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Did you know that there's a wide range of scholarships, grants and bursaries at Cambridge for postgraduate study? Here are just a few of them.
Tap for a complete guide: https://bit.ly/4oOClBT
🚨 The deadline for most courses is early December so apply now.
Tap for a complete guide: https://bit.ly/4oOClBT
🚨 The deadline for most courses is early December so apply now.
November 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Did you know that there's a wide range of scholarships, grants and bursaries at Cambridge for postgraduate study? Here are just a few of them.
Tap for a complete guide: https://bit.ly/4oOClBT
🚨 The deadline for most courses is early December so apply now.
Tap for a complete guide: https://bit.ly/4oOClBT
🚨 The deadline for most courses is early December so apply now.
A new AI tool can spot abnormalities in blood cells more accurately and reliably than human doctors. It could be a game-changer for how conditions like leukaemia are diagnosed. 🩸
Called CytoDiffusion, it's unlike many other AI models. Find out how: bit.ly/4o9uJJ4 🧪
@ucl.ac.uk @qmul.bsky.social
Called CytoDiffusion, it's unlike many other AI models. Find out how: bit.ly/4o9uJJ4 🧪
@ucl.ac.uk @qmul.bsky.social
AI tool spots blood cell abnormalities missed by doctors
An AI tool that can analyse abnormalities in the shape and form of blood cells, and with greater accuracy and reliability than human experts, could change the
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November 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
A new AI tool can spot abnormalities in blood cells more accurately and reliably than human doctors. It could be a game-changer for how conditions like leukaemia are diagnosed. 🩸
Called CytoDiffusion, it's unlike many other AI models. Find out how: bit.ly/4o9uJJ4 🧪
@ucl.ac.uk @qmul.bsky.social
Called CytoDiffusion, it's unlike many other AI models. Find out how: bit.ly/4o9uJJ4 🧪
@ucl.ac.uk @qmul.bsky.social
The first step towards studying an MBA at @jbs.cam.ac.uk is figuring out which staircase leads to your lecture 😉
📸 Lloyd Mann
📸 Lloyd Mann
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The first step towards studying an MBA at @jbs.cam.ac.uk is figuring out which staircase leads to your lecture 😉
📸 Lloyd Mann
📸 Lloyd Mann
Cambridge researchers have uncovered the earliest evidence of ‘animal GPS’ in tiny magnetic fossils from 97 million years ago.
What left them behind? And what insights can they shed? Dig in: bit.ly/3LQxykH
@cambridge-earthsci.bsky.social @stcatharines.bsky.social @gfz.bsky.social 🧪
What left them behind? And what insights can they shed? Dig in: bit.ly/3LQxykH
@cambridge-earthsci.bsky.social @stcatharines.bsky.social @gfz.bsky.social 🧪
Ancient ‘animal GPS’ identified in magnetic fossils
The earliest evidence of an internal ‘GPS’ system in an animal has been identified by researchers, which could help explain how some modern birds and fish
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November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Cambridge researchers have uncovered the earliest evidence of ‘animal GPS’ in tiny magnetic fossils from 97 million years ago.
What left them behind? And what insights can they shed? Dig in: bit.ly/3LQxykH
@cambridge-earthsci.bsky.social @stcatharines.bsky.social @gfz.bsky.social 🧪
What left them behind? And what insights can they shed? Dig in: bit.ly/3LQxykH
@cambridge-earthsci.bsky.social @stcatharines.bsky.social @gfz.bsky.social 🧪
Do you have a parasocial relationship with a famous person?
The Cambridge Dictionary #WordOfTheYear2025 is "parasocial": involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know, a character in a book, film, TV series, etc., or an AI.
The Cambridge Dictionary #WordOfTheYear2025 is "parasocial": involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know, a character in a book, film, TV series, etc., or an AI.
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Do you have a parasocial relationship with a famous person?
The Cambridge Dictionary #WordOfTheYear2025 is "parasocial": involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know, a character in a book, film, TV series, etc., or an AI.
The Cambridge Dictionary #WordOfTheYear2025 is "parasocial": involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know, a character in a book, film, TV series, etc., or an AI.
The Sycamore Gap tree has inspired a powerful musical collaboration between Prof @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social and the Helsinki Chamber Choir 🎶
‘The World Tree’ explores the long history of tree-human relations and world premieres in Finland today.
Find out more 👇
https://bit.ly/4r3gTKZ
‘The World Tree’ explores the long history of tree-human relations and world premieres in Finland today.
Find out more 👇
https://bit.ly/4r3gTKZ
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November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The Sycamore Gap tree has inspired a powerful musical collaboration between Prof @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social and the Helsinki Chamber Choir 🎶
‘The World Tree’ explores the long history of tree-human relations and world premieres in Finland today.
Find out more 👇
https://bit.ly/4r3gTKZ
‘The World Tree’ explores the long history of tree-human relations and world premieres in Finland today.
Find out more 👇
https://bit.ly/4r3gTKZ
Happy #InternationalStudentsDay! 🌍
Earlier this year, we asked our new graduates to share their Cambridge experience in their home language 🗣️
Want to chat with one of our international postgraduates? Get started right here 👇
https://bit.ly/4oLCl5N
Earlier this year, we asked our new graduates to share their Cambridge experience in their home language 🗣️
Want to chat with one of our international postgraduates? Get started right here 👇
https://bit.ly/4oLCl5N
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Happy #InternationalStudentsDay! 🌍
Earlier this year, we asked our new graduates to share their Cambridge experience in their home language 🗣️
Want to chat with one of our international postgraduates? Get started right here 👇
https://bit.ly/4oLCl5N
Earlier this year, we asked our new graduates to share their Cambridge experience in their home language 🗣️
Want to chat with one of our international postgraduates? Get started right here 👇
https://bit.ly/4oLCl5N
Cambridge physicists have created a fine-tuned 'energy sandwich' that could transform how solar cells, LEDs and lasers are made, and make them cheaper and more efficient 🔋
New #research from @ceb.cam.ac.uk and @cambridgephysics.bsky.social 👇
https://bit.ly/3XyHB0g 🧪
New #research from @ceb.cam.ac.uk and @cambridgephysics.bsky.social 👇
https://bit.ly/3XyHB0g 🧪
‘Beautiful energy sandwich’ could power next-generation solar and lighting
Researchers have achieved a new level of control over the atomic structure of a family of materials known as halide perovskites, creating a finely tuned
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November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Cambridge physicists have created a fine-tuned 'energy sandwich' that could transform how solar cells, LEDs and lasers are made, and make them cheaper and more efficient 🔋
New #research from @ceb.cam.ac.uk and @cambridgephysics.bsky.social 👇
https://bit.ly/3XyHB0g 🧪
New #research from @ceb.cam.ac.uk and @cambridgephysics.bsky.social 👇
https://bit.ly/3XyHB0g 🧪
Two bridges, one stunning view. Can you name them both?
📸 Lloyd Mann
📸 Lloyd Mann
November 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Two bridges, one stunning view. Can you name them both?
📸 Lloyd Mann
📸 Lloyd Mann
Congratulations to @drchrismacdonald.bsky.social, whose VR public speaking platform won at the @timeshighered.bsky.social Awards 2025! 🏆
Other Cambridge nominees included the PROFILE trial team and Technician Development Advisor John Nicolson.
Read more: bit.ly/4p9V4HI
#THEAwards
Other Cambridge nominees included the PROFILE trial team and Technician Development Advisor John Nicolson.
Read more: bit.ly/4p9V4HI
#THEAwards
Virtual Reality public speaking platform wins top prize at Times Higher Education Awards
Cambridge’s Dr Chris Macdonald won the Technological Innovation of the Year category at the Times Higher Education Awards 2025 for his groundbreaking Virtual
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November 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Congratulations to @drchrismacdonald.bsky.social, whose VR public speaking platform won at the @timeshighered.bsky.social Awards 2025! 🏆
Other Cambridge nominees included the PROFILE trial team and Technician Development Advisor John Nicolson.
Read more: bit.ly/4p9V4HI
#THEAwards
Other Cambridge nominees included the PROFILE trial team and Technician Development Advisor John Nicolson.
Read more: bit.ly/4p9V4HI
#THEAwards
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Today, the @houseoflords.parliament.uk Home-based Working Committee released a report which repeatedly references research by an interdisciplinary team at @cam.ac.uk highlighting the need for better data on productivity & mental health in the workplace to inform policy on home-based working.
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Today, the @houseoflords.parliament.uk Home-based Working Committee released a report which repeatedly references research by an interdisciplinary team at @cam.ac.uk highlighting the need for better data on productivity & mental health in the workplace to inform policy on home-based working.
We are delighted to be awarded the @nnecl.bsky.social Quality Mark, recognising our commitment to supporting care experienced students at Cambridge ✅
Learn more about how we're supporting care experienced students today and beyond 👇
https://bit.ly/47NZP2I
Learn more about how we're supporting care experienced students today and beyond 👇
https://bit.ly/47NZP2I
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We are delighted to be awarded the @nnecl.bsky.social Quality Mark, recognising our commitment to supporting care experienced students at Cambridge ✅
Learn more about how we're supporting care experienced students today and beyond 👇
https://bit.ly/47NZP2I
Learn more about how we're supporting care experienced students today and beyond 👇
https://bit.ly/47NZP2I
Do you know a UK Bangladeshi, Pakistani or Arab student currently in Year 11, who is thinking of applying to a top university? Share this video with them.
