“It's good to be able to give a little back to a place that has given me and others so much. Studying at Queens' was an extraordinarily enriching experience. I'm also glad to see efforts being made to foster inclusiveness and diversity at both Queens' and Cambridge generally.”

Toby Gee (1985)

“I loved my time at Queens', partly for the opportunity to immerse myself in a subject that I loved, with guidance from the people who genuinely wrote the books on the topics I was studying. But also for the friends that I made there and all the other wonderful, intangible things the College gave me. ”

Claire Coleman (1996)

“Such fond memories of Queens' and especially Erasmus where I spent two years. Delighted to see the improvements the college has already made to the Erasmus building and is planning to make to other accommodation. I hope other students will feel as happy and as at home as I did during my time at Queens'.”

Louise Sealy (1980)

“Being a member of Queens' College has been an extraordinary privilege, on this Queens' Giving Day, I am honoured to give back to an institution that has given me so much. My donation is a small token of appreciation for the countless ways the college fosters excellence, innovation, and belonging.”

Luya Duan (2018)

“My Anthony L. Lyster Fellowship in Sociology at Queens’ has benefitted my research and my life in so many ways: it has connected me to an interdisciplinary set of scholars, a wonderful group of students and the amazing ideas that grow in conversation.  It has given me the time and space to think through difficult and fascinating issues in scholarship and the broader world.”

Dr Ella McPherson, Fellow

“Being a member of Queen’s College has been an extraordinary privilege, on this Queen’s Giving Day,
I am honoured to give back to an institution that has given me so much. My donation is a small token of appreciation for the countless ways the college fosters excellence, innovation, and belonging.”

Luya Duan, Alumni

“In the last decade or two, my husband Mark (fellow Queens' graduate) and I have been able to visit Cambridge much more, and have reconnected with the College in a number of different ways - we wish we'd thought to do it sooner. It's a real pleasure to get the sense of being part of an on-going academic community, not only from reading College publications, but also from the wider university alumni events.”

Sally Dore (1982)

“Life began for me at Queens' 40 years ago and the friendships and memories, will I hope, be with me for the next 40. It's impossible to put a value on all this but a legacy to Queens' was an easy decision, especially as the process was so simple. Floreat Domus!”

Angus Saer (1986)

“The Lyster Fellowship (along with other endowed Fellowships) is essential to maintaining the world-class teaching environment and academic community of Queens’. Legacies such as this permit us to attract and retain leading academics who sustain the supervision system, contribute to the intellectual life of the College and support and advise our students.”

Professor Claude Warnick, Fellow (2001)