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New 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

On 24 February 2022, the Russian Federation launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. One year on, Dr Rory Finnin, associate professor of Ukrainian Studies, reflects on the war and asks: what have we learned? Recorded 20 February 2023, nine years after the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War.

The discovery of a way to measure longitude revolutionised long-distance sea travel forever, but the institution which made it happen has all but disappeared from memory. Now researchers led by Professor Simon Schaffer are launching a new project to remember the Board of Longitude and tell its remarkable story in full for the first time.

Meet Professor Debbie Prentice: the new Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge "It gives me great pleasure to introduce myself as the University of Cambridge’s new Vice-Chancellor. I am excited to be taking on this new role at a critical moment for all of us. I am a psychologist with an interest in social norms. I have spent most of my academic career at Princeton, including the last

Charles Darwin's mother Susannah Wedgwood died when he was just eight, and he could never remember her face - until he discovered a long-hidden portrait of her as a young woman. Hear Darwin's great-great-grandson Randal Keynes explain why finally seeing this miniature of his mother (on display at the Fitzwilliam Museum) was so significant for the great naturalist, and why portraits of loved ones

Nissy Tee, Ibz Mo and Courtney Daniella offer advice and encouragement to all the students who attended the African-Caribbean Society's 2018 Access Conference.

Dozens of Cambridge University undergraduates come from care backgrounds and/or are estranged from their families, like Lily-Rose and Connall. Both met through the Realise Project, which aims to encourage more young people from similar backgrounds to go to University. They say the following schemes were incredibly useful in allowing them to focus on their studies: Realise Project-

Despite the rapid melting of ice in many parts of Antarctica during the second half of the 20th century, researchers have found that the floating ice shelves which skirt the eastern Antarctic Peninsula have undergone sustained advance over the past 20 years.

More information on the matches here: https://cuafc.org/varsity-24 ⚽ The women and men of CUAFC have six Varsity games coming up this month, starting at the home of @OxfordCity this Sunday and then at @CambridgeUnitedFootballClub on the 15th March 2024. ️ @damifadun asks club-mates; Anna, Abbie, Tom and Ife about how they are preparing for their big games and about what it's like to be part

Currently Co-Director of the Alaska Mountain Safety Center, Inc. Jill Fredston is one of North America's leading avalanche specialists, as well as being an accomplished rower and explorer. Her book Rowing to Latitude Journey along the Arctic's Edge won the 2002 National Outdoor Book Award for Literature. Her most recent book Snowstruck In the Grip of Avalanches was published in November 2005. Her

After long negotiations, on 19 February Prime Minister David Cameron announced that the European Council had agreed a new settlement for the United Kingdom in the European Union. In line with the Conservative Party manifesto, this agreement has triggered a referendum on whether Britain should remain in the European Union to be held on Thursday 23 June. In this video, Catherine Barnard examines

In early January, a team of Cambridge scientists set out on an expedition to study and map the Larsen C ice shelf in western Antarctica, and – ice conditions permitting – search for the wreckage of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance. Professor Julian Dowdeswell, Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute, is chief scientist on the ambitious expedition, which will use drones, satellites

Go Viral! is a new game developed in partnership between the UK Government and the University of Cambridge to help fight the ‘infodemic’: the deluge of false information about COVID-19. Based on ‘inoculation theory’, the game simulates an environment for users to play the role of a fake news producer, so they can understand how misinformation is circulated online. Play Go Viral! here:

Richard Watson, #futurist-in-Residence at the Entrepreneurship Centre, Cambridge Judge Business School, talks about the future of energy, health and AI – and the most dangerous idea in the world. Read more: www.cam.ac.uk/this-cambridge-life/the-futurist-who-would-like-the-future-to-slow-down Listen to Richard discuss the future of AI – its potential benefits and harms – in our recent Mind

Ready for a Cambridge adventure? ️ We have eight museums for you to explore and to help you get started, here's the first four: Museum of Zoology ❄️ The Polar Museum Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Whipple Museum of the History of Science Can you find them all? #Museums #CambridgeMuseums #CambridgeUniversity #Cambridge #UniversityOfCambridge

Last episode, we talked about how we got to where we are now with climate change, but do we even know what’s going on with climate change right now? In this episode we’ll talk about what tipping points we’re approaching, how and why we’re still struggling to gain momentum toward action on climate change, and what difference it would make if carbon dioxide was a brown smelly substance. To

Pain in The Machine is a short documentary that considers whether robots should feel pain. Once you've watched our film, please take a moment to complete our short survey https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/PainintheMachineSurvey Pain is a feeling that most would describe as being unpleasant, both physically and emotionally. Why then do humans and other animals have pain, and how is it useful?

