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  • Popular articles
  • Beyond reality checkpoint: local businesses risking being forced out by Cambridge’s tourism industry
    15 October 2025
  • Humans of Cambridge: the many hats of a Cambridge College Porter
    17 October 2025
  • How to spend a Cambridge summer
    12 October 2025
  • At the crossroads: finding your own faith
    4 October 2025
  • Is Cambridge undergoing a religious revival?

    Is Cambridge undergoing a religious revival?

    Emma Tenzler and Theo Mellor ask whether large numbers young people are really turning to Christianity

    17 October 2025
    Is Cambridge undergoing a religious revival?
  • Humans of Cambridge: the many hats of a Cambridge College Porter

    Beth Lee

    Humans of Cambridge: the many hats of a Cambridge College Porter

    Beth Lee speaks to the quiet powerhouses behind the desk whose work keeps colleges and students thriving

    17 October 2025
    Humans of Cambridge: the many hats of a Cambridge College Porter
  • Beyond reality checkpoint

    Beyond reality checkpoint

    15 October 2025
    Beyond reality checkpoint
  • How are Cambridge students spending their summers?

    How are Cambridge students spending their summers?

    12 October 2025
    How are Cambridge students spending their summers?
  • Cambridge caught on camera – should we leave our phones behind?

    Cambridge caught on camera – should we leave our phones behind?

    7 October 2025
    Cambridge caught on camera – should we leave our phones behind?
  • At the crossroads: finding your own faith

    At the crossroads: finding your own faith

    4 October 2025
    At the crossroads: finding your own faith
  • The changing shape of student societies

    The changing shape of student societies

    3 October 2025
    The changing shape of student societies
  • Vintage Varsity: advice for freshers

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: advice for freshers

    3 October 2025
    Vintage Varsity: advice for freshers
  • Vintage Varsity: a Y2K welcome

    Vintage Varsity: a Y2K welcome

    3 October 2025
    Vintage Varsity: a Y2K welcome
  • Humans of Cambridge: The changing life of the college chef

    Humans of Cambridge

    Humans of Cambridge: The changing life of the college chef

    3 October 2025
    Humans of Cambridge: The changing life of the college chef
  • Why are there so few Scots at Cambridge?

    Why are there so few Scots at Cambridge?

    Daisy Stewart Henderson speaks to Scottish students

    1 October 2025
    Why are there so few Scots at Cambridge?
  • Reflections on the August Reconsideration Pool 

    Reflections on the August Reconsideration Pool 

    Elsie McDowell asks students how receiving their offer through the August Reconsideration Pool has shaped their time at Cambridge

    27 September 2025
    Reflections on the August Reconsideration Pool 
  • The honesty of Cambridge vloggers 

    Grace Howell

    The honesty of Cambridge vloggers 

    23 September 2025
    The honesty of Cambridge vloggers 
  • Is AI really killing the graduate job market?

    Is AI really killing the graduate job market?

    20 September 2025
    Is AI really killing the graduate job market?
  • Cambridge SU: has-been or never-was?

    Cambridge SU: has-been or never-was?

    16 September 2025
    Cambridge SU: has-been or never-was?
  • Behind the scenes of Varsity

    Behind the scenes of Varsity

    14 September 2025
    Behind the scenes of Varsity
  • Meet the Cambridge students whose names live up to their degree

    Meet the Cambridge students whose names live up to their degree

    9 September 2025
    Meet the Cambridge students whose names live up to their degree
  • The costs of the year abroad

    The costs of the year abroad

    2 September 2025
    The costs of the year abroad
  • Investigating Ramadan at Cambridge 

    Investigating Ramadan at Cambridge 

    30 August 2025
    Investigating Ramadan at Cambridge 
  • Students taking a stand against sexual violence

    Francesca Evans

    Students taking a stand against sexual violence

    26 August 2025
    Students taking a stand against sexual violence
  • Does studying STEM still guarantee success after graduation?

    Does studying STEM still guarantee success after graduation?

    Beth Lee examines the cost of a career in the STEM industry, and whether these paths deliver on their promises.

