Thinking outside the ballot box: Vijay Rangarajan with Menna Rawlings

Join Selwyn College as we discuss all things elections with Vijay Rangarajan: voter ID, money in politics, votes at 16, civic education, and foreign interference.

Vijay will be in conversation with Dame Menna Rawlings (President of Queens' College, Cambridge).

This event is presented in collaboration with the Selwyn College Politics Society.

About the speaker

Vijay graduated from Selwyn with a PhD in Astrophysics and then served as a diplomat in Mexico and Brazil. He is now the Chief Executive of the Electoral Commission, which oversees political funding and elections in the UK.

About Dame Menna Rawlings

Dame Menna Rawlings is the President of Queens' College, Cambridge. Menna is a former British Ambassador to France and previously served as Director General of Global Issues at the Foreign Office.

Livestream

Livestream link will be available in due course.

Location

The event takes place at the Quarry Whitehouse Auditorium, Selwyn College, Grange Road, CB3 9DQ. It is pictured above, as seen from above from Grange Road.

The Quarry Whitehouse Auditorium is located on the corner of West Road and Grange Road and can be accessed via the gate to Ann’s Court on Grange Road. The Auditorium will be signposted — but the Selwyn College Porters, located in the Lodge by the main entrance, will be more than happy to help direct you if you have trouble finding the auditorium.

Doors will open at 5:45pm. Please be seated by 5:55pm as the event will start promptly at 6:00pm. We expect to finish by 7:00pm at the latest.

If you are arriving by bike, you may lock your bicycles on the railings by the Quarry Whitehouse Auditorium.

Please note that photographs will be taken during this event and the audience may be visible at certain points on the livestream.