How is the environment represented in children’s books? Can we talk to children about climate change through literature? These sorts of questions interest Dr Jenny Bavidge, Senior Lecturer in the University of Cambridge’s Faculty of English and Institute of Continuing Education, who explains here about how her work on literature connects with research in biodiversity conservation. This film

Cambridge researchers have captured on film the activity of T cells – an important component of our immune system – as they hunt down and kill cancer cells. For the first time, they have also shown how these cells reload their toxic weapons. Cytotoxic T cells are specialist white blood cells that are trained by our immune system to recognise and eliminate threats – including tumour cells

Douglas Kell, Chief Executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) looks back to C.P.Snow's famous "Two Cultures" lecture of 1959 and discusses the role the Biology research base to policy making today.

On display at the Whipple Library, Cambridge, is a book described as the 'most important book in the history of scientific racism' Current research into this book is revealing how racist ideas travelled between the United States and Europe in the 19th century. Crania Americana, published in Philadelphia in 1839 by Samuel George Morton, is being studied by Cambridge University PhD student James

Cambridge Festival of Ideas explores new and original thinking on some of the most pressing issues of the day. The aim of the Festival is to fuel people’s interest in arts, humanities and social sciences through a series of events ranging from talks, debates and film screenings to exhibitions and comedy nights. Of the over 250 events at the Festival, most are free. www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk/

Flocking birds, weather patterns, commercial organisations, swarming robots... Increasingly, many of the systems that we want to engineer or understand are said to be ‘complex’. But what does this mean? How do these so-called 'complex systems' differ from the more easily understood systems that we are familiar with? Visit: http://complexityprimer.eng.cam.ac.uk for more on complexity and

New research, from the laboratory of Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz of the University of Cambridge, enables scientists to view critical aspects of mammalian embryonic development which was previously unobservable. Around the fourth day, at which point the developing embryo implants into the mother's womb, its development becomes hidden from view as this is taking place. Yet this is a very

Our society is more unequal than ever, as the top 1% control over 44% of the world’s wealth while 689 million people are living on less than $1.90 per day. In this episode, we asked our guests what the future of fairness, justice, and equality should look like, and how their research can help to bring about a fairer society. Alexa Hagerty and Natalie Jones shared how injustice can be thought of

Find out more details here: https://bit.ly/3gOa2Tm The Cambridge Bursary Scheme has been extended for students starting their course in 2021. Non-repayable bursaries of up to £3,500 will be available to students with Home Fees status starting in 2021 onwards with residual* household incomes of up to £62,215. All new undergraduates in 2021 will be eligible for the new bursary scheme, regardless

An anti-fraud laser detector could be used to identify counterfeit banknotes, pharmaceuticals and luxury goods. The prototype was developed with support from the Cambridge Innovation and Knowledge Centre

On 1 October 2010, in a ceremony in Cambridge's Senate House, Sir Leszek Borysiewicz was admitted to office as the 345th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. He was previously Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council, and before that Deputy Rector of Imperial College London. The University of Cambridge is one of the world's greatest research Universities, with 17,500 students

Do you like to lift? ️‍♀️ MPhil student Larabella Myers is part of the Cambridge University Powerlifting Club. She's trying to qualify as one of the Club's representatives to face Oxford in the Varsity competition later this term! #Powerlifting #DeadLift #GymLife #UniSport #Varsity #CambridgeUniversity #Cambridge #UniversityOfCambridge

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, J is for Jay – a surprisingly clever corvid with the ability to mimic human voices and much more. Jays are corvids – members of the crow family. The jays we see in Britain are Eurasian jays. With their pinkish plumage, and characteristic flash of blue, they

In the early hours of 24 June 2016, the result of the UK referendum on EU membership was announced. By a narrow but clear majority the vote was to leave the European Union. This result has begun a chain of seismic political consequences in the UK and the EU, and will have widespread implications for the law and constitution in the UK. In this video, Mark Elliott assess the immediate impact of the

This is the first in a series of three films about four people ‘Leaving Prison in Faith’. Dr Ruth Armstrong meets a Christian man and a Muslim man as they prepare to leave HMPYOI Feltham in London and a Christian woman and a Muslim woman as they prepare to leave HMPYOI Styal. In these films you meet the four protagonists of the films in their prison cells and hear of their hopes for themselves

Academics and students from History of Art explain what the subject involves and aspect they particularly enjoy about studying in Cambridge. This includes a visit to Kettle’s Yard, Kettle’s Yard is a beautiful House with a remarkable collection of modern art and a gallery that hosts modern and contemporary art exhibitions. https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/anglo-saxon-norse-and

Find out more here: https://bit.ly/ExploringLawCam2023 You can learn some key aspects of the #Law from #CambridgeUniversity lecturers in 24 hours via @futurelearn . Ideal for anyone hoping to study at Uni.

