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  • Editor's pickSU reluctantly registers controversial women’s soc
    18 December 2025
  • CUP announces funding scheme for under-represented academics
    19 December 2025
  • Dons warn PM about Vet School closure
    16 December 2025
  • Cambridge study finds students learn better with notes than AI
    13 December 2025
  • Cambridge welcomes UK rejoining the Erasmus scheme

    Cambridge welcomes UK rejoining the Erasmus scheme

    The deal will allow British students to study at European universities, and vice versa for European students

    20 December 2025
    Cambridge welcomes UK rejoining the Erasmus scheme
  • CUP announces funding scheme for under-represented academics

    CUP announces funding scheme for under-represented academics

    The CUP grant comes amid a reported need for reform across the publishing sector 

    19 December 2025
    CUP announces funding scheme for under-represented academics
  • SU reluctantly registers controversial women's soc

    SU reluctantly registers controversial women’s soc

    18 December 2025
    SU reluctantly registers controversial women’s soc
  • Dons warn PM about Vet School closure

    Dons warn PM about Vet School closure

    16 December 2025
    Dons warn PM about Vet School closure
  • Firefighters put out blaze at Addie's car park

    Firefighters put out blaze at Addie’s car park

    15 December 2025
    Firefighters put out blaze at Addie’s car park
  • News In Brief: Michaelmas marriages, monogamous mammals, and messaging manipulation

    News In Brief: Michaelmas marriages, monogamous mammals, and messaging manipulation

    15 December 2025
    News In Brief: Michaelmas marriages, monogamous mammals, and messaging manipulation
  • Fury after Uni recommends end to Vet School

    Fury after Uni recommends end to Vet School

    13 December 2025
    Fury after Uni recommends end to Vet School
  • Cambridge study finds students learn better with notes than AI

    Cambridge study finds students learn better with notes than AI

    13 December 2025
    Cambridge study finds students learn better with notes than AI
  • Uni Scout and Guide Club affirms trans inclusion 

    Uni Scout and Guide Club affirms trans inclusion 

    12 December 2025
    Uni Scout and Guide Club affirms trans inclusion 
  • Pembroke to convert listed office building into accom

    Pembroke to convert listed office building into accom

    9 December 2025
    Pembroke to convert listed office building into accom
  • Gov declares £31m bus funding for Cambridge

    Gov declares £31m bus funding for Cambridge

    The funding will be spread through three years and is part of a national package worth £3 billion

    8 December 2025
    Gov declares £31m bus funding for Cambridge
  • News In Brief: elevated prices, eliminated neutrinos, and enormous anacondas 

    News In Brief: elevated prices, eliminated neutrinos, and enormous anacondas 

    A light-hearted round-up of this week’s stories, from the giant anaconda to Sidney Bar’s new prices

    7 December 2025
    News In Brief: elevated prices, eliminated neutrinos, and enormous anacondas 
  • Uni redundancy consultation 'falls short of legal duties', unions say

    Uni redundancy consultation ‘falls short of legal duties’, unions say

    6 December 2025
    Uni redundancy consultation ‘falls short of legal duties’, unions say
  • Researchers find five stages of brain development

    Researchers find five stages of brain development

    5 December 2025
    Researchers find five stages of brain development
  • Cambridge students accused of 'gleeful' racist hate crime

    Cambridge students accused of ‘gleeful’ racist hate crime

    4 December 2025
    Cambridge students accused of ‘gleeful’ racist hate crime
  • Churchill announces June Event in place of May Ball

    Churchill announces June Event in place of May Ball

    3 December 2025
    Churchill announces June Event in place of May Ball
  • Jack Peters wins Union presidency in contested race

    Jack Peters wins Union presidency in contested race

    1 December 2025
    Jack Peters wins Union presidency in contested race
  • Protesters accuse sustainability institute of 'greenwashing'

    Protesters accuse sustainability institute of ‘greenwashing’

    1 December 2025
    Protesters accuse sustainability institute of ‘greenwashing’
  • Join Varsity's visual team this Lent

