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Goodenough College wins the GSL 2025 Best Specialist Housing awardFollowing the Global Student Living Awards ceremony, we are delighted to share that Goodenough College has been awarded the 2025 Best Specialist Housing (UK and Ireland) title.The 2025 Best Specialist Housing (UK and Ireland) award recognises Goodenough College’s outstanding residential and community experience. Goodenough College h

The results of the National Student Housing Awards 2021 are in, and we’re delighted to announce that Goodenough has triumphed once again, winning both the Best Specialist Accommodation Award and the International Accommodation Quality KitemarkThe National Student Housing Awards are unique in that there are no nominations and no ‘expert’ judges. All the awards are based on direct feedback gathered

With the imminent lifting of COVID restrictions, we are delighted that the College will be opening up to our Alumni community once again. If you are a ‘local’ Alum, there are a number of volunteering opportunities and events coming up in College which might be of interest to you.Read on for more information of volunteering opportunities for musicians, mentors, speakers, sports competitors and help

Quiz organiser Neville Surti reports back on the second Alumni online quiz night and the College question that settled the contest …Universally Challenged Two’ – the second online quiz for Alumni (this time organised by the UK Alumni Association) took place on the evening of 25 March 2021. Although the event was primarily aimed at UK and European Alumni, due to the evening start time, participants

This programme for this years’ Homecoming Weekend is now available listing all the events taking place from 10-12 September 2021, so please check out what's on and start booking. The programme includes interesting, fun and informative talks, a quiz night, live music and a virtual tour of the College - all accessible from the comfort of your own home. We are also very excited to announce that there

David Turner OBE, Bursar at The Burn, provides an update on life at the College's academic retreat in Scotland and explains how the venue is emerging out of lockdown.Dear FriendsIt has been a cold and dry spring in Glenesk and the local farmers are already complaining that their crops will be late. Just this week the cattle have returned to The Burn, where they will spend the warm summer months gr

Lawrence was part of a small team responsible for pulling together London House's first photo 'yearbook', something to pull out occasionally and reminisce about good times spent with the fascinating people pictured there. Here he talks about his role as video supremo and yearbook creator; sharing an 'in joke' with the Queen and giving away a coveted Eric Clapton ticket to another Member...In 1990,

Emmanuel was able to study in London thanks to support from Chevening and Goodenough College, and his new skills are being put to good use back home in South Sudan.Dr Emmanuel Soma, a graduate from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and London School of Economics (LSE), completed his MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing (HPPF), in 2020. Here Emmanuel describes his t

I am struck by what an extraordinary gift Willy G gave me of friendships with women of great intellect, culture and humanity who came together to study and to play – bringing their remarkable talents from all over the world.Marcia Grant (née Montin) lived, on and off, at Willy G throughout the 1960s, using it as her home base during her studies. Memories of those years (August-October 1963; from A

The death of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on Friday 9 April, has touched many in the Goodenough College community.Her Majesty The Queen has been Patron of Goodenough College since 1953, enthusiastically supported by the Duke of Edinburgh who accompanied her on a number of visits to the College. Our Members, Governors, Fellows, staff and Alumni value the genuine interest

The College is delighted to announce the appointment of the Hon Alice Walpole OBE as its new Director.A former United Nations Assistant Secretary General, Alice will join the College on 12 April, following the departure of Rebecca Matthews. Prior to her UN role, Alice enjoyed a long and distinguished career with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in which she specialised in multilateral diplomac

Jackie Claxton stayed at Goodenough with her partner while studying for an MA – a year that provided happy memories and strong friendships. Ten years later, when a family tragedy struck, Jackie knew she could call on staff and Members of the College to come to her aid.In March 2009, I took early retirement from my senior executive position with the Canadian federal government after a 30-year caree

Goodenough College represented for me a home where different world cultures met together - forming a unique community that will live with me forever.I treasure memories of a wide variety of cultural events that I witnessed with my eyes but, most importantly, I believe that many people I met there left in my heart the beautiful feeling of being loved, supported, and encouraged.I come from a lovely

Eric Tracey, Emeritus Governor and former Chairman of the College, has been made a Life Member of the Council of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) – the institution’s highest honour.The award recognises the exceptional careers of senior members of the Accountancy profession, who are widely respected in their community and in the profession. It is a rare honour with the numbe

In what has been an amazing year for awards, Goodenough College has been singled out for a “Highly Commended” award in the Student Accommodation Operator of the Year category in the prestigious RESI Awards.Organised by Property Week, the RESI (Recognising Excellence in Residential Property) Awards bring together the key players in the residential market – including leading developers, landlords, h

Today, 18 November, for the first time in its history, the College is embarking on a brand new, exciting way of raising awareness and funds to support this incredible institution. Goodenough Global Giving Day is a digital, 36-hour, fun giving challenge to bring the College's Alumni together as a community to demonstrate and celebrate their collective impact.Over 36 hours on 18-19 November the Coll

Goodenough College was announced “Accommodation Provider of the Year" at the global 2020 PIEoneer Awards, during a virtual ceremony broadcast from London on Friday 2 October.Launched in 2017, The PIEoneer Awards are the only global awards highlighting innovation and achievement across the international education industry. The College was shortlisted for the award against stiff competition, includi

Today, Monday 5 October 2020, Goodenough College opens the academic year with the annual celebration of Founders’ Day – this year delivered online to Governors, Members, Alumni and friends around the world.On Founders’ Day we bring our community together to celebrate and remember the work of Frederick Craufurd Goodenough and his wife Maeve, and the other notable women, men and organisations who ca

On 13 October 2020 the College’s Chairman, Eric Tracey, will be stepping down from the role after 15 years on the Board and a professional association with the College stretching back to 1980.Eric will be replaced by Stuart Shilson, who has had a long association with the College and is currently serving as Vice Chair.In his career, Eric was a partner in Deloitte in London for nearly 25 years and

David Turner, Bursar at The Burn explains how Goodenough's Scottish academic retreat is celebrating a very special anniversary and how Alumni can get involved.As we embark on a new academic year we would normally expect to host a number of undergraduate and postgraduate groups at The Burn but things are very different this year and we are unlikely to see any academic groups until 2021. We are, how