The UK’s industrial and working class heritage is celebrated in the shortlist for Britain’s biggest single arts prize, The Gulbenkian Prize for Museum of the Year, announced today, Friday 14 January.

It has been a busy year for the University; here we look back at just some of the major developments and highlights that have kept Cambridge in the headlines:

A new Fitzwilliam Museum shop selling Christmas cards and gifts is now open at 14 King's Parade (opposite King's College Chapel).

Today marks the start of the University of Cambridge Alumni Weekend.

World politics, Tibetan Buddhism and Anglo-Saxon Art are just a few of the courses on offer to anyone over 18 at the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education this autumn.

The Fitzwilliam Museum is holding a special exhibition of etchings by the Spanish artist Francisco de Goya from his Tauromaquia (Bullfighting) series.

Five University of Cambridge museums have been awarded nearly half a million pounds worth of funding for redevelopment by the Museums Libraries and Archives council (MLA) Designated Challenge Fund. The awards have been made through Renaissance in the Regions funding, MLA’s programme to revitalise England’s regional museums using the Designation Challenge Fund that awards funding to museums with collections of national importance.

What is the purpose and future of university collections? These issues were discussed by an international meeting of academics and museum staff at a conference held at Peterhouse, Cambridge this week.

What is the purpose and future of university collections? These issues were discussed by an international meeting of academics and museum staff at a conference held at Peterhouse, Cambridge this week.

Why have we created a divide between arts and sciences? Are the ways in which artists and scientists see the world as different as we imagine? Can we identify common themes to build bridges between the two disciplines? These are some of the questions to be tackled by a prestigious panel in Extremes of Vision, a public debate taking place today (Wednesday 19 March) at the Faculty of Law, University Sidgwick Site, 7.30pm-9pm.