- Positions on the May Ball Committee
Applicants from any year:
We are looking for a committed individual to join the Ball committee. The position will be a mainly administrative role, most likely organising the ticketing system. The role will depend on the successful applicant's abilities, however skills that would be useful include one or more of the following:
Mainly, dedication to the role.
Implemention of our system for selling tickets and keeping records of name, college, contact details, etc.
Designing and creating an artistic, aesthetically pleasing functional website for publicising the ball and allowing ticket purchase. *not essential*
If interested please contact Brendan Laing (bjl40) ASAP
First years:
At the end of the year Christ's will hold a May Ball. This is a HUGE party
to celebrate the end of exams, with a budget in excess of £100,000.
Christ's is renowned for it's spectacular May Ball's and this year promises
to be the biggest and best yet!
We are offering three positions to first years to be on the committee
planning the ball. This is a brilliant opportunity to be involved in the
most highly anticipated event in the social calendar. This is a great way
to have fun organising a great event, make some new friends from different
years and it's CV gold dust. If you feel you would be good in this position
then please contact Brendan Laing (bjl40@cam.ac.uk) to arrange a short
informal interview; applications to be received by Sunday 18th October.
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- Coxing
Calling all Christ's students, the boat club needs you! This term we are looking for coxes for our novice boats; coxing is great fun and you needn't have any prior experience in rowing, just an outgoing personality and the enthusiasm to try something new. Rowing and coxing are great ways to meet new people and give you an opportunity to take some time out from the pressures of work. If you fancy having a go or just want to ask some more questions please contact either of the Lower boats captains, Lucy Griffin (lg359)or Leland Burns (lbb23).
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- CADS Auditions
CADS is proud to announce that they will be undertaking a production of Alice in Wonderland at the end of term.
If you would like to audition then please come to Y38 between 4:30 and 6pm this Wednesday (14th).
No preparation is necessary and all levels of ability are welcome. There will be both large and small roles available according to time constraints.
If you cannot attend but would like to audition then please email Matt Sherr at mgs39.
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- Christ's SCA Squash
Christ's SCA Squash 7-9pm Friday 16th October
Wanting to break out of the Cambridge bubble? Interested in being involved in the Cambridge community? Interested in volunteering and the SCA but not sure what it's all about? Wanting to develop useful skills? Cambridge SCA exists to encourage the involvement of students in voluntary community work, providing services to disadvantaged groups within the community and giving students a valuable learning experience.
SCA offers a huge variety of opportunities for doing volunteer work from reaching out to elderly people in groups such as Contact to playing in the park with young children in the Parklife project. You can gain valuable skills from many of the activities which will add points to your CV in addition to the warm feeling you get when helping someone out. There are activities ranging from homework help clubs to environmental and conservation projects.
If you feel like you can't commit to something regular, then you can sign up to Taskforce where a huge range of random and one off opportunities are advertised for people to be involved with. Even if you are not sure about volunteering we are running one-off taster opportunities this year, so you can try something new out before committing.
The SCA are also offering training sessions in first aid, teaching and working with vulnerable adults/children this year so you can get the most out of your experience. As a Cambridge-wide community, joining the SCA will provide you with a huge variety of social opportunities with people from all different colleges in Cambridge.
If you are interested in any of this then please come along to our college squash on Friday 16th 7-9pm in H5 (first court). If you have any questions or can't make the squash then feel free to contact your college reps: Stephen Tate sjt67@cam.ac.uk Tim Leung httl4@cam.ac.uk
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- The Cambridge Student Squash
Come along to meet the team, munch on some free pizza and get yourself £2
entry to Jaguar Skills at Shut Up and Dance - get there early to guarantee
the cheap entry and pizza, numbers are limited!!
Interested in writing for Cambridge's most dynamic newspaper? Not sure
where to start? Come to the squash at Vodka Revolution on Downing
Street on Thursday 15th October, 8pm-10pm, to chat to editors, and get your
name down to start writing!
Email squash@tcs.cam.ac.uk if you know you want to come, or if you have any
questions. If you're not sure, just turn up on the day!
Check the event out on Facebook and let us know you're coming at
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154650578483
We look forward to seeing you there!
The Cambridge Student
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- CUSU Ethical Affairs Campaign Squash
Ethical & Environmental Council + Campaigns launch
Venue: Cambridge Union Society - Kennedy Room
Date: Tuesday 13th October 2009
18:30 EEC Start
Come and hear what’s going on in your College, meet other Green Officers and take part in coordinating this years’ Ethical Affairs Campaigns. Will also be recruiting for Environmental, Ethical Consumerism and Ethical Investment committees, so bring interested friends along!
