What’s it like to study at Cambridge? One of the best ways to find out is to take part in the Cambridge University Students’ Union shadowing scheme and spend two days in the company of a current student, living in college and attending lectures and supervisions.
The Humanitarian Centre is hosting an open discussion, led by a panel of experts, to increase understanding of the ongoing crisis in eastern Congo on Wednesday 19 November at 7pm. The event will take place in the Queen’s Building, Emmanuel College.
Professor Derek Brewer, who died on 23 October 2008 at the age of 85, was Master of Emmanuel College from 1977 to 1990 and an eminent scholar of English Literature.
The award-winning author and Cambridge alumna Dr Claire Tomalin will be giving the 2008 Leslie Stephen Lecture in Cambridge next Wednesday (October 22).
A major international conference of Muslim and Christian scholars and religious leaders begins at Cambridge University this weekend.
Professor John Thoday FRS, who died in 2008 aged 91, was Professor and Head of the Department of Genetics from 1959 to 1983.
Marcus Hunter took his GCSEs at Four Dwellings High School in Birmingham and was encouraged to apply for the GEEMA summer school by his head of year. GEEMA is the Group for Encouraging Ethnic Minority Applications to Cambridge. He is now an A Level student at Lordswood Girls High School (Mixed) Specialist Sixth Form. Marcus was one of 40 students from around the country to take part in last week’s summer school, which was based at Newnham College and the Faculty of Law. He is interested in studying law. Here is his diary.
Six Cambridge academics have been made Fellows of the British Academy in the latest round of elections to the prestigious organisation for scholars in the arts and humanities.
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