Women hold four top roles at Merton for first time

This academic year, for the first time in the College's history, there are women occupying the roles of Warden, Sub-Warden, MCR President and JCR President. Although we have seen 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 - until now we’ve not had a 'quadruple'.

Professor Irene Tracey, Warden; India Morris, MCR President; Lucy Buxton, JCR President; and Professor Jenny Payne, Sub-Warden

Unfortunately we haven't been able to find a picture of the 1996/7 'big three' together, but before this week's meeting of the College's Governing Body we managed to bring together the current office-holders for a photograph - Professor Irene Tracey, Warden; Professor Jenny Payne, Sub-Warden; India Morris, MCR President; and Lucy Buxton, JCR President.