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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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
🍂 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.
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.
Living in a deprived neighbourhood increases your #dementia risk and now @psychiatry-ucam.bsky.social researchers know why.
@audreylow.bsky.social and Prof John O'Brien found links to brain vessel damage and poorer management of lifestyle factors known to affect dementia risk: bit.ly/3JNMxv7
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@audreylow.bsky.social and Prof John O'Brien found links to brain vessel damage and poorer management of lifestyle factors known to affect dementia risk: bit.ly/3JNMxv7
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November 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Living in a deprived neighbourhood increases your #dementia risk and now @psychiatry-ucam.bsky.social researchers know why.
@audreylow.bsky.social and Prof John O'Brien found links to brain vessel damage and poorer management of lifestyle factors known to affect dementia risk: bit.ly/3JNMxv7
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@audreylow.bsky.social and Prof John O'Brien found links to brain vessel damage and poorer management of lifestyle factors known to affect dementia risk: bit.ly/3JNMxv7
🧪
Could #AI speed up the scientific process?
That's the idea behind Denario, an AI-powered 'scientific assistant' co-developed by researchers at @cambridgephysics.bsky.social @simonsfoundation.org
What can Denario do? Find out: bit.ly/47Hfvom
#MachineLearning #Tech #Computing
That's the idea behind Denario, an AI-powered 'scientific assistant' co-developed by researchers at @cambridgephysics.bsky.social @simonsfoundation.org
What can Denario do? Find out: bit.ly/47Hfvom
#MachineLearning #Tech #Computing
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Could #AI speed up the scientific process?
That's the idea behind Denario, an AI-powered 'scientific assistant' co-developed by researchers at @cambridgephysics.bsky.social @simonsfoundation.org
What can Denario do? Find out: bit.ly/47Hfvom
#MachineLearning #Tech #Computing
That's the idea behind Denario, an AI-powered 'scientific assistant' co-developed by researchers at @cambridgephysics.bsky.social @simonsfoundation.org
What can Denario do? Find out: bit.ly/47Hfvom
#MachineLearning #Tech #Computing
“Every time anyone eats anything, it has an impact on the other species we share the planet with." 🍽️
Researchers at @camzoology.bsky.social have developed a new way to measure how changes in land use affect the extinction risk of over 30,000 species: bit.ly/4qGL3Dr
#Conservation
Researchers at @camzoology.bsky.social have developed a new way to measure how changes in land use affect the extinction risk of over 30,000 species: bit.ly/4qGL3Dr
#Conservation
November 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“Every time anyone eats anything, it has an impact on the other species we share the planet with." 🍽️
Researchers at @camzoology.bsky.social have developed a new way to measure how changes in land use affect the extinction risk of over 30,000 species: bit.ly/4qGL3Dr
#Conservation
Researchers at @camzoology.bsky.social have developed a new way to measure how changes in land use affect the extinction risk of over 30,000 species: bit.ly/4qGL3Dr
#Conservation
Ahead of COP30, explore how our research is addressing the climate and biodiversity crises in the real world 👉 bit.ly/4hQmVdF
🧪 #ClimateAction #Economics #StartUp #Energy
🧪 #ClimateAction #Economics #StartUp #Energy
November 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Ahead of COP30, explore how our research is addressing the climate and biodiversity crises in the real world 👉 bit.ly/4hQmVdF
🧪 #ClimateAction #Economics #StartUp #Energy
🧪 #ClimateAction #Economics #StartUp #Energy
The historic walls of @stjohnscollege.bsky.social draped in vibrant Boston Ivy 🍁🍁
#CambridgeUniversity #Cambridge #Autumn
#CambridgeUniversity #Cambridge #Autumn
November 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The historic walls of @stjohnscollege.bsky.social draped in vibrant Boston Ivy 🍁🍁
#CambridgeUniversity #Cambridge #Autumn
#CambridgeUniversity #Cambridge #Autumn
What stories lie behind some of Egypt’s most captivating artefacts? 🏺
Step into 'Made in Ancient Egypt' @fitzmuseum.bsky.social and uncover them for yourself!
Get your tickets now: https://bit.ly/4nrrwnX
🎥 Rosie Powell
#museums #ancienthistory
Step into 'Made in Ancient Egypt' @fitzmuseum.bsky.social and uncover them for yourself!
Get your tickets now: https://bit.ly/4nrrwnX
🎥 Rosie Powell
#museums #ancienthistory
November 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
What stories lie behind some of Egypt’s most captivating artefacts? 🏺
Step into 'Made in Ancient Egypt' @fitzmuseum.bsky.social and uncover them for yourself!
Get your tickets now: https://bit.ly/4nrrwnX
🎥 Rosie Powell
#museums #ancienthistory
Step into 'Made in Ancient Egypt' @fitzmuseum.bsky.social and uncover them for yourself!
Get your tickets now: https://bit.ly/4nrrwnX
🎥 Rosie Powell
#museums #ancienthistory
We're proud to be the top UK university for employability 🙌
The Times Higher Education @timeshighered.bsky.social Global Employability University Ranking 2026 lists Cambridge as 1st in the UK and 4th in the world.
#HigherEd #AcademicSky #Graduate
The Times Higher Education @timeshighered.bsky.social Global Employability University Ranking 2026 lists Cambridge as 1st in the UK and 4th in the world.
#HigherEd #AcademicSky #Graduate
October 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We're proud to be the top UK university for employability 🙌
The Times Higher Education @timeshighered.bsky.social Global Employability University Ranking 2026 lists Cambridge as 1st in the UK and 4th in the world.
#HigherEd #AcademicSky #Graduate
The Times Higher Education @timeshighered.bsky.social Global Employability University Ranking 2026 lists Cambridge as 1st in the UK and 4th in the world.
#HigherEd #AcademicSky #Graduate
Happy #Halloween to everyone celebrating! 🎃
The stumpery in the @kingscollege.bsky.social Fellows' Garden has had a frightful makeover – all thanks to the College's brilliant gardening team.
A spooky surprise for King's students on their way past... 👻
The stumpery in the @kingscollege.bsky.social Fellows' Garden has had a frightful makeover – all thanks to the College's brilliant gardening team.
A spooky surprise for King's students on their way past... 👻
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Happy #Halloween to everyone celebrating! 🎃
The stumpery in the @kingscollege.bsky.social Fellows' Garden has had a frightful makeover – all thanks to the College's brilliant gardening team.
A spooky surprise for King's students on their way past... 👻
The stumpery in the @kingscollege.bsky.social Fellows' Garden has had a frightful makeover – all thanks to the College's brilliant gardening team.
A spooky surprise for King's students on their way past... 👻
Do you know a Year 12 student from a Black African, Caribbean or mixed race background who is thinking about applying to Cambridge?
Target Oxbridge is a free mentoring programme that has helped over 500 students to secure Oxbridge offers.
Apply at targetoxbridge.app.candidx.io/roles before 23 Nov.
Target Oxbridge is a free mentoring programme that has helped over 500 students to secure Oxbridge offers.
Apply at targetoxbridge.app.candidx.io/roles before 23 Nov.
October 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Do you know a Year 12 student from a Black African, Caribbean or mixed race background who is thinking about applying to Cambridge?
Target Oxbridge is a free mentoring programme that has helped over 500 students to secure Oxbridge offers.
Apply at targetoxbridge.app.candidx.io/roles before 23 Nov.
Target Oxbridge is a free mentoring programme that has helped over 500 students to secure Oxbridge offers.
Apply at targetoxbridge.app.candidx.io/roles before 23 Nov.