Yearly archives: 2014

Comedy shows, live jazz, lectures on dark matter and the search for extraterrestrial life—it’s hard to keep track of all the good events going on every day at Cambridge. That’s why a couple of us Cambridge students got together to build Agora. Besides collecting these events on the Agora website […]

Applications for directors, musical directors and producers for ‘The Sorcerer’ and ‘The Grand Duke’ are now open! If you wish to apply, then please read the information below, then send your application by midnight on Wednesday 3rd December to the society secretary, Zowie Sweetland, at zs280@cam.ac.uk ‘THE SORCERER’ AT THE […]

CELS Michaelmas Term Lunchtime Seminars Seminars will take place in the Law Faculty Building, room B16. There is no charge for admission. A sandwich lunch, also free, is available from 12.45p.m. The lecture programme is subject to revision without notice. Wednesday 26th November 1:00 – 2:00 pm Elaine Fahey City […]

IVSC is recruiting 70 volunteer teachers for summer camp projects in the idyllic southern town of Yangshuo阳朔 as well as other locations including Changsha, Lingshan and Pingjiang. Lonely Planet says of Yangshuo that “pedalling across the rice fields through Yangshuo’s soaring limestone peaks is often the top experience of travellers […]

The university’s proposed new environment policy was released on 3/11 for student consultation (http://www.environment.admin.cam.ac.uk/environmental-policy-review). Please complete this poll and share your thoughts! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_d_QgsrBTQyhkJPrNNGYA8w6zoNN4hyO0BlaoNPuES0/viewform For those who agree that the university needs to be ambitious in its environmental aims, join us on Saturday 29/11 at 2.00 pm in Parker’s Piece, for […]

Corpus Christi MCR is recruiting musicians to play in a pit orchestra for its annual Christmas Pantomime, to be performed at Leckhampton House on Thursday 11th December. This year the Panto will be an abridged version of Disney’s ‘Frozen’, complete with songs ‘Let it Go’, ‘Do you want to build […]

Mon 8 Dec, 18:30 – The Panton Arms, Cambridge Bruno Vieira will introduce the Dat project, providing efficient distribution and versioning of large scientific datasets. This allows data workflows that operate in a similar way to Git and GitHub for source code. Bruno will also provide an introduction to Bionode, which implements or […]

This Sunday, one of the longest standing and biggest rivalries in sport is being reignited. Cambridge against Oxford. This time it is the Cambridge Pythons taking on the Oxford Lancers at Varsity Bowl IX. The game is being held under floodlights at the rugby club’s home ground on Grange Road, […]

The Panton Arms, Panton Street, Cambridge Charles Matthews will discuss Wikipedia, collaboration and scientific research in this monthly meeting of the Open Research Cambridge group. The session will provide an introduction to researchers on how to use Wikipedia and benefit from its many associated projects, including the role of contributors […]

CUDGS StarClash 3 – Cambridge vs ARU LOL. DOTA2. Hearthstone. Saturday 29th November 11am-9pm Venue TBA www.facebook.com/events/1527543980796087/ This is an all-day live gaming event with League of Legends, DOTA 2 and Hearthstone computer games played live in front of an audience watching all the action commentated on a large screen, […]

Auditions for Queens’ May Ball, taking place on Tuesday 16th 2015, will be held on the 23rd and 30th of November. If you would be interested in performing, please book an audition slot by filling out this form.

Join your fellow Americans for a Thanksgiving celebration with a Cambridge twist. A newer Cambridge tradition for those far from home. Thanksgiving lunch will be served on Thursday November 27th in the University Centre on Granta Place. A traditional three-course meal, including wine, turkey and pumpkin pie, is only £8.50. […]

P&G are offering fantastic opportunities to experience the innovative world of our R&D organisation through a 4 day European R&D PhD seminar (April 20th – 23rd 2015).  Successful seminar applicants may also be offered full-time jobs with P&G – this is our main method of PhD recruitment. Remember application deadline […]

The I.D.C is an annual student-led conference which aims to bring those working in the field together with academics to discuss key development topics. This year our theme is “Pathways to Development: From Diversity to Sustainability”. Throughout the conference a range of top-level speakers from all parts of the international […]

The second talk in the Cambridge Humanities Review series ‘Lectures in the Humanities’ will be delivered by the recently appointed Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History Alison Bashford. Her talk will trace the idea of a world population problem from the 1920s in terms of migration, colonial expansion, […]

We are looking for healthy male volunteers to take part in a study on Tetris game and decision making. Experience of Tetris is not required. You will need to attend a 1.5 hour testing session, and you will receive £12 for your involvement with the study, with additional award depending […]

7.30-8.30pm, Thursday 13th November Elton-Bowring Room, Memorial Court, Clare College, Queens Road CUCS have teamed up with the Young MCA to put on an event that will give you a real insight into what it might be like to work in the consulting industry. There will be four representatives from […]