November 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Do you know a UK Bangladeshi, Pakistani or Arab student currently in Year 11, who is thinking of applying to a top university? Share this video with them.
Cambridge researchers: Want your work to be recognised for its real‐world impact? 🌍
The application deadline for the Cambridge Awards for #Research Impact and Engagement has been extended!
Apply before 21 November and get your story heard 👇
https://bit.ly/43lwECT
@cambridgefestival.bsky.social
The application deadline for the Cambridge Awards for #Research Impact and Engagement has been extended!
Apply before 21 November and get your story heard 👇
https://bit.ly/43lwECT
@cambridgefestival.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Cambridge researchers: Want your work to be recognised for its real‐world impact? 🌍
The application deadline for the Cambridge Awards for #Research Impact and Engagement has been extended!
Apply before 21 November and get your story heard 👇
https://bit.ly/43lwECT
@cambridgefestival.bsky.social
The application deadline for the Cambridge Awards for #Research Impact and Engagement has been extended!
Apply before 21 November and get your story heard 👇
https://bit.ly/43lwECT
@cambridgefestival.bsky.social
On Armistice Day, we pause to honour all those who gave their lives in conflict.
Today at 11am, we will join the nation in a two-minute silence to remember their sacrifice.
We will remember them.
Today at 11am, we will join the nation in a two-minute silence to remember their sacrifice.
We will remember them.
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
On Armistice Day, we pause to honour all those who gave their lives in conflict.
Today at 11am, we will join the nation in a two-minute silence to remember their sacrifice.
We will remember them.
Today at 11am, we will join the nation in a two-minute silence to remember their sacrifice.
We will remember them.
Join us tonight for the 2025 Annual Gloria Carpenter Lecture with Prof Monica Moreno Figueroa.
She will be exploring how we can build spaces that truly make space – for listening, connecting, and relating – in the face of racisms and inequality.
Book your ticket now 👇
https://bit.ly/3L3eHme
She will be exploring how we can build spaces that truly make space – for listening, connecting, and relating – in the face of racisms and inequality.
Book your ticket now 👇
https://bit.ly/3L3eHme
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Join us tonight for the 2025 Annual Gloria Carpenter Lecture with Prof Monica Moreno Figueroa.
She will be exploring how we can build spaces that truly make space – for listening, connecting, and relating – in the face of racisms and inequality.
Book your ticket now 👇
https://bit.ly/3L3eHme
She will be exploring how we can build spaces that truly make space – for listening, connecting, and relating – in the face of racisms and inequality.
Book your ticket now 👇
https://bit.ly/3L3eHme
The death of the Nobel Prize-winning pioneer of DNA, James Watson, has been announced. He was 97.
Together with Francis Crick, he identified the double-helix while working @cambridgephysics.bsky.social. Famously, they announced they'd "discovered the secret of life" in the pub: bit.ly/4qP3Cpd
Together with Francis Crick, he identified the double-helix while working @cambridgephysics.bsky.social. Famously, they announced they'd "discovered the secret of life" in the pub: bit.ly/4qP3Cpd
Discovering 'the secret of life' - 70th anniversary of DNA double helix breakthrough
The DNA structure breakthrough at Cambridge has led to world-changing advances in many fields, not least in biological research. But the discovery was only possible because of the work of a host of ta...
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November 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The death of the Nobel Prize-winning pioneer of DNA, James Watson, has been announced. He was 97.
Together with Francis Crick, he identified the double-helix while working @cambridgephysics.bsky.social. Famously, they announced they'd "discovered the secret of life" in the pub: bit.ly/4qP3Cpd
Together with Francis Crick, he identified the double-helix while working @cambridgephysics.bsky.social. Famously, they announced they'd "discovered the secret of life" in the pub: bit.ly/4qP3Cpd
A new era for Cambridge sport begins 🚀
Today, we opened The Mumford Pitch – a new floodlit, all-weather facility at Grange Road.
Thanks to principal donor Hugh Mumford, students and the community can now enjoy sport year-round at this historic ground.
Read the full story 👇
bit.ly/4p1WIeI
Today, we opened The Mumford Pitch – a new floodlit, all-weather facility at Grange Road.
Thanks to principal donor Hugh Mumford, students and the community can now enjoy sport year-round at this historic ground.
Read the full story 👇
bit.ly/4p1WIeI
The Mumford Pitch is officially unveiled
A new era for student and community sport in Cambridge city centre
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November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A new era for Cambridge sport begins 🚀
Today, we opened The Mumford Pitch – a new floodlit, all-weather facility at Grange Road.
Thanks to principal donor Hugh Mumford, students and the community can now enjoy sport year-round at this historic ground.
Read the full story 👇
bit.ly/4p1WIeI
Today, we opened The Mumford Pitch – a new floodlit, all-weather facility at Grange Road.
Thanks to principal donor Hugh Mumford, students and the community can now enjoy sport year-round at this historic ground.
