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2 Jul 2014: This year the programme included the opportunity to meet with some of Downing’s Directors of Studies. At Cambridge, Directors of Studies are responsible for

16 Jul 2014: Professor Christian List, Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, London School of Economics. ... Professor Charles Manski, Board of Trustees Professor in Economics, and Fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University.

23 Oct 2014: These cells, known as induced pluripotent stem (IPS) cells, are used to test potential new drugs, and can also be used as in vitro models for disease. ... It is also a test that most new drug candidates fail – increasing the cost and decreasing the

3 Oct 2014: BBSRC is paving the way for an explosion in new economic sectors and bioscience that will change the way we live our lives in the twenty-first century.

18 Nov 2014: The lab has been reconfigured to provide an industrial strength test-bed for DisTAL which will allow the team to explore and evaluate their new production control concepts using parts they

23 Dec 2014: Test flights for the project took place at the Sywell Aerodrome, near Northampton. ... These tests consisted of a series of ‘hops’ along the runway, followed by longer evaluation flights at a height of over 1,500 feet.

14 Oct 2014: Organised by the University of Cambridge’s Realise project for young people in care, and hosted by Newnham College, the Insight Day included an update on

12 Jun 2014: We now know that ultrasound actually performs very well compared with screening tests used in other areas of medicine. ... When we have refined our screening test, a next step may be large-scale trials of screening.

10 Apr 2014: cells. He will talk about his pioneering work on cloning. Other speakers include Dr Ha-Joon Chang on economics, classicist Professor Paul Cartledge on after Thermopylae, Dame Barbara Stocking, former chief

10 Feb 2014: James considered whether population growth was the principal cause of economic change in early modern Europe.

17 Mar 2014: Mind over matter showcases 12 of Britain’s oldest brain donors who agreed to be photographed and interviewed. Presented by artist Ania Dabrowska and Professor

8 Jul 2014: Highlights of the Festival of Ideas include the following:. Leading economist Ha-Joon Chang discusses the idea that economics is a science and addresses the failures in economics thinking that he

6 Aug 2014: Professor Steve Young will be the 2015 recipient of the IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award. The annual prize is given to an individual or

24 Jun 2014: Forensic engineering showed that once our test building reached a certain height the wood at the bottom began to crush.

19 Dec 2014: The research, led by Dr Claire Gillan and Professor Trevor Robbins (Department of Psychology) is the latest in a series of studies from the Cambridge

19 Jun 2014: Paul Murphy MP, the former Secretary of State for Wales was appointed as Oxbridge Ambassador in March 2013. The Welsh Government asked him to consider the

16 Dec 2014: next 25 years, taking into account other factors including population, economic prosperity, oil prices and speed of adoption of the new technology.

7 Mar 2014: The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge has been granted £87,582 by Arts Council England to allow greater permanent access to its collections of illuminated

25 Apr 2014: First prize goes jointly to Kelsey, a student at Bosworth Academy in Leicestershire, and Zara, who is studying at Campion School, Northamptonshire.

15 Oct 2014: Professor Roger Barker has a dream: by the time he retires in 15 years, he would like to see stem cell transplants for Parkinson’s disease available on the