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Cambridge Zero highlights University efforts at Climate Week NYC

06 Oct 2023

Cambridge Zero Director Professor Emily Shuckburgh took centre stage at the world's biggest climate event of its kind in New York to talk to global...

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Speakers at the Magdalene College Discovery and Public Perspective debate

Magdalene College hosts Discovery and Public Perspective debate

06 Oct 2023

How do we balance curiosity, research progression and public concern? How does culture shape the direction of discovery for researchers? How do we...

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Sandi Toksvig OBE takes up the first Q+ Fellowship at Cambridge

06 Oct 2023

The new initiative from the Department of Sociology enables LGBTQ+ alumni to return to Cambridge to pursue research projects.

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Professor Deborah Prentice, Vice-Chancellor

People, climate and a national role for Cambridge are a focus of Vice-Chancellor’s first Annual Address

02 Oct 2023

Speaking at the Senate House, Professor Deborah Prentice marked the start of the academic year by delivering her first October address to the...

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Students begin degrees after completing new Cambridge Foundation Year

30 Sep 2023

Nearly 80% of students who successfully completed new pre-degree programme are continuing as undergraduates at University of Cambridge.

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Members of the University team who have worked to bring new electric buses to the Universal service

New electric buses roll out to carry students, staff and public on extended Universal route

29 Sep 2023

A new fleet of nine electric buses will operate on an extended Universal bus route from October, after the University of Cambridge and Whippet buses...

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University of Cambridge awarded a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework 2023

28 Sep 2023

TEF 2023 awards of Gold, Silver and Bronze are based on universities’ performance across two key aspects: ‘student experience’ and ‘student outcomes...

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Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith and Professor Maria Leptin at the Horizon Europe celebration

Researchers celebrate Horizon Europe agreement

27 Sep 2023

Colleagues from across the University celebrated the announcement of an agreement for UK participation in Horizon Europe and Copernicus with the...

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Cambridge remains most intensive science and technological cluster in the world

20 Sep 2023

Cambridge remains the most intensive science and technological cluster in the world – according to a new report ranking innovation around the globe...

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First A-level students arrive at new Cambridge Maths School

15 Sep 2023

The Cambridge Maths School, created in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, has welcomed its first students at the start of the new...

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Cambridge researchers announced as programme directors for new UK funding agency

13 Sep 2023

ARIA, the UK’s new R&D funding agency, has announced its line-up of new programme directors – and three of them are current or former researchers...

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Lord Martin Rees

Cambridge astronomer tops list of Royal Society Medal and Award winners

30 Aug 2023

Renowned Cambridge astrophysicist and cosmologist Professor Lord Martin Rees has been named this year’s recipient of the world’s oldest and most...

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