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9 Dec 2015: The strategy introduces the idea of having ‘digital champions’, individuals identified by the General Board’s Education Committee, who will promote ways for staff to complement their teaching through digital learning.

20 Jan 2015: Academic wins the "Oscar" of the legal world.

2 Jul 2015: The first half of the meeting was given over to a presentation by Professor Steve Young on the current priorities and challenges facing the University. As many of you will know, Professor Young is coming to the end of his term as Senior Pro-Vice

27 May 2015: Dr Rachel Oliver from the Cambridge Centre for Gallium Nitride has received a prestigious RAEng/Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Engineering.

18 Sep 2015: An innovative free online physics resource aimed at students and teachers has been shortlisted in the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2015. The Isaac Physics project was developed in Cambridge in response to concerns that A Level physics

29 Apr 2015: Professor Lalita Ramakrishnan announced as one of 84 new members of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.

27 Oct 2015: A summary of the previous open meeting, which took place in June, is available in the staff news section.

6 Nov 2015: Dr John Rudge (Department of Earth Sciences), Dr Suchitra Sebastian (Department of Physics), and Dr Renaud Gagné (Faculty of Classics) have been awarded Philip Leverhulme Prizes in recognition of their outstanding research work.

22 Jan 2015: Jesus College has replaced three male portraits with the work of French artist Agnès Thurnauer, portraying defiant images of women as part of a ground-breaking exhibition. The portraits, which appropriate Manet’s striking images of female

29 Apr 2015: Cambridge team comes second in a major global business competition that features thousands of entrants from all over the world.

30 Sep 2015: With the national Liftshare week being celebrated from October 5 the University is offering even more incentive for staff to share their car trips to work. The University provides staff with a totally free-to-use car-sharing website which shows

30 Oct 2015: Fingerprint scanner tech firm gets £250K grant from DFID

13 Feb 2015: The 12th Annual Disability Lecture called Laughter as a Catalyst for Change will be given by Jess Thom. The lecture is an opportunity to hear Jess talk about the often misunderstood neurological condition, Tourette's Syndrome, which causes

9 Sep 2015: The prestigious Rosetrees Trust Interdisciplinary Prize 2015 has been awarded to Professor Sir Mark Welland and Professor Andres Floto for research on tuberculosis drug treatments.

18 Nov 2015: Professor Steve Jackson, Head of Cancer Research UK Labs and Senior Group Leader at the Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, has been awarded the Gagna A. & Ch. Van Heck Prize 2015 in Belgium, "for his cardinal contributions related to cell

2 Jul 2015: Professor John Barrow, Professor Judith Driscoll and Professor Henning Sirringhaus have been awarded medals in the 2015 Institute of Physics awards.

16 Apr 2015: Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that Jules Griffin has received an Agilent Thought Leader Award in recognition of his work in lipidomics.

18 Feb 2015: The Reverend Professor Alister McGrath is to preach the Hulsean Sermon on Sunday, 1 March in the University Church, Great St Mary's, at 11.15 a.m. The Hulsean Sermon, to be preached on The Truth and Excellence of Revealed Religion, or the Evidence

11 Mar 2015: The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society are awarding the 2015 John Dystel Prize for MS Research to Alastair Compston, MBBS, PhD, Professor of Neurology at the University of Cambridge.

16 Apr 2015: Professor Ross Anderson FRS FREng has been named as the recipient of the 2015 BCS Lovelace Medal awarded by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. The award is presented annually to individuals who, in the opinion of BCS, have made a significant