19:30 Campaigns Launch
Meet like-minded people and find out how you can get involved in the various ethical & environmental initiatives in Cambridge, anywhere from environmental consulting to activism. With reps of plenty of societies, including Amnesty, People & Planet, Cambridge Carbon Footprint, Transition Cambridge, CUECS, The Humanitarian Centre, Zero Carbon society, Engineers Without Borders, ENS, Camp for Climate Action...
| Refreshments brought to you by Arjuna Wholefoods |
Website:
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- CUE Grand Launch
Cambridge University Entrepreneurs (CUE) invite you to attend this year's Grand Launch event where you can find out how to win £100 for 100 words. This is the major event that kicks off our 2009/2010 business creation competition.
When: 14 Oct 6pm for 6:30 start
Where: Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.
Please go to www.cue.org.uk to secure your place!
The event is free to all with drink and food, as well as the chance to meet potential team-mates for this year's business creation competition. Come along and find out what it takes to be a winner.
In the theme of our ten year anniversary, we are proudly presenting a panel of successful CUE alumni, stretching back from the origins of CUE through to our most recent winners:
1999 - Co-founder of CUE - Tim Minshall – Currently chairman of CUE's Steering Group, Senior Lecturer at Cambridge University’s Institute for Manufacturing, and non-exec director of St John's Innovation Centre
2004 - Social Enterprise Winner - Dominic Vergine, co-founder and CEO of Aptivate - an NGO and not-for-profit organisation that provides IT services for international development
2007 - Technology Winner - Shamus Husheer, CEO of Cambridge Temperature Concepts. CTC developed their "DuoFertility" medical device in less than 18 months from Angel funding, through medical approvals and trials to first sales
2009 - Software & Web Winner - Emmanuel Carraud, CEO of MagicSolver – MagicSolver.com is developing innovative applications for the iPhone. Their first app Sudoku Magic is already available on the App Store and allows you to solve any Sudoku in 10 seconds.... flat!
Cambridge University Entrepreneurs helps you make your ideas happen. Over the last 10 years, CUE has awarded more than £500k to more than 40 start-ups and has seen many of them develop into successful companies. These companies have contributed greatly to the local region and beyond, producing over 110 full time jobs. Collectively, CUE alumni companies have gone on to secure over £33 million pounds in investment.
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- CUEWB International Forum
International Forum, Cambridge - "Success: Vision & Action"
Cambridge University Education Without Borders (CUEWB) will hold an exciting one-day forum on Saturday, 7 November 2009, by kind invitation of Prof. Michael Thorne, Vice Chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University. This is the 3rd CUEWB international forum in the "Success: Vision & Action" series. The forum will be a great opportunity for members of the University to benefit from the knowledge and experience of the five renowned speakers. For more information and to register, please visit http://www.cuewb.com/node/1336
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- CU Investment Club Events
1. CUIC Introductory Meeting
Venue: Riley Auditorium, Clare College
Date: Tues, 13th October 2009
Time: 7 p.m.
(Refreshments Provided)
To kick off Michaelmas, CUIC will be holding its introductory meeting to introduce the club, what we do and how we can help you.
Why attend?
Meet people and have your questions answered. If you have any questions about the club this will be the best opportunity to have them answered and meet the committee. The sector heads of the relative return fund will be in attendance to provide further information on their sectors..
Sign-up for Sector Teams in RRF. Those who intend to join the Relative Return Fund should not miss this as we will be starting the sign-up for the various sector teams.
Learn what’s new We have implemented changes which will enable you to improve your employment prospects and learn more about finance and will be launching these at the meeting.
Please bring along anybody you feel would be interested in the society and join us for refreshments afterward.
2. Future of Finance Lecture Series
The worst of the credit crisis now seems to be behind us but what lies in store for the financial industry? In an attempt to address this important question, CUIC is launching an inaugural Lecture Series on the Future of Finance. Senior members of industry and academia will be making their way to Cambridge to share their thoughts on the aftermath of the crisis. Expect lively and insightful discussions as the Chairman opens questions to the floor and put your questions to our expert panels.
Lecture 1: Macroeconomic Future of Finance
Speakers:
Stephanie Deo (UBS)– Head, European Equity Research
David Simmonds (RBS) – Head, Global Research and Strategy
Michael Biggs (Deutsche Bank) - Director, Global Macro Research Team
Venue: Bateman Auditorium, Gonville and Caius College
Date: Thursday, 15th October
Time: 7p.m.
(Refreshments provided)
Issues:
Hear their views on the correction of imbalances in the world economy, prospects for global and UK recovery, the shift of economic power from West to East and other pressing issues.