    Join Varsity‘s visual team this Lent

    3 December 2025
    Join Varsity‘s visual team this Lent
  • Write for Varsity this Lent

    Write for Varsity this Lent

    3 December 2025
    Write for Varsity this Lent
  • Cambridge cosies up to Reform UK

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    Cambridge cosies up to Reform UK

    Leaked recordings of a University Council meeting, obtained by Varsity and The Sunday Times, show the VC fearful of Trump-style recriminations if Reform were to win power

    30 November 2025
    Cambridge cosies up to Reform UK
  • 15 arrested in pro-Palestine protest 

    15 arrested in pro-Palestine protest 

    A group of 16 people were seated holding signs reading “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action” outside Guildhall in Market Square

    29 November 2025
    15 arrested in pro-Palestine protest 
  • Arms divestment vote delayed

    Arms divestment vote delayed

    28 November 2025
    Arms divestment vote delayed
  • Uni donations drop amid financial pressures

    Uni donations drop amid financial pressures

    28 November 2025
    Uni donations drop amid financial pressures
  • DfE counter-terror unit contacted Cambridge over PalSoc speaker concerns

    DfE counter-terror unit contacted Cambridge over PalSoc speaker concerns

    28 November 2025
    DfE counter-terror unit contacted Cambridge over PalSoc speaker concerns
  • News In Brief: publishing peril, parasocialism, and picturehouse protections

    News In Brief: publishing peril, parasocialism, and picturehouse protections

    28 November 2025
    News In Brief: publishing peril, parasocialism, and picturehouse protections
  • Downing to turn first-year accom into B&B 

    Downing to turn first-year accom into B&B 

    28 November 2025
    Downing to turn first-year accom into B&B 
  • Colleges cut support for trans-inclusive football league

    Colleges cut support for trans-inclusive football league

    28 November 2025
    Colleges cut support for trans-inclusive football league
  • University slashes funding for mature student outreach

    University slashes funding for mature student outreach

    28 November 2025
    University slashes funding for mature student outreach
  • University Centre hangs in the balance

    University Centre hangs in the balance

    28 November 2025
    University Centre hangs in the balance
  • Cambridge Vet School gets lifeline year to stay accredited

    Cambridge Vet School gets lifeline year to stay accredited

    The extension comes after a previous failed inspection raised question marks over the course’s future

    28 November 2025
    Cambridge Vet School gets lifeline year to stay accredited
  • Uni registers controversial new women’s society

    Uni registers controversial new women’s society

    Cambridge University Society of Women launched at the end of October as the University’s first society solely for those defined as ‘female at birth’

    28 November 2025
    Uni registers controversial new women’s society
  • East West Rail proposes new Cambridge East station

    East West Rail proposes new Cambridge East station

    26 November 2025
    East West Rail proposes new Cambridge East station
  • News in Brief: Cat-astrophic climbs, concealed collections, and Christmas festivities

    News in Brief: Cat-astrophic climbs, concealed collections, and Christmas festivities

    25 November 2025
    News in Brief: Cat-astrophic climbs, concealed collections, and Christmas festivities
  • Queens' for Palestine stages second sit-in

    Queens’ for Palestine stages second sit-in

    23 November 2025
    Queens’ for Palestine stages second sit-in
  • Join Varsity's Social Media team this Lent

    Join Varsity’s Social Media team this Lent

    25 November 2025
    Join Varsity’s Social Media team this Lent
  • Union elections kick off with contested presidential race

    Union elections kick off with contested presidential race

    22 November 2025
    Union elections kick off with contested presidential race
  • Join Varsity's editorial team this Lent 

    Join Varsity’s editorial team this Lent 

    24 November 2025
    Join Varsity’s editorial team this Lent 
  • English students fury at note sheet ban for exams

    English students fury at note sheet ban for exams

    21 November 2025
    English students fury at note sheet ban for exams
  • Protesters call on university staff to support strike action

