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  • Gov declares £31m bus investment for Cambridge
    8 December 2025
  • Uni redundancy consultation ‘falls short of legal duties’, unions say
    6 December 2025
  • Editor's pickWrite for Varsity this Lent
    3 December 2025
  • Pembroke to convert listed office building into accom
    9 December 2025
  • Pembroke to convert listed office building into accom

    Pembroke to convert listed office building into accom

    The Mill Lane property will house 13 student rooms, as well as shared bathroom and study spaces

    9 December 2025
    Pembroke to convert listed office building into accom
  • Join Varsity's visual team this Lent

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    3 December 2025
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    3 December 2025
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  • Gov declares £31m bus funding for Cambridge

    Gov declares £31m bus funding for Cambridge

    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 

    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’

    Activists criticised the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership for parterning ‘with the fossil fuels and arms sectors’

    1 December 2025
    Protesters accuse sustainability institute of ‘greenwashing’
  • 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 

    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

    The building, which houses the SU, needs refurbishment after 60 years

    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

    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

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    25 November 2025
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  • 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 

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    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

    Unions and activist groups rallied in support of potential strikes in January

    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

    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

    The Cambridge University Society for Women’s financial supporters include twentieth Britain’s richest man

    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

    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

    The reversal of Rita Akushie’s appointment comes as Cambridge grapples with mounting financial pressure

    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

    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

    Facing potential legal action, CUCBC informed captains college-level rowing would be at threat of ceasing entirely if they voted against the proposal to align with British Rowing guidelines on trans eligibility

    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

    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

    Theology professor Dr James Orr has become a senior adviser to Nigel Farage

    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

    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

    An average 60% of students progress on to a Cambridge BA, Varsity has found, as students praise the ‘invaluable experience’ but suggest more work is yet to be done

    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

    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

    Varsity is investigating student finances, and wants to hear from you! 

    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’

    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

    Malak Hani and Ahmed Abutabaq were evacuated from Gaza by senior Cambridge figures in cooperation with Irish authorities

    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

    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

    The joint study by Cambridge, Oxford, and Yale Universities challenges the idea that low levels of alcohol can provide benefits to the brain

    26 September 2025
    New Cambridge study finds alcohol consumption increases dementia risk
  • SU reveals Access-a-Ball rankings 

    SU reveals Access-a-Ball rankings 

    Seven May Week events participated in the accessibility scheme, with Corpus Christi’s May Ball committee ranked the most accessible 

    25 September 2025
    SU reveals Access-a-Ball rankings 
  • Cambridge University Press & Assessment release new framework for ethical AI use 

    Cambridge University Press & Assessment release new framework for ethical AI use 

    24 September 2025
    Cambridge University Press & Assessment release new framework for ethical AI use 
  • Ex-Caius student avoids '£20k fine' for returning room key 40 years late

    Ex-Caius student avoids ‘£20k fine’ for returning room key 40 years late

    23 September 2025
    Ex-Caius student avoids ‘£20k fine’ for returning room key 40 years late
  • Kemi Badenoch raises concerns over faltering investment during visit

    Kemi Badenoch raises concerns over faltering investment during visit

    22 September 2025
    Kemi Badenoch raises concerns over faltering investment during visit
  • News in Brief: auctions, altered attitudes, and athletics achievements

    News in Brief: auctions, altered attitudes, and athletics achievements

    21 September 2025
    News in Brief: auctions, altered attitudes, and athletics achievements
  • Cambridge Science Park releases plans for next 30 years

    Cambridge Science Park releases plans for next 30 years

    20 September 2025
    Cambridge Science Park releases plans for next 30 years
  • Oxbridge miss out on top 3 in university rankings for first time

    Oxbridge miss out on top 3 in university rankings for first time

    19 September 2025
    Oxbridge miss out on top 3 in university rankings for first time
  • High Court judge defends protest injunction 

    High Court judge defends protest injunction 

    18 September 2025
    High Court judge defends protest injunction 
  • Ludwig filming returns to Cambridge

    Ludwig filming returns to Cambridge

    17 September 2025
    Ludwig filming returns to Cambridge

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