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Your College Aunts Week 6: Even More Lockdown 2.0
CN: Mention of snacking
I won’t lie things took a turn this week. Leila’s in self-isolation and was feeling pretty unwell there for a minute, so we’re glad she’s doing a bit better now. Xanthe’s fine but does about 4 food shops a week…
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7 reasons why Cambridge University is better than Oxford
Two universities often tied together - but one just edging ahead when it comes to student living. The age-old competition between Cambridge and Oxford Universities is well known. Whilst they’re often mentioned in the same breath!-->…
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Interview: Dr Ben Warne, the man behind Cambridge’s asymptomatic testing scheme
Unless you’re a medic, you probably only know Dr Ben Warne from his signature at the end of emails about the asymptomatic testing programme. Alongside Dr Nicholas Matheson, the scheme’s architect, Dr Warne is one of the key figures…
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Cambridge University to share unique Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes ‘treasure
The "treasure trove" remained secret between the men, until Pembroke College fellow Dr Mark Wormald visited Cooke in Ireland shortly before he passed away in 2014.
“He asked me if I would like to see the letters,” Dr Wormald told The…
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0.5 per cent of students test positive for asymptomatic COVID-19 in week five
This continues the consecutive decrease in cases, but Graham Virgo warns next week’s stats look ‘disappointing’
23 students at the University of Cambridge have tested positive for asymptomatic COVID-19 in the fifth week of testing, new…
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Genome origami of Covid-19 virus unravelled by University of Cambridge
The ‘genome origami’ performed by the SARS-CoV-2 virus to infect us with Covid-19 has been unravelled by scientists at the University of Cambridge.The study, carried out in collaboration with Justus-Liebig University in Germany, could!-->…
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The Cambridge Student Survival Guide to Being Ghosted
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An emphasis on academic learning at Cambridge has sometimes left me stranded when it comes to my emotional growth. How do relationships even work, anyway? How can I reconcile myself to being broken up with, or!-->>-->!-->>-->!-->…
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Babies, boundaries and banana bread: Latest YCA podcast out now
Recorded over Zoom but still packed with the usual cracking advice
We’re back! Five weeks in and we have a third podcast for you, via Zoom to stay Covid-safe and full of helpful wisdom. Click here to listen!
Tune in to hear Your…
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Jesus College threatens to punish students reporting harassment for breaking
The College claims “No one is entitled, without reasonable justification, to break them”
Jesus College has warned students that they may be investigated for breaking Covid regulations if reporting a case of harassment or abuse which…
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Cambridge Uni’s coronavirus testing records lowest cases since its first week
The University of Cambridge's coronavirus testing programme has recorded its lowest figures since the first week of the service. The university's 'robust' testing regime screens all its students in halls on a weekly basis, regardless of!-->…
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