    23 August 2025
    Does studying STEM still guarantee success after graduation?
  • Irish students' experiences among Cambridge's colonial past 

    Irish students’ experiences among Cambridge’s colonial past 

    Irish students at Cambridge must navigate a country and a university that haven’t fully reckoned with their violently interconnected past 

    19 August 2025
    Irish students’ experiences among Cambridge’s colonial past 
  • The long road from Gaza to Cambridge

    The long road from Gaza to Cambridge

    15 August 2025
    The long road from Gaza to Cambridge
  • Incoming freshers and their hopes, fears and expectations for Cambridge 

    Incoming freshers and their hopes, fears and expectations for Cambridge 

    12 August 2025
    Incoming freshers and their hopes, fears and expectations for Cambridge 
  • The community Cambridge accommodation creates (and doesn't)

    Student Life

    The community Cambridge accommodation creates (and doesn’t)

    9 August 2025
    The community Cambridge accommodation creates (and doesn’t)
  • Inside Cambridge’s museum collections

    Inside Cambridge’s museum collections

    6 August 2025
    Inside Cambridge’s museum collections
  • Private summer programmes in Cambridge 

    Private summer programmes in Cambridge 

    3 August 2025
    Private summer programmes in Cambridge 
  • Reinvestigating Pride in Cambridge

    Reinvestigating Pride in Cambridge

    26 July 2025
    Reinvestigating Pride in Cambridge
  • Living with injury at Cambridge

    Student Life

    Living with injury at Cambridge

    22 July 2025
    Living with injury at Cambridge
  • How to catch a coat thief

    How to catch a coat thief

    13 July 2025
    How to catch a coat thief
  • The unmoored life of a third-culture kid  

    Student Life

    The unmoored life of a third-culture kid  

    Grace Howell explores the home Cambridge can provide to ‘third-culture-kids’

    8 July 2025
    The unmoored life of a third-culture kid  
  • There is a future for winemaking in Cambridgeshire

    There is a future for winemaking in Cambridgeshire

    Aaron Syposz explores how local winemaking has been impacted by climate change and improved knowhow  

    1 July 2025
    There is a future for winemaking in Cambridgeshire
  • Underage students at Cambridge

    Underage students at Cambridge

    29 June 2025
    Underage students at Cambridge
  • 3am in Cambridge

    3am in Cambridge

    25 June 2025
    3am in Cambridge
  • Cold-water cult: the year-round swimmers of Cambridge

    Cold-water cult: the year-round swimmers of Cambridge

    21 June 2025
    Cold-water cult: the year-round swimmers of Cambridge
  • The unspoken relationship between hospitality staff and Cambridge students

    Student Life

    The unspoken relationship between hospitality staff and Cambridge students

    17 June 2025
    The unspoken relationship between hospitality staff and Cambridge students
  • Vintage Varsity: May Ball edition

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: May Ball edition

    13 June 2025
    Vintage Varsity: May Ball edition
  • Pints from the past

    Pints from the past

    13 June 2025
    Pints from the past
  • What if I get a 2:2?

    Academic Life

    What if I get a 2:2?

    13 June 2025
    What if I get a 2:2?
  • Midsummer to May Ball

    Midsummer to May Ball

    13 June 2025
    Midsummer to May Ball
  • Is Cambridge decarbonising fast enough?

    Is Cambridge decarbonising fast enough?

    The university and its colleges seek to reduce their environmental impact, while student groups criticise slow progress

    13 June 2025
    Is Cambridge decarbonising fast enough?
  • ‘I didn't know I was disabled until I came here’

    ‘I didn’t know I was disabled until I came here’

    Evie Nicholson speaks to disabled students about Cambridge’s inaccessible architecture

    13 June 2025
    ‘I didn’t know I was disabled until I came here’
  • Inside Cambridge's nuclear bunker

    Nuclear bunker

    Inside Cambridge’s nuclear bunker

    10 June 2025
    Inside Cambridge’s nuclear bunker
  • Is “following your dreams” a status symbol?

    Is “following your dreams” a status symbol?

    8 June 2025
    Is “following your dreams” a status symbol?
  • On competition and camaraderie in Cambridge

    On competition and camaraderie in Cambridge

    3 June 2025
    On competition and camaraderie in Cambridge
  • A night climber's guide to Cambridge

    A night climber’s guide to Cambridge

    31 May 2025
    A night climber’s guide to Cambridge
  • Rethinking gender and representation in the new History Tripos

    Academic Life

    Rethinking gender and representation in the new History Tripos

    28 May 2025
    Rethinking gender and representation in the new History Tripos
  • What Shabbat can teach Cambridge about rest

    Student Life

    What Shabbat can teach Cambridge about rest

    25 May 2025
    What Shabbat can teach Cambridge about rest
  • The hidden wildlife of Cambridge

    Nature

    The hidden wildlife of Cambridge

    18 May 2025
    The hidden wildlife of Cambridge
  • Is the condom becoming counterculture?

    Sex and Relationships

    Is the condom becoming counterculture?

