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University of Cambridge and Cambridge United announce strategic partnership

The University of Cambridge and Cambridge United Football Club have agreed a new partnership with the shared ambition of working together to help the wider city and the community, supporters, and current and prospective students.
Bumblebee foraging for nectar.

Getting maximum calories in shortest time is the priority for bumblebees

Research has found that bumblebees make foraging choices to collect the most sugar from flowers in the shortest time – even if that means using more energy in the process – to provide an immediate energy boost for the colony.
Aerial shot of parked trucks, Scunthorpe, United Kingdom

It’s high time for alliances to ensure supply chain security, researchers urge

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the interconnected nature of global supply chains, and showed how a disruption in one part of the world can have global effects. In 2021, supply disruptions were cost the global economy an estimated $1.9 trillion.
Young girl in Nepal

Sustained, purposeful investment key to ‘leaving no girl behind’, either in education or beyond

A UK-funded programme to support out-of-school girls in low-income countries has significantly enhanced their learning, confidence, opportunities and prospects, a new report says. However, sustained, strategic and targeted investment will be needed to preserve these gains.
Peter Samuelson and Doug Chalmers

Cambridge College to support care experienced teenagers

Care experienced children in Cambridgeshire are to receive significant support with their education and pastoral needs through a new partnership between Emmanuel College and the charity First Star Scholars UK. It will offer young care experienced people first-hand experience of a College environment to help them develop academically, personally and emotionally from Year 9 through to Year 13, helping them fulfil their potential and work towards entering higher education.

Cambridge University events at Being Human Festival 2023

From the art of kiln firing and exploring Egyptian coffins to Aztec food science and an exhibition delving into the artistic, sociological and linguistic aspects of biological research into human tissues, events being held by Cambridge as part of Being Human Festival 2023 are a celebration for the humanities.
Research underway in the Centre for Human-Inspired Artificial Intelligence

Cambridge and Google partner to facilitate AI research

The University of Cambridge and Google are building on their long-standing partnership with a multi-year research collaboration agreement and a Google grant for the University’s new Centre for Human-Inspired AI to support progress in responsible AI that is inspired by and benefits people. 

Strategy unveiled to boost innovation in Cambridge

 An ambitious new strategy to nurture and grow its innovation ecosystem has been unveiled at Cambridge summit.

UK needs AI legislation to create trust so companies can ‘plug AI into British economy’ – report

Legislating for AI safety and transparency will allow British industry and education to put resources into AI development with confidence, argue researchers.
Data Tunnel

UK needs AI legislation to create trust so companies can ‘plug AI into British economy’

Legislating for AI safety and transparency will allow British industry and education to put resources into AI development with confidence, argue researchers.

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