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Make 2019 the year you visit somewhere new with the Alumni Travel Programme - the latest edition of our brochure is now available online and will be in the post soon!

Join the discussion - trust, technology and truth-claims

How do you evaluate the trustworthiness and credibility of online content that you are reading? To mark the launch of the Trust & Technology Initiative late last month, researchers across Cambridge shared their perspectives on the subject. Now, we would like to hear your thoughts about truth-claims in the digital age.

Aerial view of the Turkish Mediterranean coastline and Danube Delta

Restoring Europe’s landscapes for life

The Endangered Landscapes Programme launched by the Cambridge Conservation Initiative will provide a demonstration of nature’s powers of recovery, and the benefits to habitats, species and people of restoring biodiversity and ecosystem processes to degraded land and seas.

(Top-left) Alison flying; (Bottom-left) Alison as a Meteorologist; (Right) Alison in Antarctica

From the seas to the skies - Alison Davies

Alison Davies (Churchill 2010) was surprised to discover that a degree in Natural Sciences could lead to an unconventional career working as an operational meteorologist for the Royal Air Force (RAF).

Still from the video of the Vice-Chancellor

New academic year opens with Vice-Chancellor's speech

The Vice-Chancellor's speech on Monday 1 October 2018 set out priorities and challenges for the new academic year. Watch his special video message to alumni and read more about the speech now.

Conservation Leadership celebration

Sir David Attenborough celebrates achievements of Conservation Leadership alumni

This month Sir David Attenborough returned to Cambridge to join alumni of the MPhil in Conservation Leadership, to celebrate the collective achievements of the first eight cohorts of the course.

Diane Abbott MP (left) and Bez Adeosun (right)

Exclusive preview of Black Cantabs: History Makers exhibition

Black Cantabs: History Makers is a groundbreaking exhibition telling the forgotten stories of black students in Cambridge, which takes place from Monday 1 October to Saturday 22 December 2018 at the University Library

University of Cambridge Primary School pupils and parents

Back to school in Eddington

Throughout September the University prepares to welcome back its undergraduates after the summer break. For Cambridge’s primary school children, however, the new term is already well underway. Find out about the University of Cambridge Primary School based in Eddington - the first primary University Training School in the UK.

Ekbal and Pembroke College

The quake doctor - Ekbal Hussain

Ekbal Hussain (Pembroke 2008) describes how his passion for geosciences led to him working for the British Geological Survey. Today he studies earthquake movements to help understand the risks from future shocks to low-income countries.

Simon and Danielle outside Fitzwilliam College

Dancing with our alumni - Simon Chan and Danielle Ainsworth-Patrick

Computer Science graduates Simon Chan (Fitzwilliam 2002) and Danielle Ainsworth-Patrick (Fitzwilliam 2007) have been teaching Collegiate Shag (a 1930s dance from the USA) with Cambridge Swing Dance since 2016. We met up with them to find out about life after graduation and how they discovered their love and talent for dancing.

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