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Cambridge achievers recognised in 2024 New Year Honours list |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-achievers-recognised-in-2024-new-year-honours-list30 Dec 2023: Dr Gillian Tett, Provost at Kings College, Cambridge, is awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to Economic Journalism. -
‘Smart’ drugs can decrease productivity in people who don’t have…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/smart-drugs-can-decrease-productivity-in-people-who-dont-have-adhd-study-finds9 Jun 2023: New research from the University of Cambridge and the University of Melbourne, published in Science Advances, shows neurotypical workers and students taking -
‘Nation of makers’: Britain industrialised over a century earlier…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/nation-of-makers-industrial-britain5 Apr 2024: th. century – long credited as the birth of global industry and economic growth. ... leader and Professor of Economic History at Cambridge’s Faculty of History. -
The Scale of our Ambition | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-university/how-the-university-and-colleges-work/people/vice-chancellor/speeches/scale-our-ambition31 May 2023: Creating the headroom for this anticipated growth is unquestionably challenging, especially in the current economic circumstances, but failure to do so will significantly weaken our future competitiveness. ... study worthy of their talents; in our -
The King breaks ground on Cambridge’s New Whittle Laboratory |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/the-king-breaks-ground-on-cambridges-new-whittle-laboratory9 May 2023: roundtable in February 2020 in London with the Sustainable Markets Initiative and World Economic Forum to explore solutions for decarbonising air travel. ... Mark Harper, the UK Government’s Transport Secretary, said:. “Having already invested £165 -
Medieval money mystery solved
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/medieval-money-mystery-solved9 Apr 2024: The findings could transform our understanding of Europe’s economic and political development. -
Cambridge remains most intensive science and technological cluster in …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-remains-most-intensive-science-and-technological-cluster-in-the-world20 Sep 2023: Earlier this year, a new report by leading consultants London Economics showed that the University adds nearly £30 billion to the economy every year and supports more than 86,000 jobs -
Holding back the flood
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/climate-trapped-populations25 Mar 2024: The paper explores the role of immobile populations from the Torres Straits islanders to the Netherlands -- dubbed “trapped” people -- who for economic, social, or health reasons are unable to migrate to -
The New Imperatives | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-university/how-the-university-and-colleges-work/people/vice-chancellor/speeches/new-imperatives31 May 2023: Our contribution to global society goes far beyond the mere economic and far beyond the short term: so, as we make that contribution, we should insist that it is valued appropriately. ... In an economic environment of austerity and cutbacks, autonomy -
Moving a capital city: learning from when the earth moves
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/indonesia-earthquake-hazard14 Nov 2023: Beyond the fascination, however, Rawlinson is keenly aware of the human and economic cost of natural hazards. ... If a new city is to be built, our work could inform building codes and disaster management planning, which would help save lives and reduce -
Over a third of UK medical students do not receive sexual misconduct…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/over-a-third-of-uk-medical-students-do-not-receive-sexual-misconduct-training12 Sep 2023: According to the study, the curriculum analysis within the study was significantly hampered by several medical schools refusing to provide information on the basis of it being proprietary knowledge. -
Vice-Chancellor visits North West to encourage more Cambridge…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/vice-chancellor-visits-north-west-to-encourage-more-cambridge-applications23 Feb 2024: that leads to new companies and economic activity taking place here, and delivering thousands of jobs. -
Responsibility | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-university/how-the-university-and-colleges-work/people/vice-chancellor/speeches/address-to-university-201431 May 2023: There is no ‘right background’ for Cambridge, no right school to have attended, no hidden test of social and economic circumstances. ... contribution our freedom allows – and impels us – to make to the economic and social well-being of our region -
Online search data shows Russian morale remained low and ‘dissent’…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/russia-web-search17 May 2023: However, the study also suggests that Western economic sanctions had little effect on Russian households, with the financial situation of consumers and businesses appearing to stabilise rapidly in the spring of ... economic sentiment since the war. -
Current conservation policies risk damaging global biodiversity, warn …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/current-conservation-policies-risk-damaging-global-biodiversity-warn-researchers21 Jun 2023: Professor Bateman, a Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Exeter Business School who has advised seven UK secretaries of state for the environment in the past decade, said:. -
Cambridge, Intel and Dell join forces on UK’s fastest AI…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-intel-and-dell-join-forces-on-uks-fastest-ai-supercomputer1 Nov 2023: UK to deliver fusion power to grid in the 2040s, to realise Net Zero more generally, to seed high value UK jobs in AI and ‘digital’ and to drive economic growth -
Cost to protect globally important forests falls disproportionately…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/tropical-forest-protection17 Aug 2023: The study also found that the greatest overall global economic gains come from the most biologically important sites – but these are also most costly for locals to conserve. ... Reference: Platts, P.J. et al.: ‘Inequitable gains and losses from -