    13 May 2025
    Is the condom becoming counterculture?
  • Meet Guessbridge, Cambridge’s answer to Wordle and GeoGuessr

    Meet Guessbridge, Cambridge’s answer to Wordle and GeoGuessr

    Faron Smith talks with the creators and players of Guessbridge, the new daily game taking Cambridge by storm.

    10 May 2025
    Meet Guessbridge, Cambridge’s answer to Wordle and GeoGuessr
  • When misogyny comes from within

    Feminism

    When misogyny comes from within

    How female students are learning to silence their internal misogynist

    7 May 2025
    When misogyny comes from within
  • The flexibility and limitations of borrowed papers

    Academic Life

    The flexibility and limitations of borrowed papers

    29 April 2025
    The flexibility and limitations of borrowed papers
  • Vintage Varsity: Career advice?

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: Career advice?

    25 April 2025
    Vintage Varsity: Career advice?
  • Mental health support at Cambridge

    Mental health support at Cambridge

    25 April 2025
    Mental health support at Cambridge
  • Meet the Cupids of Cambridge

    Dating

    Meet the Cupids of Cambridge

    25 April 2025
    Meet the Cupids of Cambridge
  • TikTok use at Cambridge

    TikTok use at Cambridge

    24 April 2025
    TikTok use at Cambridge
  • Behind the scenes of University Challenge

    University Challenge

    Behind the scenes of University Challenge

    5 May 2025
    Behind the scenes of University Challenge
  • Using social media in access and outreach

    access and outreach

    Using social media in access and outreach

    15 April 2025
    Using social media in access and outreach
  • Cambridge: where toxic productivity turns rest into a radical act

    Wellbeing

    Cambridge: where toxic productivity turns rest into a radical act

    8 April 2025
    Cambridge: where toxic productivity turns rest into a radical act
  • Lessons on coping with insomnia

    Wellbeing

    Lessons on coping with insomnia

    Isabella Steinmeyer speaks to insomnia sufferers and specialists to uncover strategies to help 

    1 April 2025
    Lessons on coping with insomnia
  • The West Cambridge Data Centre

    The West Cambridge Data Centre

    Evie Nicholson visits the West Cambridge Data Centre

    30 March 2025
    The West Cambridge Data Centre
  • The stress of graduation

    Graduation

    The stress of graduation

    25 March 2025
    The stress of graduation
  • Gender and social media extremism

    Social Media

    Gender and social media extremism

    23 March 2025
    Gender and social media extremism
  • The desperate state of Cambridge’s housing market

    Housing

    The desperate state of Cambridge’s housing market

    18 March 2025
    The desperate state of Cambridge’s housing market
  • The pets of Cambridge

    Wellbeing

    The pets of Cambridge

    15 March 2025
    The pets of Cambridge
  • Vintage Varsity: International Women's Day 

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: International Women’s Day 

    7 March 2025
    Vintage Varsity: International Women’s Day 
  • Why faculty diversity matters

    Diversity

    Why faculty diversity matters

    7 March 2025
    Why faculty diversity matters
  • Will East West Rail turn Cambridge into the Silicon Fen?

    Transport

    Will East West Rail turn Cambridge into the Silicon Fen?

    7 March 2025
    Will East West Rail turn Cambridge into the Silicon Fen?
  • Cultural societies: armour against elitism

    Societies

    Cultural societies: armour against elitism

    4 March 2025
    Cultural societies: armour against elitism
  • Is attending your lectures really worth it?

    Lectures

    Is attending your lectures really worth it?

    Julia Ongking talks to Cantabs about their lecture attendance

    26 February 2025
    Is attending your lectures really worth it?
  • Advancing African academic ambition 

    Scholarships

    Advancing African academic ambition 

    Zindzi Khaya Douglas-Pedersen meets the people behind the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program

    21 February 2025
    Advancing African academic ambition 
  • Caught in the dark: why Cambridge students are 'blind' to women's safety initiatives

    Women's Safety

    Caught in the dark: why Cambridge students are ‘blind’ to women’s safety initiatives

    21 February 2025
    Caught in the dark: why Cambridge students are ‘blind’ to women’s safety initiatives
  • How far is too far?

    Student Life

    How far is too far?

