
Alistair Meadows, Head of International Capital, UK JLL was unanimously elected as the new CULS President at the AGM on 8th July 2026 in Queens’ College.

The Whitehall Group forum of the Cambridge University Land Society were honoured to welcome Professor Michael Puett, Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology and Director of the Asia Center at Harvard University for the 12th Cambridge University Land Society Whitehall Lecture at the Royal Institution of Great Britain on 10th June. Professor […]

The Department of Land Economy will be hosting the Land Economy MPhil and MSt Reunion on Saturday 11th July 2026 at Magdalene College, Cambridge. All former and current MPhil and MSt students are invited to the evening, which will begin with a drinks reception in Magdalene’s Fellows’ Garden, on the banks of the River Cam and […]

We were delighted to welcome Suzanne Raine, Master of Selwyn College, University of Cambridge as guest speaker during a Whitehall Group lunch on Thursday, 20th November. Before entering the world of academia Suzanne served for 24 years in the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office on foreign policy and national security issues. During lunch Suzanne discussed […]

Whitehall Group members and guests are delighted to be welcoming Professor Colin Lizieri, Emeritus Professor of Real Estate Finance from the Department of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge as guest speaker during a Whitehall Group lunch on Wednesday, 15th October. During lunch (12.30 – 2.30pm) Professor Lizieri will discuss “Rational Values, Sentiment and […]

We are delighted to be welcoming Sir Simon Clarke, Director of Onward as guest speaker at a Whitehall Group lunch on Wednesday, 1st October. During lunch (12.30 – 2.30pm) Sir Simon will discuss “A return to 1976? How Britain can escape the doom loop” reflecting on Onward’s three core programmes: Renewing our Social Contract, Reshaping the […]

Whitehall Group members and guests welcomed Sir John Armitt CBE FREng FICE, Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission of United Kingdon as guest speaker at lunch on Thursday, 17th July. During lunch Sir John will be discussed “UK Infrastructure Investment. Sir John Armitt CBE was, from 2007 to 2012, the Chairman of the Olympic Delivery […]

The CULS Commitee is delighted to announce that Phil Clark, Executive Chair, The Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, has been elected Honorary Vice President of CULS. Three Honorary Vice Presidents have resigned, and we would like to thank them for their support to CULS. These are: Ian Henderson, Mark Preston and Jeremy Newsum. The following have […]

Whitehall Group members and guests welcomed Emily Maitlis (The News Agents & Ex BBC Newsnight) to moderate a panel discussion “Britain, Failed State – Can It Be Fixed” on Tuesday, 10th June at 6pm. We are grateful to Carter Jonas for hosting this event. Panellists included Sam Freedman – Senior Fellow, Institute for Government; Martin Wolf […]