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  • Meet the Cambridge students whose names live up to their degree
    9 September 2025
  • Behind the scenes of Varsity
    14 September 2025
  • Editor's pickDoes studying STEM still guarantee success after graduation?
    23 August 2025
  • Incoming freshers and their hopes, fears and expectations for Cambridge 
    12 August 2025
  • Behind the scenes of Varsity

    Behind the scenes of Varsity

    Varsity writers tell Chirathi Perera about their inspirations, routines, and difficultulties

    14 September 2025
    Behind the scenes of Varsity
  • Meet the Cambridge students whose names live up to their degree

    Meet the Cambridge students whose names live up to their degree

    Thea Grant explores nominative determinism by talking to students about how their names might subtly shape their choices, identities, and even career paths

    9 September 2025
    Meet the Cambridge students whose names live up to their degree
  • The costs of the year abroad

    The costs of the year abroad

    2 September 2025
    The costs of the year abroad
  • Investigating Ramadan at Cambridge 

    Investigating Ramadan at Cambridge 

    30 August 2025
    Investigating Ramadan at Cambridge 
  • Students taking a stand against sexual violence

    Francesca Evans

    Students taking a stand against sexual violence

    26 August 2025
    Students taking a stand against sexual violence
  • Does studying STEM still guarantee success after graduation?

    Does studying STEM still guarantee success after graduation?

    23 August 2025
    Does studying STEM still guarantee success after graduation?
  • Irish students' experiences among Cambridge's colonial past 

    Irish students’ experiences among Cambridge’s colonial past 

    19 August 2025
    Irish students’ experiences among Cambridge’s colonial past 
  • The long road from Gaza to Cambridge

    The long road from Gaza to Cambridge

    15 August 2025
    The long road from Gaza to Cambridge
  • Incoming freshers and their hopes, fears and expectations for Cambridge 

    Incoming freshers and their hopes, fears and expectations for Cambridge 

    12 August 2025
    Incoming freshers and their hopes, fears and expectations for Cambridge 
  • The community Cambridge accommodation creates (and doesn't)

    Student Life

    The community Cambridge accommodation creates (and doesn’t)

    9 August 2025
    The community Cambridge accommodation creates (and doesn’t)
  • Inside Cambridge’s museum collections

    Inside Cambridge’s museum collections

    Jonathan Liu takes a peek behind the scenes of Cambridge’s museums to explore their hidden collections

    6 August 2025
    Inside Cambridge’s museum collections
  • Private summer programmes in Cambridge 

    Private summer programmes in Cambridge 

    Emma Tenzler explores privately provided summer programmes in Cambridge

    3 August 2025
    Private summer programmes in Cambridge 
  • Reinvestigating Pride in Cambridge

    Reinvestigating Pride in Cambridge

    26 July 2025
    Reinvestigating Pride in Cambridge
  • Living with injury at Cambridge

    Student Life

    Living with injury at Cambridge

    22 July 2025
    Living with injury at Cambridge
  • How to catch a coat thief

    How to catch a coat thief

    13 July 2025
    How to catch a coat thief
  • The unmoored life of a third-culture kid  

    Student Life

    The unmoored life of a third-culture kid  

    8 July 2025
    The unmoored life of a third-culture kid  
  • There is a future for winemaking in Cambridgeshire

    There is a future for winemaking in Cambridgeshire

    1 July 2025
    There is a future for winemaking in Cambridgeshire
  • Underage students at Cambridge

    Underage students at Cambridge

    29 June 2025
    Underage students at Cambridge
  • 3am in Cambridge

    3am in Cambridge

    25 June 2025
    3am in Cambridge
  • Cold-water cult: the year-round swimmers of Cambridge

    Cold-water cult: the year-round swimmers of Cambridge

    21 June 2025
    Cold-water cult: the year-round swimmers of Cambridge
  • The unspoken relationship between hospitality staff and Cambridge students

    Student Life

    The unspoken relationship between hospitality staff and Cambridge students

    Amelia Makstutis investigates how hospitality can help bridge the town-gown divide

    17 June 2025
    The unspoken relationship between hospitality staff and Cambridge students
  • Vintage Varsity: May Ball edition

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: May Ball edition

    Olga Devine and Jaipreet Lully delve into Varsity‘s archives to find out how to have the perfect May Ball

    13 June 2025
    Vintage Varsity: May Ball edition
  • Pints from the past

    Pints from the past

    13 June 2025
    Pints from the past
  • What if I get a 2:2?

    Academic Life

    What if I get a 2:2?

