Among the first to arrive at the University of Cambridge Open Days taking place today and tomorrow were 17-year-old Sean Stilwell and his father, Mark (pictured above). They had driven down to Cambridge last night from Trefriw, a village in North Wales, where Sean goes to Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy – a comprehensive where most of the 800 pupils are bilingual.
Professor Sir Richard Friend, Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge, has been awarded the prestigious Institute of Physics (IOP)’ Business and Innovation Medal today Wednesday 1 July for outstanding contributions to physics in an industrial or commercial context.
The light show which wowed thousands over four days in January at the start of the University of Cambridge’s 800th Anniversary celebrations, was one of the highlights of the opening ceremony of the 2nd China International Youth Arts Festival in Beijing last weekend.
The emerging industrial power of India is to become the focus for students at the Cambridge University Institute for Manufacturing (IfM).
A new regional centre offering professional support to the languages community in schools and FE Colleges in East Anglia is being launched on 30th June 2009.
Cambridge students are having to work harder than ever to secure their first job, the University’s Careers Service has revealed.
Scientists presenting at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, including Dr Remy Ware from the University of Cambridge, will discuss how the harlequin ladybird is likely to threaten over 1000 native species in Britain. The exhibition opens today, Tuesday 30 June.
Over the next couple of months hundreds of sixth formers will be sampling student life at Cambridge University at summer schools run by Cambridge Admissions Office (CAO) and by individual Colleges. These events aim to encourage more applications from state schools and from groups under-represented at the university.
The Government’s policy of concentrating new housing in existing urban areas and on ‘brownfield sites’ is not working and could build up problems for the future, according to new research into urban growth.
For centuries it has been known for its violent combustion upon contact with air – but this week a Cambridge-led team of researchers reveals that it has tamed one of the most hazardous chemical substances.
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