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̽»¨Ö±²¥former Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, will warn that his dismissal was a threat to independent policing in the UK, in a talk at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ this week.

Some of Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥â€™s most famous alumni have been portrayed as never before by the illustrator Quentin Blake in an epic work of art marking the institution’s 800th anniversary.

Newnham College held its first ever Victorian Family Day at the weekend, complete with crafts and games of the era, Victorian swing boats and penny farthings being ridden up and down by members of the March Veteran and Vintage Cycle Club.

A special conference celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Institute of Criminology at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge is taking place today (24 September).

Ying Feng’s diary of the GEEMA summer school wins the fourth competition in our series. Ying, who was born in China and spent part of her childhood in Singapore, lives in West London. She left Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls in June and is about to start A-levels at Tiffin Girls’ School. She plans to study maths or science at university. GEEMA is the Group for Encouraging Ethnic Minority Applications to Cambridge.Ìý

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Cambridge residents are invited to discover the history on their doorsteps as part of Open Cambridge weekend when ̽»¨Ö±²¥ and College buildings and collections will go on show from Friday11Ìýto SundayÌý13 September 2009.

̽»¨Ö±²¥British Academy today announced 35 scholars who have been elected to Fellowships this year in recognition of their research achievements. ̽»¨Ö±²¥list includes seven Cambridge academics.

Professor Mary Beard has won one of two Wolfson History Prizes for her book, Pompeii: ̽»¨Ö±²¥Life Of A Roman Town, published by Profile Books.

Ten eminent individuals from the worlds of religion, business, science, music, history, philanthropy, politics and economics were presented to the Chancellor, HRH Prince Philip ̽»¨Ö±²¥Duke of Edinburgh at the 800th Anniversary Honorary Degree Congregation at the Senate House today.

Books by two leading Cambridge academics have been listed as contenders for the 2009 Samuel Johnson prize, an award named in honour of the 18th century lexicographer and widely seen as the UK’s most prestigious literary award for non-fiction.