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Learning New Perspectives - Healing Polarisation. Creating Hope in…
Duration: 01:17:57
Published Date: 2021/03/28Can we begin to move our politics and public conversations from strident, polarised debate to peaceful dialogue - acknowledging the reality of our dependence on each other? Go to www.slido.com and enter code G489 to chat about the event. In this session, our three speakers look at how the cycles of polarisation and extremism sweeping the world might be broken. How do we shift the dialogue? At its -
The Pattern Seekers A new theory of human invention
Duration: 00:38:19
Published Date: 2021/03/30Why can humans alone invent? In this talk, based on his new book, psychologist and world renowned autism expert Simon Baron-Cohen will put forward a bold new theory: because we can identify patterns, specifically if-and-then patterns. And he argues that the genes for this unique ability overlap with the genes for autism. Go to www.slido.com and enter code 43439 to chat about the event. From the -
CUSU Garden Party 2018
Duration: 00:02:20
Published Date: 2018/07/18The new CUSU committee have now taken up their new posts ahead of the 2018/19 term. Before the hand over they enjoyed mixing with their predecessors at the CUSU Garden Party at Sidney Sussex College. -
Lines of Thought: Communicating Faith
Duration: 00:05:14
Published Date: 2016/05/27Cambridge University Library is celebrating its 600th anniversary with an exhibition of priceless treasures communicating 4,000 years of human thought. To celebrate, we have made six films on the six distinct themes featured in Lines of Thought. The third film in the series looks at the translation of some of the Library’s most important religious texts. Translation has always been central to -
Meet Zoe
Duration: 00:00:59
Published Date: 2016/11/14Meet Zoe: a digital talking head which can express human emotions on demand with “unprecedented realism” and could herald a new era of human-computer interaction. http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/face-of-the-future-rears-its-head -
A new beginnings Message from the Hebrew Bible
Duration: 00:00:55
Published Date: 2020/12/31A message for new beginnings from Ecclesiastes 7:8-12 in the Hebrew Bible. Read by Srecko Koralija of the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge Cambridge. See a digitised copy of this 500-year-old manuscript in Cambridge University Library: http://bit.ly/HebrewBibleBeginningsMessage -
Vlogbridge winner: Zeb's Cambridge review 88 lectures later
Duration: 00:02:24
Published Date: 2018/04/12In his first year Computer Science undergrad Zeb Goriely has made it to 88 lectures, taken lots of photographs and learnt how to cook. But most importantly he's made new friends in a new home. Check out Zeb's own YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuv8dDEiIkHlMZ0kQg62a7Q/featured -
Affordable Housing
Duration: 00:07:19
Published Date: 2015/02/04This short film examines some possible policy responses to the shortage of affordable housing supply in the UK. It argues that a large increase in house building is needed, much of which should be new dwellings that are affordable to rent by households on low incomes. It explains the use in other countries of policies that link initiatives to increase housing production, ensure that housing is of -
The Truth About Diets with Dr Giles Yeo
Duration: 01:01:26
Published Date: 2021/01/27Each New Year brings new diets and health fads; carnivore, keto, paleo, plant-based. But what actually works? Dr Giles Yeo explores how to break the cycle of pseudo-science and misinformation surrounding the world of dieting as he discusses his ‘anti-diet’ diet book. -
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. -
Making Room for Conscience
Duration: 00:48:50
Published Date: 2009/09/29This item is part of the Alumni Weekend 2007 collection of the Alumni Office. To view more media from the Alumni Office, please visit the Alumni Office video page. The Abolition of the Slave Trade in America and Britain. Internationally-renowned historian Professor Simon Schama was an undergraduate, and later Fellow, at Christ's College, Cambridge before becoming Fellow and Tutor in Modern -
Cambridge Zero: the University's ambitious new climate initiative
Duration: 00:03:45
Published Date: 2019/11/26Cambridge Zero, the University's ambitious new climate initiative, will generate ideas and innovations to help shape a sustainable future - and equip future generations of leaders with the skills to navigate the global challenges of the coming decades. With thanks to our narrator Dr Emma Liu. Image credit NASA -
Professor Debbie Prentice welcomes Cambridge students and staff back…
Duration: 00:00:45
Published Date: 2023/09/27“Best wishes for the Michaelmas term!” As the new academic year springs to life, Cambridge Vice-Chancellor Professor Debbie Prentice welcomes staff and students back to the city. #UniversityOfCambridge #CambridgeUniversity #Cambridge #University #GoingToCambridge -
Open Eddington 2018
Duration: 00:00:43
Published Date: 2018/08/23The first phase of the development is focussed on creating the foundations for a long-lasting and sustainable community, with some 700 homes and facilities to support new residents, neighbours and the wider Cambridge community. Join us for a day of talks and tours by the architects and professionals who have created the scheme and find out more about our ambitions for this new neighbourhood. -
Vlogbridge competition - Michaelmas 2017
Duration: 00:01:20
Published Date: 2017/10/03Cambridge student and YouTube star Ibz Mo tells new first-years why they should enter our new vlogging competition. Find out more at www.cam.ac.uk/vlogbridge See more of Ibz Mo on his channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/ibstarsns -
New Hope For Multiple Sclerosis Sufferers
Duration: 00:09:10
Published Date: 2009/09/29A drug which was developed in Cambridge and initially designed to treat a form of leukaemia has also proven effective against combating the debilitating neurological disease multiple sclerosis (MS). The study, led by researchers from the University of Cambridge, has found that alemtuzumab not only stops MS from advancing in patients with early stage active relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis -
Meet the robot avatars helping Cambridge students combine education…
Duration: 00:03:41
Published Date: 2018/04/26They are 40cm tall, made of white plastic, and don’t look like your average students, but robot avatars have taken their place in the classroom at Cambridge University – to help two mothers with new-born babies continue their Masters degrees in Genomic Medicine. http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/meet-the-robot-avatars-helping-cambridge-students-combine-education-and-motherhood -
What are the gowns for at Cambridge University?
Duration: 00:00:55
Published Date: 2023/10/10New Cambridge students: how are you getting on with your formal gowns? Some new @SidneySussexCollege students told us a bit about theirs during matriculation day #Cambridge #Freshers2023 #CambridgeUni #CambridgeUniversity #Uni -
The Judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal in the Pistorius case
Duration: 00:13:45
Published Date: 2015/12/17The conviction of Oscar Pistorius for committing culpable homicide in relation to the shooting of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp made worldwide news. In this video Professor Christopher Forsyth reflects on his previous comments (see https://www.law.cam.ac.uk/press/news/2015/01/law-focus-mental-element-murder-reflections-pistorius-case-christopher-forsyth) about the original conviction, and -
Face of the future rears its head
Duration: 00:04:30
Published Date: 2013/03/19Meet Zoe: a digital talking head which can express human emotions on demand with "unprecedented realism" and could herald a new era of human-computer interaction. The system, called "Zoe", is the result of a collaboration between researchers at Toshiba's Cambridge Research Lab and the University of Cambridge's Department of Engineering.
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