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General Election: Professor Neil Lawrence on AI regulation: “Do not…
Duration: 00:02:25
Published Date: 2024/06/13“Do not stop listening to the people, the public.” That’s the message that Professor Neil Lawrence has for a new government on how to approach AI regulation. ️ What is at stake for the UK General Election? In this new video series, students and academics from the University of Cambridge share their insights on some of the biggest themes facing our country at this crucial moment, from AI -
Classics Shorts with Mary Beard - HOW DO YOU CHANGE SOMEONE’S MIND?
Duration: 00:13:44
Published Date: 2023/02/19What’s the best way to change someone’s mind? Is it even possible? Mary Beard meets climate justice activist Mikaela Loach, to find out how she persuades people with her campaigns. Snappy slogans are essential, but Mary reveals that one of the most famous slogans ever - I came, I saw, I conquered - was actually the work of Roman Emperor Julius Caesar. The ancient Greeks and Romans took -
AI that predicts progress of Alzheimer's disease
Duration: 00:03:15
Published Date: 2024/07/13Learn more here: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/artificial-intelligence-outperforms-clinical-tests-at-predicting-progress-of-alzheimers-disease Scientists have developed an artificially-intelligent tool capable of predicting in four cases out of five whether people with early signs of dementia will remain stable or develop Alzheimer’s disease. This new approach could reduce the need for -
Growing up Insecure
Duration: 01:02:00
Published Date: 2021/04/03What are the long-term mental health implications of growing up in an era defined by insecurity and rapid change? This panel discussion will look at the impact not just of the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic aftermath on young people's wellbeing, but of other pre-existing factors affecting their mental health. Go to www.slido.com and enter code C277 to chat about the event. Dr Duncan Astle, -
General Election: Sander van der Linden on the vicious circle of…
Duration: 00:01:05
Published Date: 2024/06/19"The type of content that is more likely to go viral is the type that dunks on the other side." Professor Sander van der Linden warns of the steep increase of polarising content on our news and social media feeds during elections. This could lead to a rise in the spread of disinformation, leading to decreased trust in democracy. ️ What is at stake for the UK General Election? In this new video -
Podcast: Mental health and young people
Duration: 01:18:28
Published Date: 2022/01/21COVID-19 has disrupted the lives of everyone, including children and young people, beyond recognition. So much so, that the proportion of children aged six to 16 with probable mental health disorders has increased from one in nine in 2017 to one in six in both 2020 and 2021. In this episode, we talked with Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Tamsin Ford, Professor of Health Neuroscience -
Classics Shorts with Mary Beard - DO WE NEED HEROES?
Duration: 00:11:59
Published Date: 2023/02/19From Wonder Woman to Obi Wan Kenobi, David Attenborough to the Suffragettes, we all love heroes - but what exactly makes a hero? Mary Beard meets one-time Children’s Laureate - and Stormzy’s favourite - author Malorie Blackman. She’s created a few heroic characters in her time but her heroes aren’t perfect, they’re people who manage to overcome obstacles to do what’s right. But if our -
Podcast: How to feed 10 Billion people
Duration: 00:55:20
Published Date: 2020/12/22How and what we eat, and where our food comes from, these everyday choices that we often think very little about, have become increasingly relevant to climate change. Subscribe to the podcast here: mind-over-chatter.captivate.fm/listen With a global population projected to reach 10 billion by 2050, it is not unreasonable to ask: how are we going to feed all these people... and without causing -
Parliament’s Role in Voting on the Syrian Conflict
Duration: 00:17:30
Published Date: 2015/11/27This video discusses six issues arising out of the recent statement of Prime Minister David Cameron to the House of Commons entitled “Prime Minister’s Response to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee on the Extension of Offensive British Military Operations to Syria” -
Fence break behaviour
Duration: 00:01:11
Published Date: 2016/11/14In Kenya, Dr Lauren Evans, a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Geography, is also researching the conflicts that arise when elephants and humans share the same rural landscape. She is an associate director of Space for Giants, a Kenyan-based elephant conservation charity that seeks to ensure a future for elephants through human-elephant conflict mitigation, anti-poaching, securing -
#MyCambridgeSoc : Brown Girl Link Up
Duration: 00:00:33
Published Date: 2022/11/23Sahana from @StCatharinesCollegeCambridge talks about being part of Brown Girl Link Up: the community for South Asian Women and Non-Binary People at Cambridge ❤️ -
Successful honey-hunters know how to communicate with wild birds
Duration: 00:01:24
Published Date: 2023/12/07A new Cambridge University study has found that wild honeyguide birds prefer to cooperate with people who have learned local cultural traditions, to find and access honey-filled bees’ nests. -
Podcast: What would a more just future look like?
