Another 'quadruple' as women hold four top roles at Merton again

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Thursday 10 March 2022

There are women occupying the roles of Warden, Sub-Warden, MCR President and JCR President again this academic year, after 2019/20 saw this happen for the first time in the College's history.

With the lifting of restrictions, we were able to bring together the current office-holders for a photograph - Professor Irene Tracey CBE, Warden; Dr Kate Blackmon, Sub-Warden; Francesca Lovell-Read, MCR President; and Roheena Buckland, JCR President.

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(L-R) Roheena Buckland, JCR President; Dr Kate Blackmon, Sub-Warden; Professor Irene Tracey CBE, Warden; and Francesca Lovell-Read, MCR President


Prior to 2019 we had only had a 'triple' before - in the first year of Professor Dame Jessica Rawson’s Wardenship, 1996/7, Kate Downey (1995) was President of the JCR and Laura Nell Hodo (1996) was President of the MCR - so we're delighted to be able to celebrate two 'quadruples' in such short order.