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New long-term collaboration with Suzano begins with a £10 million donation to support conservation and sustainability education and research

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An initial £10 million donation will be used to support education and research into areas including the conservation of biodiversity, enhancing business sustainability, and the restoration of natural habitats in Brazil and beyond. ̽��ֱ��agreement will establish the Suzano Scholars Fund, a perpetual endowment at Jesus College to fund Brazilian nationals studying for a postgraduate degree at the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge connected to the environment, ecology and conservation, educating the next generation of sustainability experts and leaders. Funding will also be provided to academics based at the Conservation Research Institute to undertake research projects exploring the interaction between human and natural systems in areas such as biodiversity, climate change, water resource management, and ecosystem restoration. Read more about this new initiative here

Suzano, one the world’s largest producers of bio-based raw materials, based in São Paulo, Brazil, establishes a long-term initiative with Jesus College and the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge.

This visionary initiative will help to build strong links between the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge and Brazil

Professor Bhaskar Vira

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Green forests stretch out to the horizon

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Innovation for Africa's Climate Future

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̽��ֱ��2024 Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge Entrepreneurship Prize Competition recognises innovative ideas in agriculture, women’s health and digital technology.

̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge appoints Sonita Alleyne as Chair and Simon Fairclough as Director of the Centre for Music Performance

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Simon will join us on 1 December from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO), where he is currently Director of Development; he will also be an Official Fellow at Girton College. Sonita is Master of Jesus College.

Musical performance has thrived at Cambridge for centuries, and provision today ranges from world-renowned choirs to flourishing student-led jazz and musical theatre. Sonita, Simon and the CMP team will work with partners across the ̽��ֱ�� and beyond to shape the future of this vibrant scene.

In addition to securing and enhancing Cambridge’s traditional musical strengths the CMP will over time develop provision and facilities for rock and pop, electronic music and other genres which have historically been less well served, and will launch programmes for those wishing to get involved with music for the first time. Fostering an environment in which excellence and inclusivity sit side by side, it will support performance at all levels, in all genres, for the most diverse possible cross-section of students, as well as for staff and local residents.

Commenting on his appointment, Simon said ‘I was thrilled when at the height of the pandemic the ̽��ֱ�� signalled its commitment to musical performance by creating the CMP. It is a huge honour to have been invited to become the Centre’s inaugural Director, and also to be joining Girton as a Fellow. Cambridge has launched many of the biggest careers in music, and I am committed to maintaining its long tradition of musical excellence. At the same time the wellbeing and social benefits of music-making are well known, and I look forward to working with colleagues to extend them even further across the ̽��ֱ��.’

Simon has a track record of strengthening cultural organisations’ financial health, artistic ambition and societal impact. At the CBSO he has overseen a fourfold increase in annual philanthropic income while also championing initiatives to broaden the orchestra’s contribution to society including the establishment of the music-specialist Shireland CBSO School in Sandwell. He was previously Head of External Relations at the Academy of Ancient Music, where he helped establish the orchestra’s concert series at the Barbican Centre and its record label and education programme. He has been involved with music at Cambridge on a voluntary basis for almost 20 years, including eight as chair of the Cambridge ̽��ֱ�� Musical Society.

Sonita Alleyne will chair the ̽��ֱ��’s new Music Performance Committee, which has been formed to oversee the CMP. A journalist, businesswoman and entrepreneur, she founded the production company Somethin' Else and led it as Chief Executive from 1991 until 2009. She brings a wealth of governance experience from non-executive roles ranging from DCMS to the disability arts charity Artsline to newspaper group Archant. In her five-year tenure on the BBC Trust, Sonita championed diversity, inclusivity and the Corporation’s strategies to represent all communities of the UK. She became Master of Jesus College in 2019. Sonita has a broad-ranging and eclectic taste in music.

Sonita commented: ‘I’m delighted to be working with Simon and the CMP team as we establish the Centre for Music Performance. ̽��ֱ��CMP will sit at the heart of the ̽��ֱ�� to support, teach and mentor students from the beginner to the very highest levels of excellence. By supporting a broad range of musical genres the CMP will create a creative environment in which the widest possible range of musical endeavours can flourish.’

̽��ֱ��Vice-Chancellor, Professor Stephen J Toope, said: ‘At a time of unprecedented stress for the performing arts, I am proud that Cambridge is creating a new Centre for Music Performance. A step-change in the visibility, breadth, reach and role of music performance, it will nurture the highest aspirations of the very best performers, besides offering a wonderful array of opportunities to those with previously limited experience. In the long run the Centre will be a stimulus for interdisciplinarity, research excellence and all-round personal development. I am thrilled to see the CMP go ahead at Cambridge.’

For more information about the Centre for Music Performance please contact Chloe Davidson at cnd26@cam.ac.uk.

̽��ֱ�� ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge is pleased to announce the appointments of Simon Fairclough as Director and Sonita Alleyne OBE as Chair of the new Centre for Music Performance (CMP), which has been established to enable students, staff and the wider community to make music in all its forms a core part of life at Cambridge.

Image of Simon Fairclough by Hannah Fathers (CBSO)

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Portrait exhibition marks record high for Cambridge college female leaders

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From this month, 15 Cambridge Colleges will be run by women, which will be marked from 14 October when Sonita Alleyne’s photograph is unveiled as part of a new exhibition ̽��ֱ��Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge at the ̽��ֱ�� Library.

̽��ֱ��Rising Tide marks 150 years since the founding of Girton College, the first women’s college in Cambridge. It focuses on the lived experience of women at Cambridge, the fight for equal educational rights, and the careers of some of the women who have shaped the institution and the world.

̽��ֱ��portrait exhibition of Cambridge women will run along the front corridors of the library. Clothes, letters, and audio-visual material will also be on display in the Milstein Exhibition Centre.

One of the objects is a badge bearing the phrase “Behave Badly”. These were given to female students by renowned historian and Jesus College’s first woman fellow Professor Lisa Jardine.

Jardine encouraged women friends to wear the badge, under their jackets if necessary. ̽��ֱ��badge has been loaned to the exhibition by Jane Tillier, first woman Lay Chaplain at Jesus College from 1984, who admits she ‘wore it under her clerical robes'.

Sonita was one of the first to be presented with a new version of the badge created for the exhibition, and wore it to her interview on this morning's BBC Radio 4 Women's Hour.

She said: “It’s an honour to be one of five women taking up college leadership positions at Cambridge this term, and I’m thrilled to join Jesus College in its 40th year of mixed education.

"During my time as a Cambridge student, I was conscious that there was still opposition to women students, even in the mid-1980s.

"It’s good to reflect and celebrate how far we’ve come, and I am proud to be part of this exhibition.”

̽��ֱ��Rising Tide: Women At Cambridge runs from 14 Oct 2019 – Sat 21 Mar 2020, Mon-Fri 9am-6.30pm, Sat 9am-4.30pm, at Milstein Exhibition Centre, Cambridge ̽��ֱ�� Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR.

̽��ֱ��battle for gender equality at Cambridge will be celebrated with a portrait exhibition featuring new Jesus College Master Sonita Alleyne, whose appointment marks a record high in female senior leaders across the collegiate ̽��ֱ��.

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