    19 February 2025
    How far is too far?
  • Cambridge needs a bridge with its Chinese students

    International Students

    Cambridge needs a bridge with its Chinese students

    17 February 2025
    Cambridge needs a bridge with its Chinese students
  • Oxbridge College sisterhood

    Sister Colleges

    Oxbridge College sisterhood

    12 February 2025
    Oxbridge College sisterhood
  • Inside Gender Agenda

    Feminism

    Inside Gender Agenda

    7 February 2025
    Inside Gender Agenda
  • Destigmatising Classics: opening up the ancient world to all

    Study

    Destigmatising Classics: opening up the ancient world to all

    7 February 2025
    Destigmatising Classics: opening up the ancient world to all
  • Be my (Varsity) Valentine?

    Vintage Varsity

    Be my (Varsity) Valentine?

    7 February 2025
    Be my (Varsity) Valentine?
  • Wassail, Wassail, All Over the Town

    Culture

    Wassail, Wassail, All Over the Town

    1 February 2025
    Wassail, Wassail, All Over the Town
  • Headphone culture at Cambridge

    Study

    Headphone culture at Cambridge

    Mimi Ronson explores headphone culture at Cambridge

    28 January 2025
    Headphone culture at Cambridge
  • Vintage Varsity: SU elections 

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: SU elections 

    Resident archivist Lily O’Sullivan reflects on how the SU has made Varsity headlines over the years

    24 January 2025
    Vintage Varsity: SU elections 
  • How can we make Cambridge traditions more inclusive?

    Inclusivity

    How can we make Cambridge traditions more inclusive?

    24 January 2025
    How can we make Cambridge traditions more inclusive?
  • The Cambridge students volunteering in Calais

    Volunteering

    The Cambridge students volunteering in Calais

    24 January 2025
    The Cambridge students volunteering in Calais
  • Raising the profile of the year abroad

    Year Abroad

    Raising the profile of the year abroad

    19 January 2025
    Raising the profile of the year abroad
  • Tuition fees: to raise, to abolish or to reform entirely

    Financial Support

    Tuition fees: to raise, to abolish or to reform entirely

    14 January 2025
    Tuition fees: to raise, to abolish or to reform entirely
  • An investigation into women and sex at Cambridge

    Sex and Relationships

    An investigation into women and sex at Cambridge

    7 January 2025
    An investigation into women and sex at Cambridge
  • Does Cambridge have a caffeine problem?

    Lifestyle

    Does Cambridge have a caffeine problem?

    4 January 2025
    Does Cambridge have a caffeine problem?
  • To cook or not to cook

    College Accommodation

    To cook or not to cook

    31 December 2024
    To cook or not to cook
  • Home for the holidays: bridging identities

    Identity

    Home for the holidays: bridging identities

    25 December 2024
    Home for the holidays: bridging identities
  • Behind the Bar: the students pulling pints

    Student Work

    Behind the Bar: the students pulling pints

    Lowenna Biscoe uncovers the inner workings of student-run college bars

    22 December 2024
    Behind the Bar: the students pulling pints
  • The power of Cambridge's access and outreach programmes

    Outreach

    The power of Cambridge’s access and outreach programmes

    Calum Murray speaks to the students and staff involved in increasing the number of disadvantaged students gaining a place at Oxbridge

    17 December 2024
    The power of Cambridge’s access and outreach programmes
  • Vintage Varsity: one small step for Cambridge

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: one small step for Cambridge

    15 December 2024
    Vintage Varsity: one small step for Cambridge
  • From Empire to identity: the evolving story of Indian students at Cambridge

    Identity

    From Empire to identity: the evolving story of Indian students at Cambridge

    14 December 2024
    From Empire to identity: the evolving story of Indian students at Cambridge
  • Caerdydd to Caergrawnt: what is it to ‘be Welsh’ in a home away from home? 

    Identity

    Caerdydd to Caergrawnt: what is it to ‘be Welsh’ in a home away from home? 

