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There is still time to vote for the Cambridge Chancellor

There is still time to vote for the Cambridge Chancellor 🗳️

If you've registered to vote online, you have until Friday 18 July. Check your emails for how to do so.

If you haven't registered, you can vote in person on Wednesday 16 July at Senate House, from 10am to 5pm.

If you're not sure if you're eligible, go to: https://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-university/how-the-university-and-colleges-work/people/chancellor/election-of-the-next-chancellor/how-to-voteShow More

There is still time to vote for the Cambridge Chancellor

There is still time to vote for the Cambridge Chancellor 🗳️ If you've [...]

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Stormzy receives an Honorary Degree at Cambridge #Stormzy #CambridgeUniversity #Cambridge

Cambridge Honorary Degrees 2025, with Stormzy, Dame Katherine Grainger & Sir Simon Russell Beale

The University of Cambridge today conferred honorary degrees on eight [...]

The University of Cambridge today conferred honorary degrees on eight distinguished individuals in recognition of their outstanding contributions to their respective fields.

Explore more: https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/cambridge-confers-honorary-degrees-2025

The honorary graduands recognised today are:

Sir Simon Russell Beale received an honorary Doctorate in Letters.
Renowned for his stage, film and television roles, Sir Simon is an Honorary Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, where he studied for his undergraduate degree. He is the recipient of two BAFTA awards, three Laurence Olivier Awards and a Tony. He was knighted in 2019.

Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr, known professionally as Stormzy received a Doctorate in Law. A multi-award-winning artist and social advocate, he established the 'Stormzy Scholarship for Black UK Students' at Cambridge in 2018, providing financial support to black pupils from under-represented backgrounds.

Professor Angela Davis, the political activist, philosopher and author, received a Doctorate in Letters.
A Distinguished Professor Emerita from the University of California, Santa Cruz, Professor Davis is a radical feminist thinker and prominent civil rights campaigner who was an active member of the Communist Party and champion of the prison abolition movement. She is a vocal advocate for LGBTQ+ rights.

Lady Arden of Heswall, former Justice of the UK’s Supreme Court, and an Honorary Fellow of Girton College, received a Doctorate in Law. She was previously a Judge in the Court of Appeal and before that, at the High Court of Justice, where she was the first female judge assigned to the Chancery Division. She is a former Chair of the Law Commission and a member of the Committee on Standards in Public Life. She was made a Privy Counsellor in 2000.

Dame Katherine Grainger, Britain's most decorated female Olympian and Chair of the British Olympic Association, honoured with a Doctorate in Law. She is currently Chancellor of the University of Glasgow. It was recently announced that she will be created a Life Peer.

The Nobel Prize-winning economist, Sir Oliver Hart, has received a Doctorate in Science.
He is currently the Lewis P and Linda L Geyser University Professor at Harvard University. Hart’s work focuses on the theory of contracts, how parties can write better contracts, and on the social responsibility of business. He was knighted in the 2023 King’s Birthday Honours.

Professor Maria Leptin, President of the European Research Council, has received a Doctorate in Medical Science. Formerly a Staff Scientist at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, she is a developmental biologist and immunologist. She is best known for her work on the mechanisms that allow a developing body to take on its correct shape. She was formerly Director of the European Molecular Biology Organization in Heidelberg.

Sir John Rutter, an Honorary Fellow at Clare College and Director of Music at the College from 1975 to 1979, received a Doctorate in Music. A composer, arranger and conductor of choral music, his work has been performed all over the world. Founder and Director of the Cambridge Singers, Sir John was also knighted in 2024.Show More

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Free speech: where do we draw the line? Vice Chancellor's Dialogues at the University of Cambridge

This event was part of the Vice-Chancellor’s Dialogues series which [...]

This event was part of the Vice-Chancellor’s Dialogues series which explores different perspectives on some of the most difficult issues of our time and encourages 'disagreeing well'.

Many are worried that there is a free-speech crisis where legitimate debate has been eroded over recent years. They argue that instead of being able to discuss unpopular opinions, those who hold them are cancelled. Certain topics are no-go zones. Speakers are no-platformed.

But others say that this so-called crisis is a fiction. Speech has never been fully free. There have always been inequalities in who gets to speak and be heard. They argue that we are simply seeing a redistribution of power where privileged groups are being challenged and held to account by those who have historically been marginalised.

Most agree that speech needs some limits but where do we draw the line? When does free speech become hate speech? Are truth and accuracy important - or even relevant to free speech? And how does social media help or hinder free speech?

Join us as our panel grapples with these critical questions. and hear different perspectives to help us all better navigate this complex issue.

This event was exclusive to current members of the University of Cambridge, alumni and invited guests.

Speakers

Kehinde Andrews is the UK’s first Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University where he led the establishment of the first Black Studies programme in Europe. He is an activist and author whose books include The Psychosis of Whiteness: Surviving the Insanity of a Racist World and Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century.

Fara Dabhoiwala is a Senior Research Scholar' at Princeton University, and is currently a Visiting Fellow at St John’s College, Cambridge. His new book What is Free Speech? The History of a Dangerous Idea explores where our modern ideals of free expression come from, why we can never agree about them, and how we might think more constructively about free speech in the present.

Lionel Shriver is a bestselling author whose novels include the Orange-Prize winner We Need to Talk About Kevin. Her most recent novel Mania, explores the policing of free speech and asks, ‘what if calling someone stupid was illegal?’ She is a prolific journalist with a regular column in The Spectator and has written for publications including the New York Times, the Financial Times and Harper’s Magazine.

Joseph Webster is Professor of the Anthropology of Religion at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Downing College. He is author of The Religion of Orange Politics, where his fieldwork among Rangers Football Club fans sparked a research interest in free speech. His work played a key role in repealing the Scottish Parliament’s controversial Offensive Behaviour at Football Act, which banned certain football chants and aimed to curb sectarianism in Scottish football.

The event was chaired by Mary Hockaday, Master of Trinity Hall and former journalist whose roles included Controller of BBC World Service English and Head of the BBC Newsroom.Show More

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