May Week
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May Week is the name used within the University of Cambridge
to refer to a period of time at the end of the academic year. Originally May Week took place in the week during May before year-end exams began. Today, May Week takes place in June. The end of exams is a cause for heavy celebration amongst the students of the University. Highlights of the week include May Ball
s, June Event
s and garden parties
.
to refer to the Sunday immediately after the end of the summer term (known as Easter Term). By this Sunday, all students have finished exams but most of the results have not been published, so it is traditionally a period of nerves and suspense. The name, however, ironically refers to the celebration that students haven't committed suicide due to stress of exams.
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
to refer to a period of time at the end of the academic year. Originally May Week took place in the week during May before year-end exams began. Today, May Week takes place in June. The end of exams is a cause for heavy celebration amongst the students of the University. Highlights of the week include May Ball
May Ball
A May Ball is a ball at the end of the academic year that happens at any one of the colleges of the University of Cambridge. They are formal affairs, requiring evening dress, with ticket prices of around £65 to £200 , with some colleges selling tickets only in pairs...
s, June Event
June Event
June Events are alternatives to May Balls held by some Cambridge colleges.The necessarily high price of May Ball tickets motivates some colleges to host Events instead...
s and garden parties
Garden party
A garden party is a social gathering with food provided, in the open in a park or a garden. An event described as a garden party is usually more formal than other similar gatherings, which may be called just parties, picnics, barbecues, etc,...
.
Suicide Sunday
Suicide Sunday is the name used at Cambridge UniversityUniversity of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
to refer to the Sunday immediately after the end of the summer term (known as Easter Term). By this Sunday, all students have finished exams but most of the results have not been published, so it is traditionally a period of nerves and suspense. The name, however, ironically refers to the celebration that students haven't committed suicide due to stress of exams.
May Week 2012
| Friday 15th | Saturday 16th | Suicide Sunday 17th | Monday 18th | Tuesday 19th | Wednesday 20th | Thursday 21st | Friday 22nd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hawks' Event | The Varsity Match at Lord's | Emmanuel May Ball | Jesus May Ball | St John's May Ball | Trinity Hall June Event | Homerton May Ball | Clare Hall June Event | |
| Robinson May Ball | The Gentlemen Patricians' Garden Party | The Crescents' Garden Party | Clare May Ball | Queens' May Ball | Newnham MCR Garden Party | Corpus May Ball | ||
| Downing Lady Orchids Garden Party | The Cambridge Union Society Garden Party | Downing Tribe - Tribal Barbecue | Trinity May Ball | Downing May Ball | Pembroke May Ball | CUSU LGBT Garden Party | Wolfson June Event | |
| The Wilberforce Society Annual Garden Party | Hughes Hall May Ball | The Gentlemen Wyverns' Garden Party | St Catharine's College June Event | Newnham JCR Garden Party | King's Affair | Darwin College May Ball | ||
| The Gentlemen of St John's Garden Party | The Marguerites' Garden Party | St. Edmund's May Ball | ||||||
| QEnts Presents "BOUNCE" | ||||||||
| TCSS Garden Party |
Previous May Weeks
| Friday 17th | Saturday 18th | Suicide Sunday 19th | Monday 20th | Tuesday 21st | Wednesday 22nd | Thursday 23rd | Friday 24th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Varsity Twenty20 Garden Party | Hughes Hall May Ball | Emmanuel May Ball | Jesus May Ball | St John's May Ball | Trinity Hall June Event | Homerton May Ball | Clare Hall June Event |
