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Mon 2 November 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 3 November 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.

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

Wed 4 November 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

10:00AM - 11:00AM

Innovation, Competitive Advantage and the Productivity Puzzle

Lord Sainsbury and Professor Bart Van Ark, answer the productivity puzzle: how do we speed up the UK’s economic growth in this time of change?

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.

5:00PM - 7:00PM

Online Leverhulme Lecture & Distinguished Experts Dialogue: Pandemic Recovery, the SDGs and the Law

A Public Lecture by Professor Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor, University of Cambridge, Senior Director, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL). Chaired by Professor Stephen J. Toope, Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge and hosted by Professor Diane Coyle, Co-Director, Bennett Institute for Public Policy.

6:00PM - 7:00PM

#LivefromLucy: "Solving intractable social problems: can business and enterprise play a role?" with Dr Gladius Kulothungan

Join us for this informative Live from Lucy virtual talk in which Dr Gladius Kulothungan asks, "Can businesses help us achieve widespread development?" and why the academic community have a role to play in attaining sustainable development goals.

6:00PM - 7:00PM

Highlight Arts After Dark: Classical Guitar recital by Declan Hickey

Recent graduate in Music at Downing College, Declan Hickey returns to The Heong Gallery for an exclusive recital. Co-hosted by Downing College Music Society.

7:30PM - 9:00PM

Seeing is believing – is "detecting" the same as "seeing"?

Join Dr Ulrich Schneider, University Reader in Many-body Physics to explore whether "detecting" is the same as "seeing"

Thu 5 November 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.

6:00PM - 7:30PM

Legal, Ethical and Governance Questions Raised by COVID-19

The COVID19 pandemic has thrown into focus a number of legal, governance and ethical issues related to not only the management of the immediate crisis but also more generally to governance, regulation and the law in the future both at the national and international level.

Fri 6 November 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.

4:00PM - 5:00PM

A practical introduction to MATLAB programming

Highlights Brief introduction to the MATLAB language and environment Handling vectors & matrices Solving equations with symbolic mathematics Solving time-domain problems Developing code in scripts, functions & classes

Sat 7 November 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

9:30AM - 12:30PM

Cambridge University Botanic Garden Adult online courses September 2020

Introduction to garden design. Tutor: Paul Herrington. A fun and relaxed course over five morning sessions to help you design or re-think your own garden.

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.

1:00PM - 4:00PM

Cambridge University Botanic Garden Adult online courses September 2020

Introduction to garden design. Tutor: Paul Herrington A fun and relaxed course over five afternoon sessions to help you design or re-think your own garden.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Family first Saturdays

Visit our Fitz Family Welcome Point and collect materials to use in the Museum.

Sun 8 November 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.