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Cambridge Backs

Campus radicalism fears too extreme?

03 Dec 2008

British Universities are not hotbeds of Islamic radicalism, despite fears about the rise of "campus extremism", a new study has found.

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Morning

Land of the (early) rising sun

20 Aug 2008

They say that early to bed, early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise; but in Japan, it may also be feeding a nationalist revival not seen...

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King's College from The Backs

Six University scholars elected to British Academy

18 Jul 2008

Six Cambridge academics have been made Fellows of the British Academy in the latest round of elections to the prestigious organisation for scholars...

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Members of the European Legal Development Project

Finding fault

01 Feb 2008

A multicentre project led by the Faculty of Law has reached its conclusion, having studied over a century's worth of European legal changes relating...

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Medea bargains with Aegeus

Lies, murder and betrayal

04 Oct 2007

Cambridge actors to perform the tragic tale of Medea in Ancient Greek

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Cambridge punting

Birmingham pupils get a flavour of life at Cambridge

26 Jun 2007

Several high-achieving minority ethnic students from state schools in Birmingham are keen to apply to Cambridge following a visit to Newnham College...

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Duke of Buckingham’s Letter to the University of Cambridge, 1626

Opening the treasure chest

01 Oct 2006

Cambridge is leading the way in Resource Enhancement projects in the UK, opening up its unique and valuable collections to scholars worldwide, as...

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Women off the sidelines in time-honoured tennis tour

09 Aug 2006

For the first time ever, women are joining their male counterparts on an 85-year-old tennis tour that climaxes in a showdown between Cambridge/Oxford...

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Clubs pay the price: report shows luck determines football managers' tenure

13 Jul 2006

This was Sven Goran Eriksson's last World Cup as England manager, but according to a recent Cambridge study, his next job may not be based on his...

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