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Read more at: FCDO update on UK ODA cuts - 21/04/2021

FCDO update on UK ODA cuts - 21/04/2021

21 April 2021

Dear Cambridge Global Challenges Colleagues, Following an FCDO Update on the UK ODA cuts , released through a written brief at 5pm on 21 April 2021, we wanted to send an update to the Global Challenges network. We can only continue to ask you to please do the following: Share the information through social media, talk to...


Read more at: BEIS and DHSC update on UK ODA cuts - 03/2021

BEIS and DHSC update on UK ODA cuts - 03/2021

23 March 2021

Dear Cambridge Global Challenges Colleagues, You will all be aware of recent announcements and media coverage of cuts to research funding. This will affect many of our projects and the partners we are working with. In these uncertain times, we aim to summarise the information we have here, and ask you to share this further...


Read more at: 2020/2021 at CGC – Professor Pauline Rose appointed Co-Director and Department of Computer Science and Technology hosts the SRI

2020/2021 at CGC – Professor Pauline Rose appointed Co-Director and Department of Computer Science and Technology hosts the SRI

1 October 2020

As the new academic year approaches, Cambridge Global Challenges prepares for its next three years of activity in partnership with colleagues in the Global South. We are delighted to welcome Professor Pauline Rose as Co-Director and look forward to continuing a interdisciplinary approach to international development...


Read more at: DFID and FCO merger: An open letter

DFID and FCO merger: An open letter

6 August 2020

DFID and FCO merger must prioritise research for alleviating poverty: An open letter This open letter from the University of Cambridge follows the announcement on 16 June 2020 by the Prime Minister of the merger of the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) into a new...


Read more at: ​Clinical Trial Phase 2 of InnspiraMED ventilator in Colombia 

​Clinical Trial Phase 2 of InnspiraMED ventilator in Colombia 

21 April 2020

Professor Liliana Galindo (Department of Psychiatry) is working with a team from Universities, private sector and public sector institutions in Colombia towards the delivery of InnspiraMED – a ventilator created by Professor Mauricio Toro (Universidad de Antioquia) that, being low-cost and open-source, having the potential...


Read more at: Cambridge POLIS and Computer Lab researchers are supporting University spin-out Africa's Voices Foundation to apply their methods to respond to COVID-19 in Kenya and Somalia 

Cambridge POLIS and Computer Lab researchers are supporting University spin-out Africa's Voices Foundation to apply their methods to respond to COVID-19 in Kenya and Somalia 

23 March 2020

Drawing on years of interdisciplinary research and design led by Centre of Governance and Human Rights, Cambridge non-profit spinout Africa's Voices has gone live on radio reaching millions to analyze and respond to Kenyan and Somali citizens' questions and concerns. The findings and recommendations generated by the team...


Read more at: Vice-Chancellor’s awards showcase Cambridge researchers' public engagement and societal impact

Vice-Chancellor’s awards showcase Cambridge researchers' public engagement and societal impact

23 July 2018

The 2018 winners of the Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Awards at Cambridge University have been announced.


Read more at: Sir David Attenborough launches new' polar ship

Sir David Attenborough launches new' polar ship

23 July 2018

Sir David Attenborough has launched the 10,000-tonne hull of the UK's newest polar ship - named after him - into the River Mersey.


Read more at: Lord Ahmad publishes annual Human Rights Report 2017

Lord Ahmad publishes annual Human Rights Report 2017

23 July 2018

Minister for Human Rights Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon, publishes the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s 2017 annual Human Rights and Democracy Report.


Read more at: Implications of UK-EU negotiations for development and aid examined

Implications of UK-EU negotiations for development and aid examined

23 July 2018

The International Development Committee took evidence from the Secretary of State for International Development on UK-EU development cooperation and the implications for UK aid on 17th July 2018.


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