Knowledge capital and development for all, 24 March 2018 | University …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-university/how-the-university-and-colleges-work/people/vice-chancellor/speeches/knowledge-capital-development30 May 2023: It is an honour to have been invited to the Economic Summit of the China Development Forum. ... We do it, also, because the application of knowledge can have economic benefits. -
Improving outcomes for Crohn's patients
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/crohns-disease-therapy22 Feb 2024: Professor Miles Parkes. The PROFILE team are now actively working on an analysis of the health economics to see whether the benefits of the therapy outweigh its cost. -
New Cambridge-developed resources help students learn how maths can…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-cambridge-developed-resources-help-students-learn-how-maths-can-help-tackle-infectious-diseases19 Feb 2024: The curriculum-linked resources will give students between the ages 11 and 14 the opportunity to join researchers on the mathematical frontline to learn more about infectious disease spread, along with -
Cambridge launches 'Problem-Solving Schools' initiative as AI …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/nrich-problem-solving-schools16 Nov 2023: Along with fluency and reasoning, problem solving has been central to the National Curriculum for maths since it was introduced in 2014, but often does not receive the same amount of ... teachers who might be lacking in confidence themselves, or are -
Keynote address, Aga Khan Centre, London, 29 September 2018 |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-university/how-the-university-and-colleges-work/people/vice-chancellor/speeches/keynote-address-aga-khan30 May 2023: We need to understand cultural and economic differences so that we may find the words to speak of our objectives and achievements in ways that do not patronise. ... They have often been the springboards for revolutions – whether political, economic, or -
Offset markets: new approach could help save tropical forests by…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/offset-markets-new-approach-could-help-save-tropical-forests-by-restoring-faith-in-carbon-credits30 Oct 2023: study. The new method, developed by scientists at the Universities of Cambridge and Exeter and the London School of Economics, is called ‘Permanent Additional Carbon Tonne' (PACT) accounting, and can be -
Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/black-atlantic21 Sep 2023: Dr Jake Subryan Richards, Lead Curator of Black Atlantic and Assistant Professor of international history at the London School of Economics. -
The Distant Fen: Cambridge in the World | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-university/how-the-university-and-colleges-work/people/vice-chancellor/speeches/distant-fen31 May 2023: Success in these tables is of particular interest to prospective students, and of course to Government, which funds much of our activity in the reasonable expectation of economic and other returns. ... It is undoubtedly important for the long-term -
Services across England now lag far behind East Germany, as experts…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/services-across-england-now-lag-far-behind-east-germany-as-experts-call-for-universal-basic5 Dec 2023: The community assets we should all have access to, not just schools and doctors but parks, trains, pubs and gyms, are the foundation for human wellbeing, which in turn underpins economic ... Added Westwood: “Achieving a minimum level of universal basic -
Witchcraft accusations were an ‘occupational hazard’ for female…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/witchcraft-work-women19 Sep 2023: th. and 17. th. centuries. This bias towards women is often attributed to misogyny as well as economic hard times. -
The role of universities in fostering social change, CCI Seminar,…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-university/how-the-university-and-colleges-work/people/vice-chancellor/speeches/role-universities-fostering30 May 2023: Their work spans the fields of political economy, development and environmental studies, examining the social, economic and political dimensions of managing natural resources. ... It requires greater understanding of the regulatory frameworks of land -
From ground-breaking research in Nigeria to using novel tools to…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/vice-chancellors-awards-202312 Dec 2023: have the potential to create significant economic, social and cultural impact from, and engagement with and for, research. -
Sustained, purposeful investment key to ‘leaving no girl behind’,…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/sustained-purposeful-investment-key-to-leaving-no-girl-behind-either-in-education-or-beyond19 Oct 2023: Despite this, the researchers highlight several ongoing challenges. Even after participating in an LNGB programme, many girls still encountered significant economic challenges and deep-rooted gender and social norms, which acted ... There are some -
Marking International Women’s Day at the Cambridge Festival
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/cambridge-festival-international-womens-day8 Mar 2024: In Seeing the mess: Gender, housework and perception (21 March, 3pm) we question why do women continue to shoulder a disproportionate amount of housework and childcare despite economic and cultural gains? -
Partnership, Annual Address to the University 2015 | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-university/how-the-university-and-colleges-work/people/vice-chancellor/speeches/annual-address-to-university-201531 May 2023: Some may remain in Cambridge; others will return home, becoming not only ambassadors for the University, but also working with us to tackle some of the biggest political, medical and economic ... been at the heart of every transformative discovery in -
Disadvantaged children’s school struggles not about character,…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/disadvantaged-childrens-school-struggles-not-about-character-attitude-or-lack-of-growth-mindset19 Dec 2023: The authors argue that policies to reduce educational disadvantages should focus on the structural reasons that cause some students from lower socio-economic backgrounds to underperform. -
CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Tristan Dot
