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Give more people with learning disabilities the chance to work, historian argues

21 Jul 2023

Employment levels for people with learning disabilities in the UK are 5 to 10 times lower than they were a hundred years ago. And the experiences of...

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Taking pride in our researchers

05 Jul 2019

To mark LGBTSTEM Day, celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer scientists, engineers and mathematicians around the world, our...

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University of Cambridge researchers

Black researchers shaping the future

10 Oct 2018

As the UK marks Black History Month, researchers from across the University talk about their route to Cambridge, their inspiration and their...

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Celebrating Cambridge’s LGBT+ scientists and engineers

05 Jul 2018

Cambridge celebrated the first ever LGBTSTEM Day on 5 July – recognising all those who work in science, technology, engineering and medicine and who...

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Pride London Parade, July 2011

Let’s celebrate Pride – and let our young people be proud, too

07 Jul 2017

At the end of June, the charity Stonewall produced a report along with Cambridge’s Centre for Family Research into the experiences of lesbian, gay...

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Athena SWAN success

25 Apr 2013

The University and two of its departments have been recognised for their good employment practices for women working in science, technology...

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Benjamin Zephaniah and Mohammad Razai at last year's event

Poetry please

23 Sep 2012

The Benjamin Zephaniah Poetry Competition, set up last year to encourage new work propelling social change, is now open to a wider range of aspiring...

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