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Our impact on the UK economy
Duration: 00:02:17
Published Date: 2023/03/20The University of Cambridge contributes nearly £30 billion to the UK economy and supports more than 86,000 jobs across the UK according to a report by London Economics. London Economics, one of Europe’s leading specialist economics and policy consultancies, was commissioned to assess the economic impact of the University through activities such as research and knowledge exchange, teaching and -
Leila, Economics -- 60 Second Impressions
Duration: 00:01:02
Published Date: 2012/06/15The '60 Second Impressions' are a series of one-minute films featuring current Cambridge undergraduate students. These students talk about what it's really like to study at Cambridge, live in a College, and take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Leila is from Watford, and is studying Economics. In her 60 Second Impression, she talks about how pastoral care is facilitated by the -
Ha-Joon Chang and Milfor Bateman: Social Economy for Economic…
Duration: 00:30:57
Published Date: 2010/07/06Dr Ha-Joon Chang (Economics, Cambridge) and Dr Milfor Bateman (Economics, Juraj Dobrila Pula, Croatia) speaking at CRASSH conference 'Rethinking Social Economy' (7 May, 2010). -
Roberto Scazzieri: Connections, Reasons and the Social Economy
Duration: 00:33:35
Published Date: 2010/07/06Roberto Scazzieri (Professor of Economic Analysis, Economics, Bologna and CAMSHET - Cambridge History of Economic Analysis at Clare Hall). Opening lecture at CRASSH conference 'Rethinking Social Economy' (7 May, 2010). -
Beyond the Standard Model in Economic Behaviour
Duration: 00:14:43
Published Date: 2013/08/15Conversations in Economics is a series of interviews with Cambridge-INET Institute visitors. These distinguished economists explore some of today's most challenging economic questions and introduce viewers to their exciting research. http://www.inet.econ.cam.ac.uk/video-series/ -
CUSF Parachute Deployment Test
Duration: 00:02:30
Published Date: 2011/11/10The second prize winner in the Carl Zeiss video competition at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, was Cambridge University Spaceflight's first-hand view of a parachute being released on the edge of space. The team tested parachutes for the ExoMos lander, a European-led robotic mission to Mars currently under development by NASA and the European Space Agency. The video shows -
Economics at Cambridge
Duration: 00:03:59
Published Date: 2020/06/04Undergraduate students and staff talk about studying Economics at the University of Cambridge. To find out more about this course, see https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/economics Disclaimer: While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this video is accurate at the time it was uploaded, changes are likely to occur. It is therefore very important -
How do we build back better after a crisis?
Duration: 00:35:42
Published Date: 2024/02/02In this episode, we explore how we can build back better after a crisis. What are the challenges and opportunities of addressing the climate crisis, including the need for climate justice, the costs of inaction, and the importance of green innovation. We consider the roles of governments, multilateral institutions, and grassroots movements play in driving change. And we conclude with a call to -
What do you Believe Others Believe? Mechanism Design, Contagion, and…
Duration: 00:17:35
Published Date: 2013/08/15Conversations in Economics is a series of interviews with Cambridge-INET Institute visitors. These distinguished economists explore some of today's most challenging economic questions and introduce viewers to their exciting research. http://www.inet.econ.cam.ac.uk/video-series/ -
Student societies at Cambridge University: Hip Hop, Hindu Cultural,…
Duration: 00:03:48
Published Date: 2019/05/28What clubs, societies and unions are there at Cambridge? Cambridge University students introduce their societies in this series directed by Ibz Mo. Part 1 features: 00:00 Hip Hop Society 01:11 Cambridge University Hindu Cultural Society (CUHCS) - Mastana 02:15 Marshall Society (Economics) 03:00 Graduate Union Full list on the Cambridge University Student Union website: https://bit.ly/2KapRny -
Sphere Fluidics
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Published Date: 2010/11/08Sphere Fluidics is a spin-out from the Department of Chemistry. The company is developing water droplets that serve as 'miniature test tubes'. -
Social and economic aspects of palm oil production
Duration: 00:02:21
Published Date: 2016/04/14How do social science and economics fit into research on palm oil production? Rosemary Ostfeld, PhD Student in the Department of Land Economy, explains how her understanding of society and consumer behaviour is crucial for her to liaise with stakeholders to determine the effectiveness of initiatives. This film is one of a series of eight that showcases the extent that conservation-related -
Bodhisatta vs the big stick
Duration: 00:16:00
Published Date: 2015/04/01Even in his past lives, the Buddha's wisdom was unmatched. How will he fare against a simple wooden stick that the king sends to test him? Researcher: Charles Li Department: Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Film maker: Eleonora Mignoli -
Economic anthropology and the exchange of wealth
Duration: 00:35:19
Published Date: 2009/10/01An introductory talk describing the exchange of wealth as analysed by social anthropologists -
Research Directions: Networks and their Roles in Economics
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Being an entrepreneur at Cambridge University
