Wolfson College has announced it will not be holding a June Event this year.

A statement released by Wolfson College Students’ Association (WCSA) said that “the college has chosen not to allow a June Event to take place this year, citing time constraints and difficulties faced by previous June Event Committees.”

WCSA said that they were “disappointed” by the decision, and that they had “strongly advocated to College representatives the importance of a June Event to our student community.”

WCSA added that they were “currently in discussion with the College regarding the feasibility of an alternative Summer Party event” and that though they “acknowledged occasional difficulties faced by previous June Event organizers”, did not “believe that past hardships necessarily precluded an event this year”. They added that “students may expect that a Wolfson June Event will be organized each year from now on.”

Wolfson’s student body, which consists of mature undergraduate and postgraduate students, reacted negatively on Facebook to the news of the college’s decision.

One student echoed WCSA by describing their “disappointment” at the college’s decision. Another expressed concern that the cancellation of the event would be a case of the college “kicking the can down the road”.

One student said the decision “sucks for all the masters [sic] students who are only here for one May Week.”

In a statement, the college said: "At a meeting of the Wolfson College Council on Monday 25 January, a proposal was put to the College Council by a student for a June Event. Cambridge City Council’s planning cycle for May Balls and June Events starts in October. The City Council expects to receive the full provisional programme for a Ball/Event by the end of January at the latest. The draft proposal presented to the College Council on Monday, less than five months before the proposed date of the Event, was neither adequate not practicable, and the College was unable to agree to its go‐ahead at this late stage."

The college went on to claim that "Nobody from the 2015 June Event Committee nor any other students had stepped forward to help run an Event in 2016," but added that "in the absence of a June Event in 2016, the college is encouraging WCSA to organise an end‐of‐year party in May Week for Wolfson students – by Wolfson, for Wolfson."