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Matt Coombes moved to Cambridge from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and quickly found a new family at his College and on his course. Fear of being away from home should never be a thing that puts people off, he says. Find out about applying to Cambridge: http://bit.ly/ApplyCambridge-M Matt is a Land Economy student at Homerton College. He went to Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy in Gateshead.

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/

As an anthropologist, Dr Hildegard Diemberger, from the University of Cambridge, has lived and worked with Tibetan communities in the Himalayas for many years. Here, she describes the unique relationship she frequently encountered between the people and their environment, particularly the snow-capped mountain peaks. The position of the snow-line on the mountains, for example, is often used as an

A snapshot of the Cambridge Science Festival 2012, which welcomed 35,000 people of all ages to 200 mostly free events from the 12 - 25 March. The Cambridge Science Festival is the largest free science festival in the UK, celebrating subjects from astronomy to zoology. Find out more at www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival

If you are thinking of applying to university and need some support, you may find some useful advice in a recent series of webinars hosted by the university, which you can see here: https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/events/care The talks brought together care leavers, foster parents and people in positions to help them.

The world's population will reach seven billion this year. Can the Earth sustain this many people and is reproductive freedom a fundamental liberty? What will the future hold for a crowded planet? In this film, Professor John Guillebaud, Population Matters; Sara Parkin, Forum for the Future; Fred Pearce, author of 'Peoplequake'; and Sir Tony Wrigley, Cambridge Group for the History of Population

Dr John Robb is an archaeologist and has been studying how people have understood the human body over the last 10,000 years. "It may seem surprising to think the human body has a history. We take it for granted it's a material thing, it's just there" Over time his research shows the body has been seen and portrayed in different ways: the body as an animal, the body politicised, God's body, the

The Casebooks Project makes the medical records of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, two of England's most popular seventeenth century astrologers, available online at https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk Researchers at the University of Cambridge are funded by the Wellcome Trust to make these documents, held in the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, publicly available. These records provide a

In this video, Gates Cambridge Alumna Dr Molly Fox discusses her research which suggests that people living in industrialised countries may be more likely to develop Alzheimer's. This points to what's known as the 'hygiene hypothesis', the theory that the greatly reduced contact with bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms in the developed world can lead to a weaker immune system and increased

Open Cambridge is part of the national Heritage Open Days scheme. Designed to offer special access to places that are normally closed to the public or charge admission. The initiative provides an annual opportunity for people to discover the local history and heritage of their community. This year's programme features a wonderful mixture of events, ranging from Tall Tales: secrets of the tower,