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

Kirstie Stage in the gardens at Christ's College

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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01 Feb 2018

Rachael Padman was awarded last year鈥檚 Gay Times honour for excellence in science. To mark LGBT+ History Month, she looks back at some landmarks in...

25 Jan 2018

Alexander Devine is captivated by all things medieval. He鈥檚 a librarian at the Parker Library, a stunning collection of early manuscripts at Corpus...

18 Jan 2018

Diana Thomas-McEwen believes in learning by doing. She trained as a marine biologist but always thought she might have been an engineer. After six...

11 Jan 2018

Duncan Maskell thrives under pressure. His dual talents for science and organisation led to his appointment as head of Cambridge鈥檚 planning and...

21 Dec 2017

On Christmas Eve, the gothic splendour of King鈥檚 College Chapel will swell with the sound of one of the world鈥檚 most famous choirs. Among the all-...

14 Dec 2017

Cat Somerville and Niamh Buckingham, third-year students, share a determination to make a difference to the community around them. They volunteer...

07 Dec 2017

For Emuobosa Akpo Orijemie, a degree in botany led to a PhD looking at the crops cultivated by early communities. As a Newton International Fellow at...

30 Nov 2017

It started as a childhood obsession. 探花直播more Rosie Jones McVey learnt more about horses, the more fascinated she became in different training...

23 Nov 2017

After studying history at university, Graeme Ross worked as an asylum seeker caseworker. Today he leads Cambridge鈥檚 Immigration and Compliance Team...

16 Nov 2017

When Florence Nabwire didn鈥檛 get funding for medical school, she decided to train as a nutritionist. She went on to set up a pioneering food...

09 Nov 2017

Raghu Rau's career has taken him from India to France and then from the USA to Cambridge. He鈥檚 fascinated by the ways in which financial markets...

02 Nov 2017

Rachel Demery knows what it鈥檚 like to face the extra challenges of living and working with a disability. She鈥檚 one of seven advisors working for the...

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