Cambridge Open Days, July and September 2023
Every July and September, the University of Cambridge opens its doors to welcome potential applicants and their parents and supporters to find out what it's really like to live and study here.
July Open Days-6 and 7July 2023
Our next Open Days will take place on 6 and 7 July 2023 and will include both online and in-person elements. You can get to know our courses, the colleges and departments, university facilities, the application procedure, student life and finance via:
·Information stands
·Course presentations and sample lectures
·College and department tours
·Q&A sessions with current students and staff
The program will run from 9:30-16:30(UK time) and is similar on both days so you should only need to attend one of the days. Further details will be announced in due course.
September Open Day-15 September 2023
With a focus on choosing your College, our September Open Day provides another opportunity for you to visit the Cambridge Colleges and ask current students and staff any questions you may have.
Booking information
To attend our Open Days, you must register in advance.
·Bookings for our July Open Days will open in May 2023.
·Bookings for our September Open Day will open in summer 2023, after the July Open Days.
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It was a history-making moment at Miller & Miller's Canadian & Discoveries Arts auction(拍卖)when the hammer finally came down for a rare Maud Lewis painting for $ 350,000.
Lewis was a Canadian artist who painted brightly colored scenes. She sold her paintings by the side of the road for $2 to $3. Painting wasn't easy, since she suffered from a physical challenge that made moving painful. After reading an article about her, John Kinnear, also an artist mailed her boxes of painting supplies. At the time, Lewis lived in a one-room house with no electricity, using simple house paint to create. After receiving the supplies, Lewis wrote back insisting on repaying him with some of her paintings.
Kinnear sold some of them, sending part of the money back to Lewis and using the remainder to buy her more paint. Gradually, the two artists developed long-lasting friendship.
Kinnear was friends with Irene and Tony Demas, who owned a restaurant where he ate lunch every day. One day, Kinnear told them he had some paintings by an artist and wondered if they might consider buying one of them. "When we saw the paintings, our jaw almost dropped," recalls Irene. "We had never seen anything like them. They were so childlike, with cats and cows." They ended up agreeing to the trade, choosing a painting called Black Trunk.
Over 50 years later, they're long retired and now considering travelling more. They hoped to sell the painting. In the years since Lewis died, her paintings have become famous. But it was recent scare that really urged them into action. After having non-glare glass added to the painting, the business street where the framer(装裱师)lived burned to the ground just days after they picked up their painting. "We saw that Miller &Miller's had sold one not long ago. We trusted the Miller brothers." says Irene.
It was a very hot August day in 2019. Entomology graduate student Skye Harnsberger and her research team parked their car and walked into the tall grass. As they entered a narrow path, the team looked for the milkweed among other plants. When spotted, it was examined and recorded. They repeated this simple process all summer long.
Milkweed is key to monarch butterflies(黑麦金斑蝶). It's the only plant on which they'll lay their eggs and the only one that their caterpillars(幼虫)will eat. But in the past decades, urban development and overuse of weed killers have severely ruined this habitat. Today, the number of adult monarchs may be not enough to ensure that the species multiplies. "Monarchs connect many people to nature, and without these connections, people are less likely to be concerned enough about other species," says Karen Oberhauser who serves as the researcher advisor.
This is why Harnsberger is studying how and where to plant milkweed to attract the greatest number of monarchs. "There's been some modeling on which type would be better for the monarch but no real boots-on-the-ground research yet." Harnsberger and her team have put their boots on the prairie where 30 sites have been divided into four types. Their data show that monarchs prefer fields with higher densities(密集)of milkweed and flowering plants. The size of the prairie, however, does not matter much.
Harnsberger points out that anyone can take small steps to help monarchs. Their population is quickly declining, so any action is better than none at all. "The number one thing the public can do for monarchs is to plant milkweed," Harnsberger says. "As much as you can, wherever you can. The more plants, the better for monarchs."
During the pandemic, working from home has become common, leaving many appreciating the freedom and flexibility of working remotely(远程地). However, while the traditional idea of an office—a place away from home—may have changed, the need for physical office space hasn't. In fact, this period of working from home has stressed just how important it is to have a place of work, without which the work-life balance may be worsened.
With traditional offices unable to meet the changing needs of a pandemic-stricken workforce, and working from home showing other problems, a solution needs to be found in the office of the future.
Perhaps the most unique characteristics of the office of the future will be its hybrid solution. It could marry the advantages of physical workspace with the benefits of working from home. Many companies have already started to adopt this new hybrid model, allowing employee teams to create schedules for when they will be working from home, or even use an online system to book a meeting room in the company. This way, the company can manage the number of people in the office at one time, meaning spaces can be downsized to save costs.
With the office playing a key role in creating and communicating company culture, thoughts must be given to these issues when designing offices of the future. For example, aware that many employees will be adopting the hybrid working model, office designers should focus on more than the functional part of getting jobs done. Instead, the office should become a place where teams are encouraged to meet, work together and build strong bonds, which will reduce any concerns of loneliness at work. Floor plans should include meeting rooms and rest areas that promote social interaction on both professional and more personal levels.
