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Jun 20, 2019 · Medicine Interview: In this video we show you a mock medicine interview with the Director of studies for medicine at Peterhouse, Cambridge University. Enjoy!...
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The Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge is the head of the oldest Cambridge University college, Peterhouse. As of 2014 there have been 52 masters (counting John Cosin twice), the incumbent being Andy Parker (physicist) .
Peterhouse is the smallest college with roughly 70-80 students in a year, so you get to meet people not only from your year but throughout the college. Peterhouse is the oldest Cambridge college, having been founded in 1284. We have a beautiful Deer park to relax and study, and we often have welfare sessions with the Chaplain's cat (Rory) in ...
Address. Peterhouse Trumpington Street Cambridge CB2 1RD. Telephone (Porters' Lodge) (01223) 338200. Email
Peterhouse is the oldest college in Cambridge [but don't you dare call it "Peterhouse College"] dating from 1284AD. And one of the three smallest, at around 240 undergraduates. A long way south on Trumpington Street; so most tourists don't get that far. And the main street entrance is quite discrete, with views blocked by the back of the Chapel.
Peterhouse is the oldest of the Cambridge colleges, founded by Hugo de Balsham, Bishop of Ely in 1284 and granted its charter by King Edward I. It remains the smallest college in terms of number of Fellows and students, but as the late Noel Annan put it in his 1999 survey of the universities and society, The Dons, this small College has always had "an intellectual influence … out of all proportion to [its] size".
Peterhouse is the oldest of the Cambridge colleges; it was founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham, later Bishop of Ely. It stands near Little St. Mary's Church, whose original dedication to St. Peter gave the college its name. Unusually for a Cambridge college, the Master's House stands opposite the college, instead of being contained within it.
