The next Covid-19: why future pandemics are ‘a certainty’
Thursday October 10 2024, 10:00am. Prof Sir Chris Whitty has warned a future pandemic as big as Covid is “a certainty”. Given the widespread and devastating health, social and economic impacts of Covid, it is important that scientists have a detailed understanding of possible future threats. The World Health Organisation publishes an ...
Cambridge ranked fifth in The Times World University Rankings
Friday October 11 2024, 9:04pm. The University of Cambridge has been ranked fifth in the world in the Times World University Rankings for the second year running. The University was once again beaten by Oxford, who have taken first place for the last nine years. Oxford was followed by MIT, Harvard, and Princeton which took the second, third ...
Cambridge to scrap state school targets | Varsity - Varsity Online
Mar 11, 2024 · Cambridge University is set to scrap state school admissions targets in its latest access plan, Varsity can reveal. In an online open meeting held on 4th March, Cambridge University representatives stated that “there’s no proposal to have a formal target against school type” for its future Access and Participation Plan (APP).. The decision has been taken by the University due to shifting ...
‘Race realist’ fellow argues for ‘preservation of racial distinctions’
Feb 7, 2024 · Philosophy fellow Nathan Cofnas argued in favour of “the preservation of racial distinctions” and “race realism” in a controversial blog-post published on Monday. Cofnas claimed that, “in a meritocracy, Harvard faculty would be recruited from the best of the best students, which means the number of black professors would approach 0%.”.
Cambridge faces cyber attack | Varsity
Feb 19, 2024 · The attack came as the University Library’s electronic legal deposit systems are currently being restored, following a cyberattack on the British Library, which runs the system, last October. Cambridge has told Varsity that the attack has been resolved. A spokesperson said: “University Information Services (UIS) believes the intermittent ...
University publishing house faces cyber attack | Varsity
Jul 2, 2024 · by Omar Burhanuddin. Tuesday July 2 2024, 8:04pm. Cambridge University Press & Assessment (CUPA) has been hit by a cyber attack, jeopardising the work of its employees. In a statement on Thursday (27/06), CUPA announced they were facing “technical disruption following a cybersecurity incident affecting part of our publishing operation”.
Versace VS Armani: Mistress and the Wife? | Varsity
Jun 15, 2021 · Such a patriarchal tradition is reflected in the fashionable phrase, ‘Versace dresses the mistress while Armani dresses the wife’ incanted by many fashion-lovers. A seemingly harmless phrase, it is steeped in sinister stereotypes and shallow judgements. Michelle Pfeiffer's fitted Armani suit emblematic of the subdued classiness of the ...
Pooled and proud: reflections | Varsity
Oct 8, 2024 · Simply put, being pooled merely reflects the sheer number of applicants some colleges receive, particularly the more well-known colleges in a collegiate system where the majority are unknown to potential applicants. In many ways, the process demonstrates the extent of Cambridge’s commitment and enthusiasm to have you as a student, that the ...
‘Talkin’ Bout a Revolution’: The Music of Tracy Chapman
Dec 29, 2020 · Tracy Chapman was introduced on the Late Night Show on the 2nd November as ‘Grammy award winning singer/ songwriter known for her singular voice as well as for her politically and socially active music’. Little more needed saying as the camera cut to a shot of Chapman singing “Talkin’ ’Bout a Revolution”, a song she originally wrote ...
Cambridge ‘discriminatory’ against white elites, says Buckingham …
Wednesday February 21 2024, 5:30pm. Cambridge University has been accused of discriminating against privately educated students in its admissions process by the vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham, Professor James Tooley. Professor Tooley told The Times that “Cambridge is absolutely being discriminatory against the privately ...