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1 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

18 Sep 2013: Post-docs are our biggest group of employees at the University, and make a vital contribution to research and other activities – but they are also the most under-represented.

1 Feb 2013: Disney graduated from the University as an ecologist in 1962. Fifty years later, as a Senior Research Associate at the University Museum of Zoology, his enduring fascination with the Diptera – a ... Back in the 1960s, Disney was a medical entomologist

24 May 2013: Professor Jane Clarke, Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in Basic Biomedical Science and Professor of Molecular Biophysics, University of Cambridge. ... Her research is multidisciplinary, combining single molecule and ensemble biophysical techniques

31 Jan 2013: forum in which to present new research, and the chance to develop teaching expertise through supervisions. ... They are the Colleges’ unique contribution to research excellence. Facilities and pastoral support.

12 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,

12 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

1 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

31 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

1 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

31 Jan 2013: Samuel’s research involves up to five stages, each one requiring thousands of hours of meticulous testing and analysis. ... This research, and the skills Samuel has developed in carrying it out, are eminently transferable.

22 Aug 2013: Her experience in development research and analytics spans more than a decade, starting at the University of Bristol as Assistant Development Director in the Alumni Relations & Development Office, where she worked ... The Prospect Information and

19 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

16 Jul 2013: Search site. For staff. Support for returning carers. A new scheme to support the career development of research and academic staff who are going on, or have returned from, caring responsibilities

31 Jan 2013: His research interests revolve around two main areas: macro-level historical patterns of violence; and individual development and the causes and prevention of aggressive behaviour.

8 Apr 2013: The new post is designed to give an outstanding academic the opportunity to build on the Department of Engineering’s world-leading research in fields that address major, global challenges. ... ways. The department has highlighted energy, transport and

28 Oct 2013: A leading authority on the cultural history of opera and media, Jennifer Barnes has also contributed to the field of neuroscience through her research on neuroimaging and musicians.

31 Jan 2013: Can you explain your vision for research at Cambridge? There are two important aspects to research. ... Cambridge has got to go for transformative research if it is to stay successful.

17 Jun 2013: The Vice-Chancellor added that the University must do everything to ensure excellence in its research activities, and this included drawing from as wide a talent pool as possible.

1 Feb 2013: In research that sounds more science fiction than science fact, Dr Damian Crowther in the Department of Genetics has created a fly model of Alzheimer’s disease.

29 Apr 2013: The University is looking to help international students who want to stay in the UK after finishing their studies by endorsing them as part of the UK Border Agency’s Tier 1 (Graduate entrepreneur) scheme. The Graduate entrepreneur scheme was

31 Jan 2013: Perhaps if you’re a butler, having a locked cupboard in your office which opens up to reveal a hidden staircase is par for the course. In the case of Sara Rhodes, that staircase leads into the Trinity Hall Fellows’ wine cellar. Keeping track of

3 May 2013: The distinguished individuals are: Professor Jon Crowcroft, Marconi Professor of Communications Systems, Computer Laboratory Jon Crowcroft is distinguished for his many seminal contributions to the development of the internet. His work on satellite

31 Jan 2013: From rugby to real tennis Tall and powerfully built, diabetes researcher and clinician Dr Mark Evans looks like he would be more comfortable charging down an oval ball on a rugby pitch than chasing a dense, cloth-covered one around a real tennis

28 Mar 2013: There were many high-calibre proposals, but some would require further investigation and may instead be considered as research projects under the Living Laboratory for Sustainability, where students can get involved ... in research projects focusing on

31 Jan 2013: Programme at the Scott Polar Research Institute.

24 Apr 2013: The University will confer honorary doctorates at the Congregation at 2.45pm on Tuesday, 18 June 2013, at which the Chancellor, Lord Sainsbury of Turville, will preside. The distinguished individuals the University is expecting to honour are: Doctor

31 Jan 2013: Every year, thousands of tourists flock to Cambridge to marvel at the stunning architecture of University and college buildings. So it won’t be surprising to learn that some of these buildings are studied by students and scholars of architecture

26 Feb 2013: His principal research interest is in legal history - in particular, ancient law, post-Conquest English law, and comparative European legal history. ... Clare Hall was founded in 1966 as a centre for advanced study, bringing together research scholars of

26 Jul 2013: Students conduct crucial market research into the idea’s viability and, in the process, gain valuable industry contacts and business skills. ... Over a term, we assemble teams of seven students who work on a nominated University research project.

