Tompkins Table 2022: the resurrection of Christ’s | Varsity
Saturday September 10 2022, 5:08pm. Christ’s College has topped the 2022 Tompkins Table with a commanding lead once again. With 46.10% of its undergraduates receiving firsts – a 2.1% increase since the last edition of the Table was published – Christ’s have maintained their string of first-place finishes since 2018.
The ultimate guide to Cambridge formal fashion | Varsity
Aug 20, 2023 · You can get creative with your formal looks Zoe Blackburn with permission for Varsity. Since the dress code for a regular formal at most colleges specifies a ‘cocktail dress’, dress-wearing folk tend to go for a midi or mini dress rather than one that goes all the way to the ankles, but a long dress or skirt with a slit can achieve the same ...
The Burtonisation of fashion: style lessons from Tim Burton
Feb 8, 2022 · As Alice falls down the rabbit hole, entering a strange world, her dress undergoes a significant transformation as she shrinks and grows. We can describe the alteration of the dress as a ‘Burton-isation’. Black trim, stripes and contrasting colours are added to achieve the familiar gothic style of much of his work.
University publishing house faces cyber attack | Varsity
Jul 2, 2024 · by Omar Burhanuddin. Tuesday July 2 2024, 8:04pm. Cambridge University Press & Assessment (CUPA) has been hit by a cyber attack, jeopardising the work of its employees. In a statement on Thursday (27/06), CUPA announced they were facing “technical disruption following a cybersecurity incident affecting part of our publishing operation”.
Peterhouse in the 1980s: the last days of old Cambridge
Dec 12, 2022 · Peterhouse did indeed have a nasty and unpleasant side, with some of the dons known to discriminate against Jews and black guests at formals, to say nothing of the misogyny that would pervade high table. When reviewing a biography of Dacre in 2010, The Economist wrote that 1980s Peterhouse was a right-wing “lunatic asylum”.
Trinity tops 2024 Tompkins Table as Christ’s is toppled
Monday September 23 2024, 11:00pm. Christ’s long-standing dominance as the highest-achieving Cambridge college has ended with Trinity taking the top spot, according to the 2024 Tompkins Table. The table, established in 1981 by then-mathematics student Peter Tompkins, ranks each college according to the exam performance of its undergraduates.
How to get recruited by MI6 | Varsity - Varsity Online
Feb 17, 2023 · How to get recruited by MI6. Varsity investigates MI5 and MI6 recruitment at Cambridge. by Taneesha Datta. Friday February 17 2023. Photo credit: Nicholas Hartmann/Wikimedia Commons. In the summer of 1984, as Easter term drew to a drowsy close, Richard Tomlinson heard an unfamiliar voice calling his name across Gonville court.
‘It’s a numbers game’: the August Reconsideration Pool
Sunday February 12 2023, 12:40pm. Opening your email on Cambridge offer day evokes feelings of dread, excitement, and confusion. For some, uncertainty is heightened by information at the bottom of the email about applying for the August Reconsideration Pool. “I didn’t really have a moment of realisation, but I was like, yeah, I’ll give ...
Who is to blame for fast fashion? | Varsity - Varsity Online
Oct 16, 2020 · Fashion has become one of the largest polluters in the world. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has estimated that the fashion industry produces 10% of global CO2 emissions every year, and is estimated to use around 1.5 trillion litres of water every year. It’s an industry stuck in a toxic cycle of overproduction and ...
Cambridge, CERN and Space: Sitting Down with science writer …
Jan 21, 2023 · by Suchir Salhan & Tom Malloch. Saturday January 21 2023, 12:55pm. For science writer Letizia Diamante, lockdown was a time to return to an unrealised childhood passion: to become a writer. We met with Letizia to discuss why she decided to write a book for children and her experience working in science communication for the University.