Expect our upcoming Lectures
Lecture 2: Banking and Regulation, 29th Oct
Lecture 3: UK banking crises, 12th Nov
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- TCS Freshers' Week Survey
Dear all,
Please take a minute to complete the TCS Freshers Week survey. It is short and your contribution is invaluable.
http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~aj327/survey/survey.php?sid=31
Any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to get in contact with me.
Many thanks,
Louise Wallace
Investigations Editor
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- Paid Volunteers for Type 1 Diabetes Research
***Do you have Type 1 Diabetes?
***Are you interested in Type 1 Diabetes research?
If you’ve answered ‘yes’ to both questions, then we would like you to consider taking part in a new study. The Cambridge University Department of Paediatrics is conducting a research study on the interaction between growth hormone and insulin action in people with Type 1 Diabetes. We are looking for people to participate in this study which will last for 14 weeks and involve:
**Two four-week blocks of once-daily medication
**Three separate overnight stays at Addenbrooke’s Hospital
**One visit to Addenbrooke’s Outpatient Clinic
You will be reimbursed for your time and effort.
For more information, please do not hesitate to contact:
Dr. Paivi Tossavainen
Clinical Research Fellow
pht27@medschl.cam.ac.uk
01223763405
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- Wolfson Howler
WOLFSON HOWLER
All hail the return of the one and only Wolfson Howler, the most
impressive showcase of stand up comedy in Cambridge.
Another year, another series of unparalleled hilarity. And it all starts
again
THIS MONDAY THE 12th OF OCTOBER
8:00pm - 11:00pm
Wolfson College bar
With our very special headliner
************** Greg Davies **************
Greg Davies has had appearances on 8 Out of 10 Cats and Mock the Week, is
part of the comedy group We Are Klang, and plays the head of Sixth Form,
Mr. Guilbert, in The Inbetweeners.
And be prepared also for comedy from the finest Cambridge acts around.
Tickets are £5. Which is (for lack of a better phrase) a steal.
So come on, get your term off to a chortling good start.
xxx
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- Free Basic First Aid Course
Would you know what to do in an emergency?
Cambridge University First Aid Society will be running a FREE two hour basic first aid course open to all students:
*******
Basic First Aid
Wednesday 14th October, 7.30-9.30pm
Chetwynd Room, King's College
*******
Places are limited so to sign up email firstaid-training@srcf.ucam.org or for more details on training and volunteering with CUFAS visit our website http://www.srcf.ucam.org/firstaid/
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- Join the Bone Marrow Register
SAVE A LIFE!: JOIN THE BONE MARROW REGISTER
Cambridge University Marrow Donor Recruitment Clinic
Friday 16th October 2009, 5-9pm, Wilkins Room, Downing College
Note the change of date, it is no longer on the Wednesday 14th October 2009
Come to the clinic, run by Cambridge University
Marrow, to join the Anthony Nolan Trust's bone marrow register. A small
blood sample will be taken if you choose to join and meet the necessary
criteria. Everything takes no more than 15-20 minutes!
For more information, read below, or look at Cambridge University Marrow's
website: http://www.srcf.ucam.org/marrow
# WHY JOIN? #
Every year thousands of people with diseases, including leukaemia, reach a
stage in their illness when their only hope of survival is from a bone
marrow stem cell transplant. In some cases a sibling or relative may
provide the best match, but in many cases an unrelated donor could be the
only option. The ANT bone marrow register allows a database of potential
donors to be searched and matched for tissue type. Put simply, the more
people who join the register, the greater the chance that a good match can
be found when a patient is in need of bone marrow. So, THE MORE PEOPLE WHO
JOIN THE REGISTER, THE MORE LIVES COULD BE SAVED!
The chance of being called up are fairly slim, but if you are then you will
be saving someone's life.
# WHO CAN JOIN? #
Most people aged between 18 and 40 can join the register (subject to
certain criteria - see below). There are certain groups of people who are
significantly under represented on the register, who we are particularly
seeking to recruit. There include MEN and also many ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS.
As tissue types vary with ethnicity, it is particularly important for
members of these groups to sign up. When you attend the clinic you'll be
taken through the registration process by a trained counsellor, who can
answer any questions you may have. For detailed suitability criteria,
including medical conditions which may preclude registration, see the ANT
website (http://www.anthonynolan.com).
# FURTHER INFORMATION #
For information about the clinic please contact Ou Yanwen (yo228@cam.ac.uk)
or Myura Nagendran (mn337@cam.ac.uk) For info on Cambridge University
Marrow or the Anthony Nolan Trust, look at their respective websites
(above).
Best Wishes,
Cambridge University Marrow Committee 09/10
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