Duration: 00:02:32
Published Date: 2024/02/22Did you know some of our undergraduates are entrepreneurs? Follow Chinedum (Faze) as he and fellow Cambridge students test their entrepreneurial skills at a residential at @KingsCollegeCam ! King's Entrepreneurship Lab is for both undergrads and postgrads – and specifically for those studying non-business degrees. #Business #Entrepreneur #Cambridge #CambridgeUni #CambridgeUniversity -
KidzEyez
Duration: 00:03:42
Published Date: 2011/10/11Technology developed at the University of Cambridge to detect peripheral visual field loss in young children will enable the earlier detection of brain tumours, potentially saving sight and lives. Dr Louise Allen, a paediatric ophthalmologist at the University of Cambridge, and Dr Adar Pelah, an electronics engineer at the University of York, have developed a specialised visual field test system -
Podcast: Education’s moment of reckoning: access and inclusion in…
Duration: 00:48:43
Published Date: 2021/09/23In April 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, close to 1.6 billion children and youth were out of school due to temporary closures, representing more than 90% of students around the world, according to the United Nations. Follow the podcast: https://mind-over-chatter.captivate.fm/listen In this episode, we take an international perspective with our guests Arif Naveed, Aya Waller -
Autonomous vision-based over height vehicle detection system
Duration: 00:01:47
Published Date: 2017/09/18This was a joint project with Cambridge and Transport for London to create, test and deploy an overheight system for the prevention of bridge and tunnel strikes using a vision-based approach. The result is a high accuracy system that cost an order of magnitude less than current state of practice. Other partial funding came from Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) for -
Confronting theory with experimental data and vice versa
Duration: 00:24:22
Published Date: 2014/01/23In combining theory and experiments, we should have two objectives in mind. The first objective is to confront the theory with some data to see whether the theory is at all consistent with the behavior exhibited in the laboratory. Clearly, there is much that can be learned about the theory from the data, quite apart from any notion of "testing" the theory. We hope to learn whether the theory is -
On the origin of (robot) species
Duration: 00:00:33
Published Date: 2015/08/12Researchers have observed the process of evolution by natural selection at work in robots, by constructing a ‘mother’ robot that can design, build and test its own ‘children’, and then use the results to improve the performance of the next generation, without relying on computer simulation or human intervention. -
Living Laboratory for Sustainability: A platform for research and…
Duration: 00:04:06
Published Date: 2014/12/15Run by the University’s Environment and Energy Section, the ‘Living Lab’ is a programme that provides Cambridge students with opportunities to improve the University’s sustainability. Students can propose projects and will receive support from the E&E Section. The University’s buildings, grounds and operations act as a real-life test-bed to support participants’ professional skills -
Agritech and the future of farming in the East of England
Duration: 00:01:33
Published Date: 2019/03/25From crop science to robotics, supply chains to economics, Cambridge University researchers are working with farmers and industry to sustainably increase agricultural productivity and profitability. -
What would 'Brexit' mean for free movement?
Duration: 00:15:20
Published Date: 2015/07/24In an interview with the BBC yesterday (23 July 2015), US President Barack Obama argued that having "the United Kingdom in the European Union gives us much greater confidence about the strength of the transatlantic union and is part of the cornerstone of institutions built after World War II that has made the world safer and more prosperous." He continued: "And we want to make sure that United -
Using Networks to Revolutionise Economic Theory and Policy
Duration: 00:21:18
Published Date: 2014/06/19 -
Podcast: Creating a future that is not like the past
Duration: 00:45:42
Published Date: 2020/12/15The future is becoming harder to predict thanks to climate change and a global pandemic. But a large part of what the future will look like is in our own hands. The biggest challenge to creating a better future may be political rather than scientific or technological. Subscribe to the podcast here: mind-over-chatter.captivate.fm/listen In this episode, Diane Coyle, professor of public policy, -
Could virtual reality help you overcome anxiety?
Duration: 00:00:47
Published Date: 2022/07/29Could virtual reality help you overcome anxiety? University of Cambridge PhD student Lucie Daniel-Watanabe is working with award-winning gaming company Ninja Theory to test this out. Using virtual reality, you learn a breathing technique to steady your heartbeat… …before being locked in a dungeon with a terrifying monster. The monster can’t see you, but can sense fear. Can you use the -
Making Maps
Duration: 00:01:42
Published Date: 2013/07/08Cambridge University Library and the National Maritime Museum have digitised the Board of Longitude archive. The archive will available online at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/longitude from 18th July 2013. The Board of Longitude sent astronomers on voyages of exploration to test methods of navigation and help make better maps. This is the second film of the series and looks at some of -
Can robots read braille?
