Opening the treasure chest
01 October 2006Cambridge is leading the way in Resource Enhancement projects in the UK, opening up its unique and valuable collections to scholars worldwide, as well as...
Fallacies of Freedom Talk in Africa
01 October 2006Talk of hard-won freedom can be a threat to the very freedoms being celebrated. Harri Englund, a University Lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology,...
Cambridge academic named 'Most Entrepreneurial Scientist'
26 September 2006Professor Christopher Lowe, at the Institute for Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, has been named the ‘Most Entrepreneurial Scientist of the United Kingdom’.
Scientists develop technology for roll-up laptop screens
21 September 2006New ‘morphing’ structures have multiple applications
Language teaching award
18 September 2006The University's Language Centre has won two prestigious awards for its innovation in language teaching and learning.
Students launch project to send rocket into space for under £1,000
15 September 2006A group of students from the University of Cambridge who plan on launching a rocket into space for less than £1,000 have taken the first...
Cambridge University volunteers webcast BA Festival of Science
06 September 2006Listen to lectures by some of the UK’s premier scientists without leaving your home.
Cambridge teaching for adult learners enters cyberspace
04 September 2006Adult learners are to be given the chance to study everything from climate change to ancient Rome online with the University of Cambridge, starting this...
Coastal communities face greater threat of flooding due to land reclamation
01 September 2006Seafront communities are being left wide open to the risk of flooding because of the loss of coastal ecosystems, a Cambridge academic has warned.
BA Festival of Science arrives in Norwich
31 August 2006The BA Festival of Science will take place in Norwich from 2 – 9 September, bringing together over 300 of the UK’s top scientists and...