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PhD students – volunteer to present your work at the Science Festival!

Pecha Kucha Challenge March19th Saturday, 2-4.00pm, IfM. In this event, postgraduate students enrolled for a PhD in Engineering will take on the challenge of sharing their research with a science festival audience in just 6MIN 40 SEC, using the Pecha Kucha technique which involves presenting using 20 slides, each showing for just 20 sec. http://www.sciencefestival.cam.ac.uk/events/pecha-kucha-challenge […]

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CODING SUPPORT FOR ACADEMIC START-UP NEEDED

Hello, I’m looking for someone with coding experience to aid with the development of an online start-up. The required help is minimal and involves customising an existing software called H5P, using Javascript. If you are interested in a short term challenge with a financial incentive, please respond to Peter (ph396@cam.ac.uk) giving details of your coding […]

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Cambridge Union Society Upcoming Events

-Yoga – Monday 22nd at 13:30. Tickets cost £2 for members and £5 for non-members. -Women’s Public Speaking – Tuesday 23rd at 19:00 -Evan Davis-Wednesday 24th at 19:30 -Debating Workshop – Wednesday 24th ​at 19:00 -Jiu Jitsu (self-defence) – Wednesday 24th at 19:30. Tickets cost £4.50 for members and their guests, and £6.50 for non-members. […]

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Support fellow Hughesians in 200 length swimathon for Sport Relief

Charlotte Gauld , Lucy Salmon and Beatrice Hoare are all swimming a 200 length swimathon for sport relief on the 19th March. Please support them if you can http://my.sportrelief.com/sponsor/lucy-char-Bea.

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Get 3£ student tickets to see CUMS Concert Orchestra concert — Thursday 3rd March, 8pm at West Road Concert Hall

CUMS Concert Orchestra concert on Thursday 3rd March, 8pm at West Road Concert Hall. Student tickets are only £3 and it’s a cracking programme! Visit http://www.cums.org.uk/events/event/beethoven-piano-concerto-no-1/. Beethoven Egmont Overture and Piano Concerto no 1, with Vaughan Williams Folk Song Suite as well!

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Summer Teaching Opportunities for Postgrads

Reach Cambridge is looking for PhD & Post-Doctorate students to teach on our summer courses in: * LAW (Mon 27th June – Fri 15th July weekdays; Mon 1st August – Fri 12th August weekdays) * PSYCHOLOGY (Mon 27th June – Fri 15th July weekdays; Mon 1st August – Fri 12th August weekdays) * COMPUTER SCIENCE […]

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So what makes you a professional?

Ever wonder what to do with your life? What you want to get our of a so called ‘career’? How do we balance our personal aspirations and professional gain with our the social responsibility? On March 7th, Newnham MCR bring you a very interactive workshop asking what it means to be a professional for our […]

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COURSE: MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION FOR WELLBEING AND PEAK PERFORMANCE

6 sessions Mondays, 5.30-7p.m. 22 February – 24 March 2016 Friends Meeting House, 12 Jesus Lane, Cambridge The course teaches participants mindfulness and meditation practices to reduce stress, improve concentration and performance as well as mental and physical wellbeing. It will enhance their personal and professional lives. The course costs are £60 per person (concessions […]

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Cambridge Union Society Upcoming Events

Yoga – Monday, February 15 at 13:15. Tickets cost £2 for members and £5 for non-members Sir Mark Lyall Grant Monday, February 15, – 19:30 Speaker Women’s Public Speaking – Tuesday, February 16 at 19:00 Debating Workshop – Wednesday, February 17 at 19:00 Jiu Jitsu (self-defence) – Wednesday, February 17 at 19:30. Tickets cost £4.50 […]

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Explore Islam Week 2016

Assalamu alaikum all! (peace be upon you all!), The Islamic Society of Cambridge would like to invite all students to this year’s Explore Islam Week (EIW)! Explore Islam Week (EIW) will take place in the week 16TH FEBRUARY TO THE 21ST (Tues to Sun), God willing. The week consists of a variety of talks and […]

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Darwin College May Ball- workers wanted

Fill out the workers’ application here

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Campus Children’s Holidays Information Evenings – 6pm 17th February, Venue tbc,

Campus Children’s holidays are opening up their recruitment for summer! Campus are a student-run charity who provide respite holidays for children aged six to thirteen from Liverpool. The children are referred to us by Liverpool Social Services and Barnados from diverse backgrounds, but with one common theme: they all need a break. Every year we […]

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Cambridge Sex & Love Study – Bisexual Men & Lesbian Women Wanted!

Are you over the age of 18 years and a native English speaker? If so, then we invite you to partake an anonymous 30–90 minute study about sex and love. At the Gender Development Research Group in the University of Cambridge, you will go through two or more of the tasks: (a) complete some short […]

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Valentine’s Ceilidh – Saturday 13 February 2016 – Emmanuel Reform Church – 8.00pm – Red Rock Ceilidh Band

You are invited to join us at our annual VALENTINE’S CEILIDH at Emmanuel Church on Saturday 13 February 2016 Open to all members of the University and the General Public – Families with children are welcome DATE: Saturday 13 February 2016 TIME: 8.00pm VENUE: Emmanuel URC Church, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RR [opp. Pembroke] BAND: […]

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Participants wanted for a Psychology Study

I am a posdoctoral researcher currently carrying out an experiment in the Department of Psychology and I’m looking for participants. The study will involve playing a computer game that requires taking into account what another person can see or hear. It will take approximately 25 minutes and participants will be paid £3.50 in compensation for […]

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Inspire children to enjoy science (and do some fun experiments…)

CHaOS is looking for volunteers to help out at “Crash, Bang, Squelch!” – a huge hands-on family science day on Saturday 12th March 2016 (the Saturday after lectures finish, at the New Museums Site). As part of the Cambridge Science Festival we’ll be running experiments to explain the science behind everyday events to kids young […]

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This week at Christ’s Films: Join us for a Pink Week and Valentine’s Day special!

Mean Girls Pink Week Special – Wednesday 10th February – 9pm A midweek special: Christ’s Films is teaming up with Pink Week; a fantastic student run charity raising awareness for breast cancer, for a showing of MEAN GIRLS. Pink Week runs a great campaign annually in Cambridge for a hugely important cause, last year raising […]

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This Week’s Events at the Union

Women’s Public Speaking – Tuesday 9th at 19:00 Sir Paul Nurse ​– Wednesday 10th at 19:00​ Debating Workshop – Wednesday 10th at 19:00 Jiu Jitsu (self-defence) – Wednesday 10th at 19:30. Tickets cost £4.50 for members and their guests, and £6.50 for non-members. Comedy Debate: This House Believes that all you need is love – […]

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CU Real Estate Finance and Investment Society – Case Competition

The Cambridge University Real Estate Finance and Investment Society (CUREFIS) is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the first annual Cambridge Real Estate Case Competition in March 2016. The event aims to provide students with an opportunity to apply knowledge acquired from academic studies to real life investment scenarios. It is a chance […]

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Psychology Study £3.50 for 30 minutes: How many dots can you see?

This psychology experiment takes place in the Department of Psychology, Downing Site. The study requires you to complete a short task on the computer, which will take 30 minutes all together. You will be asked to look at a series of computer images, and straight after to confirm how many dots you saw in each […]

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