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On Monday 30 April Barbra Chilangwa, Zambia's Deputy Permanent Secretary for Education, will give a talk at the University. Her lecture, The Challenges of Educational Exclusion: the Zambian Experience, will describe how the Zambian Government is working with Cambridge charity CamFed on an innovative programme of girls' education.

Child labour in export industries such as carpets, clothing and sports equipment has captured public attention and stirred up a debate on trade sanctions and international labour standards. Yet obscured from the public eye, the vast majority of working children in developing countries are actually engaged in agricultural labour, predominantly on farms operated by their families. This is the conclusion of new research by Dr Sonia Bhalotra of the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Cambridge, whose findings are presented at the Royal Economic Society's annual conference this week.

A drug used to treat breast cancer has been shown to improve blood flow in men with coronary artery disease. The Cambridge research team who conducted the novel study also demonstrated that the drug reduced cardiovascular risk factors in men (previous research showed that this was the case for women who were administered tamoxifen as a breast cancer treatment).

A new exhibition of maps at the Cambridge University Library tells the story of how European cartographers charted Australia. Timed to coincide with the centenary of Australia's foundation as a federal state, the exhibition begins with the early imaginary maps of the 16th century and ends in 1901, when the British colonies were united into a nation with a federal structure. The exhibition is being opened today (Monday 2 April, 2001) by the Australian High Commissioner, His Excellency Michael L'Estrange.