Being Queer at Cambridge

Stay tuned to hear Sophie talk about everything you need to know about being queer at Cambridge.

A list of topics discussed can be found in the timestamps below:

00:00 Introductions

01:10 What is the community like at college and at the university as a whole?

04:50 What is the JCR, and who are the Liberation Officers?06:30 What is intersectionality?

08:30 What has it been like being queer in the PBS cohort (Psychological and Behavioural Sciences)?

11:30 How are queerness and intersectionality being researched in academia?

13:30 How have you felt at home in Cambridge compared to where you grew up?

15:20 How has your view of your identity changed since you’ve been at Cambridge?

19:50 Current research in academia and supervision experiences

27:30 What support is there for queer students at Cambridge?

29:40 Would you describe the culture at Cambridge as progressive or socially conservative?

32:30 Does Newnham College allow trans women, trans men, and non-binary people to apply? (The link below explains this really well.)

34:40 Are there many queer events and queer spaces?

42:45 How have you changed since you started university?48:10 Do you have any advice for prospective applicants who are watching?

To find more information for the admissions criteria for Newnham college, please see below:

https://newn.cam.ac.uk/study-here/undergraduates/advice-applications/faqs-applicants