    12 December 2024
    Caerdydd to Caergrawnt: what is it to ‘be Welsh’ in a home away from home? 
  • Signs of change in CUSLS: embracing Deaf culture 

    Societies

    Signs of change in CUSLS: embracing Deaf culture 

    8 December 2024
    Signs of change in CUSLS: embracing Deaf culture 
  • The case of the neglectful college parent

    Social Life

    The case of the neglectful college parent

    3 December 2024
    The case of the neglectful college parent
  • Vintage Varsity: Vintage Farcity

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: Vintage Farcity

    2 December 2024
    Vintage Varsity: Vintage Farcity
  • In search of togetherness: Cambridge’s international students

    International Students

    In search of togetherness: Cambridge’s international students

    1 December 2024
    In search of togetherness: Cambridge’s international students
  • An introduction to beekeeping at Cambridge

    Beekeeping

    An introduction to beekeeping at Cambridge

    29 November 2024
    An introduction to beekeeping at Cambridge
  • Vintage Varsity: Slade, santa hats, and savvy gifting

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: Slade, santa hats, and savvy gifting

    Resident Varsity Archivist Vialli McComb uses the wisdom and experiences of Bridgemas past to help you with your gift-buying this festive season

    29 November 2024
    Vintage Varsity: Slade, santa hats, and savvy gifting
  • 'It's cool to protect your drink': ending the spiking silence

    Nightlife

    ‘It’s cool to protect your drink’: ending the spiking silence

    Georgie Middlemiss uncovers the reality of spiking in Cambridge 

    29 November 2024
    ‘It’s cool to protect your drink’: ending the spiking silence
  • Remembering Elizabeth Anscombe: Cambridge's 'dragon lady'

    Academics

    Remembering Elizabeth Anscombe: Cambridge’s ‘dragon lady’

    26 November 2024
    Remembering Elizabeth Anscombe: Cambridge’s ‘dragon lady’
  • Vintage Varsity: a former Footlight 

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: a former Footlight 

    25 November 2024
    Vintage Varsity: a former Footlight 
  • Lamenting the lack of elevation in Cambridge: climbing the White Cliffs of Dover

    Climbing

    Lamenting the lack of elevation in Cambridge: climbing the White Cliffs of Dover

    23 November 2024
    Lamenting the lack of elevation in Cambridge: climbing the White Cliffs of Dover
  • The death of the casual pint

    Sobriety

    The death of the casual pint

    20 November 2024
    The death of the casual pint
  • Vintage Varsity: the fall of the wall 

    Vintage Varsity: the fall of the wall 

    17 November 2024
    Vintage Varsity: the fall of the wall 
  • GDBO? What Oxonians say about Cambridge

    Oxbridge rivalry

    GDBO? What Oxonians say about Cambridge

    16 November 2024
    GDBO? What Oxonians say about Cambridge
  • Could your college be costing you?

    Financial support

    Could your college be costing you?

    15 November 2024
    Could your college be costing you?
  • Vintage Varsity: the gowns they are a-going

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: the gowns they are a-going

    15 November 2024
    Vintage Varsity: the gowns they are a-going
  • Roaming researchers: a dissertation in Delhi

    Research travel

    Roaming researchers: a dissertation in Delhi

    Reflecting on the value of travelling for research purposes, Cynthia Francis relays the experience in Delhi 

    13 November 2024
    Roaming researchers: a dissertation in Delhi
  • Vintage Varsity: transatlantic ties

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: transatlantic ties

    Eleanor Dougan explores Cantabrigian responses to US presidents

    10 November 2024
    Vintage Varsity: transatlantic ties
  • The night Trump burst the Cantab-bubble: reflections from a Cambridge election watch party

    Politics

    The night Trump burst the Cantab-bubble: reflections from a Cambridge election watch party

    9 November 2024
    The night Trump burst the Cantab-bubble: reflections from a Cambridge election watch party
  • Challenging tradition and dressing down in Cambridge

    Formals

    Challenging tradition and dressing down in Cambridge

    5 November 2024
    Challenging tradition and dressing down in Cambridge
  • Vintage Varsity: a brief history of Sidge

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: a brief history of Sidge

    4 November 2024
    Vintage Varsity: a brief history of Sidge
  • Vintage Varsity: Cambridge's paranormal past

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: Cambridge’s paranormal past

    1 November 2024
    Vintage Varsity: Cambridge’s paranormal past
  • Lost in translation: Cambridge has a language learning problem

    Languages

    Lost in translation: Cambridge has a language learning problem

    1 November 2024
    Lost in translation: Cambridge has a language learning problem
  • Inside the world of bops

    Night Life

    Inside the world of bops

    1 November 2024
    Inside the world of bops
  • Vintage Varsity: charity the Cantab way

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: charity the Cantab way

    27 October 2024
    Vintage Varsity: charity the Cantab way
  • How 'swag' were you in 2014 really?

    King's Bunker

    How ‘swag’ were you in 2014 really?

    26 October 2024
    How ‘swag’ were you in 2014 really?

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