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Update: We've closed www.becambridge.com now. Do visit our new website https://www.disability.admin.cam.ac.uk/ ----------------- Cambridge students come from a wide range of backgrounds and from all over the UK (and beyond) - watch our film to meet some disabled students studying at Cambridge. Information and guidance for disabled students thinking about applying to Cambridge can be found on our

Scientists at the University of Cambridge are leading an international project to develop 3D versions of breast tumours, which can be studied using virtual reality, thanks to a £20 million award from Cancer Research UK. This will allow scientists and doctors to study every cell and aspect of a tumour in unprecedented detail and could change how the disease is diagnosed, treated and managed. http:

Climate changes from millions of years ago are recorded at daily rate in ancient sea shells, new research shows. A huge X-ray microscope has revealed growth bands in plankton shells that show how shell chemistry records the sea temperature. The results could allow scientists to chart short timescale changes in ocean temperatures hundreds of millions of years ago. This video shows computerised

The UK Government's Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir Mark Walport, speaking with CSaP's Founding Director Dr David Cleevely at the CSaP's annual conference (18th April 2013). Sir Mark delivered the keynote address at the conference, his first major speech since taking office. For more, visit: http://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/news/article-sir-mark-walport-set-out-his-priorities/

‘Humility, energy and ambition’…three essential characteristics the new Principal of Homerton College believes students coming to the University of Cambridge should seek to emulate. Lord Simon Woolley, a cross-bencher in the House of Lords and founder of Operation Black Vote, took up his post at the beginning of the month. A few weeks prior to that he sat down with former Homertonian, and

A new report on public attitudes to the future relationship between the UK and the EU, carried out by researchers from the University of Cambridge, reveals a “striking degree of consensus” that full Single Market access should be retained, while skilled EU migrants – those with a job to come to – should be given entry to the UK labour market in return. Full report:

TIGR2ESS, ‘Transforming India's Green Revolution by Research and Empowerment for Sustainable food Supplies’, is a major collaboration of over 20 organisations led by the University of Cambridge, funded by GCRF. India is developing fast, and a sustainable new approach to food production is urgently needed. TIGR2ESS is working to shape a fairer, more reliable food and water system for the

Staff at Cambridge’s University Library took images 80 years ago of the move from its old to new building. To commemorate the 80th anniversary, the University Library will be displaying the photographic albums, alongside other related material, in the Library Entrance Hall exhibition cases. The pages of each album will be turned regularly to allow visitors to see as many images as possible. The

James Deutsch directs the Africa Program of the New York based Wildlife Conservation Society, with 1,100 staff implementing conservation work in 20 African countries. James studied philosophy at Harvard and biological anthropology and zoology at Cambridge King's College before holding a research fellowship at Churchill College and a lectureship in conservation biology at Imperial College, London.

Breaking The Silence is Cambridge University's campaign to promote zero tolerance of sexual misconduct. Aimed at establishing a culture where all our members are treated with respect, the campaign highlights new training, support and guidance available to students and staff. The campaign includes prevention initiatives for students, including consent workshops, bystander training and codes of