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Enriching the student experience since 1947

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Students come to Cumberland Lodge for an intensive academic retreat
in fantastic surroundings

Students report that, having been here, they return to their studies with renewed energy and enthusiasm. Click here to read your testimonials>>

For over 60 years we have been a forum in which the greatest minds of the day meet with university students from a range of disciplines. Our visitors book contains the signatures of the great and the good from the earliest days of the foundation. Click here to find out more>>

Click here to listen to our earliest testimonial: from a student who came here in the 1950s and went to lectures given by T.S. Eliot, Karl Popper, Stanley Spencer, A.J. Ayer, Paul Tillich and others>>

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Reading and Social Justice: How do we address the challenges?
Reading and Social Justice: How do we address the challenges?
A one day colloquium.
11/10/2010 09:15 - 17:00
 
Our Changing Expectations of Life
Our Changing Expectations of Life
This conference will consider the many profound challenges in a world where the increase in life expectancy in developed countries exceeds 5 hours a day.
26/11/2010 - 28/11/2010
 
International Students' Christmas Weekend
International Students' Christmas Weekend
17/12/2010 16:00 - 19/12/2010 14:00