This World Cancer Research Day we’re pleased to share news of a new study, led by Robinson Fellow, Dr Steph Archer, which will help shape the future of cancer prevention, thanks to funding from @yorkshirecancer

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#WorldCancerResearchDay

Congratulations to the five young writers who have been shortlisted for the 2026 BBC Young Writers’ Awards with Cambridge University 📚🏆

Announced yesterday on @BBC Radio 1, the shortlist is:

- ‘Bloodshed in Rafah’ by Eloise Barrett
- ‘Lethe’ by Solly Day-Stokoe
- ‘The Day the Red Ran Away’ by Siddhi Garg
- ‘Funny’ by Tom Ixer
- ‘The Pillbox’ by Nathan Karby

Whose story are you reaching for first? bbc.in/4rdJKwL

The BBC National Short Story Award is being supported by the School of Arts and Humanities, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of English, @CamEdFac, @RobinsonCamb, @theUL, @FitzMuseum_UK and @Cambridge_PACE.

Looking for a fresh start this May? Discover opportunities at the University of Cambridge and our Colleges 🧑‍🏫🧑‍💻👩‍💼

Explore more than 170 of our academic, research and professorial vacancies on our jobs page: bit.ly/4prQ1SL

#Jobs #Hiring #CambridgeUniversity

What are hantaviruses? 🦠

@NakedScientists explores the outbreak of hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius. Cambridge virologist and Robinson Fellow Dr Colin Crump explains how the outbreak of this viral disease may have occurred.

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@cebcambridge

Welcoming May with song 🎶

The Choir of @RobinsonCamb sang its annual May Madrigals this morning, marking the arrival of spring.

Now in its 32nd year, this is a much-loved Robinson tradition, with the Choir singing a selection of madrigals, partsongs, rounds and anthems.

Don't miss! Dr Terri Ochiagha, who is working on the first full-length biography of the writer Chinua Achebe, will be discussing her work on the most ethically, conceptually, and aesthetically challenging chapter: that on the Nigerian Civil War (1967-70)

robinson.cam.ac.uk/events/baxanda…

Congratulations to Robinson alumna Dame Pippa Harris (English, 1986), who has won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture for Hamnet which she co-produced. 

Find out more 👉 robinson.cam.ac.uk/news/congratul…

Congratulations to Robinson alum @MattBrittin (Land Economy, 1986) who has been awarded a CBE in the King’s New Year Honours for services to technology and the enhancement of digital skills.

Read the full story 👉 shorturl.at/576U8

@Cambridge_Uni

A Purple Testament of Bleeding War’: On the Art of Biography and the Poetics of Silence

Baxandall Visiting Fellow Lecture with Dr Terri Ochiagha.

Tuesday, 17 March, 6pm-7pm
Umney Theatre, Robinson

All welcome. This is a free, ticketed event robinson.cam.ac.uk/events/baxanda…

Welcome to Iheanyi Onwuegbucha, who joins Robinson as a Fellow.

An art historian and independent curator specialising in the art of Africa and its diaspora. He will be joining @HoArt_cambridge as a Professor in African and Caribbean Modern and Contemporary Art from @Princeton

Delighted that my and @ProfMarkElliott’s article in the CLJ is now online and available open access.

Congratulations to Robinson Fellow Professor Gabriele Kaminski Schierle, who has been awarded the 2025 BBS Sosei Heptares Prize for Biophysics, recognising research that has advanced understanding of how neurodegenerative diseases develop.

Full story 👉 robinson.cam.ac.uk/news/professor…

Good luck to all those coming to Cambridge in the next fortnight for admissions interviews, and especially those applying to @RobinsonCamb and @cambridgelaw. Your interviewers aren’t trying to trip you up. Explain your thinking, don’t worry about mistakes, and give it your all.

NEW VIDEO: Watch a real example of what an undergraduate admissions interview at the University of Cambridge is like. Can you solve any of the questions?

Premieres today at 5pm (GMT) - see you in the live chat!
youtube.com/watch?v=C6U4KP…

The five eras of the human brain

A new study led by Dr Alexa Mousley and Prof Duncan Astle (MRC-CBU/Robinson College) has identified five distinct eras of brain structure over the average human life, with key turning points at ages nine, 32, 66, and 83.

robinson.cam.ac.uk/news/five-eras…

Today is #InternationalMensDay, a time when organisations and communities raise awareness of issues including the mental health of men and boys.

Dr Scott Annett, Senior Tutor at @RobinsonCamb and Director of Rugby at Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, shares an how shared activities like sport can help you look after your wellbeing.

Access the wide range of support available at our student support webpage 👇
studentsupport.cam.ac.uk/?utm_medium=so…

@CamUniSport

Congratulations to Robin Blake and Kiran Buzza (alumnus) who have been awarded places on the Advanced Popular Performance Scheme - band pathway (AVA)
 
cmp.cam.ac.uk/posts/2025/11/…

If you missed @nickclegg and @MattBrittin in conversation at Robinson you can now watch on YouTube.
 
Nick and Matt discussed Nick’s new book: How to Save the Internet: The Threat to Global Connection in the Age of AI and Political Conflict.

👉 shorturl.at/q6D8T

I'm glad to share a new article from me and @UNB's @PAWarchuk on the history of ouster clauses and the common law. We trace the common law's approach to ouster clauses over 300 years, re-assessing the idea that ousters have always been considered constitutionally repugnant.

Among the artists featured in this year’s Robinson Arts Festival was Freddie Dobbs (English Tripos, 2021) who specialises in hand-drawn animation.
 
Freddie’s short film ‘Blue Things’, consisting of hundreds of hand-drawn illustrations.
 
Find out more 👉robinson.cam.ac.uk/binbrook-artic…