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School/college students thinking about applying for 2005 entry to Cambridge (or deferred entry in 2006) are welcome to come along to one of the many open days and information days taking place this month.

Historians of education from the UK and around the world will gather at the Faculty of Education in Cambridge and Homerton College from the 12-14 December for a major conference honouring the work of the late Professor Brian Simon.

Today (Monday 24 June 2002) the Chancellor of the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, conferred honorary degrees at a traditional ceremony in the ̽»¨Ö±²¥'s Senate House.

̽»¨Ö±²¥Gender Studies Working Group is now half-way through its latest annual lecture series. This year the lectures explore gender issues in the developing world.

Women are being forced into a choice between career and family, according to author and economist Sylvia Ann Hewlett. Her groundbreaking new book Baby Hunger: ̽»¨Ö±²¥New Battle for Motherhood is making big headlines on both sides of the Atlantic, and reveals some startling statistics about career choices and fertility. A Cambridge graduate, Hewlett will discuss her findings - and their implications for public policy - in two Cambridge talks.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, played a long and full part in the life of our ̽»¨Ö±²¥ and the Colleges, as she did in the life of our nation.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, died on Saturday 30 March 2002 at the age of 101. ̽»¨Ö±²¥ ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge's Vice Chancellor, Professor Sir Alec Broers, paid tribute to her: "A dear friend of the ̽»¨Ö±²¥, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, will be sadly missed. Her contributions were much valued and we send our sincere condolences to her family".