The polar explorer using Grime to break the ice - Prem Gill
When he’s not monitoring seals from space, Prem Gill is laying down Grime tracks featuring the voices of seals and live-streaming his Antarctic expedi...
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Welcome to We Are The University, a podcast which opens a window on to the people that make Cambridge University unique. Students, archivists, professors, alumni: all have a story to share.
The polar explorer using Grime to break the ice - Prem Gill
When he’s not monitoring seals from space, Prem Gill is laying down Grime tracks featuring the voices of seals and live-streaming his Antarctic expedi...
From discovering So Solid Crew to researching hate crimes - Julian Hargreaves
Welcome to We are the University. A podcast about the alumni, staff and students who make Cambridge University unique. In this episode we chat to Juli...
The student working to make education accessible to everyone - Shadab Ahmed
Final-year chemist Shadab Ahmed reflects on his sabbatical year as Cambridge University Student Union Access and Funding Officer, the importance of ro...
The neuroscientist working to understand and prevent suicide in teenagers - Anne-Laura van Harmelen
The neuroscientist working to understand and prevent suicide in teenagers. We talk to Dr Anne-Laura van Harmelen, a neuroscientist, who became fascina...
AI and the classroom. Using machine learning to identify why children struggle at school - Duncan Astle
In this episode we chat to Duncan Astle, a developmental neuroscientist, who’s based at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit. Duncan and I talk a...
The woman who brought Space Invaders to the UK - Pat Marsh
In this episode, Charis and I speak to Cambridge alumna, Pat Marsh. When we recorded the interview, we didn’t have any of the studio equipment with us...
The star rower whose research examines teachers’ perceptions of intelligence - Daphne Martschenko
Daphne Martschenko, president of Cambridge University Women’s Boat Club, is determined to make the sport of rowing more accessible. Her mission to pav...
The doctor using smartphones to save lives in war zones - Waheed Arian
Having survived the civil war in Afghanistan, Waheed Arian arrived alone in the UK aged 15. He went on to study medicine at Trinity Hall, Cambridge Un...
Releasing the imagination: the University of Cambridge Primary School - James Biddulph
Welcome to We are the University. A podcast about the people who make Cambridge University unique. In this episode we meet James Biddulph, the headmas...