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Promising new therapies for Parkinson’s disease
17+ hour, 18+ min ago (396+ words) Daya Shergill explores new advances in Parkinson’s disease treatment Sunday September 13 2026, 10:29pm Parkinson’s disease is a neurological condition which currently affects around 166,000 people in the UK. Individuals with Parkinson’s will often experience slowness of movement, tremors, stiffness and balance problems. The…...
The perks of being so far out
20+ hour, 51+ min ago (147+ words) Lisa Sones debunks the myths of life at a ‘far’ Cambridge college Sunday September 13 2026, 6:56pm Between the disappointment of learning I was pooled to one of the farthest colleges and now my gratefulness at knowing I don’t need to fight tourists…...
Widening access to Classics: an academic rollercoaster
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (192+ words) Eleanor Baldwin reflects on the highs, lows and effectiveness of the 4-year Classics course Wednesday September 9 2026, 10:12pm Widening access has meant rethinking traditional routes into the subject at university. Initially, the introduction of an additional Intensive Greek pathway at Cambridge marked…...
Ringing in the new academic year
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (517+ words) Ellie Barton meets Cambridge’s Guild of Change Ringers to explore the traditions behind the bells and the skill involved in ringing Wednesday September 9 2026, 6:57pm Walk around Cambridge, and you’ll often hear bells ringing out from the local churches. What might surprise…...
Cambridge community responds to Homerton Principal claims | Varsity
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (733+ words) Lord Woolley had been subject to scrutiny in The Spectator suggesting he is ‘not fit’ to lead a Cambridge college Wednesday September 9 2026, 6:44pm A number of University of Cambridge organisations, alongside Homerton College itself, have responded to claims made in the…...
Moving in, moving out, buying again
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (103+ words) Abril Duarte González explores how Cambridge’s relentless cycle of packing and unpacking reveals something uncomfortable about how easily we accumulate, replace and discard by Abril Duarte González Wednesday September 9 2026, 12:40pm “When you have limited space, it becomes much clearer how much…...
Peak performance: Instagram is now a totally performative platform
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (262+ words) Matilda Sheekey argues that Instagram has reached new levels of fakeness, as likes and reposts become publicly judged Monday September 7 2026, 6:13pm "When everything is public, nothing is beyond judgement" All this, I fear, has only eroded user authenticity further from the…...
“I am young, I am a woman, and I am from Wales”
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (1025+ words) In conversation with Olivia Goodman, Baroness Carmen Smith of Llanfaes reflects on the power of a new generation of political voices and what it means to represent Wales at the heart of British politics Sunday September 6 2026 That ease sits interestingly…...
The perils and potential of studygram
2+ week, 18+ hour ago (586+ words) Olivia Strudwick reflects on the rise of university content creators Sunday August 30 2026, 9:00pm For Kentucky-born Jeffery Pendleston, Cambridge seemed like a distant dream. Now a PhD candidate in Psychology, Jeffery’s Instagram handle (@cambridgeunigram) is a corpus of his academic endeavours, a…...
How to fall back in love with Cambridge
2+ week, 3+ day ago (303+ words) Beatrix Comey provides the ultimate guide to Cambridge sidequesting Friday August 28 2026, 9:07pm Cambridge has a funny way of making you feel as though you’ve seen the entire city in about three weeks; by the end of your first term, it seems…...