Kezia Douglass

5 days ago | varsity.co.uk | Kezia Douglass |Charlie Rowan

The British Ambassador to France, Dame Menna Rawlings, has been elected as the next President of Queen’s College.

2 weeks ago | varsity.co.uk | Charlie Rowan |Kezia Douglass

American political activist Charlie Kirk clashed with student speakers at the Cambridge Union on Monday (19/05), controversially claiming “lockdowns were unnecessary,” “life begins at conception,” and the Civil Rights Act was a “mistake”. Kirk rose to prominence as the founder of Turning Point USA, a right-wing student organisation aligned with Donald Trump. He regularly travels across the United States, debating students on campus and sharing clips with his 5.9 million Instagram followers.

1 month ago | varsity.co.uk | Wilf Vall |Kezia Douglass

Broadcaster and comedian Sandi Toksvig is standing for Cambridge Chancellor, becoming the sixth candidate in the race, Varsity can exclusively reveal. In an X post, Simon McDonald, Master of Christ’s College, announced he had “just submitted Sandi Toksvig’s nomination papers to be Chancellor of University of Cambridge.” The post also included a photo of a completed Chancellor candidate form, including 79 “supporters forms” from those nominating Toksvig.