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Applications to be Varsity’s editor for Lent term are now open.Tobia Nava/Varsity

by Fergal Jeffreys & Jacob Freedland

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Friday November 11 2022, 5:18pm

Applications to be Varsity’s editor in Lent term are now open.

Varsity is Cambridge’s oldest student newspaper. We’ve been printing since 1947, and in our time have seen some of British journalism’s greats pass through our pages. David Frost, Jeremy Paxman, King Charles...

Today, you have the chance to join them.

You will manage a large team producing online content throughout the term as well as organising Varsity’s fortnightly print editions.

Applications can be made solo or as a pair. No previous experience at Varsity is required for the role. All students who are passionate about journalism, and have a creative direction of the paper’s print editions, are encouraged to apply.

More instructions for how to apply can be found here. The deadline for applications is midday on Tuesday November 22. Interviews for shortlisted candidates will be conducted on the morning of Monday November 28.

Please direct any enquiries about the application to the Varsity Society president, Fergal Jeffreys, at president@varsity.co.uk. If you have questions about the role, please direct them to the Michaelmas editors, Jacob Freedland and Fergal Jeffreys at editor@varsity.co.uk.

Applications for other roles on the Lent term will open once the editor has been appointed.

Support Varsity

Varsity is the independent newspaper for the University of Cambridge, established in its current form in 1947. In order to maintain our editorial independence, our print newspaper and news website receives no funding from the University of Cambridge or its constituent Colleges.

We are therefore almost entirely reliant on advertising for funding and we expect to have a tough few months and years ahead.

In spite of this situation, we are going to look at inventive ways to look at serving our readership with digital content and of course in print too!

Therefore we are asking our readers, if they wish, to make a donation from as little as £1, to help with our running costs. Many thanks, we hope you can help!