12 Sep 2013: The Cambridge Cancer Centre, a partnership of Cambridge University Hospitals, the University of Cambridge and Cancer Research UK and others, will be accredited today by the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes ... president Professor Wim van Harten

31 Jan 2013: News of the visitor’s arrival travelled fast, and thousands of sightseers set off by road and rail to see the monster.

6 Mar 2013: Energy savings are also good news for departmental budgets. The Energy Incentivisation Scheme means departments now have an allocated budget according to their energy needs: whatever they save can be used

16 Jul 2013: Standing, leaning back on their haunches, or kneeling on all fours, the white-suited figures behind yellow police tape appear to be searching for clues. But the mysterious team in the grounds of Jesus College is evidence not of crime, but of art.

15 Apr 2013: Members of the University have until this Friday to submit views to the review committee on the governance and management arrangements for sport within the University. The Council, at its meeting on 26 November last year, accepted the recommendation

13 Feb 2013: Lovers of classical music reading this will know that it is unusual to go to a piano recital and not hear a piece by Fryderyk Chopin. More than 200 years after his birth, Chopin is not only a household name, but also probably the most enduring

15 Jul 2013: Drawing on hours of research in Girton's archive, Swale based two of the characters, Dr Maudsley and Elizabeth Welsh, on historical figures, and was keen to show men's role

31 Jan 2013: A lot of our department’s research focuses on how children – including bilingual children – learn languages, but we can’t do that without talking to teachers and parents about what it ... As well as working with local schools, the Cambridge

8 Aug 2013: Search site. For staff. British Academy New Fellows 2013. Each year the Academy recognises academics for their outstanding research and work across the humanities and social sciences. ... helping select researchers and research projects for funding

1 Feb 2013: A journalist, he ran the Guernsey Underground News Service (GUNS) during the occupation. ... They then wrote up news from the Allied side and distributed it to their fellow islanders.

21 Nov 2013: For Cambridge, this provides the backing needed to expand an already vibrant cross-disciplinary research hub. ... Day-to-day operations take place at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.

19 Jun 2013: I probably got my job at Imperial on the strength of my research rather than my teaching ability, so I don’t know if STIMULUS really affected my life trajectory but

4 Dec 2013: world’s top research-led universities.”.

24 Oct 2013: Common themes showed that research is often conditionally welcomed, as is the participation of business. ... problems. Consultees also stressed regulation of emerging technologies as well as their use in research and innovation.

25 Feb 2013: Churchill College will be hosting a new exhibition of photographs by Sam Laughlin as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations. Architecture as Monument, which runs from 8-24 March, focuses on the modernist architecture of the College and its status

11 Sep 2013: Most famously, he asked: “Would you ask a mother what practical use her baby is?” when pressed on the practical use of complex research in the pure sciences. ... Amazingly, there are only two of us with science PhDs in the Commons, and I’m the only

5 Dec 2013: Search site. For staff. Professor of Stem Cell Medicine appointed. Robin Franklin’s research is a great example of how to go from a fundamental discovery in regenerative biology to a ... A key part of his role will be as Head of Translational Science

15 May 2013: schools for biomedical research centre and unit funding if the school held a silver Athena SWAN award. ... The awards therefore play a significant role in helping departments carry out research at the highest standards of international excellence and

19 Jun 2013: Wolfson College Cambridge has announced that the Wolfson Foundation, after which the College is named, has made a grant of £1.25 million for the College’s 50th anniversary campaign. The gift will transform the lives of students living and working

1 Feb 2013: On a Thursday evening in September 400 years ago, Simon Forman’s wife asked which of them would die first. Forman – at the time one of London’s best-known astrologers, occultists and physicians – replied that he would be dead within a week.