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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

22 Apr 2016: Mathematics at Cambridge is renowned for its emphasis on the development of mathematical intuition and reasoning and offers a wide range of topics across pure and applied mathematics. In the first

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

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

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

30 Sep 2016: Degrees:      B.Pharm (DU, Bangladesh) M.Pharm (DU, Bangladesh) MSc in Molecular Pharmacology (Manchester) PhD in Pharmacology (Cantab) Awards & Prizes:    

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

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

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

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

22 Apr 2016: History of Art at Cambridge encourages the visual analysis of art and architecture at close-hand and offers opportunities to explore issues of history, theory, criticism and display. Students cover a

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

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

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

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

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

25 May 2016: Professor Helen Rees studied Medical Sciences at our College from 1971. She became an Honorary Fellow of our College in 2015. Helen Rees is the founder and Executive Director of the Wits Reproducti

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

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

22 Apr 2016: Architecture at Cambridge offers an inspiring and rigorous introduction to the subject. The course covers a range of fields, including architectural history and theory as well as principles of

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

31 Mar 2016: Degrees and honours MA; PhD Fellow of the Royal Historical Society Awards and prizes Royal Historical Society Public History Prize (Policy and Public Debate), Pilkington Prize, Women’

22 Apr 2016: All aspects of modern computer science are covered, along with the underlying theory and foundations in economics, law and business.

16 Feb 2016: O’Grady suggests that an embodiment of the alliance between income and power is the annual World Economic Forum; the backdrop against which Oxfam chose to launch its annual report on ... need for a new economic model in line with a new sense of moral

31 Mar 2016: Degrees MA MB BChir MClinRes MRCP PhD Awards and Prizes NIHR Clinical Lectureship in Neurology Research Interests My research has two overarching aims: 1) to employ systems neuroscie

22 Apr 2016: The Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology course is multidisciplinary, with an emphasis on applying science to solve real-world problems in the process and biotechnology industries. In the first

31 Mar 2016: Degrees and honours PhD  Columbia University, New York, USA.  Masters Degree  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA Awards and prizes Keynote Speaker, 2016 Goldschmidt Conf

22 Apr 2016: History and Politics at Cambridge is an exciting joint Honours degree which offers subjects from the History and Human, Social and Political Sciences (HSPS) courses, together with bespoke pape

5 Oct 2016: Degrees BA, Greek Philology (Athens) MSc, Natural Language and Speech Processing (Edinburgh) PhD, Linguistics (Edinburgh) Awards Marie Curie Fellow Alan Turing Fellow, from 2022

22 Apr 2016: Natural Sciences offers a wide range of physical and biological science subjects from numerous different departments in a unique and demanding course. A broad first year is combined with increasi

22 Nov 2016: economics - based on the calculation of profits under ideal circumstances - is not reflected in the. ... We do sometimes. sacrifice what seems like obvious economic advantage for another kind of more personal.

11 Oct 2016: not everything is being done as it should be. In exam setting and in. ... bizarre thing you see of poorer exam results for females that’s very.

21 Mar 2016: of World War 2, and since the independence of many former colonised countries, has been related to economic growth, he says. ... Even publications with a reputation for economic liberalism, such as the Financial Times and the Economist have made this

23 May 2016: Then, consider the economic consequences of this discovery: provided the discoverer had filed an intellectual property right, they would now be supremely rich; their intellectual property lawyers would have earned considerable ... An unequal society may