Widening participation in higher education
01 September 2008New research could help improve the learning experience of students from backgrounds where there is little tradition of higher education.
Re-interpreting Greece and Rome at The Fitzwilliam Museum
01 September 2008Recent funding will enable collaboration between classicists and museum curators, and shape a major re-display of Greek and Roman art and archaeology.
Weaving a web of world history
01 September 2008For five researchers embarking on the project ‘Civilizations in Contact’, finding the links between each of their specialist fields will provide unique insight into pre-modern...
Sharing and researching best practice in human resources
01 September 2008Judge Business School have launched a major new forum devoted to excellence in global human resource management – the Centre for International Human Resource Management...
Making connections: what lies beyond the ‘terrible twos’?
01 September 2008New research shows that it's not just having conversations with children that matter, it's the quality of the content.
Expanding horizons for medical imaging
01 September 2008Medical imaging in Cambridge is pushing the boundaries in diagnosis and therapy as well as helping scientists within their own disciplines.
Virtual violins
01 September 2008Why does one violin sound different to another? Investigating this question has brought together researchers from music, engineering, experimental psychology and computer science.
Professor Simon Blackburn
01 September 2008A prolific writer and champion of accessible philosophy, Simon Blackburn was honoured this year by the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences for his...
Clandestine networks: how dangerous are they?
01 September 2008Terrorist groups, guerrilla movements, drug smuggling: Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni asks whether examining the structural weaknesses of illicit networks holds the key to combating them.
An invention to help repair damaged joints
01 September 2008Medical devices created by a spin-out company from the University of Cambridge are helping the body to heal itself.