academics

Everybody hates the Land Economy student

Narrated by Chris Rock

STAFF STRIKE: Gender gaps, pay disputes and cancelled supervisions

Exam term hots up as Cambridge University staff strike over pay disputes.

ANALYSIS: Colleges with more women get more firsts

Paper based on Tompkins Table data proposes “reducing the proportion of male students”.

Beard backs calls for more females in Academia

More than 50 senior Cambridge academics have called for a more ‘inclusive’ selection process for senior research positions.

Wicked-pedia

Investigative journalist COLIN ROTHWELL is back to tell you why Wikipedia is secretly the best thing since…the Encyclopaedia.

The Trouble with Teaching to the Test

How faculties can help bridge the gap between A Levels and Cambridge.

Handshake Shakeup for Interviews

Admissions Tutors have been sent a guidance video advising them on how to judge whether to handshake an interviewee.

Students Say “No Confidence”

Despite academics being in a tizz over whether to support David Willetts, 76% of you have said you have no confidence in the Universities Minister.

Will They? Won’t They?

A vote of no confidence in Uni Minister David Willetts ended in a dead heat after barmy boffins failed to make up their minds.

Update: CUSU’s Paper Chase For Bursaries

CUSU are urgently rushing to save Cambridge bursaries, facing a race against time to drum up academic support.

Political Protest Calls For More Than Just Silence

“While UCL embodied the spirit of the ’00s, Cambridge was – and apparently still is – stuck in the ’60s.” OSCAR WILLIAMS-GRUT on why we should start tweeting our protests into the 21st century.

Suicide Dean Faced Sex Claims

The Dean of King’s has been found dead after it emerged he was being investigated for child abuse.