Duration: 00:00:59
Published Date: 2024/01/29Researchers have developed a robotic sensor that incorporates artificial intelligence techniques to read braille at speeds roughly double that of most human readers. The research team, from the University of Cambridge, used machine learning algorithms to teach a robotic sensor to quickly slide over lines of braille text. The robot was able to read the braille at *315 words per minute at close to -
Just Add Water
Duration: 00:05:45
Published Date: 2010/03/25Rotifers are tiny animals that survive against all the odds. They are also known for not having had sex for 80 million years. We follow Dr Alan Tunnacliffe, award-winning Cambridge researcher at the Institute of Biotechnology, as he tests their super-powers by draining 90% of the water in their microscopic bodies, heats them to boiling point and freezes them in liquid nitrogen. Still they thrive! -
Cambridge Ideas - Just Add Water
Duration: 00:05:45
Published Date: 2010/04/06Rotifers are tiny animals that survive against all the odds. They are also known for not having had sex for 80 million years. We follow Dr Alan Tunnacliffe, award-winning Cambridge researcher at the Institute of Biotechnology, as he tests their super-powers by draining 90% of the water in their microscopic bodies, heats them to boiling point and freezes them in liquid nitrogen. Still they thrive! -
Animal research aims to improve the prospects for future organ…
Duration: 00:05:03
Published Date: 2023/07/13Content warning: this film contains images of blood and surgery For people with organ failure, transplantation is the only option. A lack of suitable organs for transplantation means patients die every day. Researchers in the University’s Department of Surgery are using large animal models to understand why donated organs become damaged and unsuitable for transplantation, and to test promising -
Secret histories of illuminated manuscripts: the MINIARE project
Duration: 00:06:55
Published Date: 2012/10/12An innovative project at the University of Cambridge will uncover some of the hidden histories of illuminated manuscripts, thanks to the application of techniques more commonly found in scientific laboratories. The MINIARE project will help conservators repair priceless works of art and provide new insights into the cultural, social and economic circumstances of their production. And, crucially -
HOW DO YOU CHANGE SOMEONE’S MIND?
Duration: 00:13:44
Published Date: 2023/02/19What’s the best way to change someone’s mind? Is it even possible? Mary Beard meets climate justice activist Mikaela Loach, to find out how she persuades people with her campaigns. Snappy slogans are essential, but Mary reveals that one of the most famous slogans ever - I came, I saw, I conquered - was actually the work of Roman Emperor Julius Caesar. The ancient Greeks and Romans took -
Screaming in space
Duration: 00:00:08
Published Date: 2012/10/26The Cambridge University Spaceflight Society are loading screams onto a smartphone that will be blasted into outer space later this year. The public are invited to submit their screams, which will be emitted while in orbit at the same time as the phone records - to test if it's possible to capture the sound of screaming in space. Members of the University's Office of External Affairs and -
Gen Z is the laziest generation – no! This idea must die!
Duration: 00:01:28
Published Date: 2024/06/04Hear from Thomas Roulet, Professor of Organisational Sociology and Leadership at Cambridge Judge Business School and Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge, about why generation z is not the laziest at work. Research shows that younger generations may have different expectations of work, says social scientist Prof Roulet. Today, work doesn’t give the same economic security – including the -
Rosalyn, Land Economy - 60 Second Impressions
Duration: 00:01:08
Published Date: 2012/03/01The '60 Second Impressions' are a series of one-minute films featuring current Cambridge undergraduate students. These students talk about what it's really like to study at Cambridge, live in a College, and take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Rosalyn is from Edinburgh, and is studying Land Economy (Environment, Law and Economics). In her 60 Second Impression, she talks about -
Partha Dasgupta: Nature, our most precious asset
Duration: 00:05:46
Published Date: 2021/10/13The last few decades of human prosperity have taken a devastating ecological toll. This is in part because nature is absent from the accounting systems that dictate national economies. In February 2021, the Cambridge economist Prof Sir Partha Dasgupta published a ground-breaking report on the economics of biodiversity. Watch Sir Partha outline the radical thinking required to reshape global -
Preparing for your online interview
Duration: 00:03:16
Published Date: 2021/09/22Find out how to prepare for your interview at Cambridge from current students, Savanna and Amaka. For more information about interviews, visit www.cam.ac.uk/interviews 00:00 Introduction 00:11 Location 00:27 Preparing your device 00:42 Internet connection 00:56 Showing your work 1:14 Test call 1:26 Interview link 1:34 General interview advice Disclaimer: While every effort has been made to ensure -
The researchers who are changing the story of ovarian cancer
