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We got incredible feedback, with some young people saying that they’d convinced themselves that they could never apply for Cambridge but now they were going to give it a shot.

And there are numerous projects to choose from: everything from entertaining older people with a traditional singalong to buddying up with a teen who has mental health problems.

home. “Across Europe, people have cleared large areas of land and domesticated the ecological processes – flash floods, fires, avalanches and disturbance by large herbivores – that maintain high levels of diversity in ... She and her team are

He’s right, of course: it’s the beating heart of this outlying college, where people matter far more than place. ... I still get invited to the weddings of people I was in the choir with.

The brilliance of our current generation of undergraduates and postgraduates does not protect them from the pressures today’s world places on young people.

If people are diagnosed too late, it doesn’t matter how good our medicines are. ... When people were diagnosed too late, it just didn’t matter how good our medicines were.”.

These platforms are where people are already communicating, so there’s a real impetus to maintain relationships with them. ... We were looking at ways to give people more control over their data,” she says.

desire people have to maintain their Cambridge links. ... The smallest alumni groups are often just a handful of people who happen to get together for a jar every quarter, perhaps united by a love of their College, or a

He says: “In my year, we stood for election because we thought we could make things better for people in College, and we concentrated a lot on welfare issues, especially mental ... some important skills – negotiating and meeting with the people who

We were optimistic the whole time that we would get some cricket this summer, and that really helped keep people motivated,” Lisney says.

There has to be provision to ensure that the things people need stay within their means.”. ... Indigenous peoples and local communities can play a fundamental role in addressing climate change.

Not turning people away helps us to have this very friendly, social atmosphere – and it means we have a bigger band, too.

It wasn’t just the disappointment of cancelling, it was the feeling that there were people I’d never see again.”. ... People had to wait five minutes, but then we dazzled them with our dancing.”.

We really benefit from the experience and knowledge people bring in from their home countries, and from their work.”.

It’s been really good for my confidence,” she says. “I get to stand there and yell at people!”.

And, of course, it was good to make friends with peers at venerable institutions, meet their PhD students, exchange ideas and hear what other people are reading (and watching – I am

It’s different to celebrating in a family context because you make your own traditions together with the people that you know at uni. ... In January, people usually ask how your Christmas was, and the expected answer is that it was really nice, which

Would you like to meet up with like-minded people and access a friendly, global network? ... Dr Owen Weller, University Lecturer, explains why he is passionate about the flora, fauna and peoples of the Arctic.

I had a great big music system which used to deafen the more studious people: Procol Harum, of course.

novel idea for some people, and you do get some comments. ... I’m not the biggest disciplinarian in the world and I’ll always give people the benefit of the doubt.

One prominent excuse is liberating the oppressed. In countries like Cuba and Vietnam, Iraq and Libya, the narrative is that people long for freedom, but are held down by dictators and ... What happens when an emperor decides to change the religion of an

The Collected Poems. Frank O'Hara. Frank O’Hara is the poetic voice of New York – his lines crowded with motion, people, noise, accidental encounters and near-misses.

Some want to escape Wales! And that’s completely fine. But I think the people who come along really value what we do. ... Many of us come from state schools – we don’t have the traditional background of people who come to Cambridge.

People tend to treat urban and rural drainage separately but we need to join the dots,” says Fenner. ... People think these systems are strange and new and we don’t understand them and they might not work.

Now while I fully accept that for some people this is really important, and indeed it’s probably the main reason why people voted to leave, for a world-ranking university

There aren’t many people who have not had any experience playing a game round a table, ever,” he says. ... It’s still something that people are comfortable with and that they enjoy.

People simply said: OK, I’ll build a link farm that refers people to my site. ... You have to use proxies for ‘goodness’. And people will try to game those proxies.

Dr Golam Khandaker and Dr Stephen Burgess’s study of 370,000 people suggests that the link is environmental, rather than genetic.

Most people do pretty good improv talking to friends. We try to teach how to get to that confidence on demand.

Much has been written about the measures taken to minimise the environmental impact of the new district, and help its people to live more sustainably.

The Iranian diaspora and other displaced people would come together to share knowledge about housing and study opportunities.

His poems tell a lot about living a life where there is no rule of law, where people can be imprisoned at whim. ... I press it on people all the time and I dip into it a lot myself.

We live in an age of unprecedented disruption. More and more people are disenchanted with politics, and many feel that the rules of the economic game are rigged.

interviews. But listening is just as important – many problems can be defused when people feel they are being listened to. ... This is a leadership role, but one in which it’s crucial to take people with you.

down. I would go for these immensely long runs with interesting people like mathematicians and geographers. ... It comforted me and reminded me that people still loved me, even in the handover from day to night.

Most of us join societies to meet new people – join the Cambridge University Underwater Exploration Group (CUUEG) and you’re likely to meet new species, too.

Featured podcasts include Made the Same Way, bringing together emerging artists and researchers to discuss science, life and music, and People Doing Physics, produced by the Cavendish Laboratory and exploring the ... Alumni Groups. Would you like to meet

Share this page. Recommended reading. Recent excavations in East Kazakhstan have revealed the extraordinary technological skills of people once characterised as roving barbarians, says Dr Rebecca Roberts. ... What happens when an emperor decides to

Toggle navigation. Information. Features. Regulars. Archive. The unmarried mothers of the bastardy books. Bastardy books tell a different story about the plight of Georgian and Victorian unmarried mothers. Illustration. Kate Copeland. 1 December

Last September Professor Ravi Gupta was named as one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people. ... yet. We want to get vaccines to younger people, and then we’ll be in a much better position.

Toggle navigation. Information. Features. Regulars. Archive. How effective is your donation? Research can help find the answers. Professor Pauline Rose is Director of the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre in the Faculty of

But scientists led by Professor Jenny Morton at the Department of Physiology,, Development and Neuroscience wanted to find out if we could recognise people from photographs.

Features. Regulars. Archive. Gold of the Great Steppe. Recent excavations in East Kazakhstan have revealed the extraordinary technological skills of people once characterised as roving barbarians, says Dr Rebecca Roberts. ... These are complex people,

But they also hold a deep respect and love for science fiction and fantasy – its richness, its roots, its history, its ability to bring people of all walks of life together, ... It’s open and it’s fun, and it’s so fantastic to see more and more

But until about 1400, most cultures were living intellectually on the past and what people had been told,” he says.“You didn’t look at the world, you listened.

People like Amira Mumin (Murray Edwards), another of the first cohort, who hadn’t told anyone that she was even applying for a place. ... I grew up in London and the people I was used to being around look very different from here.”.

They bring out the eight year old in me. Cats is the perfect example: you can’t get better than a bunch of people throwing themselves around the stage screaming about ... There’s nothing quite like the delight you can get from a comedy song –

Features. Regulars. Archive. Sun King. What happens when an emperor decides to change the religion of an entire people?

The Aurelius Society has rapidly found a niche in Cambridge, attracting likeminded people, as Acker explains. ... We meet in small discussion groups of seven to ten people – a good number for privacy and confidence.

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