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̽»¨Ö±²¥Ambassadors of 12 member countries of the Arab League visited the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ this week on a fact-finding mission.

Over the next couple of months hundreds of sixth formers will be sampling student life at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ at summer schools run by Cambridge Admissions Office (CAO) and by individual Colleges. These events aim to encourage more applications from state schools and from groups under-represented at the university.

̽»¨Ö±²¥director of the London-based educational group African & Caribbean Diversity was in Cambridge yesterday to learn more about the ̽»¨Ö±²¥â€™s widening participation programme and admissions process, and also see some cutting edge research.

For proof that creative talent flourishes in the local community look no further than Illuminate!, an exhibition of decorated manuscripts in the café at the Michaelhouse Centre in Trinity Street, Cambridge.

A group of children from the London Borough of Newham spent two days in Cambridge last week as part of a creative programme for gifted and talented pupils. Newham has a highly diverse population with pupils in its schools speaking 250 different languages.

For the first time, Northern Ireland and Wales have been formally included as venues on the regular round of regional Cambridge and Oxford Conferences which take place annually in Spring.  ̽»¨Ö±²¥Lagan Valley Island Centre in Lisburn will be the venue for the Northern Ireland Event on 2 April, while the International Arena in Cardiff is the venue for the event in Wales on 25 March..

A new album of music by Tarik O’Regan, a former student of Corpus Christi College and current Fellow of Trinity College, has been nominated for two awards at this year’s Grammy Awards.

̽»¨Ö±²¥Britten Sinfonia premiered a new composition from Ryan Wigglesworth in Krakow, Poland this weekend, made possible by a grant from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge’s 800th Anniversary Fund.

Jessica and Peter Frankopan of the Staples Trust have given a major benefaction to fund a Director for the increasingly influential Centre for Gender Studies at Cambridge.

A mesmerising £1m clock with no hands and a time-eating beast perched on its summit will be unveiled by Professor Stephen Hawking at Corpus Christi College today.