Read the full story 👇
bit.ly/4p1WIeI
From the spires to the River Cam, beautiful #Cambridge glows in the autumn light 🍂
For everyone who studies, works, visits or lives here, this is your Cambridge from above.
For everyone who studies, works, visits or lives here, this is your Cambridge from above.
November 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
From the spires to the River Cam, beautiful #Cambridge glows in the autumn light 🍂
For everyone who studies, works, visits or lives here, this is your Cambridge from above.
For everyone who studies, works, visits or lives here, this is your Cambridge from above.
Congratulations to our 7 researchers awarded prestigious @erc.europa.eu Synergy Grants! 👏
From cell biology and nanomachines, our scientists will collaborate across Europe and the US to push scientific boundaries.
See the full list of awardees: https://bit.ly/4hO4ruf
#ERCSyG 🧪
From cell biology and nanomachines, our scientists will collaborate across Europe and the US to push scientific boundaries.
See the full list of awardees: https://bit.ly/4hO4ruf
#ERCSyG 🧪
Cambridge researchers awarded prestigious Synergy Grants from European Research Council
Seven researchers at the University of Cambridge have been awarded Synergy Grants from the European Research Council to lead five new collaborative projects
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November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Congratulations to our 7 researchers awarded prestigious @erc.europa.eu Synergy Grants! 👏
From cell biology and nanomachines, our scientists will collaborate across Europe and the US to push scientific boundaries.
See the full list of awardees: https://bit.ly/4hO4ruf
#ERCSyG 🧪
From cell biology and nanomachines, our scientists will collaborate across Europe and the US to push scientific boundaries.
See the full list of awardees: https://bit.ly/4hO4ruf
#ERCSyG 🧪
🍂 Reds, golds and a bit of that Cambridge magic as @homertoncollege.bsky.social shows off its autumn colours.
November 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🍂 Reds, golds and a bit of that Cambridge magic as @homertoncollege.bsky.social shows off its autumn colours.
This Remembrance Sunday, everyone is welcome to attend the Service of Remembrance on 9 November at Great St Mary's, the University Church.
Please take your seats by 10:40am as we honour all those who have served and sacrificed.
Please take your seats by 10:40am as we honour all those who have served and sacrificed.
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This Remembrance Sunday, everyone is welcome to attend the Service of Remembrance on 9 November at Great St Mary's, the University Church.
Please take your seats by 10:40am as we honour all those who have served and sacrificed.
Please take your seats by 10:40am as we honour all those who have served and sacrificed.
Children and young people faced higher and longer-lasting risks of rare heart complications after #COVID19 infection than after vaccination, say @vpd-hlri.bsky.social researchers.
Find out more about this study 👇
bit.ly/43BmUof 🧪
Find out more about this study 👇
bit.ly/43BmUof 🧪
Risk of rare heart complications in children higher after COVID-19 infection than after vaccination
Children and young people faced long-lasting and higher risks of rare heart and inflammatory complications after COVID-19 infection, compared to before or
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November 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Children and young people faced higher and longer-lasting risks of rare heart complications after #COVID19 infection than after vaccination, say @vpd-hlri.bsky.social researchers.
Find out more about this study 👇
bit.ly/43BmUof 🧪
Find out more about this study 👇
bit.ly/43BmUof 🧪
Lighting up Bonfire Night, Cambridge-style 🎆
📸 Lloyd Mann
📍 Sawston, Cambridgeshire
📸 Lloyd Mann
📍 Sawston, Cambridgeshire
November 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Lighting up Bonfire Night, Cambridge-style 🎆
📸 Lloyd Mann
📍 Sawston, Cambridgeshire
📸 Lloyd Mann
📍 Sawston, Cambridgeshire
Yes, babies do hear while in the womb 🤰
Watch Dr Beyza Ustun-Elayan from Cambridge's Psychology department as she explains why.
She's competing in the Falling Walls pitch competition in Berlin this week. Hailing from Türkiye, Dr Ustun-Elayan is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Cam Babylab.
Watch Dr Beyza Ustun-Elayan from Cambridge's Psychology department as she explains why.
She's competing in the Falling Walls pitch competition in Berlin this week. Hailing from Türkiye, Dr Ustun-Elayan is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Cam Babylab.
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Yes, babies do hear while in the womb 🤰
Watch Dr Beyza Ustun-Elayan from Cambridge's Psychology department as she explains why.
She's competing in the Falling Walls pitch competition in Berlin this week. Hailing from Türkiye, Dr Ustun-Elayan is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Cam Babylab.
Watch Dr Beyza Ustun-Elayan from Cambridge's Psychology department as she explains why.
She's competing in the Falling Walls pitch competition in Berlin this week. Hailing from Türkiye, Dr Ustun-Elayan is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Cam Babylab.