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A Message from the Provost

10 Apr 2020

A message from the Provost, Professor Michael Proctor, for members and friends of the College.

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From King's Parade to Parliament

9 Apr 2020

Eleni Courea (KC 2013-16) charts her journey to becoming a political reporter for The Times, and how the pandemic has affected her daily routine.

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The Chapel turns blue for the NHS

3 Apr 2020

On Thursday night the Chapel was lit up with blue lights as the country clapped for the NHS.

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St Matthew Passion recording is released

30 Mar 2020

King's has released a recording of Bach's Matthew Passion on its own label.

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King's broadcasts daily choral services

27 Mar 2020

King's College begins regular choral service webcasts, drawn from the Chapel archive.

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COVID-19 (coronavirus) Update

18 Mar 2020

A statement from the College regarding the closure of King's to visitors.

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Judith Weir nominated for Cambridge Honorary Degree

17 Mar 2020

King's alumna Judith Weir CBE (KC 1973) has been nominated for an Honorary Degree from the University.

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2020 Rylands Art Prizes Awarded

11 Mar 2020

The first prize for this year's award has been jointly awarded to graduate student Shirley Lo and undergraduate Danny Martin.

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King's welcomes the Cambridge Half Marathon for the first time

10 Mar 2020

On Sunday more than 10,000 runners descended on the College as part of the annual race through the city.

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Success for King's chefs at industry awards

10 Mar 2020

Chefs Bart Wieczorkiewicz and Lourdes Callum-Shaw both achieved success at national culinary competitions last week.

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📣 Save the date for King's first Giving Day. From 9am on 5th December to 9pm on 6th December, the global King's community will come together to celebrate what's special about King's, and to raise vital funds to support student wellbeing, our world-famous chapel and choir, and to tackle student hardship. 👉Join us at kings.givingday.co.uk #KingsGivingDay #YourTimeStartsNow #Taskmaster
  
You may be wondering, what's the significance of 5th-6th December? The choice of date for our first Giving Day is no accident...👀watch to find out more. 👉external link #KingsGivingDay #YourTimeStartsNow #GivingDay
 
🏆The annual King’s Entrepreneurship Prize (KEP) is now open for applications! What innovative venture have you been working on? How could an award from the KEP competition help develop its potential? Past KEP winners are out there promoting a next generation of lithium-ion batteries, advancing cancer care, helping aid national security and personal safety, as well as fighting child obesity and helping school communities with no-fuss MIS platforms. 👇 Find more information and enter the competition at bit.ly/KEP2025 (🔗in bio). 📆Deadline for submissions is 20 January 2025. #Entrepreneurship #InnovativeIdeas #SocialImpact #KingsEntrepreneurshipPrize
 
⏰Set your alarms! Only three more sleeps until Giving Day! Want to double your impact? All early gifts will be matched until we reach our first £10,000. 👉 kings.givingday.co.uk #KingsGivingDay #YourTimeStartsNow
 
All the King's voices... 🎶 Founded in 1997, King's Voices is our mixed voice choir and has a regular programme of services and performances both in the UK and further afield. The choir is open to all students, even those from other Cambridge colleges if space allows. Those interested in joining King's Voices should apply to the Director of King's Voices (Ralph Woodward ralph.woodward@kings.cam.ac.uk) once their place at Cambridge is confirmed. 📢You can hear King's Voices at Evensong every Monday evening in term time. #KingsVoices #CambridgeChoir #MixedVoiceChoir #ChoralMusic #Evensong #CambridgeMusic
  
How can open networks shape our future? Listen to Pramod Varma, #technology visionary and architect behind several transformative initiatives in #India, including Aadhaar, the country’s groundbreaking digital identity programme. #digitaltransformation #technology #indiantechnology #innovation #opennetworks #techforgood #kingselab @thomroulet
 
On Friday, the College community came together to take part in our 'Wildflowers for Wellbeing' event. 🌷🌻🍃 Students were invited to help the College gardeners plant a variety of bulbs in our wildflower meadow, including Narcissus pseudonarcissus, also known as the wild daffodil or Lent lily. Special thanks to College Nurse Rachael Arkle for helping to organise the afternoon as part of the College's welfare and wellbeing support. We look forward to reaping the rewards in the Spring! #WildflowersForWellbeing #GardeningTogether #WildflowerMeadow #WellbeingSupport #GoldenHour @Cambridgeuniversity
 
Our Librarians have done it again! 📚 To mark Disability Awareness Month (14 November - 20 December), the Team have put together a fantastic display of titles to inform and inspire. Full details below 👇 ---- Crippled: Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People / Frances Ryan Autobiographies and Other Writings / Helen Keller Ableism in Academia / Brown & Leigh We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation / Eric Garcia Demystifying Disability / Emily Ladau The Future is Disabled / Leah Piepzna-Samarasinha Made Possible: Stories of Success By People With Learning Disabilities / Saba Salman Living With Hearing Loss and Deafness / Samantha Baines #DisabilityAwarenessMonth #InclusiveLiterature #DiverseVoices #UKDHM #CambridgeUniversity #UniversityOfCambridge @kingsdisabledstudents @kings.welfare
 
The College's Christmas elves (ok, the Gardening Team) were in action today making some special deliveries ranging from 4ft to 7ft (the trees, not the elves 😉) 🎄🎄🎄 #ChristmasAtKings #ElvesInAction #ChristmasTrees #MariahIsDefrosting #UniversityOfCambridge #CambridgeUniversity
 
Thank you to everyone who joined last night's sold out @KCMSofficial concert! 🎶🎻 Beginning with Finzi’s Dies Natalis, our talented musicians performed a stunning set, which included everything from Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings to Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. A perfect reminder of the unity the arts can bring. #KCMSConcert #ClassicalMusic #MusicCommunity #Beethoven #UniversityofCambridge #CambridgeUniversity
 
🏳️‍⚧️ To mark the start of Transgender Awareness Week, our fantastic librarians have unveiled a new display, including four new titles: He/She/They - Schuyler Bailar Fair Play - Katie Barnes The Risk it Takes to Bloom - Raquel Willis We See Each Other - Tre'vell Anderson Happy reading! 📚 #TransAwareness #CambridgeCollegeLibraries #LGBTQLiterature #TransAwarenessWeek #DiversityInLiterature
 
At 11am today, members of the King’s community joined together in a two-minute silence, to remember those lost in all conflicts. Posted @withregram • @cambridgeuniversity Today is Armistice Day, marking the end of the fighting of World War I. At 11AM, we join the nation in a two-minute silence so that we may remember the service and sacrifice of all those who died. Image description: poppies in King’s College wildflower meadow