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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...

Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr Martin Ruehl

19 Mar 2025

Dr Martin Reuhl is a Senior Lecturer in German Intellectual History in the Faculty of History and a University Associate Professor in German History...

Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr Itab Shuayb

19 Mar 2025

Dr Itab Shuayb is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Engineering Design Centre at the University of Cambridge. She is also a professor of inclusive...

Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Katherine Hasegawa

17 Mar 2025

Katherine Hasegawa is an emerging and independent Venezuelan ARTivist based in Cambridge. Since 2019, Katherine been using real money as an artistic...

Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Professor Paul Bays

11 Mar 2025

Paul Bays is a Professor of Computation and Cognition in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge. He investigates the nature of...

Cambridge Festival celebrates pioneering women for International Women’s Day

07 Mar 2025

For International Women’s Day (8 March), the Cambridge Festival (19 March – 4 April) is celebrating some of the remarkable contributions of women...

Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Professor Hiranya Peiris

06 Mar 2025

Hiranya Peiris holds the Professorship of Astronomy (1909) at Cambridge, the first woman to do so in the 115-year history of this prestigious chair...

Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Charlotte Andrew

06 Mar 2025

Charlotte Andrew is a PhD student in the Insect Biomechanics Group in the Department of Zoology. Her research explores the mechanical implications of...

Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr Clive Boddy

03 Mar 2025

Clive Boddy is a research methodologist and also a pioneer in the field of corporate psychopathy where he has been researching the effects of toxic...