Duration: 00:49:44
Published Date: 2021/04/16Our society is more unequal than ever, as the top 1% control over 44% of the world’s wealth while 689 million people are living on less than $1.90 per day. In this episode, we asked our guests what the future of fairness, justice, and equality should look like, and how their research can help to bring about a fairer society. Alexa Hagerty and Natalie Jones shared how injustice can be thought of -
Experiences of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Students at Cambridge …
Duration: 00:11:02
Published Date: 2018/10/18Hear from some of our students and recent graduates on being a student who is Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) at Cambridge University. We welcome applications from all talented people, regardless of background or ethnicity. -
Open Iftar at King's College, Cambridge
Duration: 00:00:22
Published Date: 2024/03/22Ramadan Kareem! Earlier this week, hundreds attended the Open Iftar at King's College as people broke their fast on an evening of reflection and community. Thanks to Open Iftar for the video footage! ️ #OpenIftar #Ramadan #KingsCollege #CambridgeUniversity #CambridgeUni #Cambridge #UniversityOfCambridge -
The Living Laboratory for Sustainability
Duration: 00:03:33
Published Date: 2016/11/14The Living Laboratory for Sustainability (www.environment.admin.cam.ac.uk/living-lab) provides opportunities for students to improve sustainability across the University through projects, internships and research. This short film showcases some of the activities and people involved over the last academic year (2015/16). -
Realise events for care leavers and children in care
Duration: 00:03:57
Published Date: 2015/11/05The Realise project's aim is to encourage more young people in care to consider higher education. We run a large number of events ranging from science days to theatre days to give a taste of life as a student at Cambridge. -
#MyCambridgeSoc : Fencing
Duration: 00:00:42
Published Date: 2023/11/15"You stab people, it's a very good bonding experience..." Dan is a Natural Sciences student at @StCatharinesCollegeCambridge armed with épée. He is part of the University's Fencing club, which caters for all levels, from beginners to those looking to compete in international competitions! #MyCambridgeSoc #StudentLife #Fencing #UniSport #CambridgeUniversity #Cambridge #UniversityOfCambridge -
New Horizons: helping people get back into work
Duration: 00:01:57
Published Date: 2019/04/02Some of the most deprived areas in England are located in the eastern region. The New Horizons project run by housing association CHS Group, with the help of Cambridge University researchers, has been helping those furthest away from the job market to get back into work. -
Cambridge Imagines: Counting seals from space
Duration: 00:04:32
Published Date: 2022/04/14Read more about Prem's work as a PhD student here: https://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/people/gill/ Prem Gill of the Scott Polar Research Institute talks about how he has found a way of counting Antarctic seals from space. -
Sonita meets PaigeY
Duration: 00:14:36
Published Date: 2020/01/17When Sonita met Paige. Jesus College student and vlogging influencer PaigeY interviews the Master of Jesus College Sonita Alleyne, asking questions from students and Paige’s online followers. Hear what it’s like to be the first woman to hold the post, why young people should consider applying to Cambridge and the lessons Sonita learned during her own Cambridge degree. -
*Student societies at Cambridge University: May Week Alternative,…
Duration: 00:03:09
Published Date: 2019/05/31Cambridge University students introduce their clubs and societies in this series directed by Ibz Mo. Part 2 features: 00:00 May Week Alternative 00:43 India Society 01:34 Oxfam Society 02:21 Sikh Society Full list of societies on the Cambridge University Student Union website: https://bit.ly/2KapRny -
