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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

16 Jul 2021: Mike will provide leadership and strategic direction to policy development and service delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate outreach, access, recruitment, admissions services and participation.

29 Apr 2021: Dr Munir is a Reader in Strategy and Policy at the Judge Business School, and is Academic Director at the Centre for Strategic Philanthropy. He is a University Race and Inclusion Champion, and is a Fellow of Homerton College. In his role as

6 Oct 2021: Journals published by Elsevier are among the most read and published-in at the University of Cambridge but are also consistently the most paywalled of all publications, and the most expensive in which to publish. Current members of the University of

11 Mar 2021: The Regent House is the largest decision-making body in the University, and the embodiment of the University as a democratic institution. Membership of the Regent House confers the right to approve the acts or decisions of the University (such

17 Mar 2021: The role of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Strategy and Planning is to support and strengthen the academic mission of the University through overseeing the distribution of resources, including the capital programme, and coordinating academic strategy

30 Jun 2021: It was announced last month that Dr Kamal Munir will take up the post of Pro-Vice-Chancellor for University Community and Engagement on 1 October 2021, succeeding Professor Eilís Ferran who is currently Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Institutional and