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8 Dec 2016: My name is Isabella Woo and I am currently in my second year studying Mathematics at Murray Edwards College. When I was in high school, I was fortunate to have participated in a few years of Olympiad

3 Nov 2016: I found particularly useful those on internship applications and practice interviews, as well as the more academically focussed sessions such as exam preparation.

19 May 2016:   I recently received a routine breast screening invitation, and found myself weighing up the risks and benefits of attending. The accompanying leaflet “Helping you to decide” (pictur

9 Mar 2016: centuries. In choosing to examine the linguistic situation in the 11th century, we are choosing a period rich in primary sources, the Genizah having preserved exam-ples of all the genres ... The very lowest in society, at least in socio-economic terms,

3 Nov 2016: The gardens too are a huge part of life at Murray Edwards, with people picking flowers to decorate their rooms or picking spinach to get some iron during exam term. ... Medwards also provides amazing academic opportunities through Gateway, which allowed

21 Jan 2016:  Oxytocin is known to make the uterus contract before childbirth and trigger the release of breast milk, but it is also very important in social interactions. Some have gone as far as calling it

14 Nov 2016: My name is Daniella, and I’m a second year Physical Natural Scientist. I got pooled to Medwards and I am so glad that I did! Medwards is such an informal, friendly college where I feel I can always ta

24 Mar 2016: About me I’m Beth, I was the JCR President 2015-16 and I study Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, or AMES. As the title suggests, it’s a pretty broad faculty, with students studying Chinese, Japanes

20 Oct 2016: My favourite scientific quotation: “From the egg, all” would be an apt motto for a women’s college in the 21st century but was actually immortalised by the famous Cambridge physician

15 Apr 2016: (Response to Rosamund Urwin and Ben Phillips lecture on Thursday 25 February as part of our Capitalism on the Edge series) The fourth Capitalism on the Edge lecture hosted Ben Phillips from th

25 Oct 2016: About me I live in a small town in Manchester and attended my local comprehensive high school and Sixth Form College. I studied Religious Studies, English Language and Sociology A-level and soon re

1 Dec 2016: European colonisation of America began in 1492. But how did the Europeans exactly colonise America? What were their tactics? You may be thinking it was due to the help of the Conquistadors or the adv

3 Mar 2016: iop-Women in A level Physics Jan 2016   I’ve had quite a few enjoyable and fulfilling jobs over a 40-year career, all in science education. I’ve taught physics in schools an

8 Jun 2016: My name is Joanna and I’m a second year Engineering student at Murray Edwards College. I’ve always been interested in science, and as years progressed I found myself unable to choose just

27 Oct 2016:  I spent a while recently flipping the lid of a cosmetics bottle open and shut. This was the kind of lid that you typically get on shampoo bottles, ketchup, honey and so on, where the bottle top,

28 Apr 2016: What will medicine be like in the future?  The first thing that comes to mind is that patients will no longer need to travel to hospital as doctors would be able to diagnose them remotely. Operat

3 Nov 2016: I studied Natural Sciences at Murray Edwards College, specialising in Neuroscience in my final year. I had been interested in Neuroscience ever since completing my Extended Project in high school. In

17 Apr 2016: Any information we are currently legally required to hold in publicly available registers General Details of ownership of real estate is held at the Land Registry. The College is registe

17 Apr 2016: Your right to complain If you think we are not complying with our obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 you may complain initially to the Freedom of Information Officer at the addre

1 Dec 2016: It is said that in the English Language, many of the words and phrases we express come from the imagination of the great literature playwright Shakespeare. My favourite that I have come across so far

15 Apr 2016: (Response to Frances O'Grady lecture on Thursday 28 January as part of the Capitalism on the Edge series at Murray Edwards College.) Going through such long processes of graduate recruitment -

20 Dec 2016: Closing the Political Ambition Gap Lecture by Susannah Wellford On 28 November 2016,  Susannah Wellford, the founder of Running Start, spoke at a lecture about the inspiring

16 Apr 2016: Decision making processes and records of decisions Minutes from governing body, Council/Senate, academic boards and steering groups Minutes for Governing Body and College Council for the current

10 Mar 2016: I always find it a little misleading to tell people that I am a chemist; the molecules that I am studying come from biology, while the technique that I use comes from physics. The samples I have inves

24 Oct 2016: Why Engineering? I became interested in Engineering through my Dad, who was a draughtsman for Dowty Mining. When I was young it was always ‘how does this work?’ and ‘why?’ Later on, I took par

24 Nov 2016: Not all patients have the same genetic make up - it is estimated that differences between individuals account for 20-95% of variability in drug dispositions and effects. This means that the benefits o

