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Professor Deborah Prentice, with Pat McFadden, centre, and Dr Paul Calleja

Senior Government Minister, Pat McFadden, visits Cambridge to explore how AI can transform public services

04 Feb 2025

The University welcomed the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP, to tour the DAWN supercomputer and discuss the ways in...

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Researchers celebrated at the Cambridge Awards for Research Impact and Engagement

04 Feb 2025

From helping to inoculate the public against misinformation to tackling air pollution in rapidly urbanising African cities, researchers from across...

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Cambridge engineer backed by Formula 1 star Sir Lewis Hamilton

03 Feb 2025

Chris Tagnon is the first Cambridge University student to be awarded a Masters in Motorsport scholarship.

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A University of Cambridge student stargazing at the Institute of Astronomy.

The Cambridge Awards 2024 for Research Impact and Engagement

03 Feb 2025

Meet the winner of the Cambridge Awards 2024 for Research Impact and Engagement and learn more about their projects.

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Cambridge recognised as the UK’s leading university for global innovation

30 Jan 2025

The University of Cambridge has been named as the leading UK university in a new report on the top 50 universities powering global innovation.

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Chancellor of the Exchequer: Cambridge to drive rapid research-led economic growth

29 Jan 2025

Cambridge is at the heart of Government plans announced on 29 January to go ‘further and faster’ to kick start economic growth in the UK.

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Cambridge student thanks teacher who helped him believe in himself

27 Jan 2025

Elijah Denning nominated Tom Lloyd, a teacher at Dudley College of Technology, for a University of Cambridge Educator of the Year Award, which he has...

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Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital given green light by government

21 Jan 2025

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has announced that ambitious plans can proceed for Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital, which...

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From left, Bill Steen, Peter Downes and Lawford Howells

Cambridge friends who invented competitive tiddlywinks celebrate its 70th anniversary

13 Jan 2025

Three friends who turned tiddlywinks into a competitive sport so they could represent Cambridge as students were back at the University to mark the...

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Student at the Maxwell Centre

Greater Cambridge region can be the beating heart of our national renewal: open letter to government

09 Jan 2025

Ahead of the Spending Review, an open letter to government from leaders across Cambridge, including the University’s Vice-Chancellor, sets out the...

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Making an impact: Gates Cambridge turns 25

06 Jan 2025

What unites a wildlife cameraman, a quantum physicist and the co-founder of a solar energy business? For Gates Cambridge Scholars, it's the desire to...

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Cambridge talent recognised in 2025 New Year Honours

30 Dec 2024

Academics and staff at both the University of Cambridge and Colleges feature in the 2025 list, which recognises the achievements and service of...

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