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    • Wednesday, 11 October, 2023
      Cambridge aims to double its number of ‘unicorns’ by 2035

      Universities, local government and industry to announce plan to boost innovation and expand multinationals in the city

      Cambridge Biomedical campus: Cambridge has 5,500 businesses that carry out research, development or innovation, generating more than £20bn in revenues a year
    • Saturday, 16 September, 2023
      ReviewVisual Arts
      Black Atlantic, Fitzwilliam Museum — a watershed show on Cambridge’s ties to slavery

      This unmissable exhibition lays bare how the seat of learning was shaped by the trade in captive human beings

      ‘Portrait of an African Man’ by Jan Jansz Mostaert (c1525-c1530)
    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
      How To Spend It In...
      Hurvin Anderson’s guide to Cambridge

      The artist admires the flat light and subtle power of the Fens

      Hurvin Anderson in the atrium at the Fitzwilliam Museum
    • Wednesday, 20 July, 2022
      LexVanessa Houlder
      The Lex Newsletter: Arm wrestle highlights struggle for UK tech Premium content

      Britain’s scientific prowess contrasts with its poor record at commercialising breakthroughs

      Montage of an Arm logo, Masayoshi Son and the London Stock Exchange’s logo
    • Sunday, 24 April, 2022
      Venture capital investment
      Cambridge venture fund now runs $1bn of assets after record raising

      CIC likens innovation and entrepreneurship in UK university city to Silicon Valley

      View of some Cambridge university colleges
    • Friday, 4 March, 2022
      UK economy
      Shelving UK’s ‘Silicon Valley’ could cost economy £50bn

      Academics and investors urge greater investment in Oxford-Cambridge Arc innovation hub

    • Friday, 4 March, 2022
      News in-depthUK companies19 min
      Raspberry Pi - the tiny British computer turns 10

      The FT tells the story of the UK's biggest-selling computer, and asks: is it really a success?

    • Tuesday, 11 January, 2022
      ReviewVisual Arts
      Sutapa Biswas — a pioneering artist of exile, race and resistance

      Her show at Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge draws on her family’s flight from India and the UK’s insular art world

    • Monday, 10 January, 2022
      Rana Foroohar
      When the Web3 bubble pops, real world assets will survive

      Forget the metaverse — industrial changes are what create long-term value across economies

    • Monday, 23 August, 2021
      Brooke Masters
      Cambridge’s pandemic-fuelled tech success has broader lessons

      ‘Silicon Fen’ profits from being a safe place to do risky things, but the UK needs to act to protect it

      The Babraham Research Campus
    • Tuesday, 16 February, 2021
      Coronavirus treatment
      On the Covid frontline: photo diary of an ICU consultant

      The FT shadows Dr Charlotte Summers at work in Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge

    • Monday, 14 September, 2020
      Mergers & Acquisitions
      Nvidia seals $40bn deal for SoftBank’s Arm

      Britain set to impose strict terms including protection of jobs and maintaining UK headquarters

    • Friday, 3 July, 2020
      FT SeriesA very different summer
      Cambridge has a tourist problem: it no longer has any

      Some used to quietly resent the day-trippers but now they’ve gone, it’s bloody awful, says Tim Hayward

    • Thursday, 25 June, 2020
      Huawei Technologies
      US warns UK over Huawei plan to spend £1bn on chip facility

      Permission for Chinese group to build development centre in Cambridgeshire draws state department ire

    • Thursday, 4 June, 2020
      FT MagazineTim Hayward
      Tim Hayward on missing his favourite local restaurant

      ‘I used to go regularly, when I wanted to get away from work and just sit somewhere, alone with my thoughts’

    • Friday, 10 January, 2020
      UK property
      Cambridge tech boom blamed for rising property prices

      Could the smart minds be driven out by congestion and unaffordable housing?

      This bridge across the River Cam between the St John's College's Third Court and New Court is probably the most beautiful bridge in Cambridge. This is a view from the north of the bridge which the Kitchen Bridge can be seen in the background and the college second court is on the left.
    • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
      Special ReportUniversities & Innovation
      Cambridge science parks attract record funding for ‘spinouts’

      University-based businesses thrive but ‘Silicon Fen’ faces growing competition

      A researcher at the PetMedix lab at Granta Park, Cambridge
    • Monday, 16 September, 2019
      Technology sector
      CMR Surgical hits £1bn valuation as it rolls out robots for surgery

      Cambridge-based start-up raises £195m as it prepares to launch in Europe and India

      A picture of surgeons at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital in Pune, India, operating alongside CMR Surgical's Versius robot is attached.
    • Tuesday, 10 September, 2019
      FT AlphavilleClaire Jones
      The Oxbridge problem is broader than just admissions

      The UK needs a more diverse elite. 

    • Wednesday, 3 July, 2019
      News in-depth
      The winning formula behind Cambridge’s Silicon Fen success story

      Collaboration between academics and entrepreneurs over 30 years transforms region

      The Cambridge Tech scene with William Wallis for UK News. Picture shows generic Cambridge University life.
    • Monday, 24 June, 2019
      UK social mobility
      Britain’s elite still drawn from fee-paying schools

      Efforts to improve social mobility have had little effect on those taking top jobs

      DYKWDP A smartly dressed father, holding hands with his children and walking them to school
    • Friday, 31 May, 2019
      News in-depthUK universities
      Oxbridge struggles to ditch reputation as bastion of white privilege

      Black faces are rare sight at the top universities despite outreach work and the odd appointment

      DA5ATM Graduation day - Graduates graduating, Cambridge University, England UK
    • Wednesday, 22 May, 2019
      News in-depthUK universities
      Sheffield’s success flags funding gap for northern universities

      Most state funding for research goes to Golden Triangle, but private backers go north

      3-d printing, from AMRC: MoS head.jpg
    • Friday, 26 April, 2019
      InterviewUK Inequality
      Cambridge university moves to tackle elitism

      Effort to increase number of students from poorer families, says vice-chancellor

      JF9439 Students from Cambridge University on their way to the Senate House to graduate on Thursday June 29th. Students dressed in black gowns as the traditional Cambridge University graduation ceremonies took place today (Thurs). The students, from St Catharine's College, paraded into the historic Senate House watched by family and friends to collect their degrees from the prestigious university. Many parts of the degree ceremonies, which will also be held tomorrow (Fri) and Saturday, have their origin amongst the earliest customs of the university 800 years ago. Undergraduates are re
    • Sunday, 31 March, 2019
      Venture capital investment
      Cambridge fund raises £150m in year’s largest UK tech round

      Investors pile into venture vehicle that focuses on fast-growing technology cluster

      Cambridge university is the largest shareholder in CIC, owning almost a third of the company both directly and through its endowment fund
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