On 22 November 2011, Owen Holland, a PhD student at Cambridge University read a poetic protest at an appearance by David Willets, the UK's Minister for Universities and Science, and prevented Willets from speaking (or so thoroughly annoyed him that he stormed out, depending on who you ask).

The Cambridge debating society has issued a robust defence of its decision to invite Dominique Strauss-Kahn to address students ahead of his controver...

In my final year at Oxford, I lived in a house of six blokes. Me, two Etonians, one from a state school in Watford, one from a Comprehensive in Newcastle and one from a private school on the Isle of Wight. All very different people, with very different backgrounds.

Everybody knows of 'The Boat Race', of course. Every year around the Easter period, a selection of very good rowers from Oxford and Cambridge slog their guts out on the Thames for about 20 minutes to batter their opponents into exhausted defeat. Less well known is the women's Boat Race.

A Norfolk maths teacher has been the subject of a furore on social networking site Twitter after he told a student to "just enjoy being 17" instead of...

The Prince of Wales and Education Secretary Michael Gove will meet leading headteachers on Tuesday at an event to celebrate 10 years of the Prince's T...

Cambridge University is taking action against a student who harassed and thew a stink bomb at a street busker. Charlie Cavey, a performer who plays...

A Cambridge student has been granted permission base his dissertation on a rather unusual subject - pop princess Lady Gaga. Staff at the prestigiou...

Speculation the controversial Higher Education Bill proposing private universities has been dropped is mounting after the government refused to deny t...

While the quaint dining traditions of Cambridge University are certainly unusual, the truly outstanding aspect of 'the bridge' is, of course, its academia.

The food was rich, the alcohol was copious, the Miniature Heroes seemingly bottomless, and now you're feeling sluggish, overindulged, fat. But spare a thought for the students of Cambridge University, who not only started the Christmas period a full three weeks before anyone else, but whom, come next week, will start wining, dining, and praying in Latin all over again.

Tonight Business Secretary Vince Cable will debate Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rachael Reeves on the motion 'This House believes there is no alternative to the cuts' at the Cambridge Union.

It is as traditional as punting, elite clubs and one-to-one tutorials with dusty dons, but the "complimentary" masters degrees awarded to Oxford and C...