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22 Jan 2021: A brand new, exciting festival for Cambridge replaces the hugely popular Science Festival and Festival of Ideas. The Cambridge Festival will host an extensive series of free, online events between 26 March to 4 April this year. The Festival's

2 Apr 2021: Homerton College has announced the election of Lord Woolley of Woodford as its next Principal. Lord Woolley will succeed Professor Geoffrey Ward on 1 October 2021. Simon Woolley is the Founding Director of Operation Black Vote (OBV), the

3 Mar 2021: USS recently announced that the cost of preserving the current level of benefits provided by the pension scheme has risen significantly – from 30.7% of salary to between 56% and 42% of salary. USS is mid-way through its latest triennial valuation,

22 Jul 2021: The award was won for a joint paper "From shelter to emancipation: how disabled workers found their own voice through identity work" by Prof. Shaz Ansari (pictured) and Patricia Hein.

14 Oct 2021: University CFO Anthony Odgers, also a member of the USS joint negotiating committee, explains in five steps how we got here and what the University is doing on USS.

2 Feb 2021: This page is about the 2017 valuation of USS, which is now completed. See the latest news about USS. For definitions of terms used on these pages, see this glossary. A brief history of the 2017 valuation The 2017 valuation projected a significant

4 Aug 2021: The ninth year of Green Impact at the University of Cambridge was launched, completed, and celebrated, during a world pandemic. Despite the challenges posed by COVID-19, the University is immensely proud to announce that 47 teams have achieved a

13 May 2021: He held a number of legal and non-legal roles earlier in his career including at the Home Office, the Attorney General’s Office and the Department for Work and Pensions.

8 Nov 2021: Research by Professor Raghavendra Rau of the Cambridge Judge Business School tests USS assumptions on returns against the historical record since 1900. His modelling, based on historical data, suggests USS would have enough money to meet pensions

23 Aug 2021: Professor Sir Stephen O’Rahilly FRS FMedSci and Professor Sadaf Farooqi FRS FMedSci from The Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science at the University of Cambridge have been jointly awarded the 2022 Croonian Medal of the Royal Society “for

14 Apr 2021: The awards Personal and Professional Development (PPD) is proud to announce the launch of the University of Cambridge Apprenticeship Awards 2021. These awards recognise and celebrate the growth of apprenticeships and their positive contribution to

5 May 2021: Instead, it asks some more general questions about the scheme’s affordability and what might make it work better for a larger number of eligible staff.

30 Jul 2021: "The Power of Being Divisive: Understanding Negative Social Evaluations" (Stanford University Press, 2020) named runner up for the George R. Terry Book Award

27 Apr 2021: What is a pension and why does it matter? A pension is a way of saving for retirement, which everyone should do to have a comfortable life after they stop working.

26 Mar 2021: employers. UUK will now consult with participating employers on some of the key challenges facing the scheme and further updates will be provided on this and other news in future bulletins.

19 Oct 2021: Dr Sam Stranks, from the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, has been awarded the 2021 Philip Leverhulme Prize in Physics in recognition of his work’s “international impact” and “exceptionally promising” future career.

1 Sep 2021: While agreement has not been reached between UCEA and the trade unions, UCEA have advised that implementation of the draft pay settlement, effective from 1 August 2021, may proceed. Stipends and salaries of certain University staff require the

9 Jul 2021: This information was emailed to USS members at Cambridge on 9 July 2021 via the USS bulletin In its response to a recent short consultation from UUK, the University has indicated that it would accept additional measures for covenant support

11 Feb 2021: The University has today announced two new funds to support staff whose career development has been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is also providing extra funding for contribution rewards for assistant staff in Grades 1-5. The

10 Dec 2021: Sharon Peacock, Professor of Public Health and Microbiology in the Department of Medicine, and Executive Director of the COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium, has been awarded the MRC Millennium Medal 2021.

29 Oct 2021: The message below was sent to members and eligible members of USS on Tuesday 26 October via the USS bulletin. Notice of thes statutory consultation was then emailed to members and eligible members on Friday 29 October.

25 Mar 2021: The University has published its Gender Pay Gap report for 2019-2020. Since 2019 the overall median pay gap for the University Group as a whole, which includes Cambridge University Press and the Local Examinations Syndicate (part of Cambridge

16 Sep 2021: Two Cambridge Earth Scientists have been awarded UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships to help them develop innovative research projects.