    Protesters call on university staff to support strike action

    21 November 2025
    Protesters call on university staff to support strike action
  • Mike Pence says America 'must continue to stand with Israel' amid Union protest

    Mike Pence says America ‘must continue to stand with Israel’ amid Union protest

    Pence, who served as Donald Trump’s Vice President from 2017 to 2021, addressed students as activists protested his support for Israel and anti-abortion views

    19 November 2025
    Mike Pence says America ‘must continue to stand with Israel’ amid Union protest
  • Trinity master to step down

    Trinity master to step down

    Sally Davies’ departure comes one year after she caused significant controversy for telling students that Trinity College had ‘no interest’ in cutting ties from arms companies

    17 November 2025
    Trinity master to step down
  • A matter of loaf and death

    A matter of loaf and death

    17 November 2025
    A matter of loaf and death
  • Pembroke flood damage forces 'costly' repairs

    Pembroke flood damage forces ‘costly’ repairs

    17 November 2025
    Pembroke flood damage forces ‘costly’ repairs
  • University opens new sports pitch

    University opens new sports pitch

    15 November 2025
    University opens new sports pitch
  • Uni splashed over £400,000 on controversial protest lawyers

    Uni splashed over £400,000 on controversial protest lawyers

    14 November 2025
    Uni splashed over £400,000 on controversial protest lawyers
  • Free speech ‘number one priority’ for new Chancellor

    Free speech ‘number one priority’ for new Chancellor

    14 November 2025
    Free speech ‘number one priority’ for new Chancellor
  • News in Brief: reading rewards, resignations, and rescued rarities

    News in Brief: reading rewards, resignations, and rescued rarities

    14 November 2025
    News in Brief: reading rewards, resignations, and rescued rarities
  • John's rakes in £110k in movie moolah

    John’s rakes in £110k in movie moolah

    14 November 2025
    John’s rakes in £110k in movie moolah
  • Controversial women’s society receives over £13,000 in donations

    Controversial women’s society receives over £13,000 in donations

    14 November 2025
    Controversial women’s society receives over £13,000 in donations
  • Home Office denied PHD student visa to attend graduation

    Home Office denied PHD student visa to attend graduation

    Despite intercession from both Jesus College and MP Zeichner, Abbas was forced to renounce her chance to graduate in-person following continued application denials

    14 November 2025
    Home Office denied PHD student visa to attend graduation
  • Selwyn resists push for cultural wear at formals

    Selwyn resists push for cultural wear at formals

    Fellows expressed concerns that the move could create a “loophole” for casual wear at formals

    14 November 2025
    Selwyn resists push for cultural wear at formals
  • Stolen plate returned to Caius after 115 years

    Stolen plate returned to Caius after 115 years

    12 November 2025
    Stolen plate returned to Caius after 115 years
  • Two pro-Palestine protests held this weekend

    Two pro-Palestine protests held this weekend

    11 November 2025
    Two pro-Palestine protests held this weekend
  • Clare Hall withdraws busway objections after spending over £66k on lawyers

    Clare Hall withdraws busway objections after spending over £66k on lawyers

    10 November 2025
    Clare Hall withdraws busway objections after spending over £66k on lawyers
  • Cambridge tops UK rankings for graduate employability

    Cambridge tops UK rankings for graduate employability

    9 November 2025
    Cambridge tops UK rankings for graduate employability
  • News in Brief: scans, strikes, and South station setbacks

    News in Brief: scans, strikes, and South station setbacks

    9 November 2025
    News in Brief: scans, strikes, and South station setbacks
  • Cambridge Nightline reopens messaging service

    Cambridge Nightline reopens messaging service

    7 November 2025
    Cambridge Nightline reopens messaging service
  • Sidney May Ball cancelled

    Sidney May Ball cancelled

    6 November 2025
    Sidney May Ball cancelled
  • Uni drops incoming CFO amid leadership turbulence

    Uni drops incoming CFO amid leadership turbulence

    17 November 2025
    Uni drops incoming CFO amid leadership turbulence
  • Climate protesters rally against the Careers Service

