Consultation on White Paper opens
30 June 2011The Government published its Higher Education White Paper ‘Students at the Heart of the System’ on 28 June 2011 and has invited comments on the proposals.
Cambridge champions student choice
28 March 2011Cambridge to offer students one of the most flexible and extensive support packages in the UK.
£20 million donation to revolutionise physics research
15 November 2010David Harding, the founder, chairman and head of research of Winton Capital Management, has pledged to donate £20 million to the Cavendish Laboratory, the University of Cambridge's Department of Physics, to set up and fund The Winton Programme for the Physics of Sustainability.
Spectacular light show set to transform central Cambridge
16 January 2010Thousands of people are expected to flock to the streets of Cambridge this weekend for a spectacular light show which shows how research at the University is helping to transform the future.
Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz nominated as next Vice-Chancellor
25 November 2009Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz has been nominated as the next Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
The new academic year begins on Monday
27 September 2007The new Cambridge academic year begins on Monday 1 October with the traditional Congregation of the Regent House and an address by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alison Richard.
The start of the Cambridge academic year
28 September 2006The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge will give her annual address to the University in the Senate House on Monday 2 October.
£3.8 million gift for Conservation Biology
24 March 2006The Lisbet Rausing Charitable Fund has provided £3.8 million to endow in perpetuity a professorship in Conservation Biology at the University of Cambridge.
Review of the year 2005
22 December 20052005 was a momentous year for the University of Cambridge. Here are some of the stories which kept us in the headlines.
One in three of all Cambridge UK undergraduates could get bursary
26 November 2003Cambridge Vice-Chancellor Alison Richard announces today (27 November) Cambridge’s new plans for bursaries, with student funding of up to £4,000 per year. Professor Richard will also confirm her support for Government proposals on higher fees.