17 Apr 2016: Prospectus College website pages make up the College's admissions prospectus for undergraduates and postgraduates. University website pages make up the University's admissions pro

16 Apr 2016: Current written protocols, policies and procedures for delivering our services and responsibilities   Policies and procedures for conducting College business The Ordinances of College ar

16 Apr 2016: Strategies and plans, performance indicators, audits, inspections and reviews. Annual report The Annual Report and Accounts of the College are available from the College Operations page. The Col

22 Apr 2016: Fluids: Volcanoes, Infection Control and Instabilities Fluid Mechanics is a subject that deals with the study of many astounding phenomena in fluids (gases or liquids), and it has applications in a va

8 Jun 2016: Examinations in Economics and in Economic Research for the M.Phil. Degree, 2016–17 625. ... Xiong, Bristol.Economics and Social History: Dr A. Velkar, Manchester.Economic Research: Professor R.

26 Sep 2016: The World Health Organisation defines general practice as providing ‘continuous, comprehensive, co-ordinated and personalised whole-patient care to individuals, families and their communities&r

15 Apr 2016: Studying Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge and being part of Murray Edwards was transformational. I’ve worked in publishing, seed capital, technology transfer, and now consult with

15 Apr 2016: (Response to Rosamund Urwin and Ben Phillips lecture on Thursday 25 February as part of our Capitalism on the Edge series) The fourth Capitalism on the Edge lecture hosted Ben Phillips from th

8 Dec 2016: Although I had previously been interested in economics, I now became passionate about it. ... He believes economics to be important, and he has wanted them to share his enthusiasm.

14 Jan 2016: Dr Corina Logan and grackle (photographed by Sonia Fernandez)   It’s so early it’s still dark and I’m driving to a cold, windy beach in Santa Barbara, California to cat

14 May 2016: constructs that parallel fundamental concepts from physics or economics. such as energy or price, and which allow us to reason about the systems we. ... some ideas from physics and economics. In our study of loss networks we will have seen a network

9 Jun 2016:  I remember being jealous of those people at school who were certain what they wanted to do with their lives: the ones who wanted to be a vet, or a lawyer, and so had a pretty clear path mapped o

17 May 2016: About me Three years ago I would have never thought I’d end up applying to Cambridge. Coming from a low-income household and attending a comprehensive school that didn’t challenge me, university wa

29 Sep 2016:  Have you ever talked to Siri and asked yourself how one builds such a system? Some time ago, when I was pursuing my MPhil degree in Cambridge, Prof. Steve Young demonstrated a spoken dialogue sy

8 Dec 2016: Punjab, Chandigarh), M.A.(Howard, Washington),. Ph.D.(Berkeley, California). Life Fellow. Emeritus Professor of Economics. ... Andrew Duncan Cosh, B.A., Ph.D. College Lecturer in Economics and in Management Studies.

22 Dec 2016: The compelling scientific evidence, along with compromise and economic support were all essential to reaching this agreement,” says John. ... The competition involves a 90-minute exam that stretches participants beyond the AS-level chemistry syllabus.

7 Jan 2016: My life as a scientist is varied, hectic and rewarding. I feel tremendously privileged to be doing what I do. I’m a cognitive neuroscientist, which means that I study the brain and the mind. To

23 Sep 2016: One of his economics teachers was Manmohan Singh, later Prime Minister of India. ... Currently, the academic economics profession is dominated by a priori theorising and deductive modelling.

13 Oct 2016: It's good to see more women in engineering’, a phrase I hear often, being female and studying engineering, entering my second year. In Britain there’s an idea that engineering means me

11 Feb 2016: Yvonne Deng (at the Eden Project)   You may have heard about a big climate event in Paris at the end of last year; maybe you recall the hype around Copenhagen in 2009 and the term &

17 Nov 2016: Over the 10 years since I began studying Natural Sciences at Murray Edwards, I have come to realise that although I don’t use the scientific knowledge that I gained during my degree (at all!), I

9 May 2016: George Oduro (unable to attend seminar) 'We were trained to pass exams so we teach children to pass exams': rethinking pre-‐service teacher education delivery in Ghana -‐ Daniel Pop Teacher status

3 Feb 2016: 345 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY REPORTER 3 February 2016. Economics. Dr Thomas Greve and Mr William Hall Janeway, PEM, have been granted the title of Affiliated Lecturer from 1 October 2015 until 30 ... All other papers remain unchanged. Students are referred

15 Jun 2016: a journal article using statistics to make policy recommendations. Philosophy and public affairs One essay of no more than 3,000 wordsTopics in economic policy One essay of no more than