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  • Editor's pickIntroducing Varsity’s new podcast: Varsity Voices!
    8 October 2025
  • Introducing Varsity's new podcast: Varsity Voices!

    Podcast

    Introducing Varsity’s new podcast: Varsity Voices!

    The perfect companion for your morning walks to lectures is here

    8 October 2025
    Introducing Varsity’s new podcast: Varsity Voices!
  • WATCH: Cambridge's brightest minds tackle C-Sunday

    WATCH: Cambridge’s brightest minds tackle C-Sunday

    As exams come to a close, watch as the ‘leaders of the future’ (their words, not ours) congregated on Jesus Green for one last hurrah before they began

    5 June 2023
    WATCH: Cambridge’s brightest minds tackle C-Sunday
  • WATCH: Y Cymry oddi Cartre — The Welsh away from home

    Documentary

    WATCH: Y Cymry oddi Cartre — The Welsh away from home

    1 May 2023
    WATCH: Y Cymry oddi Cartre — The Welsh away from home
  • Switchboard S7, Ep 6: Navigating North and South

    11 June 2021
    Switchboard S7, Ep 6: Navigating North and South
  • Switchboard S7, Ep. 5: Pride, Power and Partying

    Switchboard S7, Ep. 5: Pride, Power and Partying

    4 June 2021
    Switchboard S7, Ep. 5: Pride, Power and Partying
  • Switchboard S7, Ep 4: Investigating the Indian Covid Crisis

    Switchboard S7, Ep 4: Investigating the Indian Covid Crisis

    29 May 2021
    Switchboard S7, Ep 4: Investigating the Indian Covid Crisis
  • Switchboard S7, Ep 3: Seeking Sprituality

    Switchboard S7, Ep 3: Seeking Sprituality

    22 May 2021
    Switchboard S7, Ep 3: Seeking Sprituality
  • Switchboard S7, Ep 2: Matter On Your Mind

    Switchboard S7, Ep 2: Matter On Your Mind

    14 May 2021
    Switchboard S7, Ep 2: Matter On Your Mind
  • Switchboard S7, Ep 1: Learning from Lent

    Switchboard S7, Ep 1: Learning from Lent

    7 May 2021
    Switchboard S7, Ep 1: Learning from Lent
  • Varsity's Lockdown Diaries

    Varsity’s Lockdown Diaries

    15 February 2021
    Varsity’s Lockdown Diaries
  • Switchboard S6, Ep.3: Mind Your Health

    Switchboard S6, Ep.3: Mind Your Health

    Hosts Amber and Eliza talk to guests about the importance of physical and mental fitness during a remote Lent term, while also speaking to RAG and Pink Week to discuss their plans for the term.

    29 January 2021
    Switchboard S6, Ep.3: Mind Your Health
  • Switchboard S6, Ep.2: The Scoop On Toope

    Switchboard S6, Ep.2: The Scoop On Toope

    Hosts Amber and Eliza chat to Vice-Chancellor Stephen Toope on everything from safety net provision to the new Foundation Year to how Cambridge is preparing for another online term.

    29 January 2021
    Switchboard S6, Ep.2: The Scoop On Toope
  • Switchboard S6, Ep.1: Disparity Strikes Despair

    Podcast

    Switchboard S6, Ep.1: Disparity Strikes Despair

    29 January 2021
    Switchboard S6, Ep.1: Disparity Strikes Despair
  • Switchboard S2, Ep.10: Creativity in Crisis 

    Switchboard S2, Ep.10: Creativity in Crisis 

    27 November 2020
    Switchboard S2, Ep.10: Creativity in Crisis 
  • Switchboard S2, Ep.9: Behind the Headlines - Sexual Assault Procedure at Cambridge

    Switchboard S2, Ep.9: Behind the Headlines – Sexual Assault Procedure at Cambridge

    20 November 2020
    Switchboard S2, Ep.9: Behind the Headlines – Sexual Assault Procedure at Cambridge
  • Switchboard S2, Ep.8: The Push for Divestment at Cambridge

    Switchboard S2, Ep.8: The Push for Divestment at Cambridge

    13 November 2020
    Switchboard S2, Ep.8: The Push for Divestment at Cambridge
  • Switchboard S2, Ep.7: Mental Health at Cambridge - What needs to change?

    Switchboard S2, Ep.7: Mental Health at Cambridge – What needs to change?

    6 November 2020
    Switchboard S2, Ep.7: Mental Health at Cambridge – What needs to change?
  • Switchboard S2, Ep.6: Behind the Headlines - Homelessness in Cambridge

    Switchboard S2, Ep.6: Behind the Headlines – Homelessness in Cambridge

    23 October 2020
    Switchboard S2, Ep.6: Behind the Headlines – Homelessness in Cambridge
  • Big Issue seller sets up charity to combat homelessness

    Big Issue seller sets up charity to combat homelessness

    29 October 2020
    Big Issue seller sets up charity to combat homelessness
  • Switchboard S2, Ep.5: Behind the Headlines - The Decolonise Cambridge Movement

    Switchboard S2, Ep.5: Behind the Headlines – The Decolonise Cambridge Movement

    16 October 2020
    Switchboard S2, Ep.5: Behind the Headlines – The Decolonise Cambridge Movement
  • Switchboard S2, Ep.4: A Very Different Freshers' Week

    Switchboard S2, Ep.4: A Very Different Freshers’ Week

    This week; Fresher’s week, and starting the new year amidst the Covid-19 crisis.

    9 October 2020
    Switchboard S2, Ep.4: A Very Different Freshers’ Week
  • Switchboard S2, Ep.3: Behind the headlines - Cambridge and the ‘refugee crisis’

    Switchboard S2, Ep.3: Behind the headlines – Cambridge and the ‘refugee crisis’

    Live every Friday at 6pm. This week; a closer look at the ‘refugee crisis’, the Europe Must Act movement, SolidariTee, and an interview with Cambridge Labour MP, Daniel Zeichner.

    2 October 2020
    Switchboard S2, Ep.3: Behind the headlines – Cambridge and the ‘refugee crisis’
  • Switchboard S2, Ep.2: What Lies Ahead For Cambridge Next Year?

    Switchboard S2, Ep.2: What Lies Ahead For Cambridge Next Year?

    18 September 2020
    Switchboard S2, Ep.2: What Lies Ahead For Cambridge Next Year?
  • Switchboard

    Switchboard S2, Ep.1: The A Level Results Fiasco

    4 September 2020
    Switchboard S2, Ep.1: The A Level Results Fiasco
  • Varsity Previews: The May Week Mega Event

    Varsity Previews: The May Week Mega Event

    3 August 2020
    Varsity Previews: The May Week Mega Event
  • Switchboard S1, Ep 4

    Switchboard S1, Ep 4

    15 May 2020
    Switchboard S1, Ep 4
  • Switchboard S1, Ep. 3

    Switchboard S1, Ep. 3

    8 May 2020
    Switchboard S1, Ep. 3
  • Switchboard S1, Ep. 2

    Switchboard S1, Ep. 2

    1 May 2020
    Switchboard S1, Ep. 2
  • Switchboard S1, Ep. 1

    Switchboard S1, Ep. 1

    24 April 2020
    Switchboard S1, Ep. 1

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