Charlie Rowan

1 week ago | varsity.co.uk | Charlie Rowan

Christopher Lorde has been elected president of the Cambridge Union, after defeating opponent Jack Peters by only seven votes. Lorde, the serving secretary, had stood in the race for the Michaelmas 2025 presidency in Lent but was defeated by Ivan Alexei Ampiah. Lorde has now won the second time around by 117 votes to Peters’ 109. The president-elect ran on a platform of increased outreach, growing corporate sponsorships, and the delivery of a “termcard with gender parity”.

1 week ago | varsity.co.uk | Charlie Rowan

The proportion of students admitted to the University of Cambridge from state schools has fallen for the second year in a row, according to figures from the latest admissions cycle. In 2024, 71% of UK (Home) students admitted came from state-maintained schools, while 29% were educated privately. This continues a downward trend from 2023, when state school admissions dipped to 72.6, the first decline in over a decade, representing a slight drop from 72.9% the previous year.

1 week ago | varsity.co.uk | Charlie Rowan

The Cambridge University Students’ Union (SU) has recorded financial losses for the second year in a row, according to its latest accounts. In the 2023-24 financial year, the SU reported a deficit of £4,766, having spent £1,493,531 despite only receiving £1,488,765 in income. This marks the second consecutive year that the SU has spent more than it raised. In 2022-23, the Union recorded an overspend of £112,898, the first time it had gone over budget since its formation in 2020.

1 week ago | buff.ly | Charlie Rowan

The Cambridge University Students’ Union (SU) has recorded financial losses for the second year in a row, according to its latest accounts. In the 2023-24 financial year, the SU reported a deficit of £4,766, having spent £1,493,531 despite only receiving £1,488,765 in income. This marks the second consecutive year that the SU has spent more than it raised. In 2022-23, the Union recorded an overspend of £112,898, the first time it had gone over budget since its formation in 2020.

2 weeks ago | buff.ly | Charlie Rowan

Over 27% of undergraduates at the University of Cambridge say they have an immediate family member who attended Oxford or Cambridge, a Varsity investigation can reveal. In a self-selecting online survey of 306 students currently enrolled as Cambridge undergraduates, 27.1% reported having at least one immediate family member who attended Oxbridge for undergraduate studies. By contrast, 14.4% said no one in their family had ever been to university before them.