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Cambridge ranked fifth in The Times World University Rankings
2024年10月11日 · Times University rankings focus on research, percentage of international students and teaching. While Cambridge came fifth, they have significantly more students per staff member than Stanford or Yale, both of whom ranked lower than Cambridge this year.
Government to increase tuition fees for first time in seven years
2024年9月28日 · The government has announced that the price of a university education will increase from £9,250 per year to £10,500 over the next five years.. The Labour Party had previously pledged to abolish the fees altogether, with PM Sir Keir Starmer acknowledging the “huge damage to the economy” caused by the previous government as the reason for this U …
Cambridge projects £50m deficit amid ‘lack of budgetary control’
2024年10月29日 · In June, Varsity revealed that King’s College planned to raise tourist fees and some student rents to curb its growing £500,000 deficit. A Cambridge University spokesperson said: “The university continues to be in a strong and robust financial position.World-leading Cambridge research contributes around £30bn per year to the UK economy.” “As with other institutions, costs have risen ...
Cambridge calls for tuition fee increases | Varsity
2024年9月19日 · Varsity is the independent newspaper for the University of Cambridge, established in its current form in 1947. In order to maintain our editorial independence, our print newspaper and news website receives no funding from the University of Cambridge or its constituent Colleges.
Trinity reportedly votes to divest from arms companies
2024年5月12日 · Trinity College has reportedly decided to divest from all arms companies following months of student pressure regarding its links to Israel, according to the Middle East Eye (MEE). Trinity had faced repeated student protests after being handed a legal warning by a UK human rights group after it was revealed in March that the College held investments in Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest arms ...
Rachel Reeves visits Cambridge following US investment
2024年11月5日 · Varsity is the independent newspaper for the University of Cambridge, established in its current form in 1947. In order to maintain our editorial independence, our print newspaper and news website receives no funding from the University of Cambridge or its constituent Colleges.
‘At the heart of what we do is creativity’ – Tristram Hunt on …
6 天之前 · Does the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum have the best office in Britain? As Tristram Hunt pours out a cup of tea (from a beautiful Staffordshire tea set, of course), I admire a magnificent oil painting of Prince Albert by Godfrey Sykes, which served as a preparatory study for a commemorative mosaic of the Prince approved by Queen Victoria herself.
Lack of resits forces student out | Varsity
2024年11月1日 · Cambridge has rejected calls to introduce exam re-sits in a report published last week, including in cases where candidates are “impacted by illness or grave cause”.. The University’s exam task force, which consulted on changes to the assessment system last term, dismissed recommendations by an external review to introduce “re-sits as a standard option”.
Kate Bryan breaks the glass ceiling | Varsity - Varsity Online
2024年5月15日 · I press the doors of 180, reflecting on the myriad of doors that Bryan has opened during her career thus far; her values are not empty promises, but a continual commitment to accessibility, pursued with the intensity …