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Cambridge vets face uncertainty as accreditation threat looms
Nov 27, 2024 · Varsity is the independent newspaper for the University of Cambridge, established in its current form in 1947. In order to maintain our editorial independence, our print newspaper and news website receives no funding from the University of Cambridge or …
Trinity tops 2024 Tompkins Table as Christ’s is toppled
Sep 23, 2024 · The Tompkins Table is not wholly popular in Cambridge, and is not published officially by the University. In 2018, the Students’ Union denounced the table’s methodology, which it said reflects “the worst of the academic culture here in Cambridge”.. This year’s Tompkins Table was published in the Sunday Times 2025 Good University Guide, which ranked Cambridge as the UK’s fourth-best ...
Cambridge ranked fifth in The Times World University Rankings
Oct 11, 2024 · Times University rankings focus on research, percentage of international students and teaching. While Cambridge came fifth, they have significantly more students per staff member than Stanford or Yale, both of whom ranked lower than Cambridge this year.
Honey, honey, how you keep bees… | Varsity
Nov 29, 2024 · Sadia Batool with permission for Varsity. Each of these societies follows a similar schedule that involves weekly hive inspections in the late spring and the entirety of the summer, and a harvest at the very end of the summer or the start of autumn.
2024: A year in Cambridge news | Varsity
Jan 1, 2025 · Art made headlines in March, as a row emerged over a statue said to portray Prince PhillipNick James for Varsity. Drinking frenzies continued into March, as Varsity revealed a Wetherspoons bust-up which saw two Oxbridge students wiped out by a flying chair. The Nathan Cofnas furore continued, as the University’s academic head admitted “failures” over the research fellow’s appointment ...
Write for Varsity this Lent! | Varsity
Dec 5, 2024 · News is the beating heart of the paper, unearthing the goings-on around Cambridge and holding the University to account. Varsity news stories are regularly picked up by national publications and, as a news correspondent, the next big scoop could be yours. You’ll be part of a dynamic and fast-paced team, pitching and discussing leads at the weekly news conference while learning from more ...
In search of togetherness: Cambridge’s international students
Dec 1, 2024 · Varsity is the independent newspaper for the University of Cambridge, established in its current form in 1947. In order to maintain our editorial independence, our print newspaper and news website receives no funding from the University of Cambridge or …
Cambridge staff kept jobs after upheld sexual misconduct …
Oct 4, 2024 · Cambridge University allowed multiple staff members to keep their jobs despite upholding allegations of sexual misconduct against them, Varsity can reveal. Six student complaints of sexual misconduct, made against Cambridge staff, have been upheld by the University in the past six academic years, according to an FOI investigation.
News in brief: runners defeated while students told how to walk …
Dec 10, 2024 · This weekend Cambridge experienced winds of up to 56mph as Storm Darragh swept over the nation, causing festive events to be cancelled. The annual Mill Road Winter Fair, scheduled for Saturday 7 December, was called off by organisers in what they described as “a bitter disappointment and a huge financial blow” for local businesses.