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Reproduction, from Hippocrates to IVF
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/reproduction17 Dec 2018: The horn of plenty and the breast-feeding mother symbolically linked the work of the lying-in hospital with the Enlightenment concerns of charity, fertility, infant health and economic prosperity. -
Humans need not apply | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/humans-need-not-apply5 Jul 2018: Disruptive technologies, the rise of the ad hoc ‘gig economy’, living longer and the fragile economics of pension provision will mean a multistage employment life: one where retraining happens across the ... and a thriving economic democracy. -
Research Horizons
https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/issue_36_research_horizons.pdf11 Jun 2018: For a country, this contributes to a healthier population, increasing productivity, better living standards and the development of skills that drive economic growth. ... in technology and science at Cambridge with the economic and political dimensions of -
Tributes paid to Sir James Mirrlees | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/tributes-paid-to-sir-james-mirrlees31 Aug 2018: skills and an unerring eye for building minimalist economic models were reflected in some half-dozen articles that together constructed the theoretical foundations of public economics. ... He was a Wrangler during his mathematics’ degree at Trinity -
Plucky underdogs, sausages in space and the winter that never ended
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/24CamThings201819 Dec 2018: Written neatly inside were thousands of lists that might hold the key to an enduring puzzle in economics – does education fuel economic growth? ... Japan’s economic success in the post-war era was built on a clear gendered division of labour: the -
Tidings of joy | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/tidings-of-joy8 Jun 2018: The beaches of Singapore are awash with a wealth of marine life, and Cambridge student Pei Rong Cheo is on a mission to promote and conserve it. Read more -
Cambridge Festival of Ideas launches today | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-festival-of-ideas-launches-today15 Oct 2018: new anxieties raised by the economic divergences - spatial, educational and international - that have arisen since the 1980s. ... Professor Nava Ashraf will talk about recent research in economics questioning the assumption that human beings are -
How Japan's 'Salaryman' is becoming cool
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/cool-japanese-men1 Feb 2018: Japan’s economic success in the post-war era has been built on a clear gendered division of labour: the reproductive housewife and the hard-working man. ... As falling birth rates and news of death by overwork hit the headlines, the economic system and -
Bats to the rescue | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/bats-to-the-rescue13 Dec 2018: READ THE STORY HERE -
Open letter on diversity in admissions | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/open-letter-on-diversity-in-admissions6 Jun 2018: We also believe that diversity should be understood in the widest possible sense, including ethnicity, gender, socio-economic background, geography, age and disability. -
“All this cancer talk is new to me, but I do know there isn’t a stage …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/cancer-early-detection8 Feb 2018: NHS. For this to happen, it will be essential to build health economics into their programme. ... But then of course, you’re testing more people, so the economics have to be worked out. -
Restoring Europe’s endangered landscapes for life | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/restoring-europes-endangered-landscapes-for-life9 Oct 2018: Provide sustainable cultural, social and economic benefits to people. Included in the initial group of ELP-funded projects are plans to return predatory sandbar sharks and Mediterranean monk seals to the ... Demonstrating to decision-makers the -
Cambridge's 2017 admissions statistics published | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridges-2017-admissions-statistics-published10 May 2018: Admissions of students identified using other measures of socio-economic disadvantage are also up. -
All in a day's work
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/all-in-a-days-work17 Jul 2018: And a study of a unique historical archive is helping to tell us whether literacy rates or rules governing entry to trades were more important in determining economic growth in early ... One such idea is that governments can help promote economic growth -
Mend the gap: solving the UK’s productivity puzzle | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/mend-the-gap-solving-the-uks-productivity-puzzle28 Jun 2018: The productivity gap is one of the most serious and vexing economic problems facing the government of the day, and Brexit is adding uncertainty to the mix. ... She’s working with colleagues from universities around the UK as part of the Productivity -
The future of UK universities | Vice-Chancellor's blog |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/the-future-of-uk-universities-vice-chancellors-blog16 Mar 2018: Reducing students to mere consumers only makes sense if the value of universities is simply economic. -
"We all need to press for progress, in science and beyond"
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/iwd20188 Mar 2018: With the World Economic Forum's 2017 Global Gender Gap Report revealing that gender parity is still another 200 years away, the theme of this year's International Women's Day -
