Opinion: What Ancient Greece can teach us about toxic masculinity today
08 February 2018Tori McKee, a PhD scholar in Classical Studies, looks at ancient and modern ways of being a man
University of Cambridge to seek Real Living Wage accreditation
07 February 2018Real Living Wage accreditation would formalise the University's approach to paying the Real Living Wage to its lowest-paid staff members and extend it to contract workers.
Opinion: We're hardwired to look away when we see someone in trouble
07 February 2018Psychologist Dr Philippe Gilchrist outlines three simple steps to overcoming 'bystander syndrome'
Newly-developed image guidelines will improve mobile shopping experience worldwide
07 February 2018A new type of online product image, developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge in collaboration with global consumer goods company Unilever, could improve the mobile shopping experience for the world’s 2.5 billion smartphone users.
Shoals of sticklebacks differ in their collective personalities
07 February 2018Research from the University of Cambridge has revealed that, among schooling fish, groups can have different collective personalities, with some shoals sticking closer together, being better coordinated, and showing clearer leadership than others.
Opinion: Women’s suffrage centenary is a rallying call for us all to take action
06 February 2018As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of women gaining the vote in the UK today, the fight for equality feels far from over, says historian Dr Amy Erickson
Artificial intelligence is growing up fast: what’s next for thinking machines?
06 February 2018Our lives are already enhanced by AI – or at least an AI in its infancy – with technologies using algorithms that help them to learn from our behaviour. As AI grows up and starts to think, not just to learn, we ask how human-like do we want their intelligence to be and what impact will machines have on our jobs?
Opinion: Why Cambridge University received 173 anonymous reports of sexual misconduct in nine months
05 February 2018In October 2017, we launched an awareness campaign against sexual misconduct called Breaking the Silence. This prompted the second largest spike in reports in our University's history, writes Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Professor Graham Virgo.
How Japan’s ‘salaryman’ is becoming cool
02 February 2018Japanese men are becoming cool. The suit-and-tie salaryman remodels himself with beauty treatments and 'cool biz' fashion. Loyal company soldiers are reborn as cool, attentive fathers. Hip-hop dance is as manly as martial arts. Could it even be cool for middle-aged men to idolise teenage girl popstars?
