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1 week ago | 
varsity.co.uk | Wilf Vall |Lili Fairclough
Pro-Palestine activists have set up an encampment outside Trinity College, calling for the University to end its “complicity in genocide” by divesting from arms companies.
The encampment has been organised by Cambridge for Palestine (C4P), with students occupying the College’s lawn at around 5:30 pm this evening (30/05). The protesters are calling on the University to disclose and divest from investments associated with Israel.
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2 weeks ago | 
varsity.co.uk | Wilf Vall
The University of Cambridge is considering the introduction of exam resits for the first time ever, in a bid to bring their assessment system in line with the rest of the Higher Education sector.
The University’s Education Committee has proposed changes to the exam system for students affected by “illness or grave cause” when taking exams, allowing them to be re-assessed in some circumstances.
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1 month ago | 
varsity.co.uk | Wilf Vall
Student activists glued Cambridge’s Barclays branch shut on Wednesday (07/05), protesting the bank’s ties to fossil fuels and the decision to ban trans women from its female toilets.
Protesters attached glue to the locks of the building’s doors in the early hours of the morning, forcing staff to wait outside until the doors were unsealed at 1pm.
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1 month ago | 
varsity.co.uk | Charlie Rowan |Wilf Vall
A Cambridge student graduating on Saturday (03/05) interrupted the ceremony to protest the University’s “complicity” in “genocide in Gaza,” breaking the four-month High Court injunction against protests in Senate House.
The student, wearing full sub fusc academic dress, proceeded to the centre of the Senate House room and held up a Palestinian flag, before making a speech.
She stated: “Cambridge University is complicit in genocide in Gaza.
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1 month ago | 
varsity.co.uk | Wilf Vall
Cambridge is the only UK University to use a class ranking system for all subjectsAmika Piplapure for Varsity Recommendations to alleviate a “culture of overwork” passed Cambridge University’s governing body earlier this week, committing the University to review its teaching practices to better student wellbeing.
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1 month ago | 
varsity.co.uk | Wilf Vall
Tony Booth, a former education professor and activist, has launched a bid for the Cambridge Chancellorship, claiming to be the only candidate standing on an “ethical” platform.
Booth, who was a Research Fellow at the Cambridge Centre for Commonwealth Education, announced his candidacy for the role of Chancellor, vowing to “call for the University to be an ethical force in the world and a champion of education and the future of its students”.
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1 month ago | 
varsity.co.uk | Wilf Vall |Kezia Douglass
Broadcaster and comedian Sandi Toksvig is standing for Cambridge Chancellor, becoming the sixth candidate in the race, Varsity can exclusively reveal.
In an X post, Simon McDonald, Master of Christ’s College, announced he had “just submitted Sandi Toksvig’s nomination papers to be Chancellor of University of Cambridge.”
The post also included a photo of a completed Chancellor candidate form, including 79 “supporters forms” from those nominating Toksvig.
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1 month ago | 
varsity.co.uk | Wilf Vall
Free Russian Foundation with permission for VarsityI’m not someone who is often lost for words. But, huddled in a secluded corner of the University Library Tea Room, I find myself trying to think of how to start an interview that, by Vladimir Kara-Murza’s own admission, should not have happened.
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1 month ago | 
varsity.co.uk | Wilf Vall
The University of Cambridge’s disciplinary body held zero hearings for cases of sexual misconduct in 2024. This means no accused person faced “serious sanctions,” including expulsion from the University, for their actions in this time.
Freedom of Information Requests show that the Office of Student Conduct, Complaints and Appeals (OSCCA) – the University’s disciplinary body – held zero disciplinary committee meetings for sexual misconduct in Lent, Easter, and Michaelmas term last year.
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1 month ago | 
varsity.co.uk | Wilf Vall
The University of Cambridge will reconsider the use of Tripos rankings and Saturday lectures for the next academic year, following a 15 month review of undergraduate teaching.
A vote of the University’s General Board – the body responsible for the University’s academic and educational activities and policies – confirmed the implementation of proposals from the Undergraduate Teaching review yesterday (09/04).
