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25 Nov 2016: the latest news from within the higher education sector and key challenges facing collegiate Cambridge. ... Dr Nicholls also spoke of the challenges that higher education institutions are likely to face as a result of the reform outlined in the Higher

1 Jun 2016: Search site. For staff. Nursing Times Award for Clinical Research Nursing 2015 and upcoming publication of pioneering research model. ... volunteer-centric nursing model which aims to promote excellence in the delivery of research.

20 Sep 2016: It recognizes a career in innovation and enterprise, during which it has been an enormous pleasure to lead some extraordinarily talented teams of people in research, development and commercialization of advanced

27 Jun 2016: Andy Martin, Lecturer in the Department of French and author of 'Reacher Said Nothing: Lee Child and the Making of "Make Me"', has been awarded a Norman Mailer Nonfiction Fellowship.

17 Jul 2016: Rashmi Becker, PHD Researcher in the Department of Psychiatry is recognised for her 'Outstanding Contribution to Innovation' at the National Learning Disabilities and Autism Awards.

6 Nov 2016: Dr Siddharth Saxena has been recognised for his role in the preservation of ethnic and cultural traditions of the people of Central Asia and assistance in establishing international cultural cooperation.

13 Jan 2016: At a special Congregation in the Senate House, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, will admit His Excellency, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, to an honorary doctorate. The honorary degree of Doctor of Law

8 Jan 2016: Professor John Barrow (Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics) has been awarded the Gold Medal in astronomy in the Royal Astronomical Society's 2016 awards, medals and prizes.

22 Jul 2016: A formal consultation is taking place over the first set of proposals, which looks at improving travel along the A1307, creating better connections between Granta Park, the Babraham Research Campus and

8 Sep 2016: Search site. For staff. Christine Holt awarded 1 million prize for research on connection between eye and brain. ... The news has been reported by the New York Times and Associated Press.

10 Mar 2016: Professor Jane Stapleton FBA will become the 38th Master in September, succeeding Professor Frank Kelly CBE FRS, who has been Master since December 2006. Professor Stapleton is a distinguished academic lawyer who currently holds posts at the

7 Oct 2016: The Fairbank Prize honours the late John K. Fairbank, Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and director of the East Asian Research Center at Harvard University, and president of the Association

13 Sep 2016: any sector, either through research and development in their respective technical field or through their leadership of an enterprise. ... He is one of the most widely cited scholars in the world on two primary topics of research and has personally

24 May 2016: UK research and innovation. The HER Bill and White Paper sketch out a significant reorganisation of the architecture overseeing research funding and strategy . ... of funding” as between the functions of the seven discipline-focused Councils and the

18 Nov 2016: As much as 17 per cent of the University’s research income currently comes from the EU. ... Our commitment to Europe runs deeper than our access to research funding, or even the fundamental issue of student and staff mobility.

11 Oct 2016: The project - honoured in the research and digitisation category for its work between 2009 and 2013 - was led by Cambridge with contributors from the Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici, St Pölten ... Dr Baker added: “This is an award for arts based

14 Aug 2016: Hopwood’s research is wide-ranging, leading us confidently through the politics and practices of embryology as well as of book design, and raising pressing questions about the use and spread

13 Jun 2016: A research project led by Professor Ianthi Tsimpli, and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Department for International Development (DFID), will measure 1,600 children language, ... This research will explore how the

1 Oct 2016: Our commitment to Europe runs deeper than access to research funding, or the issue of student and staff mobility. ... He added: “Our commitment to Europe runs deeper than our access to research funding, or even the essential issue of student and staff

28 Sep 2016: A research project that found that informal carers experience a double disadvantage of poorer health-related quality of life and worse patient experience in primary care, compared to those without caring

6 Apr 2016: Dean of HM Chapel Royal in Scotland and Dean of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Professor Torrance is Pro-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen and was formerly Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

28 Oct 2016: Dr Paul Schofield, from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, is awarded the Ontology Alignment Evaluation Initiative prize.

12 Apr 2016: Search site. For staff. Getting started: information for new staff. 12 April 2016. 2024 University of Cambridge.

26 Jan 2016: The Lister Institute Research Prize Fellowships are one-off awards which seek to help support and nurture future leaders of biomedical research by providing £200,000 which may be used in ... any appropriate way to support the holder’s research over a

16 Feb 2016: Dedicated to modern and contemporary art, the gallery’s first exhibition is Generation Painting 1955-65: British Art from the Collection of Sir Alan Bowness. A former Director of the Tate Gallery, Bowness is an alumnus of Downing and his

19 Dec 2016: Team: European Team, Research Office. Given the additional pressures put on the European Team following the EU Referendum, they have performed remarkably and approved a record number of applications for European ... Research Council funding this year.

