The Bread Baking Society rose from humble beginnings to become a source of comfort and community – both in person and online.

The need to build new pathways into higher education for those facing exceptional disadvantage has never been so pressing.

For 20 years, the Cambridge University Tape Recording Society preserved music for posterity – and, in the process, revolutionised recording technology forever.

The Gates Cambridge Scholarship programme is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Or, to put it another way, this year Cambridge celebrates the international students and scholars who come here – to change the world.

Reaching net zero by 2038, life on Venus and recognition for leading Cambridge names.

Creators of hit musical Six, Lucy Moss (Caius 2014) and Toby Marlow (Robinson 2014) have gone on to global success – but their friendship was forged in the ADC dressing room dancing to Rihanna.

Alumni donations help to support more than 2,600 students every year.

Graham Virgo is Senior
Pro-Vice-Chancellor for
Education and Professor
of English Private Law.