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Oxford University Society Cambridgeshire

Oxford University Society Cambridgeshire alumni

Welcome to the Oxford University Society in Cambridgeshire (OUSC).

We are a group of Oxford alumni and former lecturers who now live in Cambridgeshire.  We organise talks on a wide range of topics, visits to interesting places in the area, and opportunities to socialise.  We also contribute to activities in local schools who are encouraging young people to apply to Oxford and organise an annual get together for new Oxford students just before they embark on their first term.

There is a  programme of talks in central Cambridge as well as social meetings each year. If you would like to know more or join our email list please contact us on <ouscambridgeshire@gmail.com>

Send us your name and email address, as well as the college you attended, subject and year of matriculation.

We are looking for new members for our organizing committee. Please let us know if you are interested on the same email address as above.

Events Calendar

For the first part of 2026 we plan:

a visit to RAF Wyton,

a talk by Dr Emma Davenport on the work of the Sanger Institute

an open discussion on entrepreneurship with a  panel of business leaders.

a tour of the Churchill College art collection.

Past Talks

Hereward the Wake

Etheldreda, Fen Princess
Japan, Russia, Vietnam
Making illuminated manuscripts
The Houthis in Yemen
The Museum of Cambridge
The future of electric batteries
‘A writing life’
Misericords
Writing family history

Past Visits

The Parker Library at Corpus Christi College
The Cambridge University Botanic Gardens
The women’s art collection at Murray Edwards College
Denny Abbey

2026 Committee

Fenella Boyle (Oriel, PPE) Chair

Roger Lilley (Christ Church, Theology) Treasurer, email and website

Judith Findlay (St Anne’s, English)

Mike Lynch (St Edmund Hall, English)

Mo Middleton (St Peter’s, Theology)

Elizabeth Stazicker (LMH, History)

 

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Thank you for exploring historical Cambridgeshire! We hope you enjoy your visit and, if you do,  would consider making a donation today.

Capturing Cambridge makes accessible thousands of photos and memories of Cambridge and its surrounding villages and towns. It is run by the Museum of Cambridge which, though 90 years old, is one of the most poorly publicly funded local history museums in the UK. It receives no core funding from local or central government nor from the University of Cambridge.

As a result, we are facing a crisis; we have no financial cushion – unlike many other museums in Cambridge – and are facing the need to drastically cut back our operations which could affect our ability to continue to run and develop this groundbreaking local history website.

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Thank you,
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Museum of Cambridge