Magic and Medicine: The casebooks of history’s most notorious…
Duration: 00:05:50
Published Date: 2019/05/16A ten-year project to study and digitise some 80,000 cases recorded by two famous astrological physicians has opened a wormhole into the everyday worries and desires of people who lived 400 years ago. Tumble down the Casebooks Project rabbit-hole here: https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYuWHQh6576FDZhFJm-MZbw -
Student societies Cambridge University: Refugee Scholarship Campaign, …
Duration: 00:04:01
Published Date: 2019/05/31In this series directed by Ibz Mo, Cambridge University students introduce their clubs and societies. Part 3 features: 00:00 Cambridge Refugee Scholarship Campaign (CRSC) 01:10 The Cambridge Majlis 02:16 St John’s College JCR (Junior Combination Room) 03:28 Cam FM For a full list of societies, check the Cambridge University Student Union website: https://bit.ly/2KapRny -
A day in the life at Cambridge University: Matt Coombes
Duration: 00:05:17
Published Date: 2019/08/12Matt Coombes moved to Cambridge from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and quickly found a new family at his College and on his course. Fear of being away from home should never be a thing that puts people off, he says. Find out about applying to Cambridge: http://bit.ly/ApplyCambridge-M Matt is a Land Economy student at Homerton College. He went to Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy in Gateshead. -
Perceptions (CFI clip)
Duration: 00:00:34
Published Date: 2015/10/05Cambridge Festival of Ideas explores new and original thinking on some of the most pressing issues of the day. The aim of the Festival is to fuel people’s interest in arts, humanities and social sciences through a series of events ranging from talks, debates and film screenings to exhibitions and comedy nights. Of the over 250 events at the Festival, most are free. www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk/ -
Foster Care Fortnight at Cambridge
Duration: 00:01:27
Published Date: 2020/07/07If you are thinking of applying to university and need some support, you may find some useful advice in a recent series of webinars hosted by the university, which you can see here: https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/events/care The talks brought together care leavers, foster parents and people in positions to help them. -
The story of olaparib: a life-saving cancer drug
Duration: 00:06:53
Published Date: 2024/07/17The drug olaparib has now been used to treat over 140,000 patients globally, changing the outlook for people with breast, ovarian, prostate and pancreatic cancers. Professor Sir Steve Jackson talks about chance, risk, curiosity and shots-on-goal in the journey of his discovery. Find out more here: https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/olaparib-cancer-drug-steve-jackson -
Open Cambridge 2018
Duration: 00:02:07
Published Date: 2018/08/14Open Cambridge is part of the national Heritage Open Days scheme. Designed to offer special access to places that are normally closed to the public or charge admission. The initiative provides an annual opportunity for people to discover the local history and heritage of their community. This year's programme features a wonderful mixture of events, ranging from Tall Tales: secrets of the tower, -
Meet the students behind #BlackMenofCambridgeUniversity
Duration: 00:05:06
Published Date: 2018/05/01The Cambridge African Caribbean Society went viral last year when 14 black students posed for a photograph at St John's College. One year on find out more about some of the people behind the photo that got everybody talking about perception, representation and diversity. UPDATE: Peter's Twitter handle is now @PeterFasholaUyi and his name is Peter Fashola-Uyi. Also, hear Ore challenge more -
Why study Chemical Engineering at Cambridge?
