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Four-day working week for council staff leads to improved services, report finds

South Cambridgeshire District Council rolled out a four-day working week for hundreds of staff under a trial introduced in January 2023

The Independent UK

Largest UK public sector trial of four-day week sees huge benefits, research finds

Exclusive: South Cambridgeshire experiment led to fewer refuse collectors quitting and faster planning decisions

The Guardian - UK

“Syd was always experimenting. He had a very open sort of mind, to an almost dangerous degree”: the truth behind the myth of Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd’s original singer and psychedelic icon

Original Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett died on July 7, 2006. This is the story of the rise and decline of a psychedelic icon

Louder

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Labour’s Sam Carling, 22, is first MP to be born in 21st century

Commons youngest member ousted veteran Conservative MP Shailesh Vara by just 39 votes to win North West Cambridgeshire

The Guardian - UK

Don’t call me a job blocker. We can’t all afford to retire

Letters: Readers respond to Mary Beard’s defence of Cambridge University’s mandatory retirement age

The Guardian - UK

Cambridge-based CuspAI taps 'godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton as it raises $30 million seed funding

The round was led by Hoxton Ventures alongside funding from Basis Set Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners

Evening Standard

OPINION - Why is Trinity College Cambridge so silent about one of its portraits being destroyed by Palestine Action?

On March 8, an unnamed woman, part of a group called Palestine Action, attacked a painting of Lord Balfour at Trinity College, Cambridge. (Balfour studied there from 1866-69: this must be the connection). She cut it seven times with a knife and sprayed red paint over Balfour’s face. All this…

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'Physics itself disappears': How theoretical physicist Thomas Hertog helped Stephen Hawking produce his final, most radical theory of everything

Thomas Hertog tells us how he collaborated with Stephen Hawking on his final theorem — a Darwinian revolution in physics that explains the origin of time.

LiveScience

Raspberry Pi’s tiny, non-flashy $15 computers could usher in new tech IPO hope for London

Raspberry Pi had a humble start to life as a charity in Cambridge. Sixteen years later, it's sold over 60 million personal computers and is on track for an IPO.

Fortune

Wooden bowling arm that bested Australian cricketer in 1909 rebuilt

Cambridge engineers recreate mathematician John Venn’s machine that can launch balls at 33mph

The Guardian - UK

Baillie Gifford cancels all remaining sponsorships of literary festivals

Cambridge, Stratford, Wigtown and Henley festivals say firm ended deals after protests over its links to Israel and fossil fuels

The Guardian - UK

Imperial College beats Oxford and Cambridge in global university rankings for first time

London university jumps four places from last year to take second spot behind MIT

The Independent UK

London university beats Oxford and Cambridge to be named second best in the world

Imperial College London soars up the university rankings

Evening Standard

Janet Slade obituary

Other lives: Art teacher who turned to pottery and became a road safety campaigner in Cambridge

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Stirling prize 2024: a two-horse race?

The big beasts of the Elizabeth line and King’s Cross loom large, but newly announced regional contenders should include a classy Cambridge dining hall, a life-enhancing Shoreditch office block and a converted Dorset dairy

Louder

Black Country, New Road to play London benefit show for Palestine

Cambridge alt.rock band Black Country, New Road announce London gig to raise funds for Medical Aid For Palestinians and the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.

The Independent UK

My imposter syndrome advice, from a top Cambridge women’s college boss

‘Always ask for a pay rise – and think of Boris Johnson,’ said Dorothy Byrne

The Guardian - UK

Raspberry Pi: how push for child programming skills inspired a coding generation

Company’s cheap, simple-to-use durable minicomputer has proved a hit all over the world

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Tech firm Raspberry Pi readies for London stock market float

Cambridge-based business could be valued at up to £500m and is boost for UK after some companies switched listings

International Business Times

Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests Spread To UK Universities

The grass outside SOAS University of London has been dotted with a handful of tents since the start of this week, with Palestinian flags and slogans calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

The Guardian - UK

Peter Searby obituary

Other lives: School teacher who went on to become a history lecturer at the University of Cambridge

The Guardian - UK

Students stage pro-Palestine occupations at five more UK universities

The protesters in encampments at Oxford, Cambridge, Liverpool, Edinburgh and Soas are demanding institutions end ties to Israel