Jamaican poet Francis Williams may have been Cambridge's first black student in the 1720s. Black Cantabs president Surer Mohamed explores the questions that surround his legacy. Visit the Black Cantabs exhibition at the University Library, for more details visit: https://www.cam.ac.uk/BlackCantabs

Genomes: the books of life Professor Chris Ponting (University of Oxford, UK) Summary: DNA from across the tree of life presents a fascinating record of the impact of natural selection on animal evolution. Differences in anatomy and behaviour between species are reflected by changes both within genes and within DNA dark matter whose biology remains largely unknown.

How do you plan your revision before exams? Chemical Engineering student Ethan from @GonvilleCaiusCollege has worked out what approach works for him that gives him time to do things outside his degree

Monday 9 May 2016 sees Sir James Dyson open some of the world's most advanced engineering facilities at the University of Cambridge - giving the institution's students and academics the space and means to prototype, invent and collaborate on cutting-edge research.

The annual May Bumps; Cambridge University's annual summer rowing race. It takes place over four days on the River Cam and involves several divisions of men's and women's boats chasing each other in order to bump the boat ahead. Lucy Cavendish second crew had a tight final day's racing, narrowly avoiding being bumped by the chasing Queens' College crew.

So, now what? is a new podcast from Gates Cambridge (https://GatesCambridge) , a leading scholarship programme for outstanding international postgraduates at the University of Cambridge. Our guests are the scholars themselves - big thinkers from a range of different backgrounds and disciplines - who are out there finding solutions to some of our most wicked problems from the global economy and

Part of the Darwin College Lecture Series 2010. Social scientists tell us we now live that we live in a world risk society. But what does this really mean and what, if anything, do environmental risks, health risks, and natural disasters have in common with those posed by terrorism? When we move from the natural world to human threats are we still dealing with hard science or are we in the realm

We all have theories about what the future might look like. But what did the future look like in the past? And how have the advent of new technologies altered how people viewed the future? We talked with curator of modern sciences and historian of Victorian science Dr Johnua Nall, professor of Digital Humanities and director of Cambridge Digital Humanities Professor Caroline Bassett, and Junior

Professor Elaine Scarry (English, Harvard), 'Beauty and Social Justice'. Professor Scarry was delivering the first of two keynote addresses to the conference 'Pain in Performance and 'Moving Beauty' (21-22 May, 2010). The second keynote (available in the CRASSH collection) was by Professor Helmut Lethen (The IFK, Vienna)

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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman turned a Yorkshire clergyman into a literary celebrity. Three hundred years after his birth on 24 November 1713, Laurence Sterne's quirky take on the novel continues to inspire. Dr Mary Newbould explores Sterne's lasting impact.

Learn more about our support services at: https://www.studentsupport.cam.ac.uk/ 0:25 Accessibility and Disability Resource Centre 1:19 Mental Health Advice Service 1:48 Student Wellbeing Service 2:30 University Counselling Service 3:24 Sexual Harassment and Violence Adviser 4:08 Racial and Religious Discrimination Adviser 4:49 Financial Support 5:09 How can you access these services?

In 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

Watch Artist in Residence Nabil Ali make ink from the bark of Newton’s Apple Tree in Cambridge University Botanic Garden. The tree, which blew down in a storm in 2022, was grafted from the original apple tree in a Lincolnshire garden that is said to have inspired Sir Isaac Newton’s theory of gravity. Nabil has named his ink Newton’s Gold. It will be part of a digital colour catalogue he’s

Our wellbeing is essential to our overall quality of life. But what is wellbeing? Why is it so hard to pin down? How is it different to mental health, and what can we do to understand, measure and improve it? We talked with psychologist and neuroscientist Dr Amy Orben, psychiatrist Dr Tamsin Ford, and welfare economist Dr Mark Fabian to try and get to grips with wellbeing. In doing so, we learnt

A Cambridge augmented reality app that breathes animated life into the printed page has worked its magic on the programme for this year's Science Festival. Download the free app, 'pop the Popcode', and point your phone at the front cover of the Science Festival programme. If you haven't got a programme yet, you can try it on the website: http://comms.group.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival/popcode/