Eight Cambridge researchers awarded €17m in ERC research grants
Clare Hall spent over £500k opposing busway
Caius mourns its tree-mendous loss
£1 bus pass for under-25s will continue
News in Brief
A light-hearted round-up of this week’s stories, from night climbing to Cambridge carolling

The grants are funded by the Horizon programme, and support mid-career researchers on a project of up to five years in length


In two statements on its website, the SU implied that CUSW ‘contradicts’ its ethos but that it was constrained by legal obligations

In an open letter to the Prime Minister, senior Cambridge figures warned that the recommendation to close the school could cause a “brain drain” of academic talent

UCU, Unite, and Unison have accused the consultation process for staff redundancies at the School of Clinical Medicine of widespread deficiencies

Cambridge researchers have idenitified major turning points around ages 9, 32, 66 and 83

Pro-Palestine activists described the delay of the vote until February as ‘disgraceful’

Unredacted report seen by Varsity showed donations fell by over £40 million, while international fee income grew

The plans also include a new entrance at Cambridge Station

A light hearted round up of some of this week’s news stories, from stranded cats to Christmas light-ups


A Magdalene porter told students throwing bread onto the roof posed ‘serious risks’

Two staircases, as well as New Cellars, have been inaccessible for the last two weeks


The decorative plate is believed to have been taken by Gordon Stewart Wimbush during his time at Cambridge

Students held a sit-in at Queens’ College on Saturday before a city-wide march on Sunday



The train made an emergency stop at Huntingdon, and two men were arrested in the immediate aftermath

Report find that a children’s surgeon at Addenbrookes ‘missed opportunities’ in patient care.

Dr Belinda Bell, a Land Economy faculty member, wore the t-shirt at a Pro-Palestine protest

Voting closes tomorrow (30/10) for both NUS disaffiliation and arms divestment

A light-hearted round-up of this week’s stories, including the return of Girton’s owl for Spooktober and a Cambridge student named as a UN young leader.

A new report details the threat that AI and rising publishing volumes pose to the sector

Cambridge students face membership Cambridge students face membership fees of up to six times the cost of the same sport at Oxford

Cambridge Alumni John Clarke jointly awarded Nobel Prize in physics for discovery in macroscopic quantum mechanical tunelling


The newly-released Cambridge Union termcard for Michaelmas 2025 features debates on immigration and Palestine, as well as speaker events with the NVIDIA CEO and Chancellor Chris Smith