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WEBA month in Cambridge science: Breakthroughs in dark matter, assisted reproduction and medieval monks. From medieval monks to climate justice and dark matter, the Science team highlight ground-breaking developments in …
The global fight against misogyny | Varsity - Varsity Online
WEBApr 23, 2021 · It was harrowing to see the pervasiveness of misogyny, manifesting in different forms of violence and inequality across the world. The unequal gendered impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and recovery plans weave women across nation states together. Women have been trapped in their houses with violent partners, held most of …
Exclusive: Christ’s and Pembroke victorious over Trinity in …
WEBJul 21, 2018 · Christ’s saw 37.1% of its students awarded first-class degrees. Trinity dropped to third place in the Tompkins Table, its lowest ranking in eleven years, as Pembroke rose to second place while recording the highest percentage of first-class degrees of any college, at 37.2% of its undergraduate student body. Lower down in the table, Peterhouse ...
Interview: Hollie McNish | Varsity
WEBWednesday March 12 2014, 11:47am. Hollie McNish doesn’t do formalities. Meeting her at the plodge, I go in for a handshake and come out with a warm, smiling hug. After a stunned silence (on my part, not hers), we launch into a conversation about her journey, her daughter, coming back to Cambridge, and the evening’s entertainment that awaits us.
Large gulf in salaries of Cambridge’s college masters | Varsity
WEBJun 20, 2018 · They are also over £30,000 higher than the mean salary of the 25 colleges for which Varsity has data, which is £50,670. In 2014, Pembroke College master Sir Richard Dearlove was the highest paid of all college heads. Since then, however, the salary of Pembroke’s master has fallen by over £10,000 from £103,467. On the other end of the ...
Meet the candidates: Daisy Eyre | Varsity - Varsity Online
WEBMar 3, 2017 · Daisy Eyre is former President of the Jesus College Student Union Lucas Chebib. by Matt Gutteridge. This article is 8 years old. Friday March 3 2017, 9:00am. At first glance, Daisy Eyre may seem to be the ‘continuity candidate’ in this year’s election – a former JCR president, and CUSU insider. She’s even the college daughter of one ...
Foresight is a wonderful thing, but hindsight is better | Varsity
WEBSunday April 5 2020, 8:00am. William Blake’s judgement that ‘hindsight is a wonderful thing, but foresight is better’ encapsulates a frustration that I think we are all experiencing during these strange and sad times. I think it is part of the human condition: a frustration with the maddening mechanism of time and its persistence in ...
Poll: How are you voting in the SU election and the Reading Week ...
WEBVoting is open in the 2022 Cambridge SU election. 13 positions are up for election, five of which are contested.. Varsity invites students to share their views ahead of this vote by filling out this simple poll.. In tandem with this, the SU are holding a referendum asking whether students support the introduction of a Reading Week/Midterm Break in Michaelmas and Lent Terms.
Second phase of Oxford-Cambridge train line on track | Varsity
WEBAug 2, 2018 · The next stage of reopening the ‘Varsity Line’ – connecting Oxford and Cambridge by train – is set to begin, with plans to build the second phase submitted to the UK government. Officially known as the East-West rail scheme, the ‘Varsity Line’ is scheduled to be completed by the mid-2020s and, with government consent, the first ...
Sustainability event attended by Prince Charles criticised by …
WEBApr 2, 2022 · The student-led campaign Demilitarise Cambridge issued a twitter thread yesterday (01/4) criticising the invitation of certain companies to an event held by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s (CISL) that was attended by Prince Charles.. The reception was held on Thursday (31/4) to celebrate the opening of CISL’s low-carbon headquarters, the new “ultra ...
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