Alumnae Club
In Conversation Mala Tribich MBE
Having survived the horrors of the Ravensbruck and Bergen Belsen Concentration Camps, Mala came to the UK after World War II and has dedicated much of her life to Holocaust Education. On Holocaust Memorial Day 2026, she was the first holocaust survivor to address the Cabinet in 10 Downing Street. Mala was interviewed by Dr Bea Lewkowicz OBE, a historian, filmmaker, curator, and photographer who was awarded an OBE for services to Holocaust remembrance and education in this year’s New Year Honours List.
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Finding Your Voice – How Women Learn to Speak and be Heard Across a Lifetime
For the last ten years, The Newnham Associates and Women of the Year have held a joint event, to celebrate women and all they achieve and contribute in 21st century Britain.
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Women of the Year meets… Ronni Ancona & Kathy Lette
🎤 SEPTEMBER SPOTLIGHT: WOMEN & COMEDY Laughter, sass and seriously sharp women! In September, we turned up the volume - and the laughter -...
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Women of the Year meets… Tracy Edwards
We enjoyed a screening at The Charlotte Street Hotel of Maiden hosted by Tracy Edwards MBE. This documentary charts how Tr...
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Women of the Year meets… Bonnie Garmus
We started our 2025 Alumnae programme with the best-selling author of Lessons in Chemistry, Bonnie Garmus. Bonnie was in conversation with Executive Coach, NED and Busine...
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Thank you to our outgoing Chair!
We celebrated Lady Louise Vaughan's last event as Chair of Women of the Year with a fabulous evening featuring actor Juliet Stevenson in conversation with Leonie Mellinger held by our Alumnae Club...
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Alumnae evening with Nicola Shindler
Women of the Year Alumnae Club hosts an evening with Nicola Shindler, Executive Producer and Chief Executive of Quay Street Productions, hosted by ITV presenter Michelle Eagleton. The Women ...
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Women of the Year and Newnham Associates summer event returns to Cambridge
We’re delighted to announce that after two years online, the Women of the Year Alumnae Club has returned to Cambridge’s Newnham College. Titled ‘There is no Blueprint - why lifelong coach...
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Seema Aziz
Seema Aziz, Founder and MD of Sefam, a major Pakistan retail brand, talked about the challenges of being a woman running her own business and having to manage meetings with Pakistani government offici...
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Jo Fairley
Jo Fairley is one of the UK’s leading female entrepreneurs. She co-founded Green & Black’s chocolate, founded Judges Bakery, an organic and natural food store and bakery and The Wellington Cen...
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