For International Women’s Day (8 March), the Cambridge Festival (19 March – 4 April) is celebrating some of the remarkable contributions of women across diverse fields. From philosophy and music to AI and cosmology, the festival will highlight the pioneering work of women who have shaped our understanding of the world in profound ways.
Read the second part of our series marking Women's History Month, as we shine a light on even more of the inspiring women living and working here at Cambridge.
To mark International Women's Day and Women's History Month, the University is delighted to shine a light on some of the incredible women living and working here at Cambridge. Here they share the advice they've learned along the way, and the songs that lift them up when the going gets tough.
The battle for gender equality at Cambridge will be celebrated with a portrait exhibition featuring new Jesus College Master Sonita Alleyne, whose appointment marks a record high in female senior leaders across the collegiate University.
One hundred and fifty years since the first women were allowed to study at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge University Library will be sharing the unique stories of women who have studied, taught, worked and lived at the University, in its new exhibition The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge.
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