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The Cambridge African Caribbean Society went viral last year when 14 black students posed for a photograph at St John's College. One year on find out more about some of the people behind the photo that got everybody talking about perception, representation and diversity. UPDATE: Peter's Twitter handle is now @PeterFasholaUyi and his name is Peter Fashola-Uyi. Also, hear Ore challenge more

This is the first in a series of three films about four people ‘Leaving Prison in Faith’. Dr Ruth Armstrong meets a Christian man and a Muslim man as they prepare to leave HMPYOI Feltham in London and a Christian woman and a Muslim woman as they prepare to leave HMPYOI Styal. In these films you meet the four protagonists of the films in their prison cells and hear of their hopes for themselves

Prior to the 2015 general election, the Conservative Party undertook in its manifesto to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 and to enact a British Bill of Rights. In this video, Mark Elliott addresses three key questions raised by these proposals: First, what lies behind the desire of some politicians to secure the Human Rights Act’s repeal? Second, how might a British Bill of Rights differ from

Cambridge Festival of Ideas explores new and original thinking on some of the most pressing issues of the day. The aim of the Festival is to fuel people’s interest in arts, humanities and social sciences through a series of events ranging from talks, debates and film screenings to exhibitions and comedy nights. Of the over 250 events at the Festival, most are free. www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk/

A Cambridge University archaeologist, along with two other researchers in Guernsey, has uncovered a previously unseen archive featuring the testimonies of people who were deported to German prison camps during World War II. The project they are working on aims to document the history of protest and resistance in the Channel Islands. She described the collection as: "the single most important

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Deborah Prentice, marked the start of the new academic year this morning by giving her annual address to the University community in the Senate House. Read more about Professor Prentice's speech to the University of Cambridge: https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/people-climate-and-a-national-role-for-cambridge-are-a-focus-of-vice-chancellors-first-annual

Sander van der Linden has a nickname: Cambridge’s professor of “defence against the dark arts”. His team works with governments and organisations such as Google to find ways to fight against misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories. Watch Sander explain his radical idea: that people can be “inoculated” against falling for fake news. Want to be involved in the research?

To learn more, and find out if you're eligible, click here: http://bit.ly/CambridgeFoundationYear The Cambridge Foundation Year is free to students, who will come from a range of backgrounds, including: care-leavers, those estranged from their families, and those who have missed significant periods of learning because of health issues. Others will be people who have been unable to access suitable

Cambridge research that will enable scientists to grow and study embryos in the lab for almost two weeks has been named as the People’s Choice for Science magazine’s ‘Breakthrough of the Year 2016’. Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz at the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience has developed a new technique that allows embryos to develop in vitro, in the absence of

In 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