    13 June 2025
    What if I get a 2:2?
  • Midsummer to May Ball

    Midsummer to May Ball

    13 June 2025
    Midsummer to May Ball
  • Is Cambridge decarbonising fast enough?

    Is Cambridge decarbonising fast enough?

    13 June 2025
    Is Cambridge decarbonising fast enough?
  • ‘I didn't know I was disabled until I came here’

    ‘I didn’t know I was disabled until I came here’

    13 June 2025
    ‘I didn’t know I was disabled until I came here’
  • Inside Cambridge's nuclear bunker

    Nuclear bunker

    Inside Cambridge’s nuclear bunker

    10 June 2025
    Inside Cambridge’s nuclear bunker
  • Is “following your dreams” a status symbol?

    Is “following your dreams” a status symbol?

    8 June 2025
    Is “following your dreams” a status symbol?
  • On competition and camaraderie in Cambridge

    On competition and camaraderie in Cambridge

    3 June 2025
    On competition and camaraderie in Cambridge
  • A night climber's guide to Cambridge

    A night climber’s guide to Cambridge

    Dexter Twycross investigates the living tradition of night climbing

    31 May 2025
    A night climber’s guide to Cambridge
  • Rethinking gender and representation in the new History Tripos

    Academic Life

    Rethinking gender and representation in the new History Tripos

    Emma Tenzler investigates whether the new History Tripos is living up to its promise of inclusion

    28 May 2025
    Rethinking gender and representation in the new History Tripos
  • What Shabbat can teach Cambridge about rest

    Student Life

    What Shabbat can teach Cambridge about rest

    25 May 2025
    What Shabbat can teach Cambridge about rest
  • The hidden wildlife of Cambridge

    Nature

    The hidden wildlife of Cambridge

    18 May 2025
    The hidden wildlife of Cambridge
  • Is the condom becoming counterculture?

    Sex and Relationships

    Is the condom becoming counterculture?

    13 May 2025
    Is the condom becoming counterculture?
  • Meet Guessbridge, Cambridge’s answer to Wordle and GeoGuessr

    Meet Guessbridge, Cambridge’s answer to Wordle and GeoGuessr

    10 May 2025
    Meet Guessbridge, Cambridge’s answer to Wordle and GeoGuessr
  • When misogyny comes from within

    Feminism

    When misogyny comes from within

    7 May 2025
    When misogyny comes from within
  • The flexibility and limitations of borrowed papers

    Academic Life

    The flexibility and limitations of borrowed papers

    29 April 2025
    The flexibility and limitations of borrowed papers
  • Vintage Varsity: Career advice?

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: Career advice?

    25 April 2025
    Vintage Varsity: Career advice?
  • Mental health support at Cambridge

    Mental health support at Cambridge

    25 April 2025
    Mental health support at Cambridge
  • Meet the Cupids of Cambridge

    Dating

    Meet the Cupids of Cambridge

    Alex Brian finds out if the Cambridge dating scene is really so hopeless.

    25 April 2025
    Meet the Cupids of Cambridge
  • TikTok use at Cambridge

    TikTok use at Cambridge

    Ezra Izer interrogates the space between the lecture hall and the ‘For You’ page

    24 April 2025
    TikTok use at Cambridge
  • Behind the scenes of University Challenge

    University Challenge

    Behind the scenes of University Challenge

    5 May 2025
    Behind the scenes of University Challenge
  • Using social media in access and outreach

    access and outreach

    Using social media in access and outreach

    15 April 2025
    Using social media in access and outreach
  • Cambridge: where toxic productivity turns rest into a radical act

    Wellbeing

    Cambridge: where toxic productivity turns rest into a radical act

    8 April 2025
    Cambridge: where toxic productivity turns rest into a radical act
  • Lessons on coping with insomnia

    Wellbeing

    Lessons on coping with insomnia

    1 April 2025
    Lessons on coping with insomnia
  • The West Cambridge Data Centre

    The West Cambridge Data Centre

    30 March 2025
    The West Cambridge Data Centre
  • The stress of graduation

    Graduation

    The stress of graduation

    25 March 2025
    The stress of graduation
  • Gender and social media extremism

    Social Media

    Gender and social media extremism

    23 March 2025
    Gender and social media extremism
  • The desperate state of Cambridge’s housing market

    Housing

    The desperate state of Cambridge’s housing market

    18 March 2025
    The desperate state of Cambridge’s housing market
  • The pets of Cambridge

    Wellbeing

    The pets of Cambridge

    Ivo Morrey investigates the pets of Cambridge colleges

    15 March 2025
    The pets of Cambridge
  • Vintage Varsity: International Women's Day 

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: International Women’s Day 

    Resident archivist Anna Herbert investigates the experiences of women at Cambridge through the years

    7 March 2025
    Vintage Varsity: International Women’s Day 
  • Why faculty diversity matters

    Diversity

    Why faculty diversity matters

    7 March 2025
    Why faculty diversity matters
  • Will East West Rail turn Cambridge into the Silicon Fen?

    Transport

    Will East West Rail turn Cambridge into the Silicon Fen?

