New Master for Trinity Hall
04 February 2004The historian Professor Martin Daunton has been elected Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He will succeed Professor Peter Clarke in October 2004.
The meaning of things at Clare Hall
03 February 2004Clare Hall are honoured that this year's Tanner Lectures will be given by Neil MacGregor, the new Director of the British Museum. The title of his lectures is 'The meanings of things'. The lectures take place on Monday 16, Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 February.
Investing for rapid results
03 February 2004The latest innovation from a University Challenge Fund-backed business will enable both rapid sample analysis and speedy test results at GP surgeries, and also portable testing for environmental applications.
Inspiring Students
28 January 2004It is a period of critical change for the continuing professional development of teachers.
Higher Education Bill
27 January 2004Statement from Vice-Chancellor Of The University Of Cambridge, Professor Alison Richard, on the result of the second reading of the Higher Education Bill:
Bill Gates awarded an honorary Knighthood
26 January 2004Bill Gates, Chairman and founder of Microsoft Corporation, has been awarded an honorary Knighthood by Her Majesty the Queen. The honorary KBE is in recognition of his outstanding contribution to enterprise, employment, education and the voluntary sector in the UK.
Proposed primate research centre
26 January 2004Statement from Professor Tony Minson, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the University of Cambridge, on the University’s decision to discontinue its planned primate research centre for financial reasons:
Cancer gene reveals the key to a cure
21 January 2004Dr Feng Tang Yang from the Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, and scientists at the Babraham Institute have discovered that a tiny change in a protein involved in cell survival is responsible for abnormal cell activity in the early stages of cancer.
Europe: Past, Present and Future
21 January 2004The problems arising from Europe's troubled history will be the subject of the fourth seminar in the ‘Future of Europe’ series, taking place at the University of Cambridge’s Faculty of Law until 25 February 2004.
Top RHS Award for Cambridge gardening guru
19 January 2004Professor David Ingram OBE, Cambridge botanist and horticulturist has been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's (RHS) Victoria Medal of Honour (VMH), the highest accolade in the British gardening world.
