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    • Wednesday, 11 October, 2023
      Cambridge
      Cambridge aims to double its number of ‘unicorns’ by 2035

      Universities, local government and industry to announce plan to boost innovation and expand multinationals in the city

      Cambridge Biomedical campus: Cambridge has 5,500 businesses that carry out research, development or innovation, generating more than £20bn in revenues a year
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Mental health
      Suppressing negative thoughts good for mental health, researchers find

      Cambridge university study contradicts common belief in psychology that it is better to talk about distressing ideas and memories

      An elderly woman dozes in the garden
    • Monday, 17 July, 2023
      Cambridge university should halt funding from fossil fuel groups, report finds

      Independent study led by former UN climate champion comes amid growing scrutiny of patronage of higher education

      Cambridge university
    • Friday, 16 June, 2023
      Cambridge professor remains in post despite plagiarism

      History academic published an article containing large parts of essays copied from one of his students

      Cambridge university professor Dr William O’Reilly
    • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
      Jemima Kelly
      In defence of Oxbridge

      Do we really want to turn getting a good education into something that people should feel embarrassed about?

      Ben Hickey illustration of a mortarboard on a green background, with a ladder on its side.
    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      Cambridge university’s economic impact worth £30bn a year, analysis shows

      Report highlights role higher education institutions play in accelerating innovation

      Students cycle past Cambridge university
    • Monday, 6 March, 2023
      Chess
      Chess: English amateur defeats Ukrainian champion in style

      Puzzle: can you win like P ConNers?

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      Chess
      Oxford v Cambridge reaches 150 years not out

      Puzzle: what did the Dutch master miss?

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      UK politics
      Oxford-Cambridge Arc revived via new British regional partnership

      Sunak offers renewed backing for plan to develop ‘UK Silicon Valley’ after it was shelved by Johnson government

      Oxford city skyline
    • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
      Health
      Potentially toxic air pollution hazard identified on London Underground

      Cambridge study finds high levels of iron particles small enough to pass into bloodstream

      Passengers wait to board a Victoria Line train at King’s Cross St Pancras station
    • Friday, 14 October, 2022
      Royal Institute of British Architects
      Cambridge university library wins Riba Stirling Prize

      Prestigious UK architecture award highlights growing trend for sustainable design

      The New Library at Magdalene College
    • Wednesday, 31 August, 2022
      Stella Hughes
      Five decades after Cambridge colleges went co-ed, too little has changed

      Opportunities for gender, race or social equality come at the price of accepting the institutional culture

    • Thursday, 25 August, 2022
      Scientific research
      Scientists create ‘synthetic’ mouse embryos with brains and beating hearts

      Aim is to use stem cell research to help humans in areas ranging from fertility treatment to organ transplants

      Synthetic and natural mouse embryos after eight and a half days of gestation
    • Monday, 1 August, 2022
      UK economy
      Lab space shortage threatens life science boom in Oxford and Cambridge

      Investors warn that lack of availability is driving some companies to US cities

      The Dorothy Hodgkin Building on the Babraham Research Campus in Cambridge
    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      Life & Arts
      ‘A hero to me’: Henry Louis Gates and Cambridge’s first African-American student

      An honorary doctorate gave the author and academic a chance to shine a light on the achievements of Alexander Crummell 170 years ago

    • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
      Pharmaceuticals sector
      Cambridge start-up searches for next Covid jab in animal faeces

      University spinout is developing two vaccines to help prevent future pandemics

      A medical worker receives the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine jab at a hospital in Santiago, Chile
    • Monday, 14 March, 2022
      Chess
      Oxford defeat Cambridge again in chess’s longest running annual match

      Puzzle: find the Ukrainian’s winning move

    • Friday, 4 March, 2022
      UK economy
      Shelving UK’s ‘Silicon Valley’ could cost economy £50bn

      Academics and investors urge greater investment in Oxford-Cambridge Arc innovation hub

    • Wednesday, 26 May, 2021
      Stephen Hawking
      Archive of physicist Stephen Hawking left to academia and museums

      Wheelchair and trove of papers among items given to Cambridge university and Science Museum

    • Friday, 30 April, 2021
      InterviewLunch with the FT
      Mary Beard: ‘The ancient world is a metaphor for us’

      The classicist on why the study of Greece and Rome matters in the Netflix age — and how to beat Boris Johnson in a debate

      Mary Beard
    • Monday, 22 February, 2021
      Divestment
      Trinity College Cambridge to dump fossil fuel companies this year

      Oxbridge’s wealthiest institution has set a net zero target, as divestments by UK university endowments gather pace

    • Friday, 4 December, 2020
      Camilla Cavendish
      Mandated ‘respect’ for others’ opinions hurts free speech

      A polite but deadly serious Cambridge university row over the issue shows the need for ‘tolerance’ instead

      Jonathan McHugh illustration of Camilla Cavendish column ‘Mandated ‘respect’ for others’ opinions hurts free speech’
    • Friday, 23 October, 2020
      Next Act
      The confusing investment path to saving the planet

      Many hurdles have to be overcome to turn your portfolio green, but it is worth making the effort

    • Thursday, 1 October, 2020
      Cambridge university to dump fossil fuel investments by 2030

      Central endowment fund also promises to aim for net zero emissions in its portfolio companies by 2038

    • Friday, 14 August, 2020
      UK schools
      A-level pupils face year’s delay to admission even if grades reinstated

      Top universities say they may struggle to hold 2020 places for students whose marks are recalculated

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