Sidgwick Site
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University of Cambridge
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, England
England
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.
Overview and history
The Sidgwick Site is located on the western edge of CambridgeCambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
city centre, north of Sidgwick Avenue
Sidgwick Avenue
Sidgwick Avenue is located in western Cambridge, England. It links Grange Road to the west with Queen's Road to the east. The road continues northeast into central Cambridge as Silver Street....
and south of West Road
West Road, Cambridge
West Road is located in western Cambridge, England. It links Grange Road to the west with Queen's Road to the east. The road is north of Sidgwick Avenue and the Sidgwick Site, a major site of the University of Cambridge, currently under redevelopment...
, and is home to several of the university's arts
ARts
aRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is best known for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
and humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
faculties. The site is named after the philosopher Henry Sidgwick
Henry Sidgwick
Henry Sidgwick was an English utilitarian philosopher and economist. He was one of the founders and first president of the Society for Psychical Research, a member of the Metaphysical Society, and promoted the higher education of women...
, who studied at Cambridge in the 19th century.
The site as it is now has its origins in plans drawn up by Casson and Conder in 1952 for making use of land to the west of the Cambridge city centre which was previously used mainly for sports. Much of the site's current architecture derives from these original plans. However, many faculty buildings, especially to the north of the site, have been designed by separate architects with little reference to the coherence of the site as a whole. In July 2002, the old Faculty of English, a converted Victorian
Victorian architecture
The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...
villa, was demolished, and a more practical building designed by Allies and Morrison
Allies and Morrison
Allies and Morrison is a London-based architectural practice founded by Bob Allies and Graham Morrison in 1984. The practice is now headed up by 10 Partners and employs around 210 people in their purpose designed studios at 85 Southwark Street...
to reflect the needs of the faculty was completed in 2004.
On 29 October 2006, Education Not For Sale
Education Not for Sale
Education Not for Sale is a radical left-wing student campaign in the United Kingdom.The name originally derives from the "European Education Not for Sale network" and was first used by socialist and other radical activists at the National Union of Students of the United Kingdom conference in...
supporters at Cambridge University organised the first occupation in the UK in protest at the introduction of top-up fees on the Sidgwick Site Lecture Hall, occupying it for 12 hours. In 2009, Cambridge Gaza Solidarity occupied three lecture theatres and the common area of the Law Faculty.
Faculties on the Sidgwick Site
The following University of Cambridge faculties are located on the site:- Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
- Faculty of Classics
- Faculty of English, including Anglo-Saxon Norse and Celtic and The Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics
- Faculty of Music
- Faculty of History
- Faculty of LawFaculty of Law, CambridgeThe Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge is one of the faculties at the Sidgwick Site. The building opened in 1996 and was designed by Norman Foster, who also designed the terminal building at Stansted Airport and 30 St Mary Axe...
- Faculty of Linguistics
- Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Oriental Studies
- Faculty of Classics
- Faculty of DivinityFaculty of Divinity, CambridgeDivinity has been taught in the University of Cambridge since its foundation in the early 13th century . The Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity is the oldest professorial chair in the university, being established in 1502...
- Faculty of Philosophy
- Institute of CriminologyCambridge Institute of CriminologyThe Cambridge Institute of Criminology was founded in 1959, with the support of a benefaction from the Wolfson Foundation and the Howard League for Penal Reform. It is part of the University of Cambridge's Faculty of Law, but its multidisciplinary teaching and research staff are also recruited from...
The Department of Land Economy is planned to move to the Sidgwick Site in the future.
Food and drink
The site has a ButteryButtery
Buttery may refer to:* Buttery , a savoury Scottish bread roll* Buttery , a storeroom for liquor*Buttery A service room in a large medieval household.* Buttery, a cafe that sells food and drinksPeople named Buttery:...
which sells snacks and drinks throughout the day with seating inside and a number of picnic tables outside. There is also a Nadia's patisserie cafeteria and a number of food and drink machines along with seating in basement of the Law faculty building. The Modern & Medieval Languages faculty has tea/coffee machines on all floors and a snack machine.
Student Prayer Room
There is a Student Prayer Room on the Sidgwick Site located in Lecture Block A. Here, the University Islamic Society holds JamaatJamaat
The term Jamaat can apply to the following:*Jamia - a gathering or congregatation; place of gathering.*Jamaat-e-Islami - a South Asian Islamic movement based in Pakistan, Bangladesh and India .*Jamaat-ul-Muslimeen - a Muslim organization in Indo-Pak.*Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind - an Islamic group in...
5 times a day.