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News - Pondering artistic beauty encourages ‘big picture’ thinking

Stopping to consider the beauty of art can improve our abstract thinking. Psychological experiment shows it can help us think about the bigger picture when it comes to our lives.

Features - Eighty years since Victory in Europe Day

The Vice-Chancellor visits the Churchill Archives Centre as the University of Cambridge celebrates and remembers. The Centre houses one of the most significant collections of 20th-century political documents, including Churchill’s VE Day speech.

News - Gates Cambridge Class of 2025

95 future leaders have been selected as Gates Cambridge Scholars in the scholarship's 25th anniversary year. The 2025 scholars come from all regions of the world and their research covers everything from space agriculture to cyber-biosecurity.

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Admissions - Subject Masterclasses: until Thursday 15 May

Explore your chosen subject in greater depth while experiencing typical undergraduate teaching at Cambridge with our Subject Masterclasses.

Admissions - AIM PhD: July 2025 to January 2026

Are you considering a PhD at Cambridge starting in 2026? Join AIM: PhD to receive 6 months of support preparing your PhD application. Apply by 18 May to join the programme.

Exhibitions - Curious Cures: until 6 December 2025

Health and disease in the medieval world – and how our ancestors sought to cure everything from infertility to constipation – are the focus of a major new exhibition at the University Library.

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