Families, local residents and community groups are being invited to discover rarely-glimpsed parts of the University of Cambridge and Colleges at this year’s Open Cambridge event, from September 11th to 13th.
The winner of the second category in our summer school diary-writing competition is Ieva Lismane, who took part in a residential run by Fitzwilliam and Emmanuel Colleges. Seventeen-year-old Ieva goes to Hounslow Manor School in West London. She and her family came from Latvia to the UK as asylum seekers when she was six years old, and Ieva will be the first in her family to go to university.
Nine of the 44 new Royal Society Fellows announced today are Cambridge academics. Their election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society recognises their exceptional contributions to society. As Fellows of the UK's national academy of science, these leaders in the fields of science, engineering and medicine join other famous Cambridge names such as Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Stephen Hawking.
For children obsessed by Top Trumps, a new collection of free playing cards being handed out by Cambridge University’s Museums – starting with the Museums Fair this Saturday - could prove a hit.
Ever wondered what happens in a museum once the lights go out?
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