5 May 2016: The Ramsden Sermon takes place in the University Church, Great St Mary’s, at 11.15am, and focuses on Church extension overseas, especially within the Commonwealth of Nations. It will be delivered by Dr Bill Musk who, until retirement in 2015, was

20 Jan 2016: On hearing the news, Jackson said "It is a great honour to receive the 2016 King Faisal International Prize for Science.

20 Apr 2016: he has worked on Dante and Shakespeare and his research interests also include Theology.

6 May 2016: Two members of the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience have received commendations for their work in teaching during the CUSU Teaching Awards 2016.

8 Sep 2016: Curated by Cinthia Willaman, a Cambridge PhD student in Art History, and part of an ongoing project by artist Gyunel Rustamova, the free exhibition will feature pieces that reflect on topics of social importance - such as climate change, domestic

5 Sep 2016: They join four other world class scientists awarded the Royal Society Research Professorships. ... The scientists awarded the 2016 Research Professorships are amongst the world’s most distinguished.

3 Mar 2016: The agreement allows more than 10,000 members of staff to download Office 365 ProPlus – a package of popular programs including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Publisher and Outlook – to their personal devices. The applications can be

24 Mar 2016: The Colworth Medal is awarded annually to an outstanding research biochemist under the age of 35 years old and working mainly in the UK. ... This shows how long biochemical research can last while still yielding increasingly exciting insights into how

8 Feb 2016: The Hulsean Sermon, to be preached on 'The Truth and Excellence of Revealed Religion, or the Evidence of Christianity', originates in the will of John Hulse, of St John's College, who died in 1790. Werner Jeanrond has been Master of St Benet's Hall

7 Jun 2016: This project inspired Rashmi to apply for and secure funding from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) East of England, ... to undertake PhD research examining the

23 Feb 2016: Celebrations began earlier this month when Cambridge’s e-Luminate Festival let visitors see the library’s iconic 17-storey tower in a whole new light. This will be followed by Lines of Thought: Discoveries that Changed the World, the first

17 Sep 2016: This is why the EIB has been supporting research in the field of regional science by funding the EIB-ERSA prize awarded to eminent academics such as Professor Bernard Fingleton, whose

24 Jun 2016: Further information will come from the Pro-Vice-Chancellors for Research, Institutional and International Relations, and Education, and will also be posted to prominent sections of the University website. ... In the meantime we will continue to work

12 Sep 2016: Prathiba M Singh Scholarship awarded in India.

12 Apr 2016: Geneticists and historians, lecturers and librarians, staff from departments and tutors from Colleges all rubbed shoulders yesterday at the University’s inaugural Teaching Forum. The forum – a new annual event – has been designed to provide a

28 Apr 2016: The Department of Chemistry received a silver Athena SWAN award while the Department of Pathology and Department of Earth Sciences both received bronze.

8 Jan 2016: He is joined by Professor Abell, the new Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research. ... Professor Duncan Maskell, Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor. Professor Chris Abell, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research.

18 Jan 2016: Professor Driscoll's research has revolutionised the properties of high temperature superconductors, enabling them to carry much higher currents in a magnetic field. ... This has transformed conventional thinking and generated hundreds of millions of

29 Jun 2016: Managed by Whippet, the service – called Universal - will be the first to directly link the West Cambridge site to the railway station, with an additional stop at the North West Cambridge Development planned for early next year. Staff will

5 Sep 2016: Ultimately, it is hoped that the Innovation Farm concept will also be developed at universities and research institutes across India to train women farmers in the latest agricultural techniques. ... as the JIC, Rothamsted Research and UEA, together with

28 Jun 2016: As of last week, implementation of TEF2 was subject to a technical consultation, although the future of the Higher Education and Research Bill is now unclear following last week’s events. ... Earlier at the meeting, the Registrary, Dr Jonathan Nicholls,

1 Dec 2016: University Information Services (UIS) is launching a programme of improvements this month after surveying members of the Unified Administrative Service about the service they receive. One of the greatest strengths highlighted by the survey – which

9 Nov 2016: There will then be a panel discussion on how Brexit and the Higher Education and Research Bill will affect the University. ... A summary of the previous open meeting, which took place in June, is available in the staff news section.

13 Jan 2016: 47 members of staff were recognised for reaching the milestone this year, providing a combined total of 1,175 years of service to the University. Representatives from across the academic schools, the University Library, Botanic Garden and several