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11 May 2018: The results of the feedback have shown that there has been strong support in general for the proposals. ... This masterplan, which sets out general development parameters, will be followed by full planning applications that provide more detail around

8 May 2018: In a meeting of the Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) on Friday 27 April, representatives of Universities UK (UUK) and the University and College Union (UCU) agreed to withdraw their earlier proposal, dated January 23, to make the Universities

17 Oct 2018: This platform engages a data-driven approach to materials discovery whereby the team will apply the latest advances in artificial intelligence (see ‘spotlight on AI’ news), to systematically predict new chemical

22 Mar 2018: Winton Group is pleased to announce the inaugural winners of the Winton Exoplanet Fellowship programme: Dr Cassandra Hall, a postdoctoral research associate in theoretical astrophysics at the University of Leicester; and Dr Edward Gillen, a

27 Mar 2018: Azim Surani is the Director of Germline and Epigenetics Research at the Wellcome Trust/ Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute.

3 Dec 2018: The Genetics Society has announced Dr Giles Yeo, of the Cambridge University Metabolic Research Laboratories and MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, as winner of their centenary year JBS Haldane Lecture. The lecture will be given at the Royal Institution,

22 Jan 2018: Professor Thomson is a Professor in Experimental Particle Physics based at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge and has an extensive background researching high energy particle physics, and will take over from STFC Chief Executive Brian

16 Jan 2018: EU-wide agencies and collaborative projects, access to research funding post-Brexit, and changes to the general regulatory environment.

15 Jan 2018: "Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of the Jonathan and Jennifer Oppenheimer Foundation we are delighted to announce Professor Paul Lane as the inaugural Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Professor of the Deep History and Archaeology of Africa,” said

21 Sep 2018: The Today programme comes to Cambridge as part of its series of live broadcasts from universities across the country. The Cambridge show will be presented by Justin Webb and broadcast live from the Old Divinity School in St John’s College. Members

26 Jun 2018: The following briefing on USS has been prepared by the University’s Pensions Working Group in consultation with Cambridge UCU. It was sent as an email to all staff on Tuesday 26 June.

8 May 2018: Dr Allen takes up her new role, as Chief Operating Officer of the University Library Services, on 15 May. Colleagues from across the University gathered in the Old Schools Combination Room last Thursday to pay tribute to her achievements as Head of

17 Jul 2018: On Friday 13 July, an open meeting held at the Jean Thomas Lecture Theatre in the Sanger Building, Department of Biochemistry, gave staff the chance to hear the latest in the USS pension discussion. Professor Richard Farndale, UCU pensions

11 Jan 2018: I’m fascinated by complexity and I enjoy a challenge. Cambridge is a great place that’s done an awful lot for me. I see my role as Pro-Vice-Chancellor as having had the chance to make a major contribution to its future. Change has to happen.

16 Feb 2018: These FAQs were updated on 9 March 2018. Staff who are members of USS will be aware of proposals to change the future benefit structure of the scheme. The University appreciates the widespread concern that these proposed changes have raised, and

7 Sep 2018: This briefing about a consultation for members of USS (and for those staff eligible to join the scheme) has been prepared by the Pensions Working Group in consultation with Cambridge UCU. Members of USS should be aware of the contribution increases

17 Dec 2018: An open meeting was held last week to inform staff how the University is preparing for the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. The meeting provided an opportunity for staff to hear updates and discuss important issues with the

21 May 2018: On Thursday 17 May, an open meeting held in the Babbage Lecture Theatre gave staff a chance to hear more about national developments around the disputed 2017 valuation of USS, and to put questions to a panel. Speakers identified some of the problems

22 Mar 2018: The University has published its Gender Pay Gap report. Pro-active work in recent years has contributed to a reduction in the pay gap year-on-year, but it is not closing as fast as we would like. The Vice-Chancellor has joined with other senior

10 Apr 2018: Staff are encouraged to complete the training before 25 May 2018 when the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force.