Duration: 00:06:14
Published Date: 2024/06/12What actually is Chemical Engineering? It's a question @Fazethe1st often gets asked when he tells people what he's studying, so here's his take on the subject. You can find out more at @CEBCambridge #ApplyToCambridge #UniversityOfCambridge #CambridgeUniversity #Cambridge #CambridgeUni #HowToApplyToCambridge #Uni #Scientist -
Leaving Prison in Faith – Film 1 – Hopes
Duration: 00:10:59
Published Date: 2018/05/23This is the first in a series of three films about four people ‘Leaving Prison in Faith’. Dr Ruth Armstrong meets a Christian man and a Muslim man as they prepare to leave HMPYOI Feltham in London and a Christian woman and a Muslim woman as they prepare to leave HMPYOI Styal. In these films you meet the four protagonists of the films in their prison cells and hear of their hopes for themselves -
Human Rights in the United Kingdom: Where Now?
Duration: 00:12:35
Published Date: 2015/05/22Prior to the 2015 general election, the Conservative Party undertook in its manifesto to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 and to enact a British Bill of Rights. In this video, Mark Elliott addresses three key questions raised by these proposals: First, what lies behind the desire of some politicians to secure the Human Rights Act’s repeal? Second, how might a British Bill of Rights differ from -
Perceptions (CFI film)
Duration: 00:01:37
Published Date: 2015/10/05Cambridge Festival of Ideas explores new and original thinking on some of the most pressing issues of the day. The aim of the Festival is to fuel people’s interest in arts, humanities and social sciences through a series of events ranging from talks, debates and film screenings to exhibitions and comedy nights. Of the over 250 events at the Festival, most are free. www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk/ -
Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Prentice's annual address to…
Duration: 00:17:59
Published Date: 2023/10/02The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Deborah Prentice, marked the start of the new academic year this morning by giving her annual address to the University community in the Senate House. Read more about Professor Prentice's speech to the University of Cambridge: https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/people-climate-and-a-national-role-for-cambridge-are-a-focus-of-vice-chancellors-first-annual -
The Vaccine for Fake News
Duration: 00:07:01
Published Date: 2021/11/25Sander van der Linden has a nickname: Cambridge’s professor of “defence against the dark arts”. His team works with governments and organisations such as Google to find ways to fight against misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories. Watch Sander explain his radical idea: that people can be “inoculated” against falling for fake news. Want to be involved in the research? -
Foundation Year offers new way into Cambridge
Duration: 00:03:08
Published Date: 2021/01/13To learn more, and find out if you're eligible, click here: http://bit.ly/CambridgeFoundationYear The Cambridge Foundation Year is free to students, who will come from a range of backgrounds, including: care-leavers, those estranged from their families, and those who have missed significant periods of learning because of health issues. Others will be people who have been unable to access suitable -
Human Embryo Research: Opening the “Black Box”
Duration: 00:03:17
Published Date: 2016/12/22Cambridge research that will enable scientists to grow and study embryos in the lab for almost two weeks has been named as the People’s Choice for Science magazine’s ‘Breakthrough of the Year 2016’. Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz at the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience has developed a new technique that allows embryos to develop in vitro, in the absence of -
How do we build back better after a crisis?
Duration: 00:35:42
Published Date: 2024/02/02In this episode, we explore how we can build back better after a crisis. What are the challenges and opportunities of addressing the climate crisis, including the need for climate justice, the costs of inaction, and the importance of green innovation. We consider the roles of governments, multilateral institutions, and grassroots movements play in driving change. And we conclude with a call to -
Podcast: What did the future look like in the past?
