Last week, we marked a major milestone at Owlstone Croft with a topping out ceremony, celebrating the structural completion of the first new postgraduate accommodation terrace.
5th October 2026

On Thursday 1st October, we marked a major milestone at Owlstone Croft by hosting a topping out ceremony for Terrace 1, the first of four new timber-framed postgraduate accommodation terraces.
The event was attended by representatives from Morgan Sindall’s Cambridge business, including Project Director John Stedman and Senior Site Manager Adam Hunt, alongside representatives from Queens’ College, including President Dame Menna Rawlings, Senior Tutor Andrew Thompson, Senior Bursar Jonathan Spence, Domestic Bursar Andrew Bainbridge, and several members of the Development Office, including Development Director Rowan Kitt.
The ceremony was followed by a tour of the site, including the newly constructed study space and meeting room.
Drone footage of the event can be viewed below.
This project is made possible through kind donations. Visit bridgetothefuture.co.uk to find out more.

Queens’ College will be commencing a 20-week planned maintenance and repair programme on its river walls along the River Cam.
2nd November 2026

October has been an exciting month for progress over at our Owlstone Croft site. At the start of October, we marked a major milestone by hosting a topping-out ceremony to celebrate reaching the full height of the first of four new timber-framed postgraduate accommodation terraces.
29th October 2026

Back in 2021, Queens’ College partnered with IntoUniversity to launch the IntoUniversity Bradford East learning centre. Since opening in Holmewood in 2021, the centre has worked with over 3,000 young people, helping them develop academic skills, build confidence and explore their interests, education and career options.
28th October 2026

We are pleased to share that we are now over halfway through our ambitious transformation of Owlstone Croft. With one year of the work completed and one more to go, we wanted to take this opportunity to reflect on the progress so far and look ahead to what the completed development will offer our students and the wider College community.
24th September 2026
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