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Participants from around the world will be travelling to Cambridge this weekend for a workshop on the relationship between Sanskrit and Tamil in mediaeval India.

A come and sing event with one of the world’s best-known composers, a commemoration of Franz Joseph Haydn and a rare opportunity to hear a concert in the Senate House are among the offerings of Cambridge Cantat 800, a week-long celebration of Cambridge choirs, which kicks off this weekend (11 April).

This year’s Lent Lecture series at the Michaelhouse, ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge, will focus on how the media depicts faith and supplies information both about our own faiths and those of others.

Institutions like Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ only survive if they change, often very radically over time, the head of the Gates Cambridge Trust will argue at a talk this week.

Mature students came from all over the country – in one case travelling overnight by bus – to take part in a Mature Students Open Day held last Saturday. ̽»¨Ö±²¥event, which introduced students to studying at Cambridge and to the admissions process, was based at Hughes Hall, one of Cambridge’s four mature colleges.

Mrs Anne Jarvis (Murray) has been appointed ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Librarian at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library – the first female to hold the post in its 650 year history.

Professor Steve Oliver, Director of the Cambridge Systems Biology Centre and member of the Department of Biochemistry, has today been awarded the distinction of being made a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

His Excellency Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, will deliver this year’s Dr S.T. Lee Public Policy Lecture at the Faculty of Law tomorrow.

A new film has been launched on i-Tunes U to promote a Cambridge scholarship programme which places social responsibility at the forefront of leadership skills.

A group of prospective mature students took part in a pilot mature students shadowing day run by Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Students Union (CUSU) yesterday.