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Needle-free vaccines, super jelly and a bird-eating tortoise

16 Dec 2021

Our round-up of some of the amusing, astonishing and inspiring research stories that caught our attention over the past 12 months.

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More than 900 A-Level students will join STEM SMART widening participation programme

15 Dec 2021

More than 900 talented sixth formers studying maths and science at state schools across the UK will next month join the University’s new STEM SMART...

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Anna Middleton, Director, Richard Milne, Deputy Director and Lead for Research, Catherine Galloway, Lead for Innovation and Translation - Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science, and the Public

New centre to foster global conversations about ethical issues raised by science

09 Dec 2021

University of Cambridge announces the launch of the Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science, and the Public , to engage publics and scientists with the...

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Students who took part in the Get In social media campaign of 2020

Campaign donors help students at Cambridge

06 Dec 2021

Thirty students at the University of Cambridge are benefitting from bursaries distributed from the Get in Cambridge campaign. The campaign...

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Get In Cambridge widening participation campaign wins digital excellence awards

26 Nov 2021

The University’s Get In Cambridge social media campaign has won prizes in two international digital excellence awards.

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"Cambridge Maths School has the potential to do enormous good" - development of specialist sixth form in Cambridge

25 Nov 2021

The Cambridge Mathematics School will open in Cambridge in September 2023, welcoming 16 to 19 year olds from across the East of England

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Senate House architectural detail

International partnerships and funding from China and Hong Kong | Blog

22 Nov 2021

A blog post by Professors Andy Neely and Anne Ferguson-Smith

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Professor Stephen J Toope, Vice-Chancellor

The importance of international partnerships for universities

16 Nov 2021

Universities need international partnerships to advance knowledge, but they must also be alert to the risks involved. So says Professor Stephen J...

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Audience at Royal Institution Christmas Lecture

Cambridge scientists to take part in Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

04 Nov 2021

Three Cambridge researchers are among six leading UK scientists who will share the presenting duties with Professor Jonathan Van-Tam during this year...

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Cambridge confers Law degree on UN Secretary-General António Guterres

03 Nov 2021

The University of Cambridge on Wednesday held a special Congregation of its Regent House, for its Chancellor, Lord Sainsbury of Turville, to confer...

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Brand-new Design Tripos brings arts and science together in one degree

01 Nov 2021

A brand-new Cambridge degree - the first undergraduate course ‘designed from scratch’ at the University for a number of years - will merge arts and...

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