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Through the cold | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/general-news/through-the-cold17 Jun 2013: Objects and Journeys is a new exhibition of work by artist Professor Paul Coldwell exploring Scott’s final expedition and how it might be possible to re-imagine aspects of the tragic final journey through the objects he left behind. The prints and -
Joanna Simpson | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/appointments/joanna-simpson20 May 2013: Joanna Simpson has been appointed to the new post of Head of Environment and Energy at the University. She provides strategic direction to the University and is responsible for developing and implementing long-term plans to reduce the University’s -
Wheel good deal | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/wheel-good-deal31 Jan 2013: In a cycle-savvy place such as Cambridge, many of us who can cycle to work are doing so. The 2007 University Travel Survey showed that 39 per cent of employees use a bike to get work, compared with a national average of 19 per cent of all workers. -
Art for Syria | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/general-news/art-for-syria18 Mar 2013: The exhibition will feature exclusive recent works, and will raise money for Syrian mothers and their families. Excavating the Present will run from 22 March to 7 April at the 6/16 Gallery in King Street, Cambridge. It combines X-ray images of the -
Mr Tim Knox | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/appointments/mr-tim-knox20 Feb 2013: Mr Knox is currently Director of the Sir John Soane’s Museum in London where he has been since 2005. He studied History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, and was appointed Assistant Curator at the Royal Institute of British Architects -
Porters’ blues | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/porters-blues31 Jan 2013: “Two American students called us at half-past two in the morning to ask us to remove a spider from their room.” “Several years ago, a part-time porter – who has since moved on to pastures new – put up our college flag. The only problem was -
Joanne Martindale | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/appointments/joanne-martindale22 May 2013: She takes up her new role on 26 June 2013 and brings with her a wealth of experience in health research – both in industry and academia. She has senior administration and project management experience and joins the Research Operations Office from -
Focus on promotion | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/general-news/focus-on-promotion15 May 2013: The University’s Senior Academic Promotions CV Scheme will be launched at the start of July and is looking for participants. The scheme aims to address the under-representation of female academics in senior positions by encouraging and supporting -
Lending a helping hand | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/lending-a-helping-hand31 Jan 2013: Most of us have an extremely narrow view of disability. Asked what springs immediately to mind when imagining a person with a disability, most people come up with the same answers: someone using a wheel chair or a guide dog. This response neatly -
Roger Taylor | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/appointments/roger-taylor20 May 2013: Mr Taylor will retain his current position at the North West Cambridge Development, devoting approximately 25 per cent of his time to work there and 75 per cent to the Estate Management Division. He will be supported in both roles by two new posts -
Support for postdocs | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/general-news/support-for-postdocs14 Mar 2013: Getting Connected: insights and opportunities for research staff will take place on 20 March in the University Centre. This is no run-of-the-mill induction event detailing the finer points of contracts, policies and benefits. Instead, attendees will -
Learn while you earn | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/learn-while-you-earn31 Jan 2013: If you have used one of the University’s 280 lifts recently, there is a strong chance that you got to where you were going, quickly and safely, thanks to either Lee Hilsden or Scott Herrington. Lee and Scott work as part of a small team in Estate -
The cost of success | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/general-news/the-cost-of-success2 May 2013: X5, the new full economic cost and pricing tool for research grant applications, has been launched across the University, replacing the pFACT system, which reverts to read-only access on 1 August. It is an essential tool for the research community, -
Dr Beverley Glover | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/appointments/dr-beverley-glover20 Feb 2013: Dr Glover, currently Reader in Evolution and Development in the Department of Plant Sciences, said: “The Botanic Garden is a central and much-loved part of both the University and the wider community, and I am very much looking forward to working -
The centre of attraction | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/the-centre-of-attraction31 Jan 2013: 1) Bring a friend - or several Membership to the University Centre is free to all current University employees, students, alumni, CamCard holders and retired staff, which makes it handy to grab lunch or a drink with your co-workers. But members are -
Women to the fore | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/general-news/women-to-the-fore4 Mar 2013: Sigrid Fisher, Head of the Equality & Diversity section at the University, said: "As we see in the news all too often, women face challenging times professionally, economically and socially, both in -
Professor Didier Queloz | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/appointments/professor-didier-queloz20 Feb 2013: Professor Queloz said: “I am delighted to be moving to Cambridge. It is a real honour for me to join a University that has been the home and source of inspiration to so many great scientists.” Extra-solar system planets, or exoplanets, were -
Nothing like a dame | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/nothing-like-a-dame31 Jan 2013: The Female Tatler was in circulation for just nine months after it was started in July 1709 as a rival to its more famous male namesake. It was clearly a trailblazer for the plethora of similar, modern-day glossy publications such as Cosmopolitan -
