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4 Jun 2015:  My name is Naomi Arnold and a few weeks ago I finished my second term at Murray Edwards College studying Mathematics. Amazingly I now have just the ‘exam term’ to go to complete my f

13 Jul 2015: Preparing for your studies at Cambridge For our new undergraduates joining us this October, please find below reading lists for undergraduate study at Murray Edwards College.  We also advise y

3 Dec 2015: What are your thoughts on bees? Don’t you just hate them? For some people bees are just an annoyance, I used to think this too (but bees are not as bad as we think, and as you carry on reading

11 Jun 2015:  Last time you were ill and the GP prescribed you some medicine to help you get better did you wonder about the people who discovered and developed that treatment? I am one of those people &ndash

1 Sep 2015: My Gateway funding allowed me to travel to Bodrum in Turkey and research the town’s history. Though originally looking solely at Ottoman history, I visited a number of sites predating the Ottomans

5 Nov 2015: At school they give you an overview. But of course, it doesn't end there. At college you get more info, at University you get the whole lot. But in life and throughout history, everything to know

29 Oct 2015: My day job combines teaching maths undergraduates, public communication of mathematics, and working with school students. When I'm not doing these things, I enjoy various forms of craft. I've

23 Jul 2015: Since listening to Johnjoe McFadden and Jim Al-Khalili discuss their book ‘Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology’ at Surrey University last October, I’ve been immens

1 Sep 2015: I used my Gateway funding to travel to Portugal in order to improve my self-confidence and independence whilst simultaneously experiencing a new culture. Having never been outside of England withou

1 Sep 2015: My two Classics friends and I headed there at the earliest opportunity on Tuesday morning, after we had arrived on Monday afternoon. The Acropolis, glimpsed from all over the city, is a constant remin

28 Jul 2015: Degrees and Honours MA, Vet MB, PhD, RCVS Specialist in Equine Orthopaedics Awards and Prizes Frank Smart Prize Research interests Osteoarthritis, joint surface repair, equine sports me

25 Jun 2015: On Earth, there is a constant low frequency vibration resounding through the planet. These vibrations are inaudible to most people but a very small percentage of people can hear them. This strange sou

14 May 2015:   Young women are under-represented in science at University level in the UK, especially in Physical Sciences, Maths and Engineering (STEM). Biological Sciences and Medicine, though, have be

8 Oct 2015: Young women are underrepresented (at A-level) in Economics as well as Maths and Physics. ... I find it fascinating how Economics can explain the world around us, even the humble keyboard.

3 Dec 2015: Sugar and alcohol, how far would we go to get them? Most of us are within walking distance of one or the other, but scientists have discovered a “relatively nearby” source of huge quanti

26 Nov 2015:  Annie Bartlett is an experienced clinician who describes how her clinical practice is affected by ethical, social and political considerations. The recent movie “Suffragette” i

28 May 2015: Whilst reading “A Journey through the Universe: Gresham Lectures on Astronomy” by Ian Morison it struck me how many unanswered questions, uncertainties and conflicting theories we have re

1 Sep 2015: My trip to the Middle East was planned approximately three months in advance in terms of booking plane tickets, hotels, and tours. I started my trip by flying to Oman from London a few days after my w

27 Jul 2015: Degrees and honours MA (Cantab) PhD (Paris II) Research interests Dr Turenne has written extensively on the topic of judicial independence and she has interests in comparative law (wit

24 Sep 2015: When you see a snowflake, do you think it’s pretty or ask how it was made? It still amazes me that there are only 3 variables in making something so intricate as a snowflake but around 100 diff