Women in Maths residential - information for participants

The Women in Maths Residential is due to take place in Cambridge from 27-29 March 2025. The event programme outline is included in a section below, but a detailed schedule will be circulated via email before the event.

Accommodation is provided by Christ's College, with single-room accommodation (you won't share a bedroom). 

When do I need to be there for?

The arrival period begins at 13:45 on Thursday 27th March - please arrive at Christ's at some point from 13:45 (not earlier!) and 14:30. You will be able to sign in and drop bags off to your accommodation room, and the first session begins at 14:45! 

Don't panic about delays on the day - it happens, and only worth stressing if you need to at the time! 

Finishing Time - Sat 29th March

We expect to be fully wrapped up by 14:00, but likely earlier. We do not recommend booking return travel before 14:00 on the Saturady, so you have sufficient time to say bye to people, have lunch and get where you need to go. You should also think about whether you would like additional time to wander around Cambridge. Therefore, please factor this in for the morning of the 27th, or afternoon of the 29th!

It is your responsibility to get yourself to and from Cambridge. We have advice on getting here via various forms of transport on our How to Get to Christ's page. Please read it!!

Tips for trains: the 16-17 railcard costs £30 and gets you 50% of train travel for a year (16-25 railcard gets a third off)! You can also get a Group Save if travelling as a group of 3 or more, provided you all travel together on the same trains (in the couple of instances where there might be more than one person from the same school). You can save a third on ticket prices this way. 

If you're struggling with working out the best option for your travel, please do get in touch with us; we are experienced with students coming to our events from all over the UK, as well as travelling places ourselves! Please remember to tell us in the email what event it's for because we're running a lot in the same period!

Trinity College covers travel expenses for this event. A dedicated email on processing this will be circulated in the week commencing 10 March, but any urgent queries should go direct to Tessa at schools.liaison@trin.cam.ac.uk. 

We're finalising the last of the academic sessions for you, which will include the opportunity to get a taste of a range of maths and adjacent mathematical subjects on offer at Cambridge. A final schedule will be circulated when ready, but for now here's an overview of how you'll be spending your time with us!

Thursday 27th March

Welcome and icebreaker sessions to get to know some of your fellow attendees, plus one of your first academic sessions of the event! You'll also have a tour of Christ's with some of our current students helping with the event. 

In the evening, we'll be having a formal dinner in the Hall at Christ's. What we mean by this, is a three-course meal which we typically just call 'formal' at Cambridge so it'll be a little taste of the Cambridge experience! There is no dress code for this though, so wear whatever you're comfortable in! 

We'll send you an email regarding a packing list/what to bring closer to the time.

Friday 28th March

A busy day! We'll be starting with some academic taster sessions, followed by lunch over at Trinity College. There will also be a tour of Trinity, including a visit to the Wren Library, before some free time in the afternoon. The remainder of the afternoon will include a dedicated Q&A with our students, plus another academic session, dinner at Trinity and a fun evening activity before returning back to Christ's for the rest of the evening, when you can either return to your room for some early rest, or hang out with some hopefully new friends in our common rooms and spaces. 

Saturday 29th March

The final sessions including final opportunity for questions, and advice and guidance on your next steps at this stage. We'll finish up with a group photo, lunch and then you can sign out. If someone is coming to collect you, it will be from Christ's.