| Robinson May Ball | The Gentlemen Patricians' Garden Party | The Crescents' Garden Party | Clare May Ball | Queens' May Ball | Magdalene May Ball | Newnham MCR Garden Party | Corpus May Ball |
| Downing Lady Orchids Garden Party | The Cambridge Union Society Garden Party | Downing Tribe - Tribal Barbecue | Trinity May Ball | Downing May Ball | Pembroke May Ball | CUSU LGBT Garden Party | Wolfson June Event |
| The Hawks' Event | The Gentlemen Wyverns' Garden Party | Newnham JCR Garden Party | King's Affair | Darwin College May Ball | |||
| The Gentlemen of St John's Garden Party | The Marguerites' Garden Party | St. Edmund's May Ball | |||||
| The Wilberforce Society Annual Garden Party | QEnts Presents "BOUNCE" | ||||||
| TCSS Garden Party |
| Thursday 10th | Friday 11th | Saturday 12th | Suicide Sunday 13th | Monday 14th | Tuesday 15th | Wednesday 16th | Thursday 17th | Friday 18th | Saturday 19th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson May Ball | Hughes Hall May Ball | Emmanuel June Event | Clare May Ball | Christ's May Ball | King's Affair | Homerton June EventSt Edmund's May Ball | |||
| The Crescents' Garden Party | Downing Tribal BBQ | Jesus May Ball | Pembroke June Event | Wolfson June Event | |||||
| Wyverns' Garden Party | Trinity May Ball | St John's May Ball | Sidney Sussex May Ball | Darwin College May Ball | |||||
| The Marguerites and Hippolytans Garden Party | Newnham June Event | St Catharine's May Ball | Clare Hall May Ball | ||||||
| Murray Edwards Garden Party | Gonville and Caius May Ball | Trinity Hall June Event | |||||||
| Queens' Bounce |
| Thursday 11th | Friday 12th | Saturday 13th | Suicide Sunday 14th | Monday 15th | Tuesday 16th | Wednesday 17th | Thursday 18th | Friday 19th | Saturday 20th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson May Ball | Peterhouse May Ball | Emmanuel May Ball | Clare May Ball | St John's May Ball | Trinity Hall June Event | Corpus Christi May Ball | |||
| Homerton May Ball | Hughes Hall May Ball | Wyverns' Garden Party | Jesus May Ball | Downing May Ball | Magdalene May Ball | Darwin May Ball | |||
| Murray Edwards Garden Party | Trinity May Ball | Queens' May Ball | Pembroke May Ball | Wolfson June Event | |||||
| King's Affair |
| Thursday 12th | Friday 13th | Saturday 14th | Suicide Sunday (15th) | Monday 16th | Tuesday 17th | Wednesday 18th | Thursday 19th | Friday 20th | Saturday 21st |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homerton June Event | Robinson May Ball | Hughes Hall May Ball | Emmanuel June Event | Clare May Ball | Christ's May Ball | King's Affair | Darwin May Ball | Selwyn May Ball | |
| Clare Hall May Ball | Jesus May Ball | Gonville and Caius May Ball | Pembroke June Event | St Edmund's May Ball | |||||
| Trinity May Ball | St John's May Ball | St Catharine's May Ball | Wolfson June Event | ||||||
| Trinity Hall June Event | |||||||||
| Sidney Sussex May Ball |
| Friday | Saturday | Suicide Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson May Ball | Emmanuel May Ball | St. John's May Ball | King's Affair | Wolfson College June Event | |||
| Homerton May Ball | Jesus May Ball | Queens' May Ball | Magdalene May Ball | St Edmund's May Ball | |||
| Clare May Ball | Pembroke May Ball | Corpus Christi May Ball | |||||
| Trinity May Ball | Trinity Hall June Event | ||||||
| Downing May Ball |
| Suicide Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmanuel June Event | Trinity May Ball | St. John's May Ball | King's Affair | Wolfson College June Event | |
| Queens' Bounce | Jesus May Ball | Gonville and Caius May Ball | Peterhouse May Ball | St Edmund's May Ball | |
| Clare May Ball | Christ's May Ball | Pembroke June Event | |||
| Trinity Hall June Event | |||||
| St. Catharine's May Ball | |||||
| Sidney Sussex May Ball |
External links
- Partial list of garden parties and other Mayweek events in 2008