
The Whitehall Group were delighted to welcome Lord Hannay of Chiswick, former member of the International Relations and Defence Committee, House of Lords as guest speaker for a lunch on Wednesday, 22nd March. During lunch Lord Hannay discussed ‘Is the Ukraine crisis driving Europe closer together?’ Lord Hannay entered the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in […]

The Whitehall Group were delighted to welcome Roelof Opperman, Partner – Co-Head of Europe, Fifth Wall as guest speaker during lunch on Thursday, 17th February. During lunch Roeloff discussed ‘Real Estate’s Climate Problem and the Technology Solution’. Roelof Opperman is a Partner and Co-Head of the Europe team at Fifth Wall, where he focuses […]

CULS Member, Eur Ing Dr Phebe Mann, is the first woman engineer of ethnic origin, appointed to the Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber (Transport Jurisdiction) and First-Tier Tribunal General Regulatory Chamber (Transport Jurisdiction) by the Lord Chancellor. Chancellor.” Eur Ing Dr Phebe Mann has been selected as one of the Winners of Top 50 Women in […]

The last quarter-final in this years University Challenge featured the 2021 champions, Murray Edwards, taking on a team from Downing/St Catherine’s. As in last year’s final, the competition was fierce and after a fast jump off from the blocks by Murray Edwards, Downing/St Catz caught them up in the final straight and won on the […]

The third quarter final of the CULS University Challenge 2022 took place at a slightly later time of 8 PM on Monday 7th March. Perhaps fuelled by dinner and several glasses of claret, the contestants were in feisty mood, and on two occasions had the temerity to challenge the quizmaster on the accuracy of the […]

The second quarter-final of the CULS University Challenge 2022 took place on the evening of Two’sday 22022022. Clare /St Edmunds were represented by a team from the Department of Land Economy with one professor and two doctors. Despite a valiant challenge they were beaten by a team of graduates from Robinson/Pembroke by a score of […]

The first quarter-final of the CULS University Challenge for 2022 took place on Tuesday evening, a poignantly appropriate day as it had been announced that very sadly Bamber Gascoigne had passed away, thus glasses were raised in his memory. The team of Caius, Girton & St Catz beat the team from Magdalene, Wolfson & Peterhouse […]

The Whitehall Group are delighted to be welcoming David McAllister MEP as guest speaker on Wednesday, 26th January at 1.30pm for an on-line webinar. During a 30 minute on-line discussion David McAllister will be discussing “The Anglo-German relations – new year perspectives from the CDU” To register your attendance please click on the link below: […]

Tuesday, 18th January the Whitehall Group will welcome Clive Betts MP, Labour Party Politician and former economist. During breakfast Clive will be discussing “The future of UK urban planning, regional development and Labour’s view on addressing the wider housing shortage”. Clive Betts MP is a British Labour Party politician and former economist, who was the […]