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Postdocs are the driving force behind much of the cutting-edge research that takes place at Cambridge. They are the fastest growing and most diverse staff group, and with increasing numbers they face huge challenges both professionally and personally. Providing better support for these young people, who are imperative to the University’s work, is the primary role of the Office of Postdoctoral

Questions from people watching on the livestream to be submitted on Slido at https://app.sli.do/event/z6e8pner Climate change is fundamentally an ethical issue. Its effects touch everyone and failure to take action will cause widespread and devastating harm. But, some of the proposed actions may themselves have damaging and destructive impacts on the poorest and most vulnerable societies, who

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 summarises

There have been several recent egregious examples of private prosecutions, including the case of the Post Office prosecuting numerous Postmasters for losses caused by a faulty IT system. Professor John Spencer discusses these cases, the evolution of the system of private prosecutions, and the considerations involved in regulating such actions. Professor Spencer is Professor Emeritus of Law and

The idiosyncratic diaries of one man’s voyage from Liverpool to India in 1842, and the exquisite painted souvenirs he bought there, are among the treasures in the archives at the Centre of South Asian Studies. Entitled The Sea-Pie, the pair of diaries are inscribed to the author Charles Augustus Whitehouse’s mother, and come with the message scrawled across the front “Here it comes

How can we maintain good mental health? Lord Simon Woolley, George the Poet and Professor Jason Arday will be in conversation with counsellor, Rotimi Akinsete, to discuss how to maintain good mental health. Black men are twice as likely to be sectioned as their White counterparts, and are also less likely to reach out for support if they encounter mental health struggles. The aim of Black Men on

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

AFRICAN PLANT SCIENTISTS DEVELOP NEW SKILLS IN CAMBRIDGE TO TACKLE PROBLEMS AT HOME Researchers and students gathered at the Sainsbury Laboratory on Tuesday 4 April for the inaugural African Diaspora Biotech Summit. Among the participants were 17 postgraduate students and academics from six African countries who had earlier taken part in the Molecular Laboratory Training Workshop, held in

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

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