Account Statements

The payment deadline for your course fees and rent is this Thursday, 22 October. Please pay promptly, unless otherwise agreed.

If you have emailed a query/request to the Postgraduate Accounts Assistant, Ms Gargaroni, please be assured that your email will be dealt with but we may need more time during this busy time of the year.

For all undergraduate account queries

For all postgraduate account queries

Academic Skills Workshops

What's On?

Wednesday 21 October at 20.00: WolfWorks Plus: Managing your time to increase productivity

Thursday 22 October at 20.00: WolfWorks for new undergraduates: Getting started on a piece of work

Booking and further information. 

Monday 26 October 09.45 - Virtual Shut Up and Write.

Booking and further information.

Any Questions?

Please get in touch with Meg or Laura if you’d like to discuss anything to do with using the library or developing your academic skills.

Coeliac UK

Coeliac UK provide small grants, to encourage undergraduates or postgraduates in the UK, including but not limited to nutrition, dietetics, immunology, food technology, epidemiology, public health, psychology or medicine, to focus on coeliac disease and the impacts of gluten in their project work.

Available funding: Five grants up to £1000 each
Deadline to apply: Monday 09 Nov. at 10.00
To apply, please visit the Coeliac UK website 

PhD and Post-Doctoral Funding for women academic year 2021-2022

The Schlumberger Foundation have opened applications for the 2021-2022 Faculty for the Future Fellowships.

The Faculty for the Future program, launched in 2004, awards fellowships to women from developing and emerging countries to pursue PhD or Post-doctoral research in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields at leading universities worldwide.

Check eligibility criteria

Make application*

Deadline to apply: Monday 09 November 2020.

*PLEASE USE FIREFOX or CHROME browsers to access this website

Vacation Project Grant

Applications are now open. Further information and eligibility on our website. Please ask your Referees to add their comments on this form.

Deadline to apply: Monday 02 November 2020 for projects in December 2020 and January 2021

Travel & Research Grants

Applications are now open. Further information and eligibility on our website. Please ask your Referees to add their comments on this form.

Only students still enrolled at Wolfson College in 2021-2022 are eligible for these grants from June-Sept.

Study Grants for Language Courses at the University of Cambridge Language Centre

How it works:

• Register and pay for the course of your choice, attend weekly classes, complete assignments and sit exams as required.
• After successfully completing the course, submit the completion certificate and breakdown of marks to the Student Finance Officer.
• A payment for 50% of the total course cost will then be credited to your College account. 

Important: Please check the College website for terms and conditions 

Avoiding Phishing Scams

Be alert to emails asking for your personal details. If you do click on a link or have opened an attachment in a suspicious email, contact helpdesk@wolfson.cam.ac.uk

For information on a recent tax scam, including what to look out for and how to avoid it please click here: https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/hmrc-urges-universities-to-warn-new-students-of-tax-scams-danger

Please make sure that your anti-virus software is up to date. 
The University offers McAfee Endpoint Security for free, so please take advantage of this and perform a full system scan.

Moving Office 

Thursday 22 October: The Tutorial Office will move from the Karen Spärck Jones Room to the first floor in Bredon House.

Friday 23 October: The Tutorial Office will be open for students with pre-booked appointments only (in-person and online). In the first instance contact should be made by email or telephone: 

Tutorial Office Manager email
tel: +44(0)1223 335905

Undergraduate Administrator email 

Postgraduate Administrator email

Tutorial Administrator email
tel: +44(0)1223 335978

Tutorial Office opening hours from Friday 23 October
Monday-Friday, 09.00-17.00

Second Matriculation Photo

A reminder that the second matriculation photo session is scheduled for this Saturday, 24 October at 12.00 midday

The photographers will be here for one hour. Please come to the marquee in the East Court by 13.00 at the latest.

Formal wear is advised and if you have a gown, please wear it!

Graduation ceremonies

Because of COVID-19, in-person degree ceremonies will not take place until further notice. However, eligible candidates can apply to have their degrees awarded in absentia.

The next in absentia ceremony is Saturday 28 November.

Applications to graduate are made through CamSIS Self-Service

Deadline to apply: Thursday 19 November at 17.00.

For further information please visit the Graduation Webpage.

SRO Hannah Elkington is still accepting applications from current students to join our team of Wolfson Ambassadors - help prospective students and offer holders see what life at Wolfson is really like!

Updated Heating Times

Heating times have changed to the following:
07.00-11.00 and 17.00-23.00. 

The Domestic Bursar, Darren Smith, will update you throughout the year when these times change.

Decoration Works

Decoration to Selwyn Gardens House

Decoration works to Selwyn Gardens House are underway, starting with the staircase and communal areas. Dust sheets will be on the floors so please take care when accessing these areas. Work is being carried out by David and Dean.

The College carpenter, Darien, will be installing new handrails once decoration has been completed. 

Works are scheduled to take place until 20 November.

Legionella Water Works

Weekly Works:

The maintenance department undertakes essential works, one of which is to flush the water systems in all unused rooms weekly on Mondays. We are following all current government guidelines on face masks and social distancing. For those in residence this is a polite notice to let you know why we are accessing rooms. Thank you for your co-operation.

Monthly Works:

Wolfson College has employed Jordan Environmental to undertake Legionella water testing and sampling to all buildings. Access to rooms (not those where students are quarantined or self-isolating ) will be needed and you will be emailed when this testing takes place. Jordan Environmental will follow the College risk assessment and the current Government guidelines on social distancing whilst this work takes place.

Door Replacement

Following a fire risk assessment undertaken by Cromwell Fire we have commissioned Bayard Construction to replace doors around College.

Stage 1 took place from 15 Sept-7 Oct. Stage 2 will be decoration of the new doors undertaken by the Wolfson College Decorators (David and Dean) and arranged through David Rivers via email.

Bayard Construction and the College staff will adhere to government guidelines on face masks and social distancing.

Gardens Department Contact Update

To contact the Gardens Department please email Head Gardener, Oscar Holgate, via his new email address at
head-gardener@wolfson.cam.ac.uk