John Siberch: Cambridge’s first printer (and record debtor?)
17 Nov 20212021 is the 500th anniversary of the first works printed in Cambridge
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Cambridge Dictionary names 'perseverance' Word of the Year 2021
17 Nov 2021Perseverance, a word which captures the undaunted will of people across the world to never give up, despite the many challenges of the last 12 months, is Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2021.
Epic dictionary re-defines Ancient Greek including the words which made the Victorians blush
27 May 2021For 23 years a team from Cambridge’s Faculty of Classics has scoured Ancient Greek literature for meanings to complete the Cambridge Greek Lexicon, a monumental piece of scholarship and the most innovative dictionary of its kind in almost 200 years.
A strange kind of intimacy: executive education in a pandemic and beyond
18 May 2021You don't have to get a place at Cambridge to study here. The University also provides executive education and lifelong learning to lots of different people in lots of different subjects. Moving all this activity online during a pandemic has been both tough and rewarding and has led to the...
Surviving birth
10 Dec 2020Researchers at one of the busiest maternity hospitals in the world aim to help more women survive complications giving birth.
Cambridge Dictionary names 'quarantine’ Word of the Year 2020
24 Nov 2020‘Quarantine’ has defeated 'lockdown' and 'pandemic' to be crowned Word of the Year 2020 after data showed it to be one of the most highly searched for on the Cambridge Dictionary.
New partnership to provide expertise on global education reform
06 Oct 2020A new Cambridge Partnership for Education will help governments and organisations across the world reimagine public education systems for the future.
CUP opens access to support learning and research
15 Apr 2020Cambridge University Press is providing free access to a huge range of books, research and learning materials for teachers, students and researchers impacted by COVID-19.
'Upcycling' crowned Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year 2019
05 Nov 2019Cambridge Dictionary has named 'upcycling', the activity of making new items out of old or used things, as its Word of the Year 2019.
New journal aims to tackle biggest problems in scholarly communication
18 Sep 2019A new journal from Cambridge University Press will take a radical new approach to both publishing and peer reviewing research.
