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The Vice-Chancellor’s Annual Address to the University - 2020
Duration: 00:35:50
Published Date: 2020/10/01The Vice-Chancellor marks the start of the new academic year this morning with a live annual address to the University community -
Illuminating the hidden kingdom of the truffle
Duration: 00:04:58
Published Date: 2018/02/11Truffles are one of the world’s most expensive ingredients, and also one of the most mysterious. Now, with the help of a 170-year-old ‘living laboratory’, and a dog called Lucy, researchers hope to unearth new understanding of the secret life of these underground delicacies. -
Playful naked mole-rats
Duration: 00:00:41
Published Date: 2015/09/02Playful naked mole-rats contribute to research into devastating medical conditions by Dr Ewan St. John Smith, Department of Pharmacology, who has been studying them for the past ten years. Find out more: http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/n-is-for-naked-mole-rat -
Nanomaterials Up Close: Gum Arabic
Duration: 00:00:52
Published Date: 2014/06/30This alien glob is a piece of gum arabic from the hardened sap of the Acacia tree, most likely collected from a tree in Sudan. Rox Middleton, from the University of Cambridge, explains how the electron microscope has changed the way we are able to interact with objects at the nanoscale, allowing us just to enjoy a glimpse of the exquisite abstract forms around us. 'Nanomaterials Up Close' is a -
The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series
Duration: 00:00:15
Published Date: 2016/02/09From Albatross to Zebrafish, the Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. The articles are now being made available as a series of podcasts, and in our new publication on Medium. https://medium.com/cambridge-animal-alphabet -
Microscopic rowers - without a cox
Duration: 00:01:20
Published Date: 2014/07/29New research shows that the whip-like appendages on many types of cells are able to synchronise their movements solely through interactions with the fluid that surrounds them. The paper, published in the journal eLife, is available at: http://elifesciences.org/lookup/doi/10.7554/elife.02750 -
Arriving in Cambridge
Duration: 00:02:57
Published Date: 2022/09/20Current students Amal, David and Cathryn-Olivia welcome you to the new term at the University of Cambridge. #GoingToCambridge Find about more about applying to Cambridge at www.cam.ac.uk/ugstudy -
Engineering photo competition 2015
Duration: 00:02:47
Published Date: 2015/11/10The winning photos from this year's Department of Engineering photo competition, sponsored by ZEISS. See many more at: http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/bullet-holes-and-graphene-caves-picturing-engineering Image credits: Rachel Garsed, Andrew Payne, Dilek Ozgit and Andrea De Luca, Kenichi Nakanishi, Alex Kendall. -
Behind the scenes of the 2010 Sculpture Promenade
Duration: 00:16:28
Published Date: 2011/02/17Discover how the grounds of the Fitz were transformed for the second year running by this new display of contemporary sculpture. See behind-the-scenes photos and time-lapse footage showing how the Promenade was installed, and hear interviews with Museum Director Timothy Potts and the sculptor Helaine Blumenfeld, as well as featured sculptors Rob Ward, Angela Conner, Nick Turvey, Ann Christopher -
#MyCambridgeSoc : Women's History Soc
Duration: 00:00:32
Published Date: 2023/03/23History student Millie talks about the new society she helped make in Cambridge #Cambridge #Feminism #Feminist #Uni #MyCambridgeSoc #StudentLife #History -
'Wow, I'm in Cambridge!' moment
Duration: 00:03:38
Published Date: 2021/09/12Want to find out more? Sign up for an Open Day this month: https://bit.ly/Cambridge2021OpenDay Students will enjoy many new experiences in their first few days and weeks of University. Cambridge has some of its own unique ways of helping students feel at home here. -
Legal Aid Reform
Duration: 00:07:37
Published Date: 2012/06/01The Effect of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 on Legal Aid for Family Cases. The legal aid system was created in 1949 as part of the development of the post-war Welfare State, alongside the National Health Service. It provides funding both for legal advice and out-of-court representation by lawyers, for example in negotiating the settlement of disputes, and -- -
Could cancer drugs help save the Tasmanian devil?
Duration: 00:01:53
Published Date: 2018/04/09Transmissible cancers are incredibly rare in nature, yet have arisen in Tasmanian devils on at least two separate occasions. New research from the University of Cambridge identifies key anti-cancer drugs which could be trialled as a treatment for these diseases, which are threatening Tasmanian devils with extinction. -
Luck and lava
Duration: 00:03:47
Published Date: 2014/10/06A team of researchers from Cambridge’s Department of Earth Sciences have recently returned from Iceland where, thanks to a bit of luck, they have gathered the most extensive dataset ever from a volcanic eruption, which will likely yield considerable new insights into how molten rock moves underground, and whether or not it erupts. -
New Approaches to Maternal Mortality In Africa: Annette Nakimuli
Duration: 00:14:00
Published Date: 2012/06/29Conference Summary Millennium Development Goal 5 (MDG5) aims to improve maternal health. Unlike other MDGs, few countries are on track to achieve even the first goal of MDG 5, namely, to reduce maternal mortality by 75%. Sub-Saharan Africa suffers from the highest regional maternal mortality rate (MMR) at 640 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births and the annual decline has only been 0.1%. In -
New Approaches to Maternal Mortality In Africa: Ashley Moffett
Duration: 00:03:54
Published Date: 2012/06/29Conference Summary Millennium Development Goal 5 (MDG5) aims to improve maternal health. Unlike other MDGs, few countries are on track to achieve even the first goal of MDG 5, namely, to reduce maternal mortality by 75%. Sub-Saharan Africa suffers from the highest regional maternal mortality rate (MMR) at 640 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births and the annual decline has only been 0.1%. In -
Graduate from Cambridge University with Oliver
Duration: 00:02:07
Published Date: 2024/07/03What’s it like to graduate from the University of Cambridge? Join brand new @stjohnscollegecambridge9432 alumnus @olivercooney and his family as he graduates with a degree in Linguistics! #UniversityOfCambridge #CambridgeUniversity #CambridgeGraduation #JustGraduated #CambridgeAlumni #CambridgeStudent #Cambridge -
Cambridge Sport: Inspiring, Engaging, Transforming.
Duration: 00:04:16
Published Date: 2018/11/27A £2.5m gift to Cambridge sport funds two new hockey pitches at Wilberforce Sports Ground for use by the University and wider Cambridge community. The gift marks a defining moment in the mission of the University to improve sports facilities and recognise the many wide-ranging benefits sport gives to all who take part. -
Cambridge Footlights get ready for worldwide tour
Duration: 00:02:47
Published Date: 2018/06/12They'll be touring to London, Edinburgh, California, Las Vegas, Chicago, New York and more but first they have to rehearse. The Cambridge Footlights are preparing to perform 'Pillow Talk', a show featuring numerous sketches largely based on those late night thoughts that you daren't say out loud. To find out more about the troupe visit their website: https://footlightsontour.co.uk/ -
Understanding the OCD Brain part 2: Animal research at Cambridge
Duration: 00:15:11
Published Date: 2017/03/28Science writer David Adam has obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). In the second of a series of films, he meets researchers at the University of Cambridge to find out what animals – rats and marmosets – can teach us about the condition and how this can help in the development of new treatments.
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