Cambridge Ideas: This Icy World
30 March 2011Cambridge University glaciologist Professor Julian Dowdeswell has spent three years of his life in the polar regions.
More than the stuff of legend
30 March 2011Research into the epic chronicling the adventures of the legendary Swahili ruler, Fumo Liyongo, has revealed messages that reach far beyond myth-history.
Tim Everton: 28 March 1951 – 24 March 2011
28 March 2011Tim Everton, the former head of the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge, has died at the age of 59.
Cambridge champions student choice
28 March 2011Cambridge to offer students one of the most flexible and extensive support packages in the UK.
What is your job title? Cabbage gelder, cut throat of pigs, man trap?
25 March 2011As the 2011 national census approaches, a historical survey of occupations being undertaken by Cambridge University academics has revealed some of the oddest job titles in the land.
Physics of sustainability programme launched
24 March 2011Funded by a £20 million donation from David Harding, the Winton Programme for the Physics of Sustainability aims to address some of the major challenges affecting the modern world.
Outstanding Teacher Training at Cambridge
22 March 2011The publication of the 2011 Ofsted inspection report into the Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) at the Faculty of Education has concluded that the course is outstanding on every one of 22 inspection criteria, and uniquely, offered no recommendations for consideration or further action.
23 things they don't tell you about capitalism
21 March 2011Author of the recently published 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism, Dr Ha-Joon Chang studies how international markets succeed and fail, asking what steps might be taken to rebuild the world economy.
Study shows new peanut allergy treatment works
21 March 2011Allergy experts at the University of Cambridge have convincing evidence that a new treatment for peanut allergies is effective, following a three-year trial.
Apple shaped obesity as bad for heart as other obesity
21 March 2011An international study of 220,000 people has challenged the idea that obese people who have an “apple shape” (fat deposits on the middle section of the body) are at higher risk of heart attacks and strokes than obese people with other types of fat distribution.
