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Hello all, Hopefully you’ve all seen the info about the upcoming Billy Day on the 19th of June!? https://www.facebook.com/events/442041123219482/ This is a chance for us to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Fitz and rub shoulders with the JCR. On that evening of the 19th, there will be a Fitz sessions between 4.00pm and 6.30pm in the auditorium lobby onto the grass and there are two spots open for Grad acts if anyone is interested?? Get in touch by the 5pm on Monday (13th) and we’ll have a look at the range of acts and let you know about playing! All…

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There are numerous ways you can help hedgehogs thrive, here we list some of them! From using natural pest controllers to cycling/driving carefully at nights and keeping a wild corner in your garden! Share this tips with all your friends and family during this #HedgehogAwarenessWeek 🦔

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Hi everyone, Join us in the lovely new grove (yes I still can’t get over how much I love it!) from 4.30-6.30pm this Sunday for some tea and cake as we settle into term time. Take a break from revision and grab a sweet treat 🙂 As always, baking very much welcome but we will also provide plenty! Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/287380235471098/ Best wishes, Bluebell Bluebell Drummond PhD Student | NanoDTC Optoelectronics | Cavendish Laboratory University of Cambridge MCR Social Secretary | Fitzwilliam College @BHDrummond @credgington_lab

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Following up on this #HedgehogAwarenessWeek, here are some basic facts about our garden companions 🦔 Find more information at: https://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/the-basic-facts-2/ https://www.https://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/the-basic-facts-2/ #HedgehogWeek

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Important updates on the buttery from the food and beverages working group: Food is wonderful and important and the kitchen want everyone who eats there to enjoy it, so if you have a feedback for the kitchen, please speak directly to buttery staff, (Julie, or chef Richard) so they can do something about it. This is especially important to do on the meal service that your talking about if its about specific things so they can really understand the feedback. They want people to be honest and they don’t want people to suffer through a meal if it’s a reasonable…

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Dear Fitzbillies, You are all invited to attend a documentary screening next Wednesday 15th May, at the TV room in The Grove (starting at 7h30pm). We´ll be screening an environmental documentary with the aim of increasing our awareness and interest in topics such as climate change, sustainable development, biodiversity conservation and consumerism. I hope to see as many of you there to share a small discussion/reflection after the film, Snacks will be provided! All my best, Carolina MCR Environmental Officer

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Throughout this #HedgehogAwarenessWeek2019, the British Hedgehog Preservation Society is aiming to raise £1000 to help hedgehogs thrive across the UK! Donate anytime during this week using the Hedgehog fundraising pot located in our wonderful MCR (just above the fireplace)! Keep informed via our Twitter (FitzMCR) and Instagram (fitzwilliam_mcr) accounts and help us spread hedgehog awareness🦔

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Hello Everyone, This is a reminder to all lovers of YOGA that the classes for this term will start tomorrow Tuesday, 07-05-2019 from 19:00-20:00 at Upper Hall 1 in the college. The classes will run every Tuesday at the same time in the same location up until Tuesday, 11-06-2019. Please get back if you have any questions. I wish you lots of fun and self-actualisation in the classes. Cheers! Best, Stephen Ajadi PgD (Mgmt) MeD (Arch), MDes, MICRM, MNIM, IPMP Welfare Officer Director; ACID Ph.D. Researcher, Fitzwilliam College, Lab of Interdisciplinary Spatial Analysis (LISA) Land Economy, University of Cambridge

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Hello everyone! Today the MCR is launching FitzLink, a new peer review platform. The platform lets you input information about an assignment you’re working on, connect with another Fitz student with a comparable assignment in a related field, and then provide feedback on each other’s work! If you have a write-up, thesis, essay, report or the like, this is the perfect chance to get an extra set of eyes on your work before turning it in. Plus, the first five pairs who match and review each other’s work will get a 5 pound credit at the café to meet and…

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Dear Fitzbillies, As part of the UK-wide campaign to help hedgehogs (launched by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society), we invite you all to celebrate the Hedgehog Awareness Week 2019(poster attached). Throughout this week, we´ll be posting and sharing basic information about these cute creatures, donation opportunities and different ways in which we can all help them thrive. Considering that the hedgehog population in the UK has decreased in an alarming 50% over the past 20 years, just less than a million are out there fighting for their lives and battling with habitat loss, road traffic, litter, lack of water and…

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