    7 March 2025
    Will East West Rail turn Cambridge into the Silicon Fen?
  • Cultural societies: armour against elitism

    Societies

    Cultural societies: armour against elitism

    4 March 2025
    Cultural societies: armour against elitism
  • Is attending your lectures really worth it?

    Lectures

    Is attending your lectures really worth it?

    26 February 2025
    Is attending your lectures really worth it?
  • Advancing African academic ambition 

    Scholarships

    Advancing African academic ambition 

    21 February 2025
    Advancing African academic ambition 
  • Caught in the dark: why Cambridge students are 'blind' to women's safety initiatives

    Women's Safety

    Caught in the dark: why Cambridge students are ‘blind’ to women’s safety initiatives

    21 February 2025
    Caught in the dark: why Cambridge students are ‘blind’ to women’s safety initiatives
  • How far is too far?

    Student Life

    How far is too far?

    19 February 2025
    How far is too far?
  • Cambridge needs a bridge with its Chinese students

    International Students

    Cambridge needs a bridge with its Chinese students

    17 February 2025
    Cambridge needs a bridge with its Chinese students
  • Oxbridge College sisterhood

    Sister Colleges

    Oxbridge College sisterhood

    Julia Ongking investigates the benefits of getting together across the Oxford/Cambridge divide

    12 February 2025
    Oxbridge College sisterhood
  • Inside Gender Agenda

    Feminism

    Inside Gender Agenda

    Jess Gotterson speaks to the people behind Gender Agenda

    7 February 2025
    Inside Gender Agenda
  • Destigmatising Classics: opening up the ancient world to all

    Study

    Destigmatising Classics: opening up the ancient world to all

    7 February 2025
    Destigmatising Classics: opening up the ancient world to all
  • Be my (Varsity) Valentine?

    Vintage Varsity

    Be my (Varsity) Valentine?

    7 February 2025
    Be my (Varsity) Valentine?
  • Wassail, Wassail, All Over the Town

    Culture

    Wassail, Wassail, All Over the Town

    1 February 2025
    Wassail, Wassail, All Over the Town
  • Headphone culture at Cambridge

    Study

    Headphone culture at Cambridge

    28 January 2025
    Headphone culture at Cambridge
  • Vintage Varsity: SU elections 

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: SU elections 

    24 January 2025
    Vintage Varsity: SU elections 
  • How can we make Cambridge traditions more inclusive?

    Inclusivity

    How can we make Cambridge traditions more inclusive?

    24 January 2025
    How can we make Cambridge traditions more inclusive?
  • The Cambridge students volunteering in Calais

    Volunteering

    The Cambridge students volunteering in Calais

    24 January 2025
    The Cambridge students volunteering in Calais
  • Raising the profile of the year abroad

    Year Abroad

    Raising the profile of the year abroad

    19 January 2025
    Raising the profile of the year abroad
  • Tuition fees: to raise, to abolish or to reform entirely

    Financial Support

    Tuition fees: to raise, to abolish or to reform entirely

    Calum Murray talks to experts and Class Act Officers about recent rises in tuition fees

    14 January 2025
    Tuition fees: to raise, to abolish or to reform entirely
  • An investigation into women and sex at Cambridge

    Sex and Relationships

    An investigation into women and sex at Cambridge

    Martha Lucas explores the findings of her survey into women’s sex lives at Cambridge

    7 January 2025
    An investigation into women and sex at Cambridge
  • Does Cambridge have a caffeine problem?

    Lifestyle

    Does Cambridge have a caffeine problem?

