The website calendar provides the most up-to-date listing of events, and can be imported into most popular personalised calendar formats. The Term Notices are included here for your convenience. They may also be downloaded, along with the Guest Nights Booking Form. Paper copies of these documents are also available at the Porters' Lodge.
Catering
The weekly Cafeteria and Formal Hall menus are displayed on the notice board at the main entrance and on the Catering webpage. Please note that the Dining Hall is a ‘no-mobile-phone’ area at all times, and that the use of cameras at formal dinners is not allowed.
Cafeteria
Times:
| Breakfast | 08:00 to 09:00 | Monday to Friday |
| Lunch | 12:30 to 14:00 | Daily except Saturday |
| Brunch | 11:30 to 13:30 | Saturday only |
| Supper | 18:00 to 19:30 | Monday to Friday |
Cafeteria prices are displayed in the Servery. Payment for cafeteria meals is by the College card. Student cards incorporate a 25% student discount. College cards may have value added to them from debit or credit cards or from members’ College accounts at service points by the Porters’ Lodge. Students have a credit limit of £100.
Club Room and Bar
The Bar is licensed for the sale of beers, wines and spirits. For students only, purchases with the College card attract a 10% discount. The Club Room must not be used for the consumption of alcoholic drinks and food purchased outside the College.
Formal Dining in Wolfson
Formal Hall
A leisurely three-course formal dinner with wine and waiter service: read about the Formal Hall tradition in Cambridge and at Wolfson.
Booking: Please sign up on the relevant sheet in the Formal Hall file at the Porters’ Lodge, or email formal-hall @wolfson.cam.ac.uk. The deadline for booking is 12 NOON the day before the meal.
Special diets must be notified using the form included in the Formal Hall file. The blue copy is placed in the file at the page for the relevant dinner and the white copy should be handed to the waitress at the start of the meal.
Etiquette: Dress code is gown for College and University members, with jacket and tie for men and the equivalent for women, not casual wear. A reminder: the Dining Hall is a ‘no-mobile-phone’ area, and the use of cameras at formal dinners is not allowed.
How it works: Pre-dinner drinks are served in the Gallery next to the Hall, or in the Combination Room. When the gong sounds diners should listen for any announcements, before taking their place for dinner (in the Hall or in the Combination Room) in an orderly manner, filling up the tables without leaving gaps, except where places have been allocated for a group to sit together (see ‘Guests and Groups’ below). There is no high table: Fellows and Students sit together. Diners remain standing behind their chair until Grace has been said by the presiding Fellow. The closing Grace marks the end of the main part of the dinner and then diners take coffee in the Gallery or Combination Room. Diners then return for dessert (fruit, port and dessert wine), where the port and wine are passed continuously round the table from right to left.
Approximate timings:
| 19:15-19:30 | Pre-dinner drinks |
| 19:30-c.20:45 | Grace, starter, main course, sweet, closing Grace in the Hall or in the Combination Room |
| c.20:45 | Coffee in the Combination Room or Gallery |
| c.21:00-c.21:45 | Dessert (fruit, port and dessert wine) served in the Hall or in the Combination Room |
| Prices: | FOOD | WINE | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students and their guests | £10.65 | £5.85 | £16.50 |
| Non-students and their guests | £18.55 | £5.85 | £24.40 |
Guest meals are charged to the account of the Member.
Student members are entitled to two free Formal Hall credits per academic year, for standard Formal Halls only. These credits will be used against the first two Formal Hall meals taken in the academic year. These can be used:
(i) in any of the three main Terms: Michaelmas, Lent and Easter
(ii) at any point in the Term, not just in the ‘Full Term’ subset of Term
(iii) either at two dinners for the individual member or at one dinner for the member plus a guest
(iv) only at standard Formal Halls, i.e. not at Burns Night (Lent), Music & Madeira or Guest Nights
Payment and cancellation charges: Formal Hall and other special meals are charged to a member’s College account. Bills are sent out quarterly. In the event of cancellations, the Bursar reserves the right to charge a cancellation fee. Cancellations received later than 12 noon the day before Formal Hall will be charged at full cost.
Guests and groups at Formal Hall
(i) Members may bring no more than three non-Wolfson guests to Formal Hall
(ii) No single group* should exceed 25
(iii) The table nearest the plaque is designated as the ‘Groups Table’
* The definition of a group is 10 or more. Any group of 10 or more wishing to sit together as a group must seek the permission of the Members’ Steward (Ms Dawn Leeder, members-steward @wolfson. cam.ac.uk). If the group is larger than 25 or if the Groups Table is already full, then permission will not be given.
Formal Halls this Term 19:15 for 19:30
Tuesdays from 17 April to 17 July inclusive; Fridays from 27 April to 15 June inclusive
There is no Formal Hall on Tuesday 5 June.
Formal Halls with a theme or of particular interest to certain groups
| Tuesday 24 April | St George’s Day, with an English theme |
| Friday 11 May | Physical Natural Sciences, Computer Science |
| Friday 18 May | Biological Natural Sciences, Engineering |
| Friday 25 May | Anglo-Saxon Norse & Celtic, Medieval & Modern Languages, Archaeology & Anthropology, Linguistics |
| Tuesday 29 May | History |
| Friday 8 June | Senior Members |
| Tuesday 3 July | Senior Members |
No Formal Hall is exclusive but these are occasions when certain groups are able to sit together. Members wishing to attend should sign the Formal Hall file in the normal way.
