Cambridge gets REAL about overcoming obstacles to global education
18 Jun 2015The Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre aims to promote education as an engine for sustainable development.
Green Impact Awards
The 2014-2015 Green Impact award ceremony was held last night (June 10) to recognise the achievements from teams across the University.
The University of Cambridge Culinary Competition 2015
Clare and Emmanuel colleges take joint honours at Cambridge Culinary Competition.
College buildings win awards
02 Apr 2014Three Cambridge College buildings have been singled out in the 2013 Cambridge Design and Construction Awards announced last week.
From text to texting: 10th century Greek manuscript is brought into the digital age
26 Mar 2014A tenth century Greek manuscript, one of the latest additions to the Digital Library, shows how the transmission and reinterpretation of written knowledge over the centuries still continues in today’s digital age.
Cambridge in Qatar
17 Mar 2014Today, as part of its ongoing initiative to enable new partnerships and foster wide-ranging exchanges of knowledge and skills internationally, scholars from Cambridge’s Centre of Islamic Studies will be co-hosting a symposium at Qatar University’s College of Arts and Sciences.
Marlowe: a year-long celebration of a brilliant playwright and poet
04 Nov 2013An ambitious programme, celebrating the birth of poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe 450 years ago, will begin later this month with a rare performance of his early work Dido, Queen of Carthage from 12 to 16 November. A final gala performance will take place in the Senate House.
Cracking the code: the decipherment of Linear B 60 years on
13 Oct 2012A conference in Cambridge this weekend will mark the 60th anniversary of the decipherment by Michael Ventris of Linear B, a script used for an early form of ancient Greek. His stunning achievement pushed back the frontiers of knowledge about the ancient world.
Surprising solution to fly eye mystery
11 Oct 2012Research provides insight into why flies have the fastest vision in the animal kingdom.
Hearts of oak
31 Aug 2012Throughout his distinguished career as an ecologist Professor Oliver Rackham has been studying the delicate balance of habitats and species in Hayley Wood which this year celebrates its 50th anniversary as protected ancient woodland.
