Cambridge’s Downing Site to host free summer film screenings
Cambridge’s Downing Site will be transformed into an open-air cinema for free, family-friendly film screenings this August.
AI system could predict safety problems in social housing before they happen
Cambridge researchers are developing an artificial intelligence tool that could tell councils which social housing tenants are most at risk, before a potential crisis hits.
Summit creates new platform for students to get involved in life of wider city
A pilot summit to support sustained student involvement in the life of the wider city took place at Cambridge’s Guildhall on Thursday 18 June.
The students helping save lives
Medical students at the University of Cambridge are volunteering as first responders with the ambulance service.
Cambridge Maths School rated ‘exceptional’ in every category of first-ever Ofsted inspection
Ofsted inspectors found Cambridge Maths School – the specialist sixth form college developed in association with the University of Cambridge – has nurtured a “deeply inclusive culture”, and students make “excellent progress and achieve very highly in examinations”.
Community Knowledge Incubator Fund
We are delighted to announce this year's awardees of the Community Knowledge Incubator Fund. The fund seeks to strengthen support for communities to investigate their own questions, challenges, and ideas, and to work with university researchers when it leads to a clear, shared benefit.
Cambridge's University's new pop-up planetarium will take school children to the stars for free
New immersive experience will help University astronomers inspire next generation of scientists.
Cambridge receives University of Sanctuary accreditation
The University of Cambridge is proud to have been awarded University of Sanctuary accreditation. The move enshrines a commitment from the University to support people from displaced communities who come to the UK with the hope of continuing their studies or academic careers and to providing a safe space for them. Those fleeing war or conflict in their home countries often have their education or research disrupted and can endure years of trauma.
Cambridge United Women to play in Cambridge for first time with move to Cambridge University’s Grange Road Stadium
Cambridge University and Cambridge United FC are pleased to announce that Cambridge United Women will play their home fixtures at the University’s historic Grange Road Stadium from the start of the 2026/27 season.
Cambridge students help unearth possible Viking-era ‘execution pit’ on training dig
A pit containing both complete and dismembered bodies may date to when Cambridgeshire was a borderland between Saxon and Viking kingdoms – and includes an exceptionally tall individual with a hole trepanned in his skull.