Winter Feast, Thursday 7 October 2021

Thank you to all members and guests who joined the Winter Feast last Thursday. It was a tremendous turnout of alumni and guests. Professor Ian Jacobs (Trinity '80) gave great insight into Australian universities, a comparison to British universities, and his love of Australia.

Awards to attendees -

• Earliest Matriculation Year: Professor John Snowdon AM and Dr Tony White AM who met at Clare College in 1958.
• Most Recently Matriculated: Zerxes Banaji, Judge Business School 2018
• Best Cambridge Background: Mike Barker (Jesus '86)
• Best Dressed: Carole Jackson (Wolfson '91) and Paul Akhurst

We ran 2 Polls, results were -

• Are you Australian and went to Cambridge, or British and now in Australia. Or other? Australian: 38% British: 62%
• When you studied at Cambridge, were you an Undergraduate or Postgraduate? Undergraduate: 62% Postgraduate: 38%

Feedback:

• We thought Ian Jacobs was a class act, so unassuming and personal in delivery and so informative about Aussie universities.
• Thank you for organising and hosting. Was lovely to reconnect with Cambridge, brought back a lot of fond memories.
• It was a terrific evening :) It is not often you get a VC to talk to us!