Graduation day: the day you distantly hope for when you first matriculate into the so-called Cambridge Bubble. For me that day came on the 30th June 2012 — a definite case of mixed emotions. I’d really enjoyed my undergrad here. So much so, in fact, that I had decided stay…

This year, the Royal Society, the UK’s academy of science celebrated its 350th anniversary by hosting an exhibition at the Royal Festival Hall. Leading researchers and scientists across the country were invited to showcase their work in London. …

As an undergraduate, for a long time, I simply thought supervisors wait around all day to supervise us — and sometimes even lecture. Obviously, I knew they must do research of some sort, after all (not to state the obvious), it is an academic institution; but what does doing research…

Spend the summer in Cambridge? Why would anyone want to do that after surviving Tripos? Well, hopefully I can tell you why. The UROP [1] is a chance for undergraduates to take part in research at the university, and to take a peek at the life of a PhD student…

Pirelli Tyres, DRS [1], and Lewis Hamilton’s ex-girlfriend have all been the subject of many column inches and Eddie Jordan’s paddock talk this season. And to that the current engine freeze, implemented in 2005 by the FIA [2], F1’s governing body, in response to spiralling costs which threatened to jeopardise…

Day one in the office was fairly standard, briefing notes and introductory talks outlining the workflow for the next 9 weeks. In summary my job description involved teaching Maths and Physics to A-Level students in a series of Science Summer Schools for an educational consultancy firm. Departing from London, Heathrow…

Ever since an early age, I have been intrigued by the inner workings of anything from atoms to engines. My career goal to be an Engineer was cemented in Year 9 when I helped my uncle (employed by the Sussex Council) with a design proposal for a bridge to be…