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What’s so appealing about the Cambridge Blue? | Varsity
WEBSep 23, 2023 · What is a “Blue”? A Blue is the highest honour that can be earned by a Cambridge athlete, most often through participating in a Varsity match or race against the University of Oxford. The full Blue is the most prestigious award, but athletes can also be awarded the half-Blue or second team colours for other levels of achievement.
Cambridge University on thin ice in world sustainability rankings
WEBFriday January 19 2024, 1:10am. The University of Cambridge has fallen 105 places in twelve months in global university sustainability rankings, to 124th place. The 2024 rankings, released in December, show a dramatic fall from Cambridge’s 2023 position of 19th. It is also significantly lower than their overall QS world rankings, in which ...
How Cambridge medical students are rallying behind junior doctors
WEBMar 14, 2023 · Joshua Newington speaks to the people behind the student movement to support the strikes. After 15 years of real term pay cuts, record levels of student debt and disappointing negotiations with the government, junior doctors began a 72 hour strike on March 13th. Outside Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge, they won’t be alone.
Cambridge under fire for Huawei cash | Varsity
WEBOct 31, 2023 · Cambridge University has received more than £26 million in research funding from Huawei, a Chinese company considered by the UK government to be a risk to national security, The Times reports. The University has accepted £18.4 million in research grants, £698,764 in research funding and £7.6 million in donations from Huawei since 2016.
Vice-Chancellor holds first free speech dialogue | Varsity
WEBNov 10, 2023 · Cambridge’s new Vice-Chancellor held the first of her free speech ‘dialogues’ on Wednesday, which canvassed views of academics and invitees on assisted dying. This was the pilot run of the VC’s new scheme, which aims to create environments where people can “actually learn” from an “honest and open” exchange of …
Cambridge postgrad wins seat in Parliament | Varsity
WEBFriday July 5 2024, 7:21pm. A Cambridge Postgraduate student has won a seat in the House of Commons, making him the UK’s youngest MP. Sam Carling, who is a current MPhil student at Christ’s College, won the North West Cambridgeshire for Labour constituency by 39 votes. Carling, 22, becomes the first Labour MP to …
How to get recruited by MI6 | Varsity - Varsity Online
WEBFeb 17, 2023 · How to get recruited by MI6. Varsity investigates MI5 and MI6 recruitment at Cambridge. by Taneesha Datta. Friday February 17 2023. Photo credit: Nicholas Hartmann/Wikimedia Commons. In the summer of 1984, as Easter term drew to a drowsy close, Richard Tomlinson heard an unfamiliar voice calling his name across Gonville court.
The lack of diversity in journalism is a crisis, says HuffPost ...
WEBNov 9, 2019 · The lack of diversity in journalism is a crisis, says HuffPost Executive Editor Jess Brammar. Juliet Martin speaks to Jess Brammar about where she sees the future of journalism heading
What will I do without Glitterbomb? | Varsity - Varsity Online
WEBApr 4, 2020 · Varsity are launching this series to give a platform to students reflecting on the parts of Cambridge they'll miss the most, and to gain some closure through writing. Just email our Features team with a 150-word pitch with your idea! Glitterbomb is the weekly LGBTQ+ club night on Tuesdays at Life (or Vinyl or Kuda, however you might know it).