    Climate protesters rally against the Careers Service

    Activists called on the University to adopt an ‘ethical careers policy’ at a protest in central Cambridge

    5 November 2025
    Climate protesters rally against the Careers Service
  • New Christ’s library approved

    New Christ’s library approved

    Councillors accepted the planning application on Wednesday despite opposition from local campaigners

    4 November 2025
    New Christ’s library approved
  • Ten hospitalised in Addie's after Cambridgeshire train stabbings

    Ten hospitalised in Addie’s after Cambridgeshire train stabbings

    2 November 2025
    Ten hospitalised in Addie’s after Cambridgeshire train stabbings
  • Addenbrooke’s surgeon suspended

    Addenbrooke’s surgeon suspended

    1 November 2025
    Addenbrooke’s surgeon suspended
  • Apply to be Varsity's Editor-in-Chief this Lent

    Apply to be Varsity‘s Editor-in-Chief this Lent

    3 November 2025
    Apply to be Varsity‘s Editor-in-Chief this Lent
  • Students vote to disaffiliate from NUS

    Students vote to disaffiliate from NUS

    31 October 2025
    Students vote to disaffiliate from NUS
  • Uni error forces deeper spending cuts

    Uni error forces deeper spending cuts

    31 October 2025
    Uni error forces deeper spending cuts
  • Uni offers students £55k in payouts

    Uni offers students £55k in payouts

    31 October 2025
    Uni offers students £55k in payouts
  • Students allowed to use AI, says new uni guidance

    Students allowed to use AI, says new uni guidance

    31 October 2025
    Students allowed to use AI, says new uni guidance
  • College rowing captains narrowly vote to exclude trans women

    College rowing captains narrowly vote to exclude trans women

    31 October 2025
    College rowing captains narrowly vote to exclude trans women
  • Dons to vote whether to reveal University donors

    Dons to vote whether to reveal University donors

    Voting will take place between 24th November and 3rd December

    31 October 2025
    Dons to vote whether to reveal University donors
  • Students launch women’s society excluding trans women

    Students launch women’s society excluding trans women

    The move has drawn significant criticism from a number of student groups, with CULC describing it as ‘an assault on the trans community’

    31 October 2025
    Students launch women’s society excluding trans women
  • Academic caught in Palestine Action t-shirt

    Academic caught in Palestine Action t-shirt

    31 October 2025
    Academic caught in Palestine Action t-shirt
  • SU referendums heat up as campaigners claim intervention

    SU referendums heat up as campaigners claim intervention

    29 October 2025
    SU referendums heat up as campaigners claim intervention
  • Cambridge launches plan to bridge ‘town and gown’ divide

    Cambridge launches plan to bridge ‘town and gown’ divide

    27 October 2025
    Cambridge launches plan to bridge ‘town and gown’ divide
  • News In Brief: embryo errors, energy experts, and artistic ephiphanies 

    News In Brief: embryo errors, energy experts, and artistic ephiphanies 

    26 October 2025
    News In Brief: embryo errors, energy experts, and artistic ephiphanies 
  • Internal report claims that sustainability is no longer a uni priority

    Internal report claims that sustainability is no longer a uni priority

    31 October 2025
    Internal report claims that sustainability is no longer a uni priority
  • Government announces £400m investment package for Cambridge

    Government announces £400m investment package for Cambridge

    25 October 2025
    Government announces £400m investment package for Cambridge
  • Climate and pro-Palestine activists protest at engineering careers fair

    Climate and pro-Palestine activists protest at engineering careers fair

    25 October 2025
    Climate and pro-Palestine activists protest at engineering careers fair
  • Cambridge don appointed Reform adviser

    Cambridge don appointed Reform adviser

    23 October 2025
    Cambridge don appointed Reform adviser
  • Researchers to uncover forgotten Sanskrit scholars of colonial India

    Researchers to uncover forgotten Sanskrit scholars of colonial India

    Cambridge-led research rewrites our understanding of the British colonial impact on Sanskrit scholarship in India