Gardeners and carpenters: the ‘skill’ of parenting | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/gardeners-and-carpenters-the-skill-of-parenting8 Nov 2018: These two things go hand in glove,” explains Hughes, whose research is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. -
Ely’s new cathedral (of books) opens for business | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/elys-new-cathedral-of-books-opens-for-business27 Jun 2018: The first book placed into the store was Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: the nearly definitive edition, introduced by Richard Dawkins and -
Inside the mind of a young person
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/young-minds15 Nov 2018: and medical and socio-economic history. -
How emotions shape our work life | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/how-emotions-shape-our-work-life18 Jun 2018: Menges saw this at first hand when he studied the impact of the economic crisis of 2008–2009. -
Cambridge in the 2018 New Year Honours List | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-in-the-2018-new-year-honours-list1 Jan 2018: They include Oxford professor of economic history Jane Humphries (CBE), Hay Festival director Peter Florence (CBE), and CEO of DeepMind Dr Demis Hassabis (CBE). -
Why we just can't stop eating
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/cannot-stop-eating23 Jul 2018: What’s more, there is evidence that people from lower socio-economic groups are more susceptible to the effects of living near lots of takeaways. -
Cambridge Festival of Ideas opens for bookings | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-festival-of-ideas-opens-for-bookings24 Sep 2018: From economics: in Trade wars: deal or no deal an expert panel will discuss what the likely impact of trade wars is and how the tension between protectionism and free trade -
The boss of me: myths and truths of self-employment | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/the-boss-of-me-myths-and-truths-of-self-employment20 Jun 2018: Yet the available evidence from a number of economic contexts suggests that, particularly for young people, self-employment is often a highly vulnerable labour market status in terms of the levels ... But many governments continue to take cues from the -
Black researchers shaping the future
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/black-history-month-researchers10 Oct 2018: I hope my research makes a contribution to understanding how vast natural resources can be better managed to achieve sustainable economic growth and prosperity for all. ... I investigate how countries rich in natural resources can better manage them and -
Brexit: the three transition options open to the UK | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/brexit-the-three-transition-options-open-to-the-uk25 Oct 2018: future economic relationship can only be agreed once the UK leaves. ... The most obvious way to avoid a backstop would be to keep the UK in transition unless and until a new economic partnership between the UK and the EU was agreed -
Research Horizons
https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/issue_37_research_horizons.pdf9 Oct 2018: s seismic politico-economic shifts of recent decades. ... This information is hugely useful to economic historians. We also read of life abroad for migrants (Italy is such a free country), family concerns (I am exhausted with the kid), and -
Conservationists gather to mark International Women's Day |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/conservationists-gather-to-mark-international-womens-day9 Mar 2018: The event, jointly organised by the Museum and the Cambridge Conservation Forum’s Women in Conservation Leadership Network, was held to mark International -
‘High-yield’ farming costs the environment less than previously…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/high-yield-farming-costs-the-environment-less-than-previously-thought-and-could-help-spare-habitats14 Sep 2018: leads to greater biological and economic efficiency of production. -
Kettle's Yard is back
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/kettles-yard-is-back9 Feb 2018: discourse, whether cultural, social, political, or economic. -
How could multilingualism benefit India’s poorest schoolchildren? |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/how-could-multilingualism-benefit-indias-poorest-schoolchildren20 Nov 2018: What links Delhi, Hyderabad and Bihar is a four-year project, Multilingualism and multiliteracy: raising learning outcomes in challenging contexts in primary schools across India, funded by the Economic and Social ... What we would recommend for everyone, -
Treasures from the Royal Commonwealth Society
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/royal-commonwealth-society-exhibition17 Oct 2018: Resources: Gold. The discovery of gold encouraged economic and population growth in many Commonwealth countries during the nineteenth century. -
New Cambridge institute to tackle policy challenges in our age of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/new-cambridge-institute-to-tackle-policy-challenges-in-our-age-of-disruption16 Apr 2018: the world’s citizens, the economic and political odds are stacked against them.”. ... Cambridge must take a lead in bringing its unique breadth and depth of expertise to respond to social, political and economic conditions. -
The stresses and strains of work and unemployment | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/the-stresses-and-strains-of-work-and-unemployment26 Jun 2018: Business leaders are beginning to pay attention. In an article earlier this year following the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, Clifton Leaf, Editor-in-Chief at the influential business ... As part of her mandate with the World Economic Forum -
