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From left, Bill Steen, Peter Downes and Lawford Howells

Cambridge friends who invented competitive tiddlywinks celebrate its 70th anniversary

13 Jan 2025

Three friends who turned tiddlywinks into a competitive sport so they could represent Cambridge as students were back at the University to mark the...

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Meet the lawyer championing LGBTQ+ research at Cambridge

28 Feb 2020

Daniel Gerring is Partner and Head of Pensions at leading law firm Travers Smith. Here, he tells us about his time at Cambridge, how he sees things...

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Queer History: a tour of gender and identity through time and culture

21 Feb 2020

University of Cambridge Museums are running a series of LGBT+ tours across their seven museums. We join a tour at the Fitzwilliam museum and learn...

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A rich history: reflections from the Cambridge LGBT+ community

13 Feb 2020

To mark LGBT+ history month, we asked staff, students and alumni to reflect on what the month means to them.

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A noteworthy pastime

19 Dec 2019

Cambridge University Musical Society is one of the oldest of its kind. Here we put a spotlight on the society, discuss how it has changed over the...

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Absolute zero

11 Dec 2019

Director of Cambridge Zero, Dr Emily Shuckburgh, is harnessing Cambridge expertise to tackle the climate emergency.

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My room, your room

11 Dec 2019

Brenda Hale DBE (Girton 1963) and third-year Mathematician Maisie Muir discuss Yorkshire roots and the challenge of being outnumbered.

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Cam FM at 40

18 Nov 2019

Cam Fam turned 40 this year. To commemorate the occasion, we take a look back at the station through the ages, from its 1970's origins to the present...

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6,000 and counting: Cambridge Vice-Chancellor joins Stephen Hawking in making his PhD ‘Open Access’

27 Feb 2019

Cambridge also becomes first UK university to publish position statement on Open Research.

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Charlotte Dixon working in Sierra Leone

Graduate, get a job … make a difference #2

13 Jan 2017

Cambridge graduates enter a wide range of careers but making a difference tops their career wish lists. In this series, inspiring graduates from the...

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Sophie Dundovic

Graduate, get a job, make a difference #1

06 Jan 2017

Cambridge graduates enter a wide range of careers but making a difference tops their career wish lists. In this series, inspiring graduates from the...

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Jamie and Louise Arnell

Alumni couple boost college outreach work

03 Sep 2015

A couple who met at Downing as undergraduates are supporting their College’s outreach work in the South West of England.

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