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31 Jan 2013: In all kinds of areas, our options as citizens and societies are being affected – and maybe compromised – by technological developments about which most people know very little,” he says. ... There’s very little evidence that people who use

22 Aug 2013: Officer, who has been leading the transition for the alumni and development offices over the past nine months. ... In 2009 she led the award-winning redesign of the University’s alumni magazine CAM.

20 May 2013: Mr Taylor will retain his current position at the North West Cambridge Development, devoting approximately 25 per cent of his time to work there and 75 per cent to the Estate Management Division. He will be supported in both roles by two new posts

20 May 2013: Joanna Simpson has been appointed to the new post of Head of Environment and Energy at the University. She provides strategic direction to the University and is responsible for developing and implementing long-term plans to reduce the University’s

20 Feb 2013: Mr Knox is currently Director of the Sir John Soane’s Museum in London where he has been since 2005. He studied History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, and was appointed Assistant Curator at the Royal Institute of British Architects

1 Feb 2013: 1908. It was the year that bank robbers Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid met their deaths in Bolivia, Baden-Powell set up the Boy Scout movement and the first Model T rolled off Henry Ford’s production line in Detroit, Michigan. Less well known,

22 May 2013: She takes up her new role on 26 June 2013 and brings with her a wealth of experience in health research – both in industry and academia. She has senior administration and project management experience and joins the Research Operations Office from

31 Jan 2013: In a cycle-savvy place such as Cambridge, many of us who can cycle to work are doing so. The 2007 University Travel Survey showed that 39 per cent of employees use a bike to get work, compared with a national average of 19 per cent of all workers.

17 Jun 2013: Objects and Journeys is a new exhibition of work by artist Professor Paul Coldwell exploring Scott’s final expedition and how it might be possible to re-imagine aspects of the tragic final journey through the objects he left behind. The prints and

20 Feb 2013: Dr Glover, currently Reader in Evolution and Development in the Department of Plant Sciences, said: “The Botanic Garden is a central and much-loved part of both the University and the wider community, and I am very much looking forward to working

25 Sep 2013: None of this, however, would be possible without the support, cooperation and information provided by the constituent parts of Cambridge, especially the academic Schools, faculties and departments, the Development and Alumni

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

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

31 Jan 2013: Membership to the University Centre is free to all current University employees, students, alumni, CamCard holders and retired staff, which makes it handy to grab lunch or a drink with your

20 Feb 2013: Professor Queloz said: “I am delighted to be moving to Cambridge. It is a real honour for me to join a University that has been the home and source of inspiration to so many great scientists.” Extra-solar system planets, or exoplanets, were

4 Mar 2013: EquaTheatre director Jude Kelly and writer, historian and activist Dr Rachel Holmes will give this year's International Women's Day Lecture. The lecture will be held on 5 March at the McCrum Lecture Theatre, Corpus Christi College, and will start at

31 Jan 2013: When Cambridge linguist Dr Theodora (Dora) Alexopoulou was told at a parents’ evening that her bilingual child’s vocabulary was lagging behind those of his monolingual peers, it set her thinking. As a linguist, she knew bilingualism brought many

20 Feb 2013: Professor Leyser, formerly Associate Director of the Laboratory and also Professor of Plant Development at the Department of Plant Sciences, said: “This is a really exciting time to be a plant biologist. We have an impressive array of tools and

2 May 2013: X5, the new full economic cost and pricing tool for research grant applications, has been launched across the University, replacing the pFACT system, which reverts to read-only access on 1 August. It is an essential tool for the research community,

3 May 2013: The distinguished individuals are: Professor Jon Crowcroft, Marconi Professor of Communications Systems, Computer Laboratory Jon Crowcroft is distinguished for his many seminal contributions to the development of the internet. His work on satellite

13 Feb 2013: A quick glance through the programme reveals some exciting highlights: Professor John Gurdon, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, will discuss his research and the future of cell replacement; Professors Andy Parker and Val

