Brexit: Listen to experts from Cambridge and beyond discuss how, why and what next for Brexit Britain
02 Nov 2016Listen to some of the talks that were given as part of the University's 'Brexit Week' series, which took place from 18 - 22 October.
Opinion: Girls can have it all: how to stop the damaging gender stereotyping in schools
03 Nov 2015Professor Dame Athene Donald (Cavendish Laboratory) discusses actions that schools can take to eradicate unnecessary gender stereotyping.
Post-16 education must be reformed to tackle damaging arts-science divide
04 Sep 2015Why is it acceptable to say “I never could do maths” but not “I’ve never read any Shakespeare”? It’s symptomatic of the art-science divide that can only be addressed by reforming our education system, writes Professor Athene Donald from the Department of Physics and Master of Churchill College.
The Royal Society announces election of new Fellows 2015
07 May 2015The Royal Society has announced the election of its new Fellows, including five Cambridge University academics, who join an eminent list of scientists, engineers and technologists from the UK and the Commonwealth.
‘Hairclip’ protein mechanism explained
18 Dec 2014New study describes a fundamental mechanism regulating a protein’s shape and function, with potential applications in biotechnology and drug development.
The Meaning of Success in New York
13 Nov 2014Cambridge in America Spring Event | The Meaning of Success: Insights from Women at Cambridge
Women at Cambridge: The Meaning of Success book launch
04 Mar 2014Book launch highlights the lives and work of women at the University
Death and the image: an introduction to palliative filmmaking
29 May 2012A new book by Professor Emma Wilson from the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages looks at how death is addressed through modern artworks based in visual media.
Past versus present in an age of progress: the Victorians
14 Oct 2011Interdisciplinary research has to be the answer when it comes to understanding the Victorians, writes Professor Simon Goldhill, one of the researchers involved in a £1.2 million project on Victorian Britain that is reaching the end of its five-year programme.