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Live: The Boat Races 2022 | Varsity - Varsity Online
WEBApr 3, 2022 · 2:52pm. Speaking to Varsity after the race, Ruby Tew affectionately describes Parish as "a little legend", dismissing any claims of dangerous steering from the Cambridge cox. 2:47pm. As the two crews dock at Quintin Boat Club, applause deservedly bursts out for both sets of athletes. 2:46pm.
Cambridge University on thin ice in world sustainability rankings
WEBFriday January 19 2024, 1:10am. The University of Cambridge has fallen 105 places in twelve months in global university sustainability rankings, to 124th place. The 2024 rankings, released in December, show a dramatic fall from Cambridge’s 2023 position of 19th. It is also significantly lower than their overall QS world rankings, in which ...
Trinity’s wealth increases by four poorest colleges’ assets combined
WEBFeb 2, 2018 · This article is 7 years old. Friday February 2 2018, 12:00am. Cambridge’s wealthiest college, Trinity, increased its net worth by £158.6 million in the 2016/17 academic year, £2 million more than the combined assets of the poorest four colleges, new figures have shown. With assets totalling £1.34 billion, Trinity is worth 42 times as much ...
Oxford claim victory for law moot Cambridge won | Varsity
WEBNov 19, 2021 · The Pembroke Law Society has spotted Oxford claiming victory for a mooting competition Cambridge won back in 2020. Despite an email and video showing Cambridge being crowned victorious, Oxford’s Law Faculty claimed that “in a very close decision, Oxford were awarded the win” in a mooting competition focused on disabilities organised by the law firm Herbert Smith Freehills in 2020.
Second phase of Oxford-Cambridge train line on track | Varsity
WEBAug 2, 2018 · The next stage of reopening the ‘Varsity Line’ – connecting Oxford and Cambridge by train – is set to begin, with plans to build the second phase submitted to the UK government. Officially known as the East-West rail scheme, the ‘Varsity Line’ is scheduled to be completed by the mid-2020s and, with government consent, the first ...
Jerusalem: an English myth | Varsity
WEBMay 12, 2022 · photography by Simon Annand with permission for Varsity. Every superlative and adjective has already been used to describe Jerusalem and it is, still, hilarious, tender, crude, frightening and all of the hundreds of words that have been used to desperately define its ineffable genus.But it is also timely, it seems strange to say about a play that was written thirteen years ago, by Jonney ...
Open letter condemns University’s ‘vague’ response to Hamas …
WEBTuesday October 10 2023, 1:44pm. Over one hundred students and staff have signed an open letter to the Vice-Chancellor condemning the University’s “vague response” to Hamas attacks in Israel. The open letter accuses the university of being “silent” on “a day that saw the largest number of Jews killed in 24 hours since the Holocaust ...
Ethics and Aesthetics: Subscription Boxes of 2021 | Varsity
WEBJan 29, 2021 · Sofia Johanson looks at the surge in popularity of subscription boxes, particularly at those that boast good aesthetics and an ethical outlook, and examines exactly what they offer – and whether it’s worth it. by Sofia Johanson. Friday January 29 2021, 12:00am. With the Pret subscription causing queues in Michaelmas and Rhianna’s ...
King’s summer school accommodation evacuated after flooding
WEBWednesday August 21 2024, 8:19pm. King’s College summer school accommodation was hit with floods, causing students to be evacuated. The College’s Spalding accommodation was flooded on Monday (19/08), after a hot water pipe burst on the accommodation’s second floor. In a video seen by Varsity, an alarm can be heard going off as water from ...
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