13 Sep 2021: Dear colleagues, As I wrote in my message of 3 September, the USS joint negotiating committee (JNC) – the body responsible for agreeing what changes may need to be made to your pension – voted to take forward UUK’s proposal for benefit reform

6 Oct 2021: The new site highlights the benefits ourcambridge has delivered, as well as providing news and updates.

29 Oct 2021: Marco Travaglio, a PhD student in the School of Biological Sciences, has been selected as the graduate winner of this year's AAAS Science & Human Rights Coalition: 2021 Student Essay Competition

1 Apr 2021: The University's Let's Talk Transport campaign launches today and is your chance to join the conversation about what's stopping staff travelling more sustainably. Whether you have specific circumstances which don't fit with sustainable travel options

29 Oct 2021: In September, the USS Trustee consulted UUK (as the employer representative) on a Schedule of Contributions, Recovery Plan and Statement of Funding Principles. These documents form part of the formal completion of the 2020 valuation, capturing the

5 May 2021: The Legal Services team were runners-up to Astra Zeneca in the Cambridgeshire Law Society Legal Excellence Awards 2021.

6 Apr 2021: Since March 2020, many staff have had to adapt to new modes of working that include working remotely from home and using digital platforms more frequently. Even before the pandemic led to many staff working from home, staff spent many hours working

11 Mar 2021: The pandemic has had a distinctly uneven effect on workloads across the University. Some people and institutions are contending with much more work than before, in some cases including whole new areas such as centralised procurement and distribution

6 Apr 2021: Professor Sah is KPMG Professor of Management Studies at the Judge Business School in Cambridge.

30 Jul 2021: Built in 1959, the Sidgwick Lecture Block is one of the University’s principal teaching hubs, used by many faculties and departments and for examinations. It has been known to be in poor condition for some years, and recent surveys by the Estates

6 Apr 2021: Professor Sunita Sah has been included on a list of the most influential scholars in the field of responsible business.

26 Feb 2021: Dr Martin Vinnell (pictured), Director of Occupational Health and Safety at the University, has been speaking to a number of institutions about his views on mental health and lockdown. He believes it is important to accept the difficulties staff are

16 Apr 2021: Cambridge neuroscientist Professor Giovanna Mallucci has been awarded the 2021 Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's and Related Diseases, together with Professor Kenneth Kosik, from the University of California Neuroscience Research

22 Apr 2021: The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Stephen Toope, is the new Chair of the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU), succeeding former President Gonokami of the University of Tokyo. Created in 2006, the Alliance consists of eleven of the

19 May 2021: Dr Chiara Giorio in the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry has been awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Early Career Award in Environment, Sustainability & Energy for her role in the discovery of how systemic pesticides harm honeybees.

20 Jan 2021: Dear colleagues, In November 2019, the University's commitment to address systemic racism was acknowledged with an Advance HE Race Equality Charter (REC) Bronze award. The University’s REC submission openly acknowledged that there are

14 Jun 2021: The University’s Research Communications team has received Gold and Silver awards for content described as ‘top-notch’ and ‘deceptively simple’ in the international CASE Circle of Excellence Awards.

28 May 2021: The University has submitted its response to a UUK employer consultation on the 2020 valuation. You can read the response on our website. USS announced earlier this year that the cost of preserving the current level of benefits provided by the

30 Jun 2021: The ceremony also celebrated the winners of the Technology-Enabled Learning Prize, awarded by Cambridge University Press. The event was hosted by Professor Graham Virgo, Senior Pro-Vice Chancellor (Education) and was introduced by the Vice-Chancellor

4 Nov 2021: The new University nursery for children of staff and students will open on 4 January 2022 and applications for places can be made from Monday 8 November 2021 at 11am through the Childcare Office website. The Chris Abell Day Nursery is named after

29 Jan 2021: The University's response can be read here [Raven login required]. In November 2020, the Office for Students published new proposals outlining how requirements of English universities’ quality and standards conditions (the B conditions) are

6 Oct 2021: An incident this morning (6 October) meant that UIS staff were unable to access Outlook. UIS believe that this issue is now resolved. If staff are still experiencing difficulties, please report it to the UIS Service Desk. If you tried emailing a UIS

26 Jan 2021: Liz Peace became Chair of the Property Board in November 2020, and Katherine Rodgers will take up the post of Director of Property Development on 1 February 2021. Together, they will be responsible for the University’s non-operational estate: that

8 Feb 2021: The Wellbeing Team at University Information Services (UIS) has created a short video showcasing staff talking about their lockdown experiences of mental health. The team discuss their wellbeing challenges in lockdown and how they try to cope,

13 Dec 2021: Professor Bhaskar Vira, a Fellow of Fitzwilliam College and Head of the Department of Geography, has been appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education for three years with effect from 1 October 2022. Bhaskar Vira studied economics and political

22 Jul 2021: Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith, a Fellow of Darwin College and Head of the Department of Genetics at the University, has been appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and International Partnerships for three years from 1 January 2022. She has been

8 Dec 2021: The approval of the Strategic Outline Case by the Department for Health and Social Care and NHS England & NHS Improvement provides backing for the CCRH scheme as part of the government’s commitment to build 40 new hospitals by 2030, with