    21 October 2025
    Researchers to uncover forgotten Sanskrit scholars of colonial India
  • Uni commits to partial arms divestment after year-long review

    Uni commits to partial arms divestment after year-long review

    The University Council voted to accept a report’s advice to stop investing in companies producing ‘controversial weapons’

    20 October 2025
    Uni commits to partial arms divestment after year-long review
  • News in Brief: returning owls, recognised leadership and roving CEOs

    News in Brief: returning owls, recognised leadership and roving CEOs

    31 October 2025
    News in Brief: returning owls, recognised leadership and roving CEOs
  • Cambridge University Press says reform needed ‘to secure future of academic publishing’

    Cambridge University Press says reform needed ‘to secure future of academic publishing’

    19 October 2025
    Cambridge University Press says reform needed ‘to secure future of academic publishing’
  • University submits plans to build 3,800 new homes

    University submits plans to build 3,800 new homes

    19 October 2025
    University submits plans to build 3,800 new homes
  • How much does your college master earn?

    How much does your college master earn?

    17 October 2025
    How much does your college master earn?
  • News in brief: burgers, blues, and floppy bytes

    News in brief: burgers, blues, and floppy bytes

    17 October 2025
    News in brief: burgers, blues, and floppy bytes
  • Footy captains fury over trans athlete ban

    Footy captains fury over trans athlete ban

    17 October 2025
    Footy captains fury over trans athlete ban
  • SU announces vote on NUS affiliation

    SU announces vote on NUS affiliation

    17 October 2025
    SU announces vote on NUS affiliation
  • Foundation Year, three years on

    News-in-depth

    Foundation Year, three years on

    17 October 2025
    Foundation Year, three years on
  • SU scraps campaign for 100% vegan catering 

    SU scraps campaign for 100% vegan catering 

    Citing accessibility concerns, the SU will now campaign for catering to instead be 75% plant-based

    17 October 2025
    SU scraps campaign for 100% vegan catering 
  • Caius students in uproar over 'unbelievably disruptive' building works

    Caius students in uproar over ‘unbelievably disruptive’ building works

    Following a previous open letter sent in March, current students express anger at the present ‘inhospitable’ state of their rooms

    17 October 2025
    Caius students in uproar over ‘unbelievably disruptive’ building works
  • Cantabs face costly sports fees

    Cantabs face costly sports fees

    17 October 2025
    Cantabs face costly sports fees
  • Cambridge University celebrates its 165th Nobel Prize winner

    Cambridge University celebrates its 165th Nobel Prize winner

    17 October 2025
    Cambridge University celebrates its 165th Nobel Prize winner
  • Colleges short of student housing

    Colleges short of student housing

    17 October 2025
    Colleges short of student housing
  • News in Brief: good deeds, gripes, and Gardies gifts

    News In Brief

    News in Brief: good deeds, gripes, and Gardies gifts

    14 October 2025
    News in Brief: good deeds, gripes, and Gardies gifts
  • Pro-Palestine protesters stage city centre rally

    Pro-Palestine protesters stage city centre rally

    12 October 2025
    Pro-Palestine protesters stage city centre rally
  • Cambridge climbs to third in world Uni rankings

    Cambridge climbs to third in world Uni rankings

    11 October 2025
    Cambridge climbs to third in world Uni rankings
  • Open letter calls on Newnham to divest from firms 'complicit' in Palestine

    Open letter calls on Newnham to divest from firms ‘complicit’ in Palestine

    9 October 2025
    Open letter calls on Newnham to divest from firms ‘complicit’ in Palestine
  • Survey: Student Budgeting 2025

    Survey: Student Budgeting 2025

    8 October 2025
    Survey: Student Budgeting 2025
  • Cambridge to have ‘England’s first official cycle street’

    Cambridge to have ‘England’s first official cycle street’

    Cyclists and pedestrians will soon have priority over cars on Adams Road

    7 October 2025
    Cambridge to have ‘England’s first official cycle street’
  • Chancellor calls Israel’s actions in Gaza and West Bank ‘intolerable’

