Cambridge and Oxford triumph over US rivals
17 October 2008Cambridge and Oxford Universities sealed the Prentice Cup as their joint Men’s tennis team overcame their Harvard-Yale counterparts.
PREP Course helps students find their feet
09 October 2008They call it imposter syndrome: it’s the heart-sinking feeling you get when you feel that the people around you have quite the wrong idea about you. For example that you are incredibly brainy like them when you have not a single intelligent thought in your head and want to bolt for home.
Single component biology is past; bioengineering has begun
01 October 2008Professor Nigel Slater, from the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, describes how the influx of ideas and principles from non-biological disciplines is shaping a new biology.
What are the real costs of outsourcing abroad?
01 September 2008Many UK manufacturers have transferred their production to low-cost regions to reduce costs. But a new study has discovered that these savings are not as substantial as they first seemed.
Oliver racing towards a bright future after gaining first motor sport Blue
15 August 2008Ex-Formula One champion Damon Hill was on hand at Silverstone yesterday as Cambridge University student Oliver Turvey was awarded the first ever Cambridge Blue for motor Sport.
Jack, Emerald and Eve (and 47 others) get a taste of Cambridge
04 July 2008Jack Cadman goes to a comprehensive in Loughton and wants to study economics; Emerald Sherlock-Mold is a pupil at a large state school in Sheffield and has a talent for languages; Eve Annable attends a Further Education college in Birkenhead and is passionate about English.
Increasing numbers of pupils benefit from summer schools at Cambridge
20 June 2008Hundreds of pupils, the majority of them from "non-traditional" backgrounds, will benefit from challenging Summer Schools run by Cambridge Admissions Office and individual Colleges in the next two months.
“If you don’t apply, you won’t get in”
21 April 2008“Cambridge is a lot better than I’d imagined – bigger and newer – and it’s not all antique and stuffy,” said Amin Dualeh, 17, a student at Longley Park Sixth Form College in Sheffield, who is interested in a career in aeronautical engineering.
Better Looking, Better Living, Better Loving
29 February 2008An award-winning popular science writer will be delivering a talk this week on the science behind grooming, health, food and sex at Cambridge University’s Department of Chemistry.
Pupils give thumbs up to scrapping of Cambridge Application Form
20 February 2008Pupils from state schools all over the country watched on Saturday as Dr Geoff Parks, Director of Admissions for the Cambridge Colleges, gleefully ripped up a copy of the Cambridge Application Form (CAF) at the start of a talk about the University's admissions process.