    4 January 2025
    Does Cambridge have a caffeine problem?
  • To cook or not to cook

    College Accommodation

    To cook or not to cook

    31 December 2024
    To cook or not to cook
  • Home for the holidays: bridging identities

    Identity

    Home for the holidays: bridging identities

    25 December 2024
    Home for the holidays: bridging identities
  • Behind the Bar: the students pulling pints

    Student Work

    Behind the Bar: the students pulling pints

    22 December 2024
    Behind the Bar: the students pulling pints
  • The power of Cambridge's access and outreach programmes

    Outreach

    The power of Cambridge’s access and outreach programmes

    17 December 2024
    The power of Cambridge’s access and outreach programmes
  • Vintage Varsity: one small step for Cambridge

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: one small step for Cambridge

    15 December 2024
    Vintage Varsity: one small step for Cambridge
  • From Empire to identity: the evolving story of Indian students at Cambridge

    Identity

    From Empire to identity: the evolving story of Indian students at Cambridge

    14 December 2024
    From Empire to identity: the evolving story of Indian students at Cambridge
  • Caerdydd to Caergrawnt: what is it to ‘be Welsh’ in a home away from home? 

    Identity

    Caerdydd to Caergrawnt: what is it to ‘be Welsh’ in a home away from home? 

    12 December 2024
    Caerdydd to Caergrawnt: what is it to ‘be Welsh’ in a home away from home? 
  • Signs of change in CUSLS: embracing Deaf culture 

    Societies

    Signs of change in CUSLS: embracing Deaf culture 

    Ria Patel speaks to members of Cambrudge University Sign Language Society about building an inclusive d/Deaf community in Cambridge

    8 December 2024
    Signs of change in CUSLS: embracing Deaf culture 
  • The case of the neglectful college parent

    Social Life

    The case of the neglectful college parent

    Estranged or best friends? Julia Ongking unpacks the dynamics of the college family

    3 December 2024
    The case of the neglectful college parent
  • Vintage Varsity: Vintage Farcity

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: Vintage Farcity

    2 December 2024
    Vintage Varsity: Vintage Farcity
  • In search of togetherness: Cambridge’s international students

    International Students

    In search of togetherness: Cambridge’s international students

    1 December 2024
    In search of togetherness: Cambridge’s international students
  • An introduction to beekeeping at Cambridge

    Beekeeping

    An introduction to beekeeping at Cambridge

    29 November 2024
    An introduction to beekeeping at Cambridge
  • Vintage Varsity: Slade, santa hats, and savvy gifting

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: Slade, santa hats, and savvy gifting

    29 November 2024
    Vintage Varsity: Slade, santa hats, and savvy gifting
  • 'It's cool to protect your drink': ending the spiking silence

    Nightlife

    ‘It’s cool to protect your drink’: ending the spiking silence

    29 November 2024
    ‘It’s cool to protect your drink’: ending the spiking silence
  • Remembering Elizabeth Anscombe: Cambridge's 'dragon lady'

    Academics

    Remembering Elizabeth Anscombe: Cambridge’s ‘dragon lady’

    26 November 2024
    Remembering Elizabeth Anscombe: Cambridge’s ‘dragon lady’
  • Vintage Varsity: a former Footlight 

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: a former Footlight 

    25 November 2024
    Vintage Varsity: a former Footlight 
  • Lamenting the lack of elevation in Cambridge: climbing the White Cliffs of Dover

    Climbing

    Lamenting the lack of elevation in Cambridge: climbing the White Cliffs of Dover

    23 November 2024
    Lamenting the lack of elevation in Cambridge: climbing the White Cliffs of Dover
  • The death of the casual pint

    Sobriety

    The death of the casual pint

    As more young people turn to sobriety, Claire Gao investigates the reasons behind the phenomenon and how this impacts students’ social lives at Cambridge

    20 November 2024
    The death of the casual pint
  • Vintage Varsity: the fall of the wall 

    Vintage Varsity: the fall of the wall 

    Resident Varsity archivist Vialli McComb explores the Cantabridgian experiences of the fall of the Berlin Wall on its 35th anniversary

    17 November 2024
    Vintage Varsity: the fall of the wall 
  • GDBO? What Oxonians say about Cambridge

    Oxbridge rivalry

    GDBO? What Oxonians say about Cambridge

    16 November 2024
    GDBO? What Oxonians say about Cambridge
  • Could your college be costing you?

    Financial support

    Could your college be costing you?

