From aircraft design to mousetrap-powered motor cars, sixth formers learn that materials matter at a summer school organised by the University of Cambridge.

A 17-year-old student from England’s north-east has made a head start on her higher education this week at a science summer school in Cambridge.

The Head of Education at the Fitzwillam Museum and an eminent University astronomer have each been honoured with an OBE in the 2006 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

The UK’s biggest provider of Helium is joining forces with a major user and Cambridge academics to sponsor a three year research project, the results of which are expected to reveal how much longer industry can rely on this increasingly scarce resource.

Four of the museums in the University of Cambridge are to benefit from funding to enhance their internationally important collections.

The University of Cambridge is showcasing some of its most exciting and cutting-edge research at the Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition with two exhibits.

Over 200 key players from the UK's building design and construction industries, the higher education sector plus several overseas delegates gathered in Cambridge on Thursday 8 July for a construction seminar.