We were honoured to welcome the Rt Hon. the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the Hill, Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, to deliver our forty-first Blackstone Lecture in November 2025.

Pembroke’s E.P. Abraham Fellow and Tutor in Ecology, Professor Roberto Salguero-Gómez, has been awarded a prestigious Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council. 

The College is delighted to announce the appointment of Jen Ashby as the new Bursar. Jen will join us on Monday 23rd February 2026 from the Department of Business and Trade.

Pembroke alumnus and creator of popular TV programme Survivor, Charlie Parsons (1976, English), has produced a new play based on the hugely successful book and film series The Hunger Games. 

The 80th annual Freshers’ Varsity Match took place earlier this month, and saw some of our Pembroke athletes secure well-deserved wins. 

We are pleased to share that alumnus Mr Michael Borkan has recently given a generous gift to establish the Abraham and Henrietta Brettschneider Cornell Exchange Fund at Pembroke. 

In November, our newest Scholars and Exhibitioners were formally admitted in an evening dedicated to celebrating the talent and success of Pembroke undergraduates who have excelled in public examinations, as well as those in receipt of a music or choral scholarship at Pembroke.

Professor Theo Maarten van Lint, Pembroke’s Calouste Gulbenkian Professor of Armenian Studies, was recently awarded the Movses Khorenatsi medal by the President of the Republic of Armenia. 

Earlier this term the Master and Fellows unveiled a stone carving in the Chapel Quad honouring alumnus and lifelong friend of Pembroke, Dr Damon Wells.