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Opening up the Cambridge learning experience

8 July 2019

Caregivers, military veterans, ex-offenders, low income workers, refugees and everyone else: we think higher education is a lifechanging experience that should be available to all, regardless of background. That’s why we offer a growing number of bursaries that provide paid-for tuition to accessible and part-time courses...

The global summertime learning community that keeps students coming back

8 July 2019

The ICE International Summer Programmes have been bringing together learners from around the world to study in Cambridge since 1923. We find out some of the reasons for their enduring appeal. "We offer over 200 courses and our participants are teachers, actors, entrepreneurs, computer programmers, lawyers, musicians...

A new voice for STEM at ICE

8 July 2019

We’re delighted that Dr Oliver Hadeler has recently joined ICE as a Teaching Officer across a range of STEM subjects. Dr Hadeler, who originally trained as a physicist and whose research interests merge physics with engineering, will play a lead role in progressing our technology, physical science and engineering course...

New ‘Super Tuesday’ programme unveiled

8 July 2019

Our Lifelong Learning programme has always had plenty to offer students, of all ages and backgrounds, who are curious about a new subject or who wish to indulge an ongoing passion for a particular subject. Now, though, we’re introducing new topics, through our regular series of Tuesday courses. With morning sessions from...

ICE Centre for Creative Writing alumna wins top literary prize

8 July 2019

Overcoming competition from more than 5,000 entries from 50 countries, ICE Masters in Creative Writing graduate, Mbozi Haimbe , has been selected as one of five winners of the prestigious 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. We caught up with Mbozi to find out about the Prize and her experience as an ICE student. Turning...

Creativity – the must-have mindset for all our futures

8 July 2019

Creating a new diploma about creativity might seem like the definition of a meta exercise, but as course designers and tutors Abigail Docherty and Dr Alex Carter explain, the Undergraduate Diploma in Creativity Theory, History and Philosophy is a pressing and practical study for our times. Creating less fragile careers "...

Dr Gilly Carr appointed as Channel Islands' International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Representative

21 June 2019

University of Cambridge academic and well-known archaeologist and historian Dr Gilly Carr has been appointed as the first representative for Guernsey, Jersey and Alderney in the UK's delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.

Dr Gilly Carr elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society

31 May 2019

Dr Gilly Carr, ICE's senior lecturer and academic director in archaeology, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in recognition of her contribution to historical scholarship. Gilly, who works in the fields of history, heritage and Holocaust Studies, in addition to archaeology, was elected for her work...

Looking after students' mental health

9 May 2019

While the subject is at last getting greater attention, there’s still a perceived stigma to talking about our mental health. We want to show that ICE is a place where people can be open about the experiences they’re going through – and that starts by giving our staff the right skills. Making mental wellbeing a priority...

ICE historian reveals difficulties faced by 18th century unmarried parents

9 May 2019

A new book, by Dr Samantha Williams , ICE Academic Director for History, reveals how society responded to high levels of illegitimacy in the 18th and 19th centuries. It also shows the lengths some errant fathers went to in order to escape not only their moral and financial obligations, but the clutches of parish constables...

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Opening up the Cambridge learning experience

The global summertime learning community that keeps students coming back

A new voice for STEM at ICE

New ‘Super Tuesday’ programme unveiled

ICE Centre for Creative Writing alumna wins top literary prize

Creativity – the must-have mindset for all our futures

Dr Gilly Carr appointed as Channel Islands' International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Representative

Dr Gilly Carr elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society

Looking after students' mental health

ICE historian reveals difficulties faced by 18th century unmarried parents

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