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18 Feb 2016: Jasmin Brooks   Autism is a developmental disorder that can cause problems with social interaction, language skills, repetitive behaviour and physical movement (1). Although many int

22 Apr 2016: Linguistics at Cambridge introduces students to the study of language as a phenomenon from a wide range of exciting perspectives. In the first year you will acquire the building blocks for analysing l

15 Apr 2016: way for the sort of honed economic rationality which Milton Friedman famously advocated for effective commercial decision making, Polman’s call will appear paradoxical. ... Simply put, a feminist argument highlights that the economic success of the

30 Sep 2016: Hopping on trains and a ferry across Italy I visited six cities in two weeks. Our longest trip was nine hours, with the scenery flashing from urban flats to volcanic mountains. Taking recommendations

26 May 2016: Most people know that insect pollinators increase agricultural crop yields, but estimates by the researchers Morse and Calderone have shown the value of honeybee pollination to crop production is $14.

6 Oct 2016:  As a nation, Great Britain is one of the highest consumers of chocolate in the world. On average a British person consumes 11kg of chocolate each year, the equivalent of three bars a week; so wh

22 Mar 2016: Learning to love Maths Maths is certainly not something I’ve been passionate about my whole life; on the contrary, I often found it a ‘necessary evil’ through a fair bit of school - something that

24 Mar 2016:  The biochemistry of metabolismMy name is Alice and I am a 3rd year biochemist. Initially I came to Cambridge thinking I would specialise in chemistry as the less strong teaching of biology at my

22 Mar 2016: About you I come from a Nigerian family but have spent most of my life in the UK, being based in North London for the majority of my life. I love fashion, music and travelling. I have done a lot of

22 Mar 2016: About me I grew up in a little, inconsequential, town called Hinckley in Leicestershire and attended comprehensive co-ed schools my whole life. Despite receiving little support or much good teachin

17 May 2016: About Me I’ve lived in a suburban town just down the road from the centre of Manchester all of my life, which still has the grammar school entrance exam system. I failed every exam, but it didn’t s

10 Nov 2016: Essentially everyone has their own reality. Everyone has their own little world with thousands of things different to the person stood next to them.  Say for example there were fifty things going

31 Mar 2016: Degrees and honours BA, PhD Biography Dr Lydia Hamlett is Associate Professor at the Institute of Continuing Education, University of Cambridge. Before coming to the Institute of Continuin

6 Oct 2016:  Recently, our country has made the bold decision to become a pioneer and leave the European Union, which has left many people with the same question at the forefront of their minds: what now?

25 Oct 2016: About Me   Hey! I’m Chloe, a second year Geography undergrad at Murray Edwards or, more affectionately, ‘Medwards’.   Coming from a high achieving girls grammar school in Watford

26 Oct 2016: About Me I grew up in a town just outside of Bristol/Bath and studied A levels in Fine Art, Maths and Geography at my local co-educational comprehensive school. Neither of my parents attended unive

11 Apr 2016: Shadowing Scheme - Cambridge SU (Students' Union) An opportunity for students with little or no experience of university to find out what life as a Cambridge student is really like: Stay with

21 Jun 2016: The business leader, Margaret Cole, and contemporary painter, Eileen Cooper, were warmly welcomed to the College as Honorary Fellows at an admission ceremony on Saturday 18 June. Artist Eileen Coop

30 Sep 2016: Over summer, I took a 3-week trip to Valencia, Spain to volunteer at a children’s English summer school and improve my own level of Spanish. During the mornings on weekdays, I spent 5 hours helping

28 Jan 2016: Catalina Cangea   The reason I chose to study CS was maintaining the strongest connection possible to the real world while pursuing a Science subject. Powerful and complex software eng

17 Mar 2016: Who doesn't like a cup of tea? 6.2 billion cups of tea are consumed in the UK every year, proof that tea is Britain's most loved beverage. But what's the chemistry behind a brew, and what

24 Oct 2016: Based at University of Cambridge's Institute of Continuing Education (ICE), The Naked Scientists are a team of scientists, doctors and communicators whose passion is to help the general public to unde

16 Apr 2016: Introduction This page describes the Publication Scheme, in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (2000). This publication scheme follows the model prepared and approved by the Inf

22 Mar 2016: About Me I grew up in a small town in Bedfordshire. An only child, I've always enjoyed learning and making art, although I'd never considered combining them in History of Art until I'd left school.

25 Feb 2016: Clinical and clean, dirty and disgusting: you choose. Veterinary medicine is my subject of choice. Most vet students will tell you they have known what they wanted to be since they were six. This was

30 Sep 2016: This summer, I spent a month volunteering in rural Japan as part of the WWOOF (Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms) scheme, living and working on two different farms, each for a period of two wee

30 Sep 2016: In September I spent two weeks at UCL, at the Institute for Materials Discovery. I worked with the research team, led by Professor Kwang-Leong Choy, who are investigating solar cells, and was also giv

22 Apr 2016: Engineering is about problem solving. As an engineer you rely on your knowledge to find solutions. Mathematics is your primary toolbox, but you are not just using your tools to take something apart or

30 Sep 2016:   This year with my Gateway Challenges funding I decided that I would undertake independent travel to Austria to explore the culture there. I have only travelled abroad as part of a group b

13 May 2016: I have always felt a bit like rather than choosing to study chemistry, chemistry chose me. There have been several times in my life so far when my career could have turned out completely different. T

20 Dec 2016: Closing the Political Ambition Gap Lecture by Susannah Wellford On 28 November 2016,  Susannah Wellford, the founder of Running Start, spoke at a lecture about the inspiring

30 Sep 2016: I used my gateway challenges funding to travel around Ecuador for several weeks, completing a Spanish course and volunteering along the way. Often overlooked as one of the smaller Latin American count

15 Apr 2016: (Response to Frances O'Grady lecture on Thursday 28 January as part of the Capitalism on the Edge series at Murray Edwards College.) Going through such long processes of graduate recruitment -

30 Sep 2016: I began my trip in Georgia, where I spent the first 6 days. I flew into Tbilisi and from there explored some of the archeological sites on the border with Azerbaijan before heading up into the High Ca

14 Nov 2016: About me Hi! I am a second year CompSci from Romania. As I focused on studying Maths and Computer Science in high-school, I think I have known for a while what I want to study during university. Ho

30 Sep 2016: Degrees:      B.Pharm (DU, Bangladesh) M.Pharm (DU, Bangladesh) MSc in Molecular Pharmacology (Manchester) PhD in Pharmacology (Cantab) Awards & Prizes:    

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

4 Feb 2016: Having studied Natural Sciences as an undergrad, and then done a PhD in Quantum Physics, it may seem that my current job as a Strategy Consultant, working with businesses around the world, is a step

16 Jun 2016: I studied history and have spent much of my career working with experts in epidemiology, economics, engineering, law, veterinary science, nuclear physics….

8 Dec 2016: My name is Isabella Woo and I am currently in my second year studying Mathematics at Murray Edwards College. When I was in high school, I was fortunate to have participated in a few years of Olympiad

19 May 2016:   I recently received a routine breast screening invitation, and found myself weighing up the risks and benefits of attending. The accompanying leaflet “Helping you to decide” (pictur

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

25 Oct 2016: About me I live in a small town in Manchester and attended my local comprehensive high school and Sixth Form College. I studied Religious Studies, English Language and Sociology A-level and soon re

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

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 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