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/cambridge-festival-spotlights/tristan-dot13 Mar 2024: By quantifying what would be normal or abnormal in a specific behaviour, they create new self-fulfilling norms based on opaque processes and economic/political objectives. -
AI at Cambridge Festival 2024
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/cambridge-festival-2024-ai-technology5 Mar 2024: Misinformation, statistics and lies (26 March) sees Kamal Ahmed, former BBC Economics editor and editor-in-chief of the News Movement, in conversation with Cambridge's Professor David Spiegelhalter and the -
Advancement of Science in Africa Through Education | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-university/how-the-university-and-colleges-work/people/vice-chancellor/speeches/advancement-science-africa-through-education31 May 2023: Discoveries result in direct benefits, and these discoveries and innovations fuel economic growth. ... It is such science that disproportionately produces real economic benefit. And it takes real courage of policy makers to invest, because it is a shot -
World’s most threatened seabirds visit remote plastic pollution…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/worlds-most-threatened-seabirds-visit-remote-plastic-pollution-hotspots-study-finds-04 Jul 2023: The extensive study assessed the movements of 7,137 individual birds from 77 species of petrel, a group of wide-ranging migratory seabirds including the -
CamFest Speaker Spotlight: George the Poet
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/cambridge-festival-spotlights/george-the-poet25 Mar 2024: George is currently doing a PhD at UCL'S Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose on the socio-economic potential of black music. -
Report to the Regent House by the Vice-Chancellor, 1 October 2004 |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-university/how-the-university-and-colleges-work/people/vice-chancellor/speeches/report-regent-house31 May 2023: In return, we are asked to take serious account of its full economic costs. ... Discoveries and inventions made here bring improvements to human health and drive the economic prosperity of the nation and the world. -
Helping adolescents to feel competent and purposeful – not just happy …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/helping-adolescents-to-feel-competent-and-purposeful-not-just-happy-may-improve-grades6 Jul 2023: These results held true even when accounting for potentially confounding factors, such as school attended, gender, socio-economic status, or special educational needs. -
Beyond the nuclear family
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/real-families-fitzwilliam-exhibition5 Oct 2023: Golombok believes that while family structures may not change as drastically as they did in the last half-century, the challenges they face are becoming increasingly socio-economic and political. -
Keynote address, Ashoka University, India, 13 February 2019 |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-university/how-the-university-and-colleges-work/people/vice-chancellor/speeches/keynote-address-ashoka30 May 2023: Their work spans the fields of political economy, development and environmental studies, examining the social, economic and political dimensions of managing natural resources. ... It demands greater understanding of the regulatory frameworks of land -
Give more people with learning disabilities the chance to work,…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/give-more-people-with-learning-disabilities-the-chance-to-work-cambridge-historian-argues21 Jul 2023: Delap believes that Britain’s ageing population and struggle to fill unskilled jobs means there is a growing economic as well as a moral case for employing more people with learning -
The Mastercard class of '23
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/Mastercard-Foundation-class-of-20233 Aug 2023: Muhammad Balarabe. Muhammad Balarabe. Muhammad Balarabe is from Nigeria. He's looking at global health care with a particular focus on the social and economic determinants of health. -
Shared Values and Visions | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-university/how-the-university-and-colleges-work/people/vice-chancellor/speeches/shared-values-vision31 May 2023: Education is the bedrock of Cambridge. Yet the very nature of our undergraduate education will come under increased scrutiny and may be threatened by harsh economic conditions. ... Therefore the challenge to the new Vice-Chancellor is clear. It is to -
CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/cambridge-festival-speaker-spotlight-david-spiegelhalter16 Feb 2024: Ahmed, former BBC economics editor and editor-in-chief of the News Movement, in Misinformation, statistics and lies about the manipulation of statistics in an era of misinformation and how we -
UK needs AI legislation to create trust so companies can ‘plug AI…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/uk-needs-ai-legislation-to-create-trust-so-companies-can-plug-ai-into-british-economy-report16 Oct 2023: The UK will only be able to realise the economic benefits of AI if the technology can be trusted, and that can only be ensured through meaningful legislation and regulation.”. -
Public and Private: Universities, Government, and Society |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-university/how-the-university-and-colleges-work/people/vice-chancellor/speeches/public-and-private31 May 2023: Third, heavy dependence on government funding leaves universities vulnerable to changing economic conditions and political philosophies. ... The London School of Economics has shifted its mix of students to include a far higher proportion from outside -
Reading for pleasure early in childhood linked to better cognitive…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/reading-for-pleasure-early-in-childhood-linked-to-better-cognitive-performance-and-mental-wellbeing28 Jun 2023: The analyses controlled for many important factors, including socio-economic status. Of the 10,243 participants studied, just under a half (48%) had little experience of reading for pleasure or did -
CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Professor Clive Boddy
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/cambridge-festival-spotlights/clive-boddy-20244 Mar 2024: global socio-economic and environmental systems.
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