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22 Apr 2016: Mathematics at Cambridge is renowned for its emphasis on the development of mathematical intuition and reasoning and offers a wide range of topics across pure and applied mathematics. In the first

21 Jan 2016:  Oxytocin is known to make the uterus contract before childbirth and trigger the release of breast milk, but it is also very important in social interactions. Some have gone as far as calling it

14 Nov 2016: My name is Daniella, and I’m a second year Physical Natural Scientist. I got pooled to Medwards and I am so glad that I did! Medwards is such an informal, friendly college where I feel I can always ta

20 Oct 2016: My favourite scientific quotation: “From the egg, all” would be an apt motto for a women’s college in the 21st century but was actually immortalised by the famous Cambridge physician

24 Mar 2016: About me I’m Beth, I was the JCR President 2015-16 and I study Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, or AMES. As the title suggests, it’s a pretty broad faculty, with students studying Chinese, Japanes

14 Nov 2016: About me I’ve recently graduated from Murray Edwards College (June 2016), moved to Liverpool and have just started work for the Jaguar Land Rover on the graduate scheme. I grew up in a tiny village

15 Apr 2016: (Response to Rosamund Urwin and Ben Phillips lecture on Thursday 25 February as part of our Capitalism on the Edge series) The fourth Capitalism on the Edge lecture hosted Ben Phillips from th

1 Dec 2016: European colonisation of America began in 1492. But how did the Europeans exactly colonise America? What were their tactics? You may be thinking it was due to the help of the Conquistadors or the adv

3 Mar 2016: iop-Women in A level Physics Jan 2016   I’ve had quite a few enjoyable and fulfilling jobs over a 40-year career, all in science education. I’ve taught physics in schools an

3 Nov 2016: About Me I'm a Natural Sciences student specialising in Chemistry – I originally applied for Physical Natural Sciences (thinking I would specialise in Physics) but discovered a new love of Biology

8 Jun 2016: My name is Joanna and I’m a second year Engineering student at Murray Edwards College. I’ve always been interested in science, and as years progressed I found myself unable to choose just

27 Oct 2016:  I spent a while recently flipping the lid of a cosmetics bottle open and shut. This was the kind of lid that you typically get on shampoo bottles, ketchup, honey and so on, where the bottle top,

28 Apr 2016: What will medicine be like in the future?  The first thing that comes to mind is that patients will no longer need to travel to hospital as doctors would be able to diagnose them remotely. Operat

3 Nov 2016: I studied Natural Sciences at Murray Edwards College, specialising in Neuroscience in my final year. I had been interested in Neuroscience ever since completing my Extended Project in high school. In

17 Nov 2016: A bit about me: Hey! I’m Alex and I’m a second year English student from Manchester. I discovered Murray Edwards in my first year of sixth form, on a fateful HE+ scheme (an outreach programme worki

22 Mar 2016: About me I come from a small village in Nottinghamshire and went to my local comprehensive school where I studied chemistry, biology and maths at A-level. I knew I wanted to study biology at univer

31 Mar 2016: Degrees and honours  BA, VetMB, Ph.D. Biography It feels as if my career has involved a tour of biology - Veterinary studies here at Cambridge, PhD in Developmental Neurobiology at UCL,

17 Apr 2016: Any information we are currently legally required to hold in publicly available registers General Details of ownership of real estate is held at the Land Registry. The College is registe

17 Apr 2016: Your right to complain If you think we are not complying with our obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 you may complain initially to the Freedom of Information Officer at the addre

3 Nov 2016: About Me​ The first time I visited Cambridge I was fifteen and on holiday with my family. I remember walking around and joking with my parents how cool it would be to study in this beautiful town a