Alumni Announcements

New 2010 Onoto Fountain Pen
New 2010 Onoto Pens are now available. What better way to mark a significant event than with a magnificent Onoto pen which bears the University of Cambridge shield on the top of the pen cap and, optionally, the shield of your college in full colour, embedded into the end of the barrel. All pens have the words 'University of Cambridge 2010' engraved around a sterling silver band plated in 23ct gold on the cap. Options include gold plated, silver and black acrylic. To order or for more information please see here.

Alumni Travel Programme: Fire and Ice

We are delighted to announce our 2011 tour to the Antarctic Peninsula. The towering walls of ice and glistening glaciers of the world's last untouched continent inspire awe, whilst the abundant summer wildlife of whales, penguins, leopard seals and multitudinous birds contrast with the mesmerising yet inhospitable look of the trackless landscape. This trip departs Friday 25 February 2011 for more information see here.

Alumni Weekend 2010

Booking for the 20th Alumni Weekend is now open. This three day event takes place from Friday 24 - Sunday 26 September 2010 and attracts alumni, and their guests back to Cambridge from all over the world for a stimulating programme of lectures, tours and events (and just a little punting, lunching and reminiscing). For more information and to book online see this page
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Shortly after you leave the University, your student @cam.ac.uk account will be terminated. Thereafter, you will be entitled to use the lifetime alumni email service provided by the Alumni Office.

Your address will look like:

your.name@cantab.net

As well as being a useful continuation of your University identity and an easy way to keep in touch with your peers, the address will also come in very useful in the next phase of your life:

The Independent: "A recent survey of HR managers by Yahoo! found that 51 per cent would be put off by a candidate who had a "wacky" e-mail address. Although a university e-mail account is perfectly acceptable, it may cause you problems on graduation, when the address expires."

Your cantab.net account will never expire.

Account Options

These email addresses have two account types - Webmail and Enhanced:

  • Webmail - A FREE FOR LIFE email account offering email forwarding and webmail-only access to a limited 10MB account. You can also use this service to forward your mail elsewhere.
  • A 1000MB option (the WebmailPLUS account), is also available for just £4.99/year.
  • Enhanced - A fully featured email service starting from 250MB (up to several GB) supporting full connectivity via POP3/IMAP/Mobile Phone/SMTP. After a long free trial period this account is maintained from just £4.99/year.
  • Personal webhosting can be added to all Enhanced account levels for £5.00/year.

The Alumni Relations Office generously sponsors the first 12 months' usage at the Enhanced-level of service for all leavers who register by 31st December of their leaving year, giving enough storage space to migrate university data and fully trial the service.

Applications from past alumni will receive 3 months' free Enhanced-level service.

A Quality Service

Cantab.net differentiates itself from the many public/free email services on the web by offering a higher quality email experience, uncluttered with distracting advertising and fully supported by a properly manned helpdesk.
Being a trusted, university provided service, you can be 100% sure that your privacy will always be completely respected, resulting in a noticeable absence of spam (provided of course you keep your address private yourself). Even if the address does get on the odd marketing list, our dedicated and user-configurable spam firewall captures the majority of junk.

You will receive exceptional customer service

The subscription amount, from just £4.99 per YEAR, is perhaps the smallest of any ad-free service and you should expect to rapidly recoup this value in terms of both the stress and time saved.

  • Expandable 250MB mailbox (up to several GBs)
  • Automatic emergency quota increase so that important emails are not returned when your mailbox is full.
  • Migrate your Cambridge contacts and messages.
  • Advanced SPAM Filtering
  • Virus and Worm filtering
  • Customised message filtering and highlighting
  • ZERO advertising in emails
  • Online Calendar
  • Organise messages into folders and subfolders
  • Webmail Access - Check your email anywhere.
  • POP/IMAP Access - for use with Eudora, Outlook, Mobile etc.
  • Consolidate your Email: pull down messages from other POP accounts
  • Redirection Services
  • Auto-reply / Vacation Messages
  • Quickly select ranges of emails to move or delete without having to 'tick' each box one by one.
  • No timeout period
  • EXCLUSIVE to Cambridge graduates.
  • A provider you can completely trust.


ROCK SOLID PRIVACY PROMISE -

We NEVER disclose your account details to third parties without your express authorisation.

Register your alumni email account.