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SOCCs appeal: online learning versus the classroom

13 Aug 2013

MOOCs – or massive open online courses – have been touted a cure for the education sector’s ills by some, but merely the latest symptom of it by...

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Madingley Hall

New funding for part-time study could boost student numbers

10 Aug 2012

New government funding for part-time study may lead to a surge of older students returning to the classroom, according to the Director of the...

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Dr Ed Turner covered in sweat bees – a typical eusocial insect.

Evolution Revolution

24 Mar 2012

Developments in evolutionary biology have a significant impact on the way we look at the world and ourselves in it, according to a conservation...

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Knowlton Church, a listed building

New degree to help protect historic buildings

10 Jun 2011

As English Heritage launches its first ever National Heritage Protection Plan, a new part-time Master’s degree at the University of Cambridge is set...

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