20 May 2013: The Environment and Energy Section will co-locate the currently separate Environment and Energy offices, and make a number of new appointments to support carbon reduction across the University. Led by Joanna Simpson, the team will work closely with

31 Jan 2013: It has been auctioned three times, housed in a cricket ground and 68 children once huddled in its jaws. Like many Victorian melodramas, the whale’s tale began on a dark and stormy night. Well after sunset on a winter evening in 1865, a

8 May 2013: Gathering Light, which opens tomorrow at the ArtCell Gallery in the Li Ka Shing Centre at the Cambridge Research Institute, captures the unique relationship between patient and doctor, and the hope and human spirit wrapped up in research projects.

2 Aug 2013: Cambridge's collections are opening up for a week of family-oriented activities next week as part of Summer at the Museums. Participating University museums include the Fitzwilliam, the Polar, the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the Sedgwick

29 Apr 2013: The University is looking to help international students who want to stay in the UK after finishing their studies by endorsing them as part of the UK Border Agency’s Tier 1 (Graduate entrepreneur) scheme. The Graduate entrepreneur scheme was

16 Jul 2013: A new scheme to support the career development of research and academic staff who are going on, or have returned from, caring responsibilities has been launched. The Returning Carers Scheme offers funding to assist qualifying staff who have had a

15 May 2013: So what are Athena SWAN awards? The awards are part of the Athena SWAN Charter for women in science, which recognises commitment to advancing women’s careers in STEMM academia (science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine). More than

24 Apr 2013: The University will confer honorary doctorates at the Congregation at 2.45pm on Tuesday, 18 June 2013, at which the Chancellor, Lord Sainsbury of Turville, will preside. The distinguished individuals the University is expecting to honour are: Doctor

12 Sep 2013: Addenbrooke’s becomes the first general hospital in Europe to get the stamp of approval from a prestigious European cancer body at an event in Cambridge today. The Cambridge Cancer Centre, a partnership of Cambridge University Hospitals, the

21 Nov 2013: Cambridge cancer scientists and clinicians are set to benefit from a multi-million pound investment from Cancer Research UK (CRUK) it was revealed today. CRUK will invest more than £100 million across 15 cutting-edge research centres to help get

15 Apr 2013: Members of the University have until this Friday to submit views to the review committee on the governance and management arrangements for sport within the University. The Council, at its meeting on 26 November last year, accepted the recommendation

15 Jul 2013: Girton College arrives in London this August when a new play inspired by the pioneers of women's education at Cambridge opens at the Globe Theatre. Written by Jessica Swale, Blue Stockings begins in 1896 – a year before the University Senate voted

31 Jan 2013: Variously described as “charming”, “decorative” and “a supreme achievement in British map-making”, John Speed’s Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine is more than a map – it is a slice of Tudor and Jacobean life in miniature. The

19 Jun 2013: Wolfson College Cambridge has announced that the Wolfson Foundation, after which the College is named, has made a grant of £1.25 million for the College’s 50th anniversary campaign. The gift will transform the lives of students living and working

4 Dec 2013: Martin Bellamy, who will join the University in March, is currently Director of Change and ICT for the National Offender Management Service (NOMS). NOMS is an agency of the Ministry of Justice, formed in 2005, which operates the prison and probation

31 Jan 2013: Cambridge is a multifaceted, multi-layered structure that has developed organically over eight centuries. Perhaps the easiest way of understanding it is to look at the functions of the College and University, how they differ and how they overlap.

25 Feb 2013: Churchill College will be hosting a new exhibition of photographs by Sam Laughlin as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations. Architecture as Monument, which runs from 8-24 March, focuses on the modernist architecture of the College and its status

18 Sep 2013: Professor Abell, who will work part time in the post and draw on the help of a small Post-Doctoral Affairs Office, will champion the cause of post-docs at Cambridge and work with a range of offices and groups to develop a coordinated network of

12 Sep 2013: As a member of the executive of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy University and College Division, and the Chair of the Executive Committee of Heads of University Counselling Services, Géraldine has a deep understanding of