She left school with an impressive list of O levels. But she didn’t go to university as her father thought she'd get married and a degree would be wasted. Fifty years on, aged 66, Myra Fonceca will become the oldest person to get a history degree from Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.
A campaign to acquire and preserve for the nation the archive of Siegfried Sassoon’s personal papers – including a draft copy of A Soldier’s Declaration – was launched by Cambridge University Library at Sotheby’s today.
Cambridge University portfolio companies raise more than £30 million since September
A major conference, to be opened by Prince Hassan bin Talal of Jordan next week, will shed new light on the underexplored subject of Arab Jews.
A new approach to leadership in schools is needed to control “grossly inflated” expectations of what school managers can achieve, a senior academic will argue tonight (Wednesday, June 17th).
Five Cambridge academics were named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list announced last weekend.
Professor Mary Beard has won one of two Wolfson History Prizes for her book, Pompeii: The Life Of A Roman Town, published by Profile Books.
Ten eminent individuals from the worlds of religion, business, science, music, history, philanthropy, politics and economics were presented to the Chancellor, HRH Prince Philip The Duke of Edinburgh at the 800th Anniversary Honorary Degree Congregation at the Senate House today.
Around 200 Gates scholars got the chance to question Bill and Melinda Gates about their philanthropic work at a meeting today.
Cambridge’s annual Town & Country Show will help to mark the University’s 800th anniversary this weekend (13 & 14 June) by adding a new “gown” element to the mix.
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