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31 Jan 2013: Keeping Jesus green Allan Moore dresses for work in a charcoal fleece with “Jesus College Groundsman” embroidered in two lines over his heart, and clean jeans and mud splattered work boots. On this day in January, the weather is windy and damp,

31 Jan 2013: Few roles are as high profile as being a royal, something that Prince William and Kate Middleton know all too well. In the past, however, ruling members of royal families found themselves not only attracting a huge amount of attention but also quite

20 Feb 2013: Professor Keith Richards, Chair of the Botanic Garden Syndicate, said: “We are delighted that Beverley will be the new Director of the Botanic Garden.

31 Jan 2013: Lee and Scott received support from the CareerStart@cam scheme, which is aimed at employees who are new, or fairly new, to their jobs, often having joined the University from school

31 Jan 2013: Perhaps if you’re a butler, having a locked cupboard in your office which opens up to reveal a hidden staircase is par for the course. In the case of Sara Rhodes, that staircase leads into the Trinity Hall Fellows’ wine cellar. Keeping track of

31 Jan 2013: The Female Tatler was in circulation for just nine months after it was started in July 1709 as a rival to its more famous male namesake. It was clearly a trailblazer for the plethora of similar, modern-day glossy publications such as Cosmopolitan

15 May 2013: The University’s Senior Academic Promotions CV Scheme will be launched at the start of July and is looking for participants. The scheme aims to address the under-representation of female academics in senior positions by encouraging and supporting

1 Feb 2013: A journalist, he ran the Guernsey Underground News Service (GUNS) during the occupation. ... They then wrote up news from the Allied side and distributed it to their fellow islanders.

1 Feb 2013: in February a new velocipede arrives in the city. ... colleges.” Prime candidates for inclusion will be Jesus College’s new ground source heat pump, photovoltaic installations at Downing and Homerton colleges, Churchill’s Combined Heat and Power

11 Sep 2013: From St Ives in west Cornwall to Orkney and Shetland, there is scarcely a parliamentary seat in Britain that has not been occupied by a Cambridge graduate. But within living memory, the University has also been a constituency in its own right, and

24 Oct 2013: activities. These can generate financial and public support for the University, and help its members to disseminate knowledge and form new partnerships.

31 Jan 2013: new generation of children exposed to accessible computers.

4 Mar 2013: Sigrid Fisher, Head of the Equality & Diversity section at the University, said: "As we see in the news all too often, women face challenging times professionally, economically and socially, both in

3 May 2013: Gillian Griffiths has made key contributions to the fields of both cell biology and immunology, introducing important new concepts into both fields. ... Her findings have opened up a new field, and these diseases are now often referred to as

20 Feb 2013: We have made a very considerable investment in experimental astrophysics in recent years, including a brand new building to house our astrophysics group. ... Didier’s appointment will open up a new strand of research in one of the most exciting areas

21 Nov 2013: CRUK will invest more than £100 million across 15 cutting-edge research centres to help get new treatments and diagnostics to cancer patients sooner. ... And that means a better chance of making a discovery that could lead to a new treatment in those

31 Jan 2013: Most of us have an extremely narrow view of disability. Asked what springs immediately to mind when imagining a person with a disability, most people come up with the same answers: someone using a wheel chair or a guide dog. This response neatly

6 Sep 2013: The Legal Services Division deals with a wide range of legal matters on behalf of the University. Information on some of these matters can be found in the Guidance section or in the FAQs.

4 Sep 2013: The University of Cambridge has around 20,000 students and over 11,000 staff, an estate portfolio valued at over £1.7bn, a planned capital building programme worth £412m, and energy costs of £15m a year. This means that the University has a high

1 Feb 2013: On a Thursday evening in September 400 years ago, Simon Forman’s wife asked which of them would die first. Forman – at the time one of London’s best-known astrologers, occultists and physicians – replied that he would be dead within a week.