Dear Editor
A DEPRESSING ‘E-newsletter – Easter 2026’ was emailed to me as an alumnus of one of the oldest and most prestigious of the colleges at Cambridge University, the once great university sadly long since destroyed by the woke mind virus, and now actively contaminating the minds of the young in return for multinational geld. I read about the careers of some of my younger co-alumni and shudder with shame at what some of them have accomplished.
In these extracts below I have blanked out the names for privacy reasons but of course none are Anglo-Saxon British names.
ADMISSIONS TEAM HOSTS WIDENING PARTICIPATION RESIDENTIALS
The first ever Black Brilliance Residential took place on 1-2 April. It was designed with second-year law student and JCR Ethnic Diversity Officer, **** *********, for students who identify as having Black heritage. It was attended by 28 Year 12 students nominated by teachers and their schools from around the UK, and open to all humanities, social sciences, and STEM students. Read more
Medieval Worlds returned with a unique programme designed to immerse Year 12 students into the fascinating world of medieval manuscripts, texts and thought. Twenty students interested in studying English, History or ASNaC [Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic] at university were fascinated by the manuscripts, materials and artworks they studied, enjoying sessions on birdsong, coinage, palaeography, gender and more. Read more
MEET OUR 2026 GATES SCHOLARS
********* ****** is currently a Gates MPhil scholar in Data Intensive Science at Corpus. For her PhD in Biostatistics, she hopes to integrate her biotech background with intensive research to design novel adaptive clinical trial frameworks and help drugs reach patients more efficiently.
***** ***** is currently finishing his concurrent bachelor’s and master’s in Astrophysics and Applied Physics at Harvard University. Her PhD will etc, etc.
When I was there, studying engineering (1963 to 1966), there were no women in my college, almost no foreign students, no student loans. Places were allocated on perceived ability and intelligence as tested by a residential entrance exam and an interview. The costs of the education and the board and lodging for those without very rich parents were paid for by state grants and/or or private scholarships often tied to an apprenticeship (as was the case for me).
‘Ethnic Diversity Officer’ would simply not have been a recognised position, and Bill Gates was an unknown ten-year-old with a lawyer father and a mother in banking.
There were two genders in existence for humans, male and female, and for my fellow students ‘enjoying a session on gender’ would have raised eyebrows.
Now I just despair at the very idea that in the interests of ‘equality’ my college might host a ‘White Brilliance Residential’.
And I still find it beyond comprehension that in this age of equality, Cambridge University, a university in England, allows a scheme which openly discriminates against British people, disqualifying only the British from a scheme for funding, solely on the basis of British nationality.
Eligibility and Selection Criteria (for the Gates Cambridge Scholarship)
• Citizenship: You must be a citizen of any country outside the UK.
Paul Davies
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