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Cambridge Festival launches extensive programme for 2023

10 Feb 2023

Could a new theory of the Universe be Stephen Hawking’s biggest legacy? How has popular music addressed political conflict? Are the big tech firms...

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Here come the girls: getting more women into STEM

10 Feb 2023

Ahead of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Professor Dame Athene Donald sat down to speak about her trial blazing career.

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Kettle’s Yard celebrates pioneering art project created with local school pupils

02 Feb 2023

Students from Castle School have collaborated with Kettle’s Yard gallery to develop a new installation designed to amplify student voices.

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Researchers

Cambridge researchers awarded European Research Council Consolidator Grants

31 Jan 2023

Eight researchers from the University of Cambridge have won European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grants

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Dara McAnulty

The naturalist with autism named on the 2023 New Year Honours

30 Jan 2023

Dara McAnulty is an award-winning author and environmental campaigner. In December 2022 he was awarded a BEM for services to nature and the autistic...

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Bhaskar Vira attending a Get In reception

Expansion of Get In programme aimed at under-represented students

25 Jan 2023

‘Get In Cambridge’, a programme that encourages students from under-represented ethnic minority backgrounds to come to Cambridge, has almost doubled...

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Saffron: a Cambridge spice

17 Jan 2023

An investigation into the local histories of saffron in Cambridgeshire.

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First look at Cambridge Festival 2023

17 Jan 2023

Hot topics this year include an in-depth look at how we move from global risks to global safety, results from the largest four-day working week trial...

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Sophie the rescue dog

Sophie, the rescue dog who stole the nation's hearts

13 Jan 2023

At about 3am on the Saturday before Christmas, an internet sensation arrived in the home of Professor Diane Coyle. She tells us about Sophie, the...

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Christopher George

Meet the new Cambridge Union president

09 Jan 2023

Established in 1815, the Cambridge Union is the oldest student debating society in the world. The task of leading it in the first term of 2023 has...

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Senate House

Cambridge achievers recognised in New Year Honours

31 Dec 2022

A number of academics, staff and an undergraduate student at the University of Cambridge feature in this year's New Year Honours List, the first of...

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