Cambridge students embark on passage to India
29 June 2009The emerging industrial power of India is to become the focus for students at the Cambridge University Institute for Manufacturing (IfM).
Links into Languages
29 June 2009A new regional centre offering professional support to the languages community in schools and FE Colleges in East Anglia is being launched on 30th June 2009.
Cambridge students rising to rigours of job market
29 June 2009Cambridge students are having to work harder than ever to secure their first job, the University’s Careers Service has revealed.
Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home: unravelling the story of an alien invader
29 June 2009Scientists presenting at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, including Dr Remy Ware from the University of Cambridge, will discuss how the harlequin ladybird is likely to threaten over 1000 native species in Britain. The exhibition opens today, Tuesday 30 June.
Watch this space for our summer school diaries!
29 June 2009Over the next couple of months hundreds of sixth formers will be sampling student life at Cambridge University at summer schools run by Cambridge Admissions Office (CAO) and by individual Colleges. These events aim to encourage more applications from state schools and from groups under-represented at the university.
Government housing policy will damage the economy, says research
26 June 2009The Government’s policy of concentrating new housing in existing urban areas and on ‘brownfield sites’ is not working and could build up problems for the future, according to new research into urban growth.
Cambridge scientists cage chemical demon
26 June 2009For centuries it has been known for its violent combustion upon contact with air – but this week a Cambridge-led team of researchers reveals that it has tamed one of the most hazardous chemical substances.
Myra makes history at Cambridge
25 June 2009She left school with an impressive list of O levels. But she didn’t go to university as her father thought she'd get married and a degree would be wasted. Fifty years on, aged 66, Myra Fonceca will become the oldest person to get a history degree from Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.
Sassoon campaign launched by University Library
25 June 2009A campaign to acquire and preserve for the nation the archive of Siegfried Sassoon’s personal papers – including a draft copy of A Soldier’s Declaration – was launched by Cambridge University Library at Sotheby’s today.
Bucking the economic trend
23 June 2009Cambridge University portfolio companies raise more than £30 million since September