    Chancellor calls Israel’s actions in Gaza and West Bank ‘intolerable’

    Lord Smith said Israel’s conduct ‘amounts to inhumanity and war crimes’ at a Q&A last week

    6 October 2025
    Chancellor calls Israel’s actions in Gaza and West Bank ‘intolerable’
  • Jensen Huang, Celeste, and Mia Khalifa to speak at the Union

    Jensen Huang, Celeste, and Mia Khalifa to speak at the Union

    5 October 2025
    Jensen Huang, Celeste, and Mia Khalifa to speak at the Union
  • Gardies officially closes

    Gardies officially closes

    4 October 2025
    Gardies officially closes
  • Doctors accuse CUH of censorship on Gaza

    Doctors accuse CUH of censorship on Gaza

    3 October 2025
    Doctors accuse CUH of censorship on Gaza
  • Revealed: richest colleges raised rents most

    News-in-depth

    Revealed: richest colleges raised rents most

    3 October 2025
    Revealed: richest colleges raised rents most
  • Rise in students turned away from hardship fund

    Rise in students turned away from hardship fund

    3 October 2025
    Rise in students turned away from hardship fund
  • Uni clears don accused of 'abhorrent racism'

    Uni clears don accused of ‘abhorrent racism’

    3 October 2025
    Uni clears don accused of ‘abhorrent racism’
  • King's to form new women's choir

    King’s to form new women’s choir

    3 October 2025
    King’s to form new women’s choir
  • 'Either you die or you leave': How Cambridge helped evacuate its Gazan offer-holders

    ‘Either you die or you leave’: How Cambridge helped evacuate its Gazan offer-holders

    3 October 2025
    ‘Either you die or you leave’: How Cambridge helped evacuate its Gazan offer-holders
  • Land Economy tripos renamed 'Environment, Law, and Economics’

    Land Economy tripos renamed ‘Environment, Law, and Economics’

    The change will come into effect from October 2027, despite student criticism that the new title is ‘not very accurate’

    3 October 2025
    Land Economy tripos renamed ‘Environment, Law, and Economics’
  • News in brief: breakthroughs, Blues' dominance, and beginnings for lock repairs

    News in brief: breakthroughs, Blues’ dominance, and beginnings for lock repairs

    A light-hearted round-up of this week’s stories, including Cambridge’s breakthrough research on Multiple Sclerosis and students’ run in with Bonnie Blue

    3 October 2025
    News in brief: breakthroughs, Blues’ dominance, and beginnings for lock repairs
  • BBC sinks Boat Race coverage

    BBC sinks Boat Race coverage

    3 October 2025
    BBC sinks Boat Race coverage
  • Join Varsity this Michaelmas

    Join Varsity this Michaelmas

    13 October 2025
    Join Varsity this Michaelmas
  • Dons raise £4.8 million for animal wound treatment spinout

    Dons raise £4.8 million for animal wound treatment spinout

    1 October 2025
    Dons raise £4.8 million for animal wound treatment spinout
  • Head of Education Faculty calls for ‘rewilding’ education system

    Head of Education Faculty calls for ‘rewilding’ education system

    30 September 2025
    Head of Education Faculty calls for ‘rewilding’ education system
  • Professor calls for release of imprisoned Spanish rapper

    Professor calls for release of imprisoned Spanish rapper

    29 September 2025
    Professor calls for release of imprisoned Spanish rapper
  • News in Brief: bolstered books, brilliant beers, and booming businesses 

    News in Brief: bolstered books, brilliant beers, and booming businesses 

    28 September 2025
    News in Brief: bolstered books, brilliant beers, and booming businesses 
  • St John’s Innovation Park to begin £50m expansion

    St John’s Innovation Park to begin £50m expansion

    27 September 2025
    St John’s Innovation Park to begin £50m expansion
  • New Cambridge study finds alcohol consumption increases dementia risk

    New Cambridge study finds alcohol consumption increases dementia risk

    26 September 2025
    New Cambridge study finds alcohol consumption increases dementia risk

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