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University of Cambridge researchers

Black researchers shaping the future

10 Oct 2018

As the UK marks Black History Month, researchers from across the University talk about their route to Cambridge, their inspiration and their...

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Conservationists gather to mark International Women's Day

09 Mar 2018

Scientists from around the world gathered at the Museum of Zoology yesterday to celebrate and promote the work of women in conservation.

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Jerelle Joseph, PhD in computational chemistry at Churchill College (Gates Scholar)

Postgraduate Open Day 2017 - meet our postgrads

03 Nov 2017

Nearly 10,000 postgraduate students from more than 250 countries, working in countless different subject areas, contribute to Cambridge’s thriving...

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Eleanor Barnett, PhD student

Postgraduate Pioneers 2017 #5

02 Nov 2017

With our Postgraduate Open Day fast-approaching (3 November), we introduce five PhD candidates who are already making waves at Cambridge.

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Yesim Yaprak Yildiz, PhD student

Postgraduate Pioneers 2017 #4

31 Oct 2017

With our Postgraduate Open Day fast-approaching (3 November), we introduce five PhD students who are already making waves at Cambridge.

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Sarah Harrison

Postgraduate Pioneers 2017 #2

25 Oct 2017

With our Postgraduate Open Day fast-approaching (3 Nov), we introduce five PhD candidates who are already making waves at Cambridge.

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Himansha Singh, Dept of Pharmacology

Postgraduate Pioneers 2017 #1

17 Oct 2017

With our Postgraduate Open Day fast approaching (3 Nov), we introduce five PhD students who are already making waves at Cambridge.

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Cambridge's postgraduate pioneers

Cambridge's postgraduate pioneers

12 Oct 2016

Postgraduate students at Cambridge walk in the footsteps of giants – Francis Crick, Elizabeth Blackburn, Stephen Hawking, Iris Murdoch and Eric...

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Team members from Cambridge's EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sensor Technologies and Applications.

Students invent new technology to improve later life

20 Jun 2016

A team of post-graduate students has published research with the potential to transform the lives of millions of older people around the world.

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African universities reap fruits of fly research

10 Jul 2015

Fruit flies are proving the unlikely source of a new initiative to help improve postgraduate research opportunities in Africa, with the support of...

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Cambridge awarded EPSRC funding for doctoral training centres in sensing and analysis

28 Mar 2014

Two new Cambridge University Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) are to be funded as part of a package unveiled by the Chancellor of the Exchequer...

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Cambridge awarded major EPSRC funding for doctoral centres to train tomorrow’s engineers and scientists

22 Nov 2013

Funding for six Cambridge-led Centres for Doctoral Training, along with a further two in which Cambridge are partners, across a range of physical...

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