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Green jobs not just for STEM Grads

Green jobs fair tackles myths & misconceptions of climate change careers. Students at this year's Green Careers Fair nibbled edible crickets , cuddled plush pink octopi , and met industry experts for advice on landing a job in the green sector . The Green Careers Fair is part of the two-week Green Careers Festival...

COP28 - Cambridge heads to COP28

The University of Cambridge is at COP28 in Dubai, UAE, with a film premiere and a host of higher education events. We have representation from Cambridge Zero , Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership , Centre for Climate Repair , Aviation Impact Accelerator , Cambridge University Press & Assessment ...

COP28 - Raising ambition in net zero flight

By Professor Rob Miller, Director of the Whittle Laboratory and professor of aerothermal technology I knew even before I arrived, that COP28 would be critical in helping to raise ambition for zero emission aviation. Then at the opening reception King Charles asked me about progress on a sustainable aviation initiative he...

COP28 - ActNowFilm

8 Dec 2023 - Aired last Friday at COP28 , the ActNowFilm features youth leaders and world figures in a call for young people to be included in national climate negotiation teams and global decision-making. Young people from Lesotho to London candidly converse influential leaders, including former Ireland President Mary...

10 years of Cambridge’s pioneering research centre in Singapore

In 2013, Cambridge launched its first ever overseas research centre, the Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education Singapore (CARES). Since then it has grown into a thriving community of 150 staff and researchers, working with partners to achieve scientific breakthroughs with a global impact. In the heart of the...

Cambridge researchers awarded consolidator grants from the European Research Council

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded grants worth a total of €627 million to 308 researchers across Europe, of whom four are at the University of Cambridge. The grants are part of the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme. They are given to excellent scientists and scholars at the career stage to support...

MoSTLi triumphs at the Chris Abell Postdoc Business Plan Competition 2023

MoSTLi’s next-generation battery technology leads them to victory at the Chris Abell Postdoc Business Plan Competition 2023 MoSTLi, a next-generation battery startup pitched by Ismail Sami, has won this year’s hotly contested Chris Abell Postdoc Business Competition, beating battery tech peers and others to secure the £20...

Cambridge joins new global initiative to transform net zero hydrogen production

Cambridge engineer Professor Adam Boies has been announced as a co-investigator of a new international partnership set up to make low-cost, large-scale, net zero hydrogen production a reality. The Global Hydrogen Production Technologies Center (HyPT) is a £14.1 million five-year project led by Cranfield University, Arizona...

Strategy unveiled to boost innovation in Cambridge

An ambitious new strategy to nurture and grow its innovation ecosystem has been unveiled at Cambridge summit. The Innovate Cambridge Summit saw over 400 leaders from across the civic, business and academic working communities to support the science and technology cluster to maintain its position as a world leader amid...

Researchers celebrate Horizon Europe agreement

Colleagues from across the University celebrated the announcement of an agreement for UK participation in Horizon Europe and Copernicus with the President of the European Research Council (ERC). Dozens of ERC-funded and awarded researchers joined Professor Maria Leptin and Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith, Pro-Vice-Chancellor...