Bursar & Treasurer

**PEMBROKE COLLEGE** **APPOINTMENT OF** **BURSAR &** **TREASURER** **JANUARY 2025** **CCAAMMBBRRIIDDGGEE** **MESSAGE FROM THE MASTER AND MASTER-ELECT** Pembroke is one of the most historic of Cambridge’s Colleges, and is proud of its close-knit community of Fellows, students, alumni and staff. We are seeking a new Bursar to lead the administration, finances and staffing of the College after the retirement of Dr Andrew Cates in September this year. Andrew has served for eleven years and during that period the College has thrived, despite the pandemic and the challenges it brought. The College’s finances are stable, our investments have risen, and we have just brought to completion the major new development of a new quarter for Pembroke immediately across the road from our historic medieval site. This has provided us with three new courtyards, 87 new student rooms, an auditorium, an exhibition space, café and many new teaching, meeting and seminar spaces. Our challenge now is to make the very best use of these wonderful new facilities while continuing to care for our historic site and support our outstanding staff. There is real unity and determination within the Fellowship to achieve this, with the Bursar playing a leading role. This is a fascinating and challenging position in a welcoming, inclusive, ambitious and academically excellent environment. We **Lord Chris Smith, Master and Professor Polly Blakesley, Master-** **Elect.** **462** **UNDERGRADUATES** **299** **POSTGRADUATES** **75** **FELLOWS** **199** **STAFF** **PHOTO: STEPHEN BOND** **INTRODUCING PEMBROKE COLLEGE** Pembroke College, founded in committed to welcoming students 1347 by Marie de St Pol, Countess of exceptional talent regardless of of Pembroke, is proud of its their social, cultural or educational traditions. The third oldest of the background, and giving them the Cambridge colleges, it was the benefit of contact with a large and first to have its own Chapel. distinguished Fellowship. Located in the heart of the University city, Pembroke Pembroke thrives on presents a tranquil environment conversations, between with varied architectural styles generations and disciplines, framing beautiful gardens and between undergraduates, open courts. graduates and senior Members, between current students and our The College today is an intimate alumni, and between the academy yet diverse community, and the wider world. **STRATEGIC VISION 2024 TO 2030** Pembroke College is a community **Our Purpose**: of scholars, researchers, students, - To be academically teachers, alumni/ae, and staff outstanding. members; this plan looks to the - To be an integral part of a future for all of us, and will help to world-leading University. inform the big decisions the - To support and care for every governing body has to take in the member of the College. years ahead. - To be a strong and cohesive community. Our Mission is to: bring together - To nurture the trust and mutual the brightest students, from the confidence that lead to learning. broadest range of backgrounds; - To disseminate our scholarship nurture outstanding research; to the wider world. provide the very best educational - To be careful stewards of a opportunities; and by doing so historic institution. help to make a difference to the world. "One of the things that always delights me is when I hear of surveys of students across the whole of Cambridge; and when they ask the question, “If you weren’t at your present College where would you like to have been at?” the answer is almost always “Pembroke”. Lord Chris Smith, Master. **PHOTO: STEPHEN BOND** **Our Values**:We will strive to provide genuine - We are welcoming and value to our students for the whole inclusive. of their University experience as - We are supportive and undergraduates and/or nurturing. postgraduates. - We show respect for all, and value diversity. **Draw our students, undergraduate**: - We fiercely defend free **and postgraduate, from the** expression and discussion. **widest possible range of**: - We are outward and forward **backgrounds.**We will strive looking. constantly to broaden the range of - We are unafraid to challenge backgrounds from which our received wisdom. students come, especially seeking to draw in the brightest students **Our Strategic Priorities**:from less advantaged **Strengthen the academic**backgrounds, and we will do this **success we seek to achieve as a**through our outreach and widening **College.**We believe that participation work, by having a fair academic success comes not only and transparent selection process, from the excellence of teaching, and by the support we offer to and the leading research that those who come here. underpins it, but also from the supportive and caring **Enhance the cohesiveness of our** environment we provide for all **College community.**We are proud members of our community. For of the welcoming, friendly our students in particular, we will t