The film for Sunday, 8 December will be “Raging Bull” (1980). This continues our look at some of the great collaborations of director Martin Scorsese and star Robert De Niro. It is based on the life of Jake LaMotta, an American middleweight boxer who competed in the mid-20th century. The […]
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Dear Hughesians, Here are the most important events and announcements for this week. News from Hughes Christmas BOP, Dcember 6th, 21.00 Sports and Societies News Film Tuesday, December 3rd, 20.00 Wine tasting, December 4th, 20.30 Other News Grad Christmas Party, December 9th, 22.00 Climate Forum Follow science in real time […]
Biologists! There are currently 20,000 biomedical papers published every single week – more than anyone can keep track of. On top of that, there is useful data released alongside many of those papers. We all know that staying up to date is crucial to our research, but with so much […]
Climate change IS happening. Our lives ARE going to be affected, whether we like it or not. While national/international agreements to resolve the issue may be slow-coming, there are organisations and individuals who are already implementing innovative methods to tackle climate change! Want to learn more about innovative solutions to […]
The film for Tuesday, 2 December will be “Offside” (2006). This is a drama from one of Iran’s most acclaimed writer-directors, Jafar Panahi. The story concerns women who want to watch a world cup qualifying match, but are barred from doing so because of their sex. It is in some […]
The next Hughes Hall Wine Tasting Society event is on Wednesday 4th December, 8:30pm in the Pfeiffer Room. The tasting is open to all Hughes students and their guests. Register for this and other term 1 tastings at: tinyurl.com/hugheswine Payment is at the door, £10 in cash. We will be […]
Dear Hughesians, Here are the most important events and announcements for this week. News from Hughes Pub Quiz, November 27th, 21.00 Tea & Cakes, December 1st, 15.00 Sports and Societies News Film Tuesday, November 26th, 20.00 Hat Club, November 28th, 20.00 Poker Night, November 28th, 21.00 Other News CUSU Elections […]
Trinity May Ball is one of the most impressive Oxbridge balls, and is now recruiting for 2014! Our workers are the backbone of this large-scale operation, and we are looking for charismatic and motivated people to join our team and ensure the smooth running of the Ball.
Date: Deadline: Monday 25th November Education Partnerships Africa (http://www.epafrica.org/) is a UK charity and East African NGO which works to improve the quality of education for young people in rural Kenya and Uganda. We are currently looking to recruit volunteer researchers to undertake projects in Kenya and Uganda this summer. […]
Computer Scientists – interested in making a difference in reducing urban poverty in Latin America? Information Systems is a recent project within EcoHouse Initiative, aiming to improve the social impact of EcoHouse using appropriate technology, including Raspberry Pi computers, mobile internet and smart phones.
Join us for the screening of the brilliant Romanian film “Tales from the Golden Age” (subtitled in english)! The entry is free to all members of the university and there will be drinks afterwards! Also, please invite anyone you think might be interested! Synopsis: Conceived and scripted by Palme d’Or […]
If you want an opportunity to contribute to democracy and gain valuable new experience, run to be on the CUSU Elections Committee 2014. By-elections are at CUSU Council this Monday; all you need to do is come along, make a one minute speech and answer a couple of questions from […]
Applications are open to edit the 2014 Mays Anthology, the collection of the best student writing and artwork from Cambridge and Oxford. Interested candidates should email mays[at]varsity.co.uk by midday on Sunday the 1st of December 2013. The Mays, formerly the May Anthologies, are published annually by Varsity. The editor or […]
After term ends Cam FM and Fat Poppa Daddys are joining forces to keep the party going with a massive blow out Grad Christmas party at Lola Lo on Monday 9th December. Tickets will be on sale soon (join the Facebook event or sign up to the Grad Guest List […]
In the first week of Lent term we will be opening applications to work at the St. John’s College May Ball 2014. We are looking to hire workers for a range of positions requiring different levels of experience, and workers will compensated with either cash payments or discounted tickets. If […]
Another poker game is coming this Thursday, 28th November, at 9pm. We’ll be in the Pfeiffer Room. The usual rules apply:
The Hat Club finishes the term coming Thursday (28th November 8pm at the Pavilion Room) with a Double Bill. Arpit Gupta (Skype/Microsoft and Judge Business School) – Marketing to the Digiratti – the online consumer We live in a much more socially connected world today than ever before. More of […]
The Film for Tuesday, 26 November will be “The King of Comedy.” (1983) A black comedy, this is one of the more original, but less celebrated, works from Director Martin Scorsese and star Robert De Niro. De Niro stars as Rupert Pupkin, an aspiring comic whose delusions of his own […]
Altman’s films are famous for their large casts and overlapping dialogues. ‘Short cuts’ presents a great example of this: the film which was originally inspired by Raymond Carver’s short stories follows 22 different characters in loosely interlinked stories. The main focus is on couples whose relationships are, at one point […]