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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.
November 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The first step towards studying an MBA at @jbs.cam.ac.uk is figuring out which staircase leads to your lecture 😉

📸 Lloyd Mann
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 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.
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 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
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Two bridges, one stunning view. Can you name them both?

📸 Lloyd Mann
November 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Find out more: bit.ly/3LXGLaQ
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.
November 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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
November 12, 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.
November 11, 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
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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.
November 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🍂 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
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.
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Lighting up Bonfire Night, Cambridge-style 🎆

📸 Lloyd Mann
📍 Sawston, Cambridgeshire
November 5, 2025 at 6:28 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.
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 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

🧪
November 5, 2025 at 3:39 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
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
“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
November 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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
November 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The historic walls of @stjohnscollege.bsky.social draped in vibrant Boston Ivy 🍁🍁

#CambridgeUniversity #Cambridge #Autumn
November 3, 2025 at 4:38 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
November 1, 2025 at 1:20 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
October 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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... 👻
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 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.
October 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM