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Museum Encounters: Parkinson's Dance Course

11 Apr 2025

The University of Cambridge Museums (UCM) today launch a ground-breaking Parkinson's dance programme inspired by museum artefacts.

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Record-breaking Cambridge Festival 2025 ends on a high, uniting 45,000 visitors in celebration of ideas, discovery and dialogue

10 Apr 2025

The fifth Cambridge Festival has drawn to a triumphant close, having welcomed a record-breaking 45,000 visitors across 385 events during 17 inspiring...

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Poppy Oldroyd (left) and Matthew McLoughlin (right)

Cambridge researchers named 2025 Schmidt Science Fellows

07 Apr 2025

Two University of Cambridge researchers are among the thirty-two early career researchers, tackling issues from improving food security to developing...

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Hundreds of A-level students see grades rise and secure places at top universities following Cambridge's STEM SMART initiative

07 Apr 2025

UCAS evaluation shows the most engaged sixth formers saw their results jump by a grade on average, were up to four times as successful in achieving...

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Wallace R. Harper's granddaughter, Karen Harper.  (Jane Sponagle/CBC)

From family archive to stage: The remarkable journey of ‘Not for a cat’ play at the Cambridge Festival

31 Mar 2025

A recently rediscovered play, Not for a Cat: A Play for the Nuclear Age, will be premiering at the Cambridge Festival. The play was originally...

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Students make antibody keychains during a workshop with the MRC Toxicology Unit

Students from across the country get a taste of studying at Cambridge at the Cambridge Festival

27 Mar 2025

Over 500 KS2 and KS3 students from as far away as Warrington got the chance to experience studying at the University of Cambridge with a selection of...

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The Boat Race 2025 crews outside Battersea Power Station, London.

Cambridge Blue Boats revealed for The Boat Race 2025

26 Mar 2025

The stage has been set for The Boat Race 2025, with Cambridge University Boat Club announcing its Women’s and Men’s Blue Boats at the historic...

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Marco Romagnoli and Andrea Ferrari

University spin-out secures funding to improve AI energy efficiency and bandwidth

24 Mar 2025

A University of Cambridge spin-out company working to improve AI efficiency and bandwidth has raised €25 million in new funding.

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Nobel laureate and Cambridge University alumnus Sir Demis Hassabis heralds a new era of AI drug discovery at 'digital speed'

24 Mar 2025

Google DeepMind co-founder tells Cambridge audience 'digital biology’ could reduce the amount of time it takes to identify new drugs from years to...

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Student at Maxwell Centre

Cambridge leads top three universities for number of new spinouts

23 Mar 2025

Of the UK’s top three universities for spinouts – Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial - Cambridge saw the most growth in 2024, according to a new report...

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Cambridge's Institute for Manufacturing launches 2025 UK Innovation Report

20 Mar 2025

As the UK Government continues to develop its national industrial strategy, the Cambridge Industrial Innovation Policy group at Cambridge’s Institute...

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Honorary degree ceremony preparations in Senate House.

Stormzy among eight nominated for honorary degrees

19 Mar 2025

Talented individuals from the world of science, music, drama, law, economics, sport and political activism are recognised in the list of...

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