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Mon 7 December 2020 9:00AM

Bitesize Botanics

Small windows into what's happening in CUBG

9:00AM

Family Activities at home

Fun family activities for you to try at home.

9:00AM

Heavenly Gardens

BBC One – Heavenly Gardens with Alexander Armstrong

9:00AM - 11:59PM

Plant Quiz

Plant Quiz

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Great St.Mary's Tower

Tower is now open at Great St. Mary's the University Church with panoramic views of the colleges and Cambridge.

Tue 8 December 2020 9:00AM

Bitesize Botanics

Small windows into what's happening in CUBG

9:00AM

Family Activities at home

Fun family activities for you to try at home.

9:00AM

Heavenly Gardens

BBC One – Heavenly Gardens with Alexander Armstrong

9:00AM - 11:59PM

Plant Quiz

Plant Quiz

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Great St.Mary's Tower

Tower is now open at Great St. Mary's the University Church with panoramic views of the colleges and Cambridge.

5:15PM - 6:00PM

Highlight The Really Popular Book Club: The Northern Lights

Author John Owen Theobald is the first guest at the inaugural meeting of the University Library’s new book club, which will focus on The Northern Lights by Philip Pullman.

7:15PM - 8:15PM

University social club swimming Cancelled

This event has been cancelled. Lane swimming available every Tuesday for University and non-University individuals

7:30PM - 9:30PM

Not the Usual Victorian Parlour Evening

Mill Road History Society and Cambridge Folk Club present an evening of music, monologues and sketches in the style of the parlour evenings of old.

Wed 9 December 2020 9:00AM

Bitesize Botanics

Small windows into what's happening in CUBG

9:00AM

Family Activities at home

Fun family activities for you to try at home.

9:00AM

Heavenly Gardens

BBC One – Heavenly Gardens with Alexander Armstrong

9:00AM - 11:59PM

Plant Quiz

Plant Quiz

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Great St.Mary's Tower

Tower is now open at Great St. Mary's the University Church with panoramic views of the colleges and Cambridge.

4:30PM - 5:15PM

Highlight British satire and Spitting Image in conversation with Dr Lucy Delap, Matt Forde and Roger Law

As Spitting Image returns to our screens, you are invited to join this digital event to hear from a special panel who will discuss British satire and its history.

6:00PM - 7:00PM

#LivefromLucy: 'Mending broken hearts (and blood vessels) with stem cells' with Dr Sanjay Sinha

Join us for this fascinating virtual event with Dr Sanjay Sinha in which he discusses how stem cells can be used for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

Thu 10 December 2020 9:00AM

Bitesize Botanics

Small windows into what's happening in CUBG

9:00AM

Family Activities at home

Fun family activities for you to try at home.

9:00AM

Heavenly Gardens

BBC One – Heavenly Gardens with Alexander Armstrong

9:00AM - 11:59PM

Plant Quiz

Plant Quiz

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Great St.Mary's Tower

Tower is now open at Great St. Mary's the University Church with panoramic views of the colleges and Cambridge.

3:30PM - 5:00PM

Highlight The Pembroke Speaker Series: Post-Globalism: COVID-19, Economic Policy & Globalisation

Baroness Shriti Vadera, investment banker and politician, and newly appointed Chair of Prudential, in conversation with Lord Smith, Master of Pembroke

4:00PM - 6:00PM

Highlight Eyes in the Sky: Spotting Millimetre-scale Movements from Space with Dr Sakthy Selvakumaran of the Department of Engineering

Dr Sakthy Selvakumaran explains how satellites can monitor millimetre scale movements on built structures and hopefully, avert disasters.

6:30PM - 7:35PM

Give Bees a Chance! How can we help bees and feed the world?

We need bees and they need our help. The decline in pollinating insects is one of the most worrying symptoms of climate breakdown, because much of our food production relies on them.

Fri 11 December 2020 9:00AM

Bitesize Botanics

Small windows into what's happening in CUBG

9:00AM

Family Activities at home

Fun family activities for you to try at home.

9:00AM

Heavenly Gardens

BBC One – Heavenly Gardens with Alexander Armstrong

9:00AM - 11:59PM

Plant Quiz

Plant Quiz

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Great St.Mary's Tower

Tower is now open at Great St. Mary's the University Church with panoramic views of the colleges and Cambridge.

3:00PM - 4:00PM

Book talk: Albena Azmanova, Capitalism on Edge: on the changing shape of globalisation and the chances for progressive radicalism

In Conversation Event with The Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement Book talk with Albena Azmanova, Capitalism on Edge: on the changing shape of globalisation and the chances for progressive radicalism

Sat 12 December 2020 9:00AM

Bitesize Botanics

Small windows into what's happening in CUBG

9:00AM

Family Activities at home

Fun family activities for you to try at home.

9:00AM

Heavenly Gardens

BBC One – Heavenly Gardens with Alexander Armstrong

9:00AM - 11:59PM

Plant Quiz

Plant Quiz

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Great St.Mary's Tower

Tower is now open at Great St. Mary's the University Church with panoramic views of the colleges and Cambridge.

12:30PM - 2:30PM

Christmas Quiz

Join us for this virtual quiz, hosted by Lucy Cavendish College's Alumnae Association Committee and Development team.

Sun 13 December 2020 9:00AM

Bitesize Botanics

Small windows into what's happening in CUBG

9:00AM

Family Activities at home

Fun family activities for you to try at home.

9:00AM

Heavenly Gardens

BBC One – Heavenly Gardens with Alexander Armstrong

9:00AM - 11:59PM

Plant Quiz

Plant Quiz

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Great St.Mary's Tower

Tower is now open at Great St. Mary's the University Church with panoramic views of the colleges and Cambridge.