Music & Madeira
Tuesday 22 May 19:15 for 19:30
Music & Madeira is a Formal Hall with a difference. A recital by Dr Martin Ennis (piano) (Director of Music Girton College) and Charbel Mattar (bass) will take place over dessert in the Lee Hall, after coffee at Formal Hall
If you want Dinner + Dessert + Concert, please sign up on the main sheet in the Formal Hall file.
If you want Dessert only, at the concert, sign the extra sheet in the file; the cost of this option is just £4.20.
It is free to just attend the concert and there is no need to sign in at all.
| Music & Madeira prices: | FOOD | WINE | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students and their guests | £15.40 | £5.85 | £21.25 |
| Non-students and their guests | £22.80 | £5.85 | £28.65 |
Students cannot use their free credits against Music & Madeira. Fellows may use their allowance for Music & Madeira, paying the difference between a standard Formal Hall and Music & Madeira.
Guest Nights
Wednesday 16 May and Friday 19:00 for 19:30
Closing date: 12 noon on Wednesday 9 May and Friday 29 June respectively.
Dress code is black tie/national dress and gown. These special five-course dinners are occasions to which Fellows, Senior Members and Students may invite guests. Those who wish to dine and invite guests should complete the booking form, which is obtainable from the Porters’ Lodge or can be downloaded here; it should be returned it to the College Office.
The Bursar reserves the right to levy a cancellation fee in the event of a late cancellation. The price for this dinner is higher than for standard Formal Halls:
| Guest Night prices: | FOOD | WINE | TOTAL |
| Students and their guests | £24.40 | £10.60 | £35.00 |
| Non-students and their guests | £31.80 | £10.60 | £42.40 |
Students cannot use their free credits against Guest Nights.
Fellows cannot use their allowance against Guest Night.
Talks, Seminars and Lunchtime Concerts
Theses take place regularly during Full Term. Details will be advertised in advance on the wolfson-events email list, on the website calendar and on posters in College. All members of College and their guests are invited to attend these meetings.
Graduation Ceremonies
Congregation: Saturdays 28 April, 19 May, 21 July
General Admission: Saturday 30 June
Those eligible to proceed to Congregation will receive a note from Janet Manifold in the Tutorial Office. Queries should be addressed to ptadministrator @wolfson.cam.ac.uk.
Events
Reception for our Academic Visitors
Tuesday 24 April 18:15 Lee Hall
All Fellows and Senior Members may attend this reception to welcome our Academic Visitors – prior booking is not needed. However, those wishing to dine afterwards should sign the Formal Hall file in the normal way.
Senior Members' Informal Lunches
Monday 30 April, Thursday 31 May, Friday 29 June, Tuesday 31 July 13:00
Senior Members sit together at the far table in the Dining Hall.
The Easter Term Meeting is on 29 June at 14:00 in the Old Combination Room.
Lee Seng Tee Distinguished Lecture
Thursday 3 May 17:30 Lee Hall
Professor Michael Slater will give the fifth lecture in this series, on the subject of ‘Dickens and Shakespeare’.
Wolfson Lecture on Local History
Friday 4 May 17:45 for 18:00 Seminar Room
Dr Adam Longcroft, University of East Anglia, will talk about ‘Community Archaeology and Volunteer-Led Local History in Action: a decade of research by the Norfolk Historic Buildings Group’.
College Service
Tuesday 15 May 18:15 Lee Hall
A religious service for all Members of College and their families, designed for all denominations to join in a corporate act of worship.
Senior Members' Garden Party for Visiting Fellows
Sunday 20 May 15:00-17:00 (by invitation)
College Garden Party
Sunday 17 June 15:00-17:00
Open to all members of the College and their families; musical entertainment will be provided; strawberries and wine will be served.
The Mary Bevan Recital
Sunday 17 June 19:30 Lee Hall
Performers will include Wolfson student Andrew Goldman, joint-winner of this year’s CUMS Concerto Competition, admission free.
June Event ‘Elementa’
Friday 22 June
Information about the June Event may be found at www.wolfsonjuneevent.co.uk
Commemoration Dinner
Wednesday 27 June, 19:00 for 19:30
(by invitation only)
The President’s Cup Cricket Match
Sunday 1 July, 14:00, Downing College Sports Ground
Annual cricket match: President's XI v Students XI
Gardens Open (National Gardens Scheme)
Saturday 11 August 14:00-17:00
Summer Closing
The kitchen closes after lunch on Thursday 9 August and reopens for lunch on Tuesday 28 August.
First Formal Hall
Tuesday 4 September, 19:15 for 19:30
Vehicles
Cars
Members who wish to park in College must display a purple 2011-2012 parking badge. Fellows and Senior Members are requested to collect a badge from the Head Porter. Students should download the form at www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk/forms, then complete and submit it to the Tutorial Office for approval.
Cycles
These should be registered at the Porters’ Lodge. Cycles are not permitted in bedrooms or in the Front, East and West Courts; however, members may push their cycles through the Library Court or round the back of Blocks C to G to go between Barton Road and Selwyn Gardens. All cycles should be parked in cycle racks and not left in courts or against walls, etc. The racks are regularly cleared of apparently abandoned cycles. Members should not leave their cycles in the racks if they are going to be away from Cambridge for a prolonged period.
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