2024: A year in Cambridge news | Varsity
2025年1月1日 · Art made headlines in March, as a row emerged over a statue said to portray Prince PhillipNick James for Varsity. Drinking frenzies continued into March, as Varsity revealed a Wetherspoons bust-up which saw two Oxbridge students wiped out by a flying chair. The Nathan Cofnas furore continued, as the University’s academic head admitted “failures” over the research fellow’s appointment ...
What on earth is Cambridge culture? | Varsity
2024年12月20日 · Last week, I was subjecting a friend to another tirade about the difficulties of being a Varsity arts writer in Cambridge. In response to once again having to sit through this rant, they smiled and recited an epigram that I’d never heard …
Cambridge ranked fifth in The Times World University Rankings
2024年10月11日 · Times University rankings focus on research, percentage of international students and teaching. While Cambridge came fifth, they have significantly more students per staff member than Stanford or Yale, both of whom ranked lower than Cambridge this year.
Cambridge vets face uncertainty as accreditation threat looms
2024年11月27日 · Varsity is the independent newspaper for the University of Cambridge, established in its current form in 1947. In order to maintain our editorial independence, our print newspaper and news website receives no funding from the University of Cambridge or its constituent Colleges.
Tuition fees set to exceed £10,000 by 2029 | Varsity
2024年12月20日 · Tuition fees in England are expected to exceed £10,000 by the end of this Parliament, according to a report in the Financial Times.. An announcement that English university tuition fees will continue to grow with rising inflation is now expected to appear next year in the Labour government’s spending review.
Pro-Palestine protesters occupy Greenwich House | Varsity
2024年11月22日 · Following the University’s promise to review arms investments, C4P agreed to dismantle in early August, but has continued to hold pro-Palestine protests, with the most recent rally condemning COP29 held in Baku, Azerbaijan.. Greenwich House, where the University’s finance, research operations, and public relations offices are located, has previously been occupied by climate activists in 2018.
Combined authority commits £1 million to inequality fund
2024年12月28日 · Cambridgeshire and Peterborough combined authority’s investment committee has approved £1 million towards an initiative that aims to reduce inequality across the Cambridge area.. The project, called Greater Cambridge Impact (GCI), plans to raise £10 million over 10 years to work with the most disadvantaged communities in the region.
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Trinity tops 2024 Tompkins Table as Christ’s is toppled
2024年9月23日 · The Tompkins Table is not wholly popular in Cambridge, and is not published officially by the University. In 2018, the Students’ Union denounced the table’s methodology, which it said reflects “the worst of the academic culture here in Cambridge”.. This year’s Tompkins Table was published in the Sunday Times 2025 Good University Guide, which ranked Cambridge as the UK’s fourth-best ...
Inside the world of bops | Varsity
2024年11月1日 · Blow-up cactuses decorated Pembroke for the Wild West theme, complete with ‘Wanted’ posters of the JCR members Fred Bullock with permission for Varsity. The enduring popularity of some bops proves the tradition is far from extinct.