Sixty international Gates scholars selected
11 April 2011Sixty of the world's most brilliant students have been awarded a prestigious Gates scholarship, including for the first time students from Bolivia, Tanzania and Brunei Darussalam.
Benefits by the barrel
09 April 2011Countries rich in oil have long been associated with the "resource-curse paradox" - a principle which states they will suffer, rather than benefit, in the long run. Not so, new research by a Cambridge Gates scholar suggests.
Sibling rivalry and brotherly love
08 April 2011Siblings, and even sibling rivalry, can have a positive effect on children’s early development and their ability to form social relationships later in life, according to a new study.
Lord Rees awarded 2011 Templeton Prize
08 April 2011Lord Rees, Astronomer Royal and a former president of the Royal Society, was today awarded the 2011 Templeton Prize.
State-sector teachers get the inside story at the Teachers Conference
08 April 2011More than one hundred and seventy teachers and HE advisers from state schools and colleges around the country have been getting the inside story on getting into Cambridge at the University’s biennial Teachers’ Conference.
Cambridge in America celebrates with alumni and academics
08 April 2011Alumni and academics will gather in New York tomorrow to celebrate this year’s Cambridge in America Day.
All in the script
05 April 2011The power of “scriptural reasoning” to transform the way in which different faiths understand one another is to be the subject of a major lecture in Rome, by Cambridge’s Regius Professor of Divinity.
School background is not a factor in Cambridge degree success
05 April 2011A new study by the University of Cambridge has shown that very strong A Level performance is the key indicator of potential among its undergraduates and that this does not vary according to school or college background.
Art Fund Prize judges to visit Polar Museum
04 April 2011Michael Portillo and fellow Art Fund Prize judges will visit the Polar Museum in Cambridge on April 12 as one of ten museums in the running for the £100,000 Art Fund Prize.
Scans reveal differences in brain structure of antisocial teens
01 April 2011Brain scans of teenage boys with severe antisocial behaviour have revealed differences in the structure of the developing brain.
