March 6th saw the latest of the CDT film nights with the theme being “firsts” to mark the first movie night arranged solely by new organisers Emily Glover and David Newman. The winning film was “Shaun of the Dead”, the first of Edgar Wright’s “Cornetto Trilogy”. About 25 of the XM2 PGRs (and a few […]
Category: Social Activities
CDT Movie Night: Films from the 2010s
The first CDT movie night of the year took place on Friday 24th January, with the theme of films from the 2010s. The winning choice was Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, with 30 PGR attendees. A big thank you to organisers Ned Taylor and Elizabeth Martin, who are now stepping down to focus on writing […]
CDT’s Christmas Movie Night
To round off 2019, the CDT PGRs chose Home Alone for their Christmas movie night. Third year PGR Ned Taylor, one of the organisers, says of the event: Some of the CDT gathered at the top of the Physics building to celebrate the festive period. The evening commenced with the watching of the animated short […]
XM2 Graduation Winter 2019
Congratulations to Thomas Collier, Henry Fernandez, Cameron Gallagher, Santiago García-Cuevas Carrillo, Ben Hogan and Cheng Shi, who graduated on Friday 13th December. We held a post-graduation celebration in Physics SCR, attended by their fellow PGRs and supervisors. These graduates have gone on to a variety of destinations, including both academia (three of our graduates have stayed […]
CDT Film Evening: Catch Me If You Can
The theme for this month’s film social was Nostalgic 00’s. 30 PGRs gathered to watch the poll winner, Catch Me If You Can, suitably refreshed by pizza!
CDT Team Building Away Day!
Third year PGR student and SAG rep Emily Glover reports on this year’s CDT Away Day, a team building activity which rounded off Induction Week: Following on from the tradition which was started last year, the last day of Induction Week (20th September) found PGRs from all years taking part in a variety of activities […]
CDT Movie Night: Terminator 2: Judgement Day
On 30th August, the PGRs held another of their regular movie night socials. This time the film was classic 90s films- a tough choice with Toy Story 2, Groundhog Day and The Matrix all in the running. The winning choice was Terminator 2: Judgement Day. All 23 attendees enjoyed the evening. It was ‘hasta le […]
CDT Celebrations-the first ever CDT Summer Ball
On Saturday 13th July we held the first ever CDT Summer Ball. The ball was a formal black tie event for all students and staff associated with the CDT. This was a great opportunity for everyone to socalise outside of the office enviroment and build lasting relationships. The night consisted of a drinks reception, followed […]
CDT Film Evening 7th June- Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Following the success of March’s film night, the theme for the CDT’s second film night was the 80s. After watching an episode of Police Squad, they watched Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, feasting on pizza! Overall 28 CDT students, plus some plus-ones and non-CDT students, attended. More photos below:
CDT Film Evening 29th March- Kong: Skull Island
CDT PGRs had a film evening on Friday 29th March, with the theme of ‘scientifically inaccurate fun movies’, complete with pizza. The chosen film was Kong: Skull Island and our PGRs were joined by some Physics PGRs based outside of the CDT, as well as a few plus ones. Everybody had a great time and […]