History
The Senate House was originally intended to be one side of a quadrangle, however the rest of the structure was never completed. It forms part of the Old Schools Site.
At the end of the academic year, class-lists for most degrees are posted up on the outer wall of the building. The results of Part II and Part III of the Mathematical Tripos, however, are read out to the waiting students from the balcony of the Senate House, after which piles of class-lists are thrown to the ground like confetti in a time-honoured manner.
During the night of June 7–8, 1958, a party of engineering students from Gonville & Caius College placed an Austin Seven van (from which they had removed the engine and rear axle) on the apex of the Senate House roof.
As part of the University's 800th anniversary celebrations, the side of the Senate House was illuminated with a light show, illustrating aspects of the history of the university.
Protesters including students, Cambridge residents and sixth-form students occupied the grounds of Senate House on the November 24, 2010 as part of the national 'day of action' called by students.
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