Golden celebrations for DNA

13 January 2003
Celebration of what many regard as the greatest scientific achievement of the 20th century begins in Cambridge this week with the opening of a new exhibition at the Whipple Museum and the launch of the annual Darwin Lectures.
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Encouraging mature students

10 January 2003
The University has organised a forum to discuss how to encourage more mature learners in the region to consider higher education.
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University addresses skills shortage

06 January 2003
The University of Cambridge's Estate Management and Building Service(EMBS)is leading the way in encouraging training within the construction industry and by raising the profile of skilled tradesmen in an attempt to address the current skills shortage.
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New Year Honours

03 January 2003

Several members of the University were recognised in the New Year Honours list for 2002.

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Positive Action Fair

15 November 2002
The exhibitor list is now complete for the Positive Action Fair, to be held tomorrow (19 November 2002) at the University Centre, from 9am to 6pm. The Fair will showcase the many organisations working towards equality for all under-represented groups within the University, including women, ethnic minorities and disabled people.
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New statement on top-up fees

14 November 2002
The Cambridge University Council discussed possible national changes to university fee arrangements at its meeting on Monday 11 November 2002. The Council considered a paper by Paul Lewis, President of Cambridge University Students Union (CUSU), who is an elected student member of the Council.
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Rise and shine

06 November 2002

Medication introduced to help people stay awake, has wider implications than was first thought. Modafinil appears to improve certain mental abilities, or cognitive functioning, without the side effects commonly experienced with mental stimulants, like amphetamine.

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Caesarean delivery of twins may prevent deaths

31 October 2002
Second twins born at term are at higher risk of death due to complications during labour and delivery than first twins, but planned caesarean section may prevent such deaths, concludes a study by Cambridge academics in this week's British Medical Journal.
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New wing for Archives Centre

30 October 2002

Yesterday (Wednesday 30 October 2002) former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher opened the new wing of the Churchill Archives Centre at Churchill College, Cambridge.

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Cambridge's past uncovered

25 October 2002
Cambridge archaeologists have just started excavation on the Addenbrooke's site where the University's new cancer research centre is to be built. They have found evidence of a major late Iron Age/early Roman settlement which spans the Roman Conquest of the mid first century AD.
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