More than 100 mathematics teachers from state schools in disadvantaged areas are descending on Cambridge today to consider effective ways of confronting the classic conundrum - how to make mathematics both accessible and challenging; how to make it engaging whilst still maintaining the rigour.
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has announced that Cambridge University will be guaranteed funding for over 580 PhD’s and MPhils in the arts and humanities for the next five years, secured through a grant of £23 Million.
Experts say brain scans could soon be used to detect lies, vulnerability to mental illness and even criminal behaviour. But how far can, and should, we allow research to go? Should we be worried?
Statistics are essential, from helping us to make choices in our day to day lives to predicting what might happen in the future, but often they are boring and can be manipulated to serve a particular purpose.
Seven students from Sidney Sussex College are touring schools and colleges in Merseyside this week to encourage more pupils to think about applying to Cambridge.
Cambridge and Oxford Women’s Eights are in their final week of preparation in advance of the 64th Women’s Boat Race which takes place over the Royal Regatta course at Henley-on-Thames on Sunday.
The University of Cambridge has decided to revise the standard offer level in most subjects for entry in 2010 from AAA to A*AA.
New evidence which reveals how the Vikings successfully blended into British and Irish culture long before they were consigned to history as barbaric raiders is to be presented at a Cambridge University conference.
The University is planning works to safeguard the future of the 200 year-old horse chestnut tree outside King’s College Chapel on King’s Parade.
Cambridge AWiSE and Lucy Cavendish College held a joint meeting last week to mark International Women’s Day and National Science and Engineering Week. The event, Sparking Ideas: Utilising all our talents in science and engineering, addressed the question: If women are good for business, why aren’t there more at the top?
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