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Cambridge ReseARch Trail

14 Mar 2024

A new augmented reality trail, launched as part of the Cambridge Festival, is showcasing the world leading research of the University of Cambridge in...

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Edison Wan, Ellie Austin, Shumona Nath, Echo Lyu pose for a portrait

Butterflies, Bees and Broader Horizons

17 Nov 2023

Cambridge Zero programme prepares young climate leaders for the future

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Student performing on rigging at the University of Stockholm’s ‘Department of Circus’, which explores different disciplines through circus arts.

“Write fewer papers, take more risks”: researchers call for ‘rebellion’

06 Jun 2022

A group of education specialists are urging researchers to challenge the “structures and regulations” which define academic scholarship, arguing that...

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Breast Cancer Cell

‘Robot scientist’ Eve finds that less than one third of scientific results are reproducible

06 Apr 2022

Researchers have used a combination of automated text analysis and the ‘robot scientist’ Eve to semi-automate the process of reproducing research...

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Exploring Antarctica in Cambridge

01 Apr 2022

In its inaugural year in 2021, the Cambridge Festival managed to reach every continent on Earth - except Antarctica. So, for 2022, we’ve brought...

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Giving life to research

19 Mar 2021

A special online symposium will celebrate the archive of IVF pioneer, Sir Robert Edwards, and seek ways that this extraordinary archive can be used...

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Botanic Garden

More than 100 University buildings reopened for research

02 Jul 2020

This week, the University passed the key milestone of 100 reopened buildings, as researchers gradually return to the city and restart the work which...

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African Academics on Cambridge Research Office Capacity Building Programme

African academics collaborate on Cambridge Research Office programme

21 Jun 2019

Academics from across sub-Saharan Africa gathered in Cambridge this week to share knowledge and attend talks on how to build greater capacity in...

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At the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding

Cambridge and LMU announce plans for strategic partnership

29 May 2018

Two of Europe’s leading research universities have announced the first step towards plans for a unique ‘strategic partnership’ – underlining the...

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Twilight at the Museums, The Fitzwilliam Museum

Cambridge museums recognised with substantial Arts Council England funding

27 Jun 2017

Cambridge’s reputation as a centre of excellence for museums and culture in the UK received a vital boost today when Arts Council England (ACE)...

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Hopetoun Falls, Beech Forest, near Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia.

Opinion: Are universities ready for a new kind of science?

06 Jun 2017

Is the knowledge and scholarship that universities produce relevant to the problems the world faces? In a new essay co-authored with an international...

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Opinion: Autumn Statement 2016: experts respond

24 Nov 2016

The Chancellor's Autumn Statement has met with a mixed response from expert academics at some of the country's leading universities - including...

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