An award-winning popular science writer will be delivering a talk this week on the science behind grooming, health, food and sex at Cambridge University’s Department of Chemistry.

Pupils from state schools all over the country watched on Saturday as Dr Geoff Parks, Director of Admissions for the Cambridge Colleges, gleefully ripped up a copy of the Cambridge Application Form (CAF) at the start of a talk about the University's admissions process.

The German leader, Chancellor Angela Merkel, has made a flying visit to the University to celebrate the scientific work of Sir John Meurig Thomas.

Cambridge alumnus and celebrated scientist Professor Colin Blakemore returns to the University this week to give the Fitzwilliam College Foundation Lecture.

Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, the current Bishop of Rochester, gave a talk last week in the Michaelhouse, on how his experience has shown him that religious groups and communities can live in peace together, providing that there is cooperation and mutual respect.

A new boathouse, lectures to hear again and Chariots of Fire

More than 90 teachers and higher education advisers from around the country took part in an annual two-day conference, held at Fitzwilliam College this week, aimed at professionals who advise pupils on higher education options.

The University of Cambridge is to run a residential course for higher education advisers this September.

A murder mystery quiz put school pupils visiting a Cambridge College to the test.

The graduates of a programme which allows alumni from Fitzwilliam College to spend a year studying in Japan will reunite at Westminster today to celebrate the initiative’s success.