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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

1 Feb 2013: The frontispiece of Worthington George Smith's 1894 book The Primaeval Savage is as striking today as it must have appeared over 100 years ago. Lying on her back, knees bent to form a lap, the skeleton's head and torso are turned down and to the

31 Jan 2013: DeHigh up in a shiny glass building on the New Museums Site, materials scientist Samuel Wilberforce bends over a machine that makes small grey shapes, roughly the size of a teaspoon. He is working on the next generation of bone implant substitutes

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

19 Dec 2013: Professor Graham Virgo has been appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education. He will take up position in October 2014. The Pro-Vice Chancellors support the work of the Vice-Chancellor, providing academic leadership to the University and work in

31 Jan 2013: An example of this came in 969, when the Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II was slain in his bedroom by his wife Theophano and his chief general, John Tzimiskes.

28 Oct 2013: The Lady Margaret's Preachership was founded in 1504 by Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII. Since the Nineteenth Century, when the terms of the foundation were revised, the appointment has been made annually, and it is now the duty of

8 Apr 2013: Professor David MacKay has been appointed Regius Professor of Engineering at the University. An eminent researcher in machine learning and information theory, and a Fellow of the Royal Society, Professor MacKay is perhaps better known to the public

31 Jan 2013: Vice-Chancellor, what do you consider to be the main challenges facing Cambridge? The first thing to stress is that Cambridge is an incredibly successful institution. We are the best University academically in Europe. We are well managed financially

17 Jun 2013: The University of Cambridge should be open with data that relate to the recruitment, progression and retention of female academics to stimulate genuine progress on gender equality, the Vice-Chancellor said last week. “Straightforward statistics