Duration: 00:04:41
Published Date: 2022/01/24We meet Cambridge researchers leading a pioneering programme to help more women survive ovarian cancer. Only 43% of women in England survive five years beyond their ovarian cancer diagnosis. Professors James Brenton and Evis Sala aim to change this. Their research at the Mark Foundation Institute for Integrated Cancer Medicine at the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Cambridge Centre is bringing together -
Sir Peter Crane, Darwin and modern science, Thurs 9 July
Duration: 00:09:55
Published Date: 2009/10/14chicago, The importance of trees: recent progress with understanding the history of plant life Professor Sir Peter Crane (University of Chicago, Illinois, USA) Summary: Much was learnt about plant evolution in the first 100 years following On the Origin of Species, but progress in recent decades has been equally rapid, especially with new approaches to develop and test different kinds of -
A guide to supervisions
Duration: 00:03:44
Published Date: 2021/10/08Read more about study at Cambridge - https://bit.ly/CambUGstudy Find out what makes teaching at Cambridge so special. - Supervisions provide the opportunity to explore your subject more deeply, discuss your own work and ideas, and receive regular feedback. As they aren’t assessed, supervisions provide the ideal environment for you to test your ideas and interests, while encouraging you to -
Ants aquaplaning on a pitcher plant
Duration: 00:00:48
Published Date: 2012/12/19A Venezuelan pitcher plant uses wettable hairs to make insects slip into its deadly traps. An insect-trapping pitcher plant in Venezuela uses its downward pointing hairs to create a 'water slide' on which insects slip to their death, new research reveals. Hairs on plants, called trichomes, are typically used to repel water. However, the Cambridge researchers observed that the hairs on the inside -
Herbert Gintis, Darwin and modern science, Thu 9 July
Duration: 00:30:11
Published Date: 2009/10/12Towards the unification of the behavioural sciences Professor Herbert Gintis (New Mexico, USA / Budapest, Hungary) Summary: Despite their distinct objects of study, the human behavioural sciences all include models of individual human behaviour. Unity in the behavioural sciences requires that there be a common underlying model of individual human behaviour, specialized and enriched to meet the -
Growing up Insecure
Duration: 01:02:00
Published Date: 2021/04/03What are the long-term mental health implications of growing up in an era defined by insecurity and rapid change? This panel discussion will look at the impact not just of the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic aftermath on young people's wellbeing, but of other pre-existing factors affecting their mental health. Go to www.slido.com and enter code C277 to chat about the event. Dr Duncan Astle, -
Finding Malaria's Weak Spot
Duration: 00:00:54
Published Date: 2013/02/06A ground-breaking imaging system to track malarial infection of blood cells in real time has been created by researchers at the University of Cambridge. Malaria is caused by Plasmodium falciparum parasites transmitted to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes. The researchers have focused on a mysterious step in the life cycle of the parasite occurring inside the infected human's -
The Silver Standard: Solving a medieval money mystery
Duration: 00:07:08
Published Date: 2024/04/09Discover more here: https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/medieval-money-mystery-solved What have the Eastern Romans ever done for us? Historians have theorised that bullion from the Byzantine Empire fuelled Europe’s revolutionary adoption of silver coins in the mid-seventh century. Now laser ablation analysis on surviving Anglo-Saxon silver 'pennies' has provided scientific proof that this was the case -
When real men wore feathers
Duration: 00:06:26
Published Date: 2019/02/14Ostrich feathers are often associated with glamorous women but this wasn’t always the case. In the sixteenth century, it was Europe’s men who spearheaded this trend. Now, a forgotten moment in fashion history has been brought back to life by the recreation of a lavish headdress worn by Matthäus Schwarz, a 24-year-old German fashionista in 1521. Led by historian, Professor Ulinka Rublack (St -
Dr Lisa Jardine-Wright - Department of Physics
Duration: 00:04:37
Published Date: 2017/06/30Cambridge University has produced a series of films about five of this year’s Pilkington Prize winners. These films go behind the scenes to show Cambridge teaching in action as well as inviting winners to explain their passion for teaching and reveal some of their trade secrets. The films feature Lecturer in German Thought, Martin Ruehl; Physics Lecturer Lisa Jardine-Wright; Sociologist Mónica -
Risk, Security and Terrorism
Duration: 01:00:24
Published Date: 2010/02/26Part of the Darwin College Lecture Series 2010. Social scientists tell us we now live that we live in a world risk society. But what does this really mean and what, if anything, do environmental risks, health risks, and natural disasters have in common with those posed by terrorism? When we move from the natural world to human threats are we still dealing with hard science or are we in the realm
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