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The Vice-Chancellor at Priory Community School, Worle.

Vice-Chancellor continues UK tour

17 Mar 2025

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Deborah Prentice, has led a delegation to Devon, North Somerset and Bristol. It was the first time a serving Cambridge...

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Outreach officers on steps of museum

Outreach effort focuses on North-East

03 Mar 2025

Three Cambridge Colleges have teamed up to co-host an outreach event in the North-East of England with the aim of encouraging more applications from...

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New PhD funding programme launched

11 Nov 2024

Trinity College and the University of Cambridge’s new £48 million programme enabling fully-funded PhDs has been launched.

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Becoming a scientist illustration.

Becoming a scientist

29 Aug 2024

A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge feature in a new graphic book highlighting their individual journeys into the career of their...

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The Mastercard Foundation Cambridge 'class of 2023'.

The Mastercard Foundation class of '23

03 Aug 2023

We talk to some of Cambridge's Mastercard Foundation students, who are hoping to change the world.

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Bhaskar Vira attending a Get In reception

Expansion of Get In programme aimed at under-represented students

25 Jan 2023

‘Get In Cambridge’, a programme that encourages students from under-represented ethnic minority backgrounds to come to Cambridge, has almost doubled...

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Group at Homerton

Plan to boost support for care experienced students

27 Sep 2022

The University of Cambridge is increasing its efforts to support students who have a care background or who are estranged from their families. It’s...

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Fenland Parent Power group visit to UEA

New group to encourage university applications

07 Jun 2022

The University of Cambridge has been instrumental in establishing a new group to promote opportunities higher education can offer to parents in the...

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Three Cambridge Colleges - Hughes Hall, St Edmund’s and Wolfson

Colleges for mature students launch Cambridge 21+

06 Apr 2022

When Olivia was asked by a teacher on her Access course “have you considered applying to Cambridge?” she thought it was some kind of joke.

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Posse Foundation scholars

Cambridge to offer studentships to Posse scholars

09 Feb 2022

The University of Cambridge has become the first higher education institution outside of the USA to partner with the Posse Foundation, offering...

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Withdrawal of application fee for doctoral applicants

08 Feb 2022

Postgraduate students applying to undertake a doctoral degree at Cambridge will no longer have to pay a fee to submit their application to study at...

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The chemist who saved a restaurant and launched a vision for Africa

13 Jan 2022

David Izuogu’s ambition is to establish a research institute in his home country of Nigeria. But he isn’t waiting until he realises his goal to help...

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