New research facility for neurodegenerative disorders opened in…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/new-research-facility-for-neurodegenerative-disorders-opened-in-cambridge21 Sep 2018: While the number of cases of Alzheimer’s diseases and other neurodegenerative disorders continues to rise, so too do the costs to society, both economic and emotional. -
Managed hunting can help maintain animal populations | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/managed-hunting-can-help-maintain-animal-populations21 May 2018: The international team of researchers, led by the University of Cambridge and the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), -
We are all 'others': teaching children to celebrate…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/we-are-all-others-teaching-children-to-celebrate-differences23 Nov 2018: Europe is transforming: migration, economic crises and Brexit are shaking the continent’s sense of identity, and debate has turned quickly to division and misunderstanding, to angry Twitter exchanges and -
Legislating labour in the long run – how worker rights help economies …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/legislating-labour-in-the-long-run-how-worker-rights-help-economies12 Jul 2018: Now, a decade on from a global economic crash, and the mood music may again be changing. ... In fact, the team found small but positive correlations between stronger protective legislation and beneficial social and economic outcomes. -
Cambridge and Shandong University sign agreement to support…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-and-shandong-university-sign-agreement-to-support-innovation-and-entrepreneurship31 May 2018: It will help to contribute to the social and economic development both at local and national levels, and will also enhance the people-to-people exchanges between China and the UK. -
Cambridge to appoint DeepMind Chair of Machine Learning | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-to-appoint-deepmind-chair-of-machine-learning24 Jul 2018: The interdisciplinary environment in the University will help the development of ethical and sustainable AI-based solutions to complex social, economic and environmental challenges.”. -
Research Horizons
https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/issue_35_research_horizons_new.pdf1 Mar 2018: With prosperity for some, comes pressure for others.”. Research supported by the NERC-ESRC-DFID Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation Programme and an Impact Acceleration Account from the Economic and Social -
Cambridge alliance secures £72 million in government funding to drive …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-alliance-secures-ps72-million-in-government-funding-to-drive-innovation-and-boost30 Nov 2018: These new digital tools, standards and technologies will create new business and export opportunities for the UK infrastructure sector; and ensure that our social and economic infrastructure is designed, built and -
2018 Public Engagement with Research Award winners | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/public-engagement/information-for-staff-and-students/v-c-awards-for-research-impact-and-engagement/2018-public-engagement-with-research-award-winners30 Jul 2018: rival traditional livestock and 3) insect farming has the potential to aid socio-economic mobility. -
Cambridge and LMU announce plans for strategic partnership |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-and-lmu-announce-plans-for-strategic-partnership29 May 2018: The partnership will be cross-disciplinary, covering broad areas in the Humanities and Cultural Studies, Law, Economics and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, as well as Medicine, and will develop over the -
‘Carbon bubble’ coming that could wipe trillions from the global…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/carbon-bubble-coming-that-could-wipe-trillions-from-the-global-economy-study4 Jun 2018: The study repeatedly ran simulations to gauge the outcomes of numerous combinations of global economic and environmental change. ... Our results show this is no longer the case.”. However, one of the most alarming economic possibilities suggested by -
Cambridge joins international partners in Singapore as country's…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-joins-international-partners-in-singapore-as-countrys-flagship-research-programme23 Jan 2018: Speaking at CREATE’s 10th anniversary event in Singapore, Dr Lim Mei Qi, Project Officer for CARES, explained: “C4T proposes ways of reducing the carbon footprint of Singapore while supporting economic -
Transition Time - 3 Options for a New Transitional Period
https://www.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.cam.ac.uk/files/transition_time_-_3_options_for_a_new_transitional_periodths.pdf25 Oct 2018: During this period the new economic and security partnership would also be agreed. ... Each mechanism is evaluated against the following criteria? • Does it create sufficient time to negotiate and conclude a new UK-EU economic relationship? • -
Sir Greg Winter wins the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/sir-greg-winter-wins-the-2018-nobel-prize-in-chemistry3 Oct 2018: Professor Sir Alan Fersht, former Master of Gonville and Caius, collaborated with Winter on early protein engineering work. -
Taming the multiverse: Stephen Hawking’s final theory about the big…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/taming-the-multiverse-stephen-hawkings-final-theory-about-the-big-bang2 May 2018: The theory, which was submitted for publication before Hawking’s death earlier this year, is based on string theory and predicts the universe is finite and far
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