi OBE (1956), Clifford Chance Alongside talks by Clare Fellows and alumni, tours of the College founder of Fair Trials International and a leading human rights An evening briefing in June given by Air Commodore Mark gardens and a scratch choir conducted by Tim Brown, the advocate. He gave the key-note address at the Half-way Hall Roberts on ‘RAF power: past, present and future’, hosted by programme featured a ‘Clare Question Time’ in the new Riley -for second-year undergraduates in February, when the Master Wing Commander Bryan Hunt (2004) at the RAF Club with Auditorium, with a panel of MPs and public figures (all Clare presented him with the award – a bronze sculpture, Isadora - Joy , the generous sponsorship of the Club and Raytheon alumni), chaired by Matthew Parris (1969, Honorary Fellow). specially created and donated by Clare alumna Angie Harlock With its combination of intellectual stimulation, education and (1974). Other alumni events during the year organised by the entertainment in a magnificent new facility funded by alumni Development Office included: themselves, the 2009 Alumni Day provided a fitting conclusion to All three developments feed into the College’s overall Alumni Reunion Dinners for 1984/85, 1994/95 and 1956/57 a memorable year. Relations Strategy, now collated into a single reference document A dinner for Mellon Fellows and their guests at the Yale Club and published online for the first time .* of New York City * Available to browse or download from the ‘Alumni Information’ page of clarealumni.com

13 Access and Outreach

Schools Liaison and Recruitment Access Buses 2009 in Bermondsey, both sponsoring a graduate to work there each Tom Wilks, the College’s second full-time Schools Liaison Officer, In the Easter vacation, the Clare Access Bus toured Greater year and having several alumni on the management committee. spearheaded efforts to strengthen Clare’s existing links with Manchester for a fifth successive year, visiting 21 schools with the aim The Director of Bede House, Nick Dunne, paid a visit to Clare to schools in East London and to build connections with the of raising aspirations and giving pupils an opportunity to meet Clare discuss future cooperation with the new Dean, while intern Barry College’s new Link Areas of Warwickshire and Coventry. students and find out about university life first hand. The feedback Smith (2004) worked in Bermondsey with the Learning Disabilities Programmes such as the corporate mentor scheme have been from schools and volunteers has been overwhelmingly positive, and project. The College was also pleased to introduce architect Peter developed further, while new initiatives have also been launched, two of the schools have already arranged follow-up visits to Clare. Clegg (1969) to Bede House, where he is providing pro bono notably the Clare Alumni Teachers Conference. advice on a potential new building. As part of the College’s expanded access and recruitment activities, During the course of the year, the College hosted more than 35 a second Access Bus toured the new Link Areas of Coventry and Queens’/Clare Overseas Education Fund visits by school-groups from around the country, ranging from Warwickshire, with kind assistance from Geoffrey Robinson (1959), Co-chaired by Rebekkah Abraham (2006) and Katie Nield (2006), Thomas Bennett Community College in Crawley to schools from MP for Coventry North-West. Thirteen schools and colleges were the Queens’/Clare Overseas Educatrion Fund (QCOEF) has had Manchester, Eastbourne, Northern Ireland and Holland. Tom visited across the West Midlands. Particularly successful were the another successful year, raising money from students and Fellows Wilks also spoke at 20 schools and Higher Education fairs; visits to Warwickshire College and Coundon Court, where the to support educational projects in developing countries. These coordinated visits to over 40 schools as part of the 2009 Access Clare volunteers encountered a wealth of young talent, to whom include the Child Africa International School in Uganda, set up in Buses to Greater Manchester, Coventry and Warwickshire; and they were able to give helpful advice on university admissions. 2007 to teach sign language to all children in order to break down worked with 15 schools in Tower Hamlets and neighbouring Feedback from teachers and pupils was also very positive, with barriers between deaf and hearing unimpaired children; QCOEF’s boroughs under the auspices of the Clare Partnership for Schools. most schools requesting a repeat visit next year. support has provided 10-day training courses for ten teachers from the school. A second project is Planting Promise, a primary Highlights of a very full programme included: Clare Partnership for Schools and adult education initiative in Sierra Leone, to which QCOEF interview workshops in the Michaelmas Term with Norfolk Now in its ninth year, the Clare Partnership for Schools works has contributed 60 tables and chairs, 6 classroom doors and an and Stevenage schools, and an Interview Preparation Day for with pupils of all ages in the London boroughs of Tower Hamlets, electricity generator. Continuing support has also been provided East London schools Hackney and Newham, to raise aspirations and encourage the for Kenya Education Partnerships, the African Prisons Project, and hosting the first annual Clare Alumni Teachers Conference, most able pupils to aim for the best in their higher education Cecily’s Fund (primary education for AIDS orphans in Zambia). which involved teachers from all sectors coming back to Clare choices. The mentoring programme for Gifted and Talented pupils to learn about the current admissions process and give feedback in years 12 and 13 continues to thrive, focussing on the links Community Liaison running a workshop on how to build a successful partnership at between higher education and employability. Clare remains Clare has taken an active part in the commnity projects run by the the national HE and School Partnership Conference in London particularly grateful to its three corporate partners, KPMG, Clifford University as part of the 800th anniversary celebrations this year, setting up Clare’s first residential programme, in association Chance and Morgan Stanley, for their active and ongoing support. opening the College grounds for the Bridge the Gap charity walk, with the Department of Archaeology’s outreach initiative hosting the final ‘Letters to the Future’ event for local running ‘masterclasses’ over three days for 500 pupils aged Clare/Bermondsey schoolchildren and holding charity fundraising events for the 13–16 in association with the Cambridge Science Festival Clare continues to support the Bede House Community Centre WinterComfort charity and the Red Cross. 14 Captions p. 2 Lerner Court, opened in 2009 (main picture) Graduation 2009 Lotus II in the Scholars’ garden Alumnus of the Year Award presentation, 2009 p. 5 Undergraduate study The Chapel cupola wearing a festive hat Clare graduands p. 9 The Senior Organ Scholar at the Snetzler organ © Chris Pase Lotus II in the Scholars’ garden Clare’s boxing blue in action © Sophie Pickford p. 11 An eventful year for Clare’s endowment Construction and refurbishment work at Castle End Borrowing to invest p. 13 Guests at the 2009 Benefactors’ Dinner Alumnus of the Year Award Clare hosted its first gathering in Hong Kong p. 15 Castle End, refurbished in 2009 (main picture) Three views of Lerner Court

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