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Stories from the people that make Cambridge 探花直播 unique.

探花直播graduate student rewriting Deaf histories and disability histories

05 January 2024

When Kirstie Stage was diagnosed with hearing loss, she realised that the experiences of Deaf and disabled people were missing from the history books. Kirstie is determined to bring these narratives to the fore.

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14 Aug 2017

Richa Bansal grew up in Calcutta and says that studying at Cambridge changed the course of her life. Today she鈥檚 director of communications for one...

10 Aug 2017

As a teenager, Edward Anderson thought he might become a chef. But an interest in Tibet led to a fascination for India with its diversity of cultures...

03 Aug 2017

As the world鈥檚 population grows, so does our need for sustainable food sources. Chinese chemist Ziyi Yu contributes to research into algae that might...


27 Jul 2017

Spotting a mound at the end of her parents' garden, Jennifer Bates decided to investigate. Her reward was a surprise find. She went on to study...

20 Jul 2017

He spent his childhood helping in his local church. Now Ian Griffiths has the job of his dreams at King鈥檚 College Chapel. His favourite composers are...

13 Jul 2017

Fawz Kazzazi鈥檚 parents moved to the UK when he was just a baby. He was brought up with a strong work ethic. Now a medic, he鈥檚 contributing to a...


29 Jun 2017

Nikita Hari did exceptionally well at school and university. But she didn鈥檛 see herself as a high flyer until a chance meeting helped change her mind...

22 Jun 2017

John Tothill loves performing. It all began with the piano. A love affair with Shostakovich鈥檚 Fifth Symphony set him on track to study music at...

15 Jun 2017

Emma Wilson remembers waiting in an icy corridor for her admissions interview at Newnham College, a place 鈥渆xactly right for me鈥. Today she...


01 Jun 2017

For two years, Syrian-born artist Issam Kourbaj wrestled with the question of how to express the plight of people displaced from their homelands. His...

25 May 2017

Jane Goodall was brought up to value independence. But, like many women, she had to overcome lack of confidence to progress her career. Now, she...

22 May 2017

Gardener Terry Hayden loves his job at Christ鈥檚 College where one of his annual tasks is to gather fruit from the College鈥檚 400-year-old mulberry...

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