Many businesses have already begun to adopt their physical spaces to adapt to the changing needs and expectations of workforces, suggesting we may not be far away from the next stage of the office.
Now more than ever, libraries have become a center for community learning. No two libraries are the same. One could be a center of students doing projects, while another could be a center for the homeless and people seeking jobs. It used to be an unwelcome place for children, but now it has become a hub(活动中心)for community activity.
Holly Jackson, a library consultant, says that year by year, library checkouts are going up, and activities are well-attended. When you arrive, there will be someone there to help you and your children set up library cards, sign up for programs, and show you where the books are.
Jackson advises parents visiting the library when lots of activities are going on, as well as when it is quiet time. It helps builds confidence in children to talk to librarians, participate in book selection, and share stories with others.
When there are a lot of activities, Jackson says some children can feel stressed. But going during quiet times gives children a chance to explore at their own pace and allows you the opportunity to meet different people.
"So often people say. Go find out what's going on," says Jackson. It could be for filling out a job application, or just finding a book. "Go find out what it is and find what is there for you and your family."
A. However, the library provides more books than you expect.
B. Jackson says all you need to do to visit a library is show up!
C. The activities are what librarians design on purpose to attract readers.
D. Quiet time is also an important time to take your children to the library.
E. Parents can set a good example by using the library themselves as a resource.
F. Still, the focus of a library remains as a place for information and knowledge.
G. I haven't stepped foot in a library in years because I don't need to know it anymore.
Chicago was hit with a snowstorm over the weekend, and Jahmal Cole's 1 blew up with messages from elderly neighbors: They needed 2 shoveling(铲雪)in front of their homes. So Cole sent out a(n) 3 online Friday night asking for 10 volunteers to come to his neighborhood, Chatham, to shovel the snow that was 4 .
When he went to the train station Saturday morning to see whether anyone had 5 to assist, he couldn't believe what he saw. About 120 people stood on the platform, many with shovels, 6 to work. Many volunteers were from outside Chicago. One man had 7 taken a bus from Indiana. He sent them out to dozens of addresses where snow needed to be 8 .
"When you' re getting such emails, you don't want to 9 people," said Cole. "This was literally me trying to help out the neighbors. I wanted to make a campaign next time, 10 more people to take action."
After shoveling dozens of sidewalks and walkways, a 11 that lasted until 3 p. m. that afternoon, Cole and the volunteers went out together to have lunch at a neighborhood restaurant. To their 12 , an unknown customer paid the bill for their 13 .
"I'm 14 of our city," Cole said. "People could have been home with families or making snowmen, but they came out to help, which 15 the spirit rooted in the city."
On my second day in Anhui province, I visited Hongcun Village. The village, which is just about an (hour)drive from the town center, stands untouched by time.
The village is arranged around a lake, with big shady trees lining its bank. It gave me a sense of inner peace as soon as I stepped inside. (walk)through the village, I couldn't help but imagine what life (be)like then. In my mind, I saw people selling goods on the village's street. I saw tea shops small snack shops. As I walked the footpaths (wear) away by time, I could hear the footsteps of the past echoing through the passageway. I wondered how change this village has seen and what secrets this village (hide) behind its walls.
I've always loved ancient Chinese (architect) which unfortunately is getting difficult to find in big cities like Beijing and Shanghai. (luck), here in Hongcun, I not only admired ancient Chinese styled buildings, but I was also able to trace the footsteps of the people who lived and walked very same road about five hundred years ago.
Melati and Isabel deeply love their home on the island, surrounded by tropical rain forests, green fields, and a vast ocean. Enjoying a swim at their local beach was once a daily pleasure for them. But when Melati was fifteen, and Isabel just ten, the sisters started to lose their enthusiasm for swimming in the waters near their borne. More often than not, plastic bags would be around them as they swam and some were scattered on the beach. They got really upset about that.
Melati didn't think much about it until one day her teacher gave a lesson on some world heroes. Each of those people had sparked movements of positive changes in the world. They believed in the impact they could have and they did inspire more people to do something meaningful. After school, Melati walked home slowly in silence, concerned about the vast amount of plastic rubbish on the beach. The heroes crossed her mind. If they could do it, we could do it too, she thought. The idea lit her up. She couldn't wait to share what she thought with Isabel and quickened her pace.
"So many plastic bags around! The beach is dirty and messy! It's so terrible! We have lost the clean and beautiful beach. Can't we do something to get it back?" Melati said heartily. Isabel felt a bit puzzled at what to do, but she also had a strong desire to do something. Picturing a beach as fascinating as before in mind, the pair jumped with joy.
They talked a lot, anxious to know how Dad and Mom would respond to their ideas. That night when the family sat by the dinner table, the sisters eagerly got their ideas across. While Mom and Dad listened to the girls carefully, their eyes shone. "How amazing that would be! We are so proud of you!" Dad exclaimed. Mom came up, gave them a thumb up and hugged the sisters.
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Melati and Isabel decided to make a positive impact straight away.
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One month later, Melati received a call from the local newspaper.