    15 November 2024
    Could your college be costing you?
  • Vintage Varsity: the gowns they are a-going

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: the gowns they are a-going

    15 November 2024
    Vintage Varsity: the gowns they are a-going
  • Roaming researchers: a dissertation in Delhi

    Research travel

    Roaming researchers: a dissertation in Delhi

    13 November 2024
    Roaming researchers: a dissertation in Delhi
  • Vintage Varsity: transatlantic ties

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: transatlantic ties

    10 November 2024
    Vintage Varsity: transatlantic ties
  • The night Trump burst the Cantab-bubble: reflections from a Cambridge election watch party

    Politics

    The night Trump burst the Cantab-bubble: reflections from a Cambridge election watch party

    9 November 2024
    The night Trump burst the Cantab-bubble: reflections from a Cambridge election watch party
  • Challenging tradition and dressing down in Cambridge

    Formals

    Challenging tradition and dressing down in Cambridge

    5 November 2024
    Challenging tradition and dressing down in Cambridge
  • Vintage Varsity: a brief history of Sidge

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: a brief history of Sidge

    4 November 2024
    Vintage Varsity: a brief history of Sidge
  • Vintage Varsity: Cambridge's paranormal past

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: Cambridge’s paranormal past

    Eleanor Dougan pulls back the veil and investigates Cambridge’s spooky history

    1 November 2024
    Vintage Varsity: Cambridge’s paranormal past
  • Lost in translation: Cambridge has a language learning problem

    Languages

    Lost in translation: Cambridge has a language learning problem

    Elsie McDowell argues that Cambridge does not do enough to facilitate language learning

    1 November 2024
    Lost in translation: Cambridge has a language learning problem
  • Inside the world of bops

    Night Life

    Inside the world of bops

    1 November 2024
    Inside the world of bops
  • Vintage Varsity: charity the Cantab way

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: charity the Cantab way

    27 October 2024
    Vintage Varsity: charity the Cantab way
  • How 'swag' were you in 2014 really?

    King's Bunker

    How ‘swag’ were you in 2014 really?

    26 October 2024
    How ‘swag’ were you in 2014 really?
  • Tripos hopping – how hard is it?

    Switching tripos

    Tripos hopping – how hard is it?

    22 October 2024
    Tripos hopping – how hard is it?
  • Before the fresher rush: Cambridge's preseason

    Preseason

    Before the fresher rush: Cambridge’s preseason

    20 October 2024
    Before the fresher rush: Cambridge’s preseason
  • Vintage Varsity : bottoms up for the King Street Run? 

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity : bottoms up for the King Street Run? 

    20 October 2024
    Vintage Varsity : bottoms up for the King Street Run? 
  • The secret lives of Cambridge librarians

    Academics

    The secret lives of Cambridge librarians

    18 October 2024
    The secret lives of Cambridge librarians
  • A sour end for Wilfreds sweet shop

    Cambridge Businesses

    A sour end for Wilfreds sweet shop

    18 October 2024
    A sour end for Wilfreds sweet shop
  • Vintage Varsity: flour bombs and flying shoes

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: flour bombs and flying shoes

    Resident Archivist Vialli McComb investigates the spirited student responses to Cambridge’s controversial speakers

    18 October 2024
    Vintage Varsity: flour bombs and flying shoes
  • Putting a 'great teacher in the room': meet the Cantabs training to teach

    Jobs

    Putting a ‘great teacher in the room’: meet the Cantabs training to teach

    Calum Murray speaks to Cambridge students about choosing a career in teaching

    16 October 2024
    Putting a ‘great teacher in the room’: meet the Cantabs training to teach
  • Vintage Varsity: students at large

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: students at large

    13 October 2024
    Vintage Varsity: students at large
  • Pooled and proud: reflections

    Pooling

    Pooled and proud: reflections

    8 October 2024
    Pooled and proud: reflections
  • Vintage Varsity: Tossling with Tuition

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: Tossling with Tuition

    6 October 2024
    Vintage Varsity: Tossling with Tuition
  • Redefining consent culture: beyond the basics

    Sex and Relationships

    Redefining consent culture: beyond the basics

    5 October 2024
    Redefining consent culture: beyond the basics
  • Going the distance: how Cantab Couples cope with a summer apart

    Relationships

    Going the distance: how Cantab Couples cope with a summer apart

    4 October 2024
    Going the distance: how Cantab Couples cope with a summer apart
  • Vintage Varsity: former fresher foolery

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: former fresher foolery

    4 October 2024
    Vintage Varsity: former fresher foolery
  • Vintage Varsity: noughties narcotics

    Vintage Varsity

    Vintage Varsity: noughties narcotics

    30 September 2024
    Vintage Varsity: noughties narcotics
  • Oxbridge tutoring: the insiders’ perspectives

    Tutoring

    Oxbridge tutoring: the insiders’ perspectives

    28 September 2024
    Oxbridge tutoring: the insiders’ perspectives

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