̽»¨Ö±²¥student helping to demystify Cambridge

06 December 2021

Tami Briggs didn’t want to apply to Cambridge but getting the right information made her change her mind. She became a volunteer for InsideUni, the student-led non-profit organisation that plugged the information gap for her at just the right time.

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Detail of the mosaic of Justinianus I in the Basilica di San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Justinianic Plague was nothing like flu and may have hit England before Constantinople

22 November 2021

‘Plague sceptics’ are wrong to underestimate the devastating impact that bubonic plague had in the 6th–8th centuries CE, argues a new study based on ancient texts and recent genetic discoveries. ̽»¨Ö±²¥same study suggests that bubonic plague may have reached England before its first recorded case in the Mediterranean via a currently unknown route, possibly involving the Baltic and Scandinavia.

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