Duration: 01:08:09
Published Date: 2021/04/02We all have theories about what the future might look like. But what did the future look like in the past? And how have the advent of new technologies altered how people viewed the future? We talked with curator of modern sciences and historian of Victorian science Dr Johnua Nall, professor of Digital Humanities and director of Cambridge Digital Humanities Professor Caroline Bassett, and Junior -
The University marks the start of the academic year with a 1st…
Duration: 00:33:34
Published Date: 2023/10/04The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Deborah Prentice, marked the start of the new academic year this morning by giving her annual address to the University community in the Senate House. Read more about Professor Prentice's speech to the University of Cambridge: https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/people-climate-and-a-national-role-for-cambridge-are-a-focus-of-vice-chancellors-first-annual -
Perceptions (CFI short)
Duration: 00:00:19
Published Date: 2015/10/05Cambridge Festival of Ideas explores new and original thinking on some of the most pressing issues of the day. The aim of the Festival is to fuel people’s interest in arts, humanities and social sciences through a series of events ranging from talks, debates and film screenings to exhibitions and comedy nights. Of the over 250 events at the Festival, most are free. www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk/ -
Ghosts, genies and the science of sleep paralysis
Duration: 00:04:12
Published Date: 2021/01/29Learn more about Meditation-Relaxation Therapy here: https://bit.ly/MeditationRelaxationTherapy Sleep paralysis, being paralysed upon falling asleep or awakening, affects about 1 in 5 people globally. @DrBalandJalal has experienced it since he was a teenager and has spent roughly a decade trying to work out the science behind this mysterious phenomenon and how best to avoid its potentially -
Testing the Third Thumb
Duration: 00:03:50
Published Date: 2024/05/29Learn more here: https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/third-thumb How easily could you get to grips with a third thumb? The Plasticity Lab at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (@MRCCBU) tested Dani Clode's robotic Third Thumb device @royalsociety Summer Exhibition and showed that the public found it surprisingly easy. Testing technology on a diverse range of people is essential for ensuring new -
The man we love to hate: it’s time to reappraise Thomas Robert Malthus
Duration: 00:03:56
Published Date: 2016/05/19Thomas Robert Malthus, who was born 250 years ago, became notorious for his ‘principle of population’. He argued that, because poverty was inevitable, some people would not find a seat at ‘nature’s table’ and would perish. In a new book, historians at Cambridge and Harvard set the life and work of this contentious thinker within a wider context – and look in particular at his -
Highlighting Holocaust Heritage
Duration: 00:07:06
Published Date: 2023/01/25Holocaust sites are in urgent need of care and protection. We risk losing them to climate change, decay, destruction in conflict, a lack of funding, the rise of extreme politics and more. To help save them, archaeologist and researcher Dr Gilly Carr and The Safeguarding Sites project are developing a heritage charter to safeguard all Holocaust sites in Europe in the 21st century. Part of that -
Cambridge University life for Care Leavers and Estranged students
Duration: 00:05:24
Published Date: 2019/10/25Dozens of Cambridge University undergraduates come from care backgrounds and/or are estranged from their families, like Lily-Rose and Connall. Both met through the Realise Project, which aims to encourage more young people from similar backgrounds to go to University. They say the following schemes were incredibly useful in allowing them to focus on their studies: Realise Project- -
The new Cambridge University Boathouse
Duration: 00:02:07
Published Date: 2016/12/05Cambridge rowing has a new home – this £5million boathouse opened on Saturday and will house three of the University’s best known boat clubs, including those due to face Oxford in the Boat Race next April. The squads will undergo months of training here throughout the winter in preparation for those Races, which will be watched by more than 6m people around the world. With state of the art -
Leaving Prison in Faith – Film 3 – Community
Duration: 00:14:45
Published Date: 2018/05/23In this final film of the trilogy, we return to find out what has happened to the Christian and Muslim men and women we first met in HMPYOI Feltham and HMPYOI Styal now that they are no longer in prison. We hear about some of the struggles they have faced since release from prison. We consider the role that faith communities have played in their journeys out of prison, and think about whether it -
India Unboxed: Meet the meteorites?
Duration: 00:02:19
Published Date: 2017/06/29Our #IndiaUnboxed series continues with the puzzling story of the fiery meteorites which were cold to the touch. 157 years ago the people of Dharamsala in Northwest India watched as three meteorites streaked across the sky and crashed into the ground nearby. Despite witnessing nine-foot flames trailing behind the meteorites, the brave locals who rushed to pick them up found them to be intensely
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