Varsity Voices Episode 5: Vet school victory and vetting speakers

Nick and Anuk discuss what happened when Government officials warned the University over a PalSoc speaker event, and the vet school’s new lifeline.

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by Anuk Weerawardana & Nick James

Wednesday December 3 2025, 2:26pm

This week on Varsity Voices, our fifth and final instalment of the series, we discuss the best new stories from Varsity’s latest print edition.

This includes a breakdown of what exactly happened when the Department for Education counter-terror team contacted Cambridge to “raise concerns” about a student event, and a look into what the vet school’s one year extension of conditional accreditation really means.

Also in this episode, we are joined by Lifestyle editor Gabrielle Saraway who will speak about interviewing “the grinches of Cambridge,” and Deputy editor Calum Murray who argues that Cambridge’s alleged ‘wokeness’ is “no bad thing”.

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New episodes will be released every other Tuesday during term-time, and will be the perfect companion to morning walks to lectures!

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