Clinical research in focus | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/general-news/clinical-research-in-focus8 May 2013: Gathering Light, which opens tomorrow at the ArtCell Gallery in the Li Ka Shing Centre at the Cambridge Research Institute, captures the unique relationship between patient and doctor, and the hope and human spirit wrapped up in research projects. -
Professor Ottoline Leyser | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/appointments/professor-ottoline-leyser20 Feb 2013: Professor Leyser, formerly Associate Director of the Laboratory and also Professor of Plant Development at the Department of Plant Sciences, said: “This is a really exciting time to be a plant biologist. We have an impressive array of tools and -
The global university | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/the-global-university25 Sep 2013: These three key aspects of global engagement – partnership, opportunity and risk – are explored in more detail in a paper approved last term by the General Board and the Council of the -
Meet the past next week | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/general-news/meet-the-past-next-week2 Aug 2013: Cambridge's collections are opening up for a week of family-oriented activities next week as part of Summer at the Museums. Participating University museums include the Fitzwilliam, the Polar, the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the Sedgwick -
Environmental issues prioritised | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/environmental-issues-prioritised20 May 2013: The Environment and Energy Section will co-locate the currently separate Environment and Energy offices, and make a number of new appointments to support carbon reduction across the University. Led by Joanna Simpson, the team will work closely with -
Homerton welcomes new Principal | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/appointments/homerton-welcomes-new-principal4 Oct 2013: Professor Ward was Vice Principal for Students and Staff at Royal Holloway College, where he previously served as Dean of Arts. Prior to that he was Professor of English and Head of Department at the University of Dundee before taking on the role of -
Science Festival returns | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/general-news/science-festival-returns13 Feb 2013: A quick glance through the programme reveals some exciting highlights: Professor John Gurdon, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, will discuss his research and the future of cell replacement; Professors Andy Parker and Val -
Tune in, switch off | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/tune-in-switch-off-01 Feb 2013: As well as being home to a world-leading university, Cambridge can lay claim to being the UK’s capital of cycling, and in February a new velocipede arrives in the city. Looking like a cross between a gym bike and a unicycle, it should get staff -
Academy of Medical Sciences Success | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/general-news/academy-of-medical-sciences-success24 May 2013: They join a fellowship of the world's most eminent experts. The distinguished individuals are: Professor David Ron, Professor of Cellular Pathophysiology and Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge. David Ron is a physician-scientist studying -
Profile: historical fiction writer Liz Cruwys | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/profile-historical-fiction-writer-liz-cruwys1 Feb 2013: On a fine morning in 1996 Liz Cruwys, a marine biologist, cycled from the Scott Polar Research Institute to Heffers book shop on Trinity Street. There on a table in the crime fiction section lay a pile of freshly delivered copies of A Plague on Both -
Spotlight on: the Disability Resource Centre | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/spotlight-on-the-disability-resource-centre15 May 2013: Being located in the Academic Division puts the DRC at the heart of educational policy development (it reports to the Equality and Diversity Standing Committee of the General Board’s Education -
On the shoulders of volunteers | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/on-the-shoulders-of-volunteers31 Jan 2013: The Newsletter regularly covers major scientific, technical and medical advances made by Cambridge researchers: results are described; methods mentioned; academics quoted; and funders name-checked. But what about the subjects – those anonymised -
So much stuff, so little space | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/so-much-stuff-so-little-space1 Feb 2013: Hoarding seems a basic human trait. Most of us set aside a kitchen drawer for string and curtain hooks and other objects that might one day come in handy. A few lucky souls unearth dusty relics in the attic that turn out to be unexpectedly valuable. -
Inside the Colleges | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/inside-the-colleges31 Jan 2013: Keeping Jesus green Allan Moore dresses for work in a charcoal fleece with “Jesus College Groundsman” embroidered in two lines over his heart, and clean jeans and mud splattered work boots. On this day in January, the weather is windy and damp, -
Just the waves for company | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/just-the-waves-for-company1 Feb 2013: Each morning hundreds of undergraduates pour into the Mill Lane Lecture Rooms. Many exchange a friendly smile with Ivan Waghorn, custodian of the building. None, however, are likely to be aware of the extraordinary series of events that took place -
New head of the University Counselling Service for students | For…
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/general-news/new-head-of-the-university-counselling-service-for-students12 Sep 2013: As a member of the executive of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy University and College Division, and the Chair of the Executive Committee of Heads of University Counselling Services, Géraldine has a deep understanding of -
