Britain’s most senior Judge has opened a £13.2 million University of Cambridge building ahead of an important public lecture.
Britain’s most senior Judge has opened a £13.2 million University of Cambridge building ahead of an important public lecture.
Lord Woolf, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, unveiled a plaque to commemorate yesterday’s official opening of the Institute of Criminology’s new home on the Sidgwick Site.
Lord Woolf was appointed Lord Chief Justice in 2000 and last year became Chairman of the newly established Sentencing Guidelines Council. He will give the first Radzinowicz Lecture, entitled ‘Making Sense of Sentencing’, in the Faculty of Law at 5pm this evening.
The Institute of Criminology was designed by award-winning architects Allies and Morrison. It houses lecture rooms, office and meeting spaces and the renowned Radzinowicz Library, which holds one of the world’s most significant criminology collections.
Cambridge pioneered the establishment of Criminology as a subject of academic study after the Second World War, leading to the formal creation of the Institute in 1960. Its first Director was Leon Radzinowicz. The Institute has always worked closely with the Home Office. Today it is the country’s leading centre for criminological research and teaching. In addition to its MPhil and PhD programmes, the Institute hosts popular courses leading to MSt degrees for the country’s senior police, prison and probation personnel.
“The work of the Institute of Criminology is living proof that the highest academic standards can walk hand in hand with practical relevance,” said Professor Alison Richard, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, at the opening.
This evening’s Radzinowicz Lecture is open to the public, in Room LG19 of the Faculty of Law, Sidgwick Site.
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