We are delighted to announce that renowned poet and novelist Patience Agbabi (1983) has been elected to an Honorary Fellowship in recognition of her distinguished writing career.

For our 400 Hours series, Lodge Porter Adam Berry undertakes a behind-the-scenes investigation at Pembroke. Hear from Lodge Porter Spencer Solomon, long-serving Scout Mrs Singh and Deputy Butler Jamie Tricker about life behind-the-scenes.

We are delighted to share that Pembroke has been awarded a grant of £726,710 from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, marking a second major milestone in our journey to Net Zero. The grant will fund a project to decarbonise heating in the Rokos Quad, following similar works successfully carried out in the Hall and GAB in summer 2023. Once complete, a total of 45% of the College estate will have decarbonised heating.

Since graduating from Pembroke in 2006, Verity Harding’s career has been nothing short of impressive – from working as a special adviser to Nick Clegg, to being named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in AI in September last year. Now, she has shared her knowledge in her recently published book AI Needs You: How We Can Change AI’s Future and Save Our Own, designed to explain why you should get involved in one of the most rapidly changing industries in the world.

As part of Pembroke’s ongoing partnership with Rochdale Development Agency, a sustained academic engagement programme has been launched in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. This is a ground-breaking university access initiative – an extraordinary coalition to bridge the gap between untapped potential in Rochdale and the world-class education found at Oxford and Cambridge.

The College is deeply saddened to report the death of Emeritus Fellow Dr Martha Klein. Martha was Pembroke Fellow in Philosophy for 13 years, and a much loved and respected tutor. She died peacefully at home on 9th March 2024.

Over our 400-year history, sport has played an increasingly important part of student life at Pembroke: from lawn bowls in the eighteenth century, to a growth in team sports and rowing in the nineteenth century, until eventually in 1921 the College was given its own sportsground, in memory of an alumnus.

It was on that very sportsground that, last weekend, old and current members of the Pembroke Football and Netball clubs joined together for a match across the ages to celebrate our 400th anniversary. 

We sat down with Pembroke alumnus James McNamara (2006, English DPhil), the writer responsible for Disney+'s recent series 'The Artful Dodger', to discuss screenwriting, the history of surgery, and unfortunate incidents involving flying marmalade toast. 

Having received offers to study at Pembroke earlier this year, our 2024 Undergraduate Offer Holders were invited to College on Friday to get a taste of College life and meet current students and staff. This year, 90 Offer Holders were welcomed to Pembroke for the occasion, the highest attendance we have ever seen for this event.