New senior post to support post-doc community | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/appointments/new-senior-post-to-support-post-doc-community18 Sep 2013: Professor Abell, who will work part time in the post and draw on the help of a small Post-Doctoral Affairs Office, will champion the cause of post-docs at Cambridge and work with a range of offices and groups to develop a coordinated network of -
Profile: ecologist Dr Henry Disney | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/profile-ecologist-dr-henry-disney1 Feb 2013: Ulcerating lesions, botched burglaries and mysterious, blood-sucking flies – Dr Henry Disney’s passion for an order of winged insects has taken him from courtrooms to tropical rainforests, where his meticulous attention to detail has solved -
Colleges and University: a complex relationship | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/colleges-and-university-a-complex-relationship31 Jan 2013: Cambridge is a multifaceted, multi-layered structure that has developed organically over eight centuries. Perhaps the easiest way of understanding it is to look at the functions of the College and University, how they differ and how they overlap. -
All aboard the brain train | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/all-aboard-the-brain-train12 Nov 2013: Next stop: Cambridge. So read the placards and banners when a group of transport campaigners gathered in Priory Country Park, Bedford, on a Saturday in June. Their plan was to walk the seven-and-a-half miles to the Market Square in Sandy, -
Profile: College boatman Paul Knights | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/profile-college-boatman-paul-knights1 Feb 2013: In the early mornings, during term time, the River Cam experiences its very own rush hour. Scores of rowers in dozens of eights from the more than 30 college boat clubs descend on the narrow ribbon of water that winds its way from Jesus Green to -
Development and alumni relations leadership team appointed | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/general-news/development-and-alumni-relations-leadership-team-appointed22 Aug 2013: The University’s Development and Alumni Relations office has put in place a new senior leadership team to take the University’s philanthropic agenda to its next and most ambitious stage. The team is led by Alison Traub, who joined Cambridge in -
Discover: John Speed's maps at the UL | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/discover-john-speeds-maps-at-the-ul31 Jan 2013: Variously described as “charming”, “decorative” and “a supreme achievement in British map-making”, John Speed’s Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine is more than a map – it is a slice of Tudor and Jacobean life in miniature. The -
Profile: palaeontologist Dr Kenneth McNamara | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/profile-palaeontologist-dr-kenneth-mcnamara1 Feb 2013: The frontispiece of Worthington George Smith's 1894 book The Primaeval Savage is as striking today as it must have appeared over 100 years ago. Lying on her back, knees bent to form a lap, the skeleton's head and torso are turned down and to the -
Profile: graduate student Samuel Wilberforce | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/profile-graduate-student-samuel-wilberforce31 Jan 2013: DeHigh up in a shiny glass building on the New Museums Site, materials scientist Samuel Wilberforce bends over a machine that makes small grey shapes, roughly the size of a teaspoon. He is working on the next generation of bone implant substitutes -
Support for returning carers | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/general-news/support-for-returning-carers16 Jul 2013: A new scheme to support the career development of research and academic staff who are going on, or have returned from, caring responsibilities has been launched. The Returning Carers Scheme offers funding to assist qualifying staff who have had a -
New Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) appointed | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/appointments/new-pro-vice-chancellor-education-appointed19 Dec 2013: Professor Graham Virgo has been appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education. He will take up position in October 2014. The Pro-Vice Chancellors support the work of the Vice-Chancellor, providing academic leadership to the University and work in -
Blood on the Rex | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/blood-on-the-rex31 Jan 2013: An example of this came in 969, when the Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II was slain in his bedroom by his wife Theophano and his chief general, John Tzimiskes. -
'On migration and belonging': Dr Jennifer Barnes to deliver…
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/general-news/on-migration-and-belonging-dr-jennifer-barnes-to-deliver-university-sermon28 Oct 2013: The Lady Margaret's Preachership was founded in 1504 by Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII. Since the Nineteenth Century, when the terms of the foundation were revised, the appointment has been made annually, and it is now the duty of -
David Mackay appointed Regius Professor of Engineering | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/appointments/david-mackay-appointed-regius-professor-of-engineering8 Apr 2013: Professor David MacKay has been appointed Regius Professor of Engineering at the University. An eminent researcher in machine learning and information theory, and a Fellow of the Royal Society, Professor MacKay is perhaps better known to the public -
From the archives: Interview with the Vice-Chancellor | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/from-the-archives-interview-with-the-vice-chancellor31 Jan 2013: Vice-Chancellor, what do you consider to be the main challenges facing Cambridge? The first thing to stress is that Cambridge is an incredibly successful institution. We are the best University academically in Europe. We are well managed financially -
Progressing gender equality | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/general-news/progressing-gender-equality17 Jun 2013: The University of Cambridge should be open with data that relate to the recruitment, progression and retention of female academics to stimulate genuine progress on gender equality, the Vice-Chancellor said last week. “Straightforward statistics
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