Public engagement
A fourteen-word poem from Roman times inspired local school pupils to compose some dazzling haiku about their current lives and loves in an Inspiring Ideas session held at St Catharine’s College today.
Zoology PhD student, Kirsty MacLeod, writes about her experience working as part of the research team on BBC’s Countryfile.
New awards launched by Unilever in partnership with the Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership to find next generation of sustainable living entrepreneurs.
Butlers working for Cambridge Colleges play an important role in maintaining traditions and upholding standards. But what’s it like being a butler? Richard Hein, butler at Peterhouse, will talk about his job as part of Open Cambridge (13-15 September).
How do you keep children active and entertained during the summer months when the lure of computer games, hand-held devices and the TV is so much stronger?
Scientists are set to lift the lid on their life and work at CERN during an evening of stand-up comedy next Friday, 30 August, between 7.30 – 11pm (CEST).
The Cambridge Council for Voluntary Service and the University of Cambridge Public Engagement team have launched a photographic competition.
University of Cambridge archaeologists, Britt Baillie, Alex Pryor and Carenza Lewis, recently joined forces with residents of West Wickham for a successful weekend of test pit digging.
On a blisteringly hot Saturday, hundreds of people poured through the University of Cambridge Fun Lab marquee at The Big Weekend on Parker’s Piece
Do rappers make better lyricists than poets? Is there an alternative to austerity? Is Europe in terminal decline? What is the impact of conspiracy theories? These and many more thought-provoking questions will be explored at this year's Cambridge Festival of Ideas which is bursting with over 200 events for people of all ages.
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