Education
Cambridge receives $34.5million donation for research to help improve the health and wellbeing of autistic people and their families
The University of Cambridge has received US$34.5 million from philanthropist K Lisa Yang to support autism research aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of autistic people and their families. The gift is one of the largest ever philanthropic gifts for autism research to a UK univ...
Student loan interest cap - what the 6% limit really means
The government has announced a cap for some student loans interest rates. It is not all it seems.What is the student loan interest cap?Following Easter, the Department for Education (DfE) announced a 6% interest rate cap on Plan 2 (and 3) student loans. The DfE press release read “Inter...
Why Most UK Businesses Are Wasting Money on Off-the-Shelf E-Learning
Every year, thousands of UK businesses purchase an off-the-shelf e-learning library. A few months later, the completion rates are embarrassing, the content feels generic, and nobody can quite remember why they bought it. Sound familiar?It is one of the most common and most expensive mis...
ARU receives £4.8m to boost innovation in the NHS
The NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme has already helped launch 691 start-ups.
Kimbolton School celebrates double success at National School Theatre Awards
Kimbolton School, Cambridgeshire, is celebrating a remarkable year for the performing arts after securing two prestigious wins at the National School Theatre Awards in London on 22 June, alongside a series of other notable achievements and accolades. ...
Cambridge United Foundation signs up as a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant
We are delighted to announce we have signed up as a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant. ...
PSA Testing Returns After Successful Pilot
After a successful PSA testing pilot in October, we are once again running free PSA testing at the Cledara Abbey Stadium. ...
Cambridge and Munich researchers map a route to deeper AI-for-science collaboration
Over sixty researchers from the University of Cambridge and the Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML) gathered in Cambridge on 16 April 2026 for a working session on what closer UK–Germany partnership on AI for science might look like in practice.Hosted by ai@cam, the day was an exc...
AI not yet good enough to mark university essays, rewarding ‘style over substance’
Cambridge researchers argue that, while AI may have some uses in student assessment, relying on it would result in “homogenised” grading that “underestimates brilliance”. ...
Round One - Email: Can Copilot Help Your Outlook Woes?
When I think about Microsoft Outlook, and especially trying to find an email, I feel it's like I'm in the realms of impossibility.No matter what keyword I type, no matter what phrase I try to search for, it seems that Outlook puts everything in its path to stop me trying to find the cor...