Author: Darrel Pratt

Location. The city of Oxford lies around 60 miles north-west of London, which takes about an hour to reach by train. Cambridge town is around 60 miles north of London, and takes under an hour to get to. Both are fairly small and pretty locations that are easy to walk or cycle around. Is Oxford […]

Heidelberg. Cambridge is twinned with Heidelberg in southern Germany and Szeged in southern Hungary. Town twinning started after the Second World War as a way of building strong links and friendships with communities in other countries. What city is Oxford twinned with? Oxford is currently twinned with seven cities. They are: Leiden in the Netherlands; […]

Statistically, 31.7% of people who go to Cambridge take a first, and of those, I would guess that probably around one in eight is a ‘double first’? But I haven’t been able to find any reliable statistics on what proportion of firsts are double firsts. What percentage of students get a first in Cambridge? Full […]

C2 Proficiency, formerly known as Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE), is one of our Cambridge English Qualifications. It is our highest-level qualification – proof that you are a highly competent speaker of English. A C2 Proficiency qualification shows the world that you have mastered English to an exceptional level. Is C1 or C2 Proficiency? English test […]

At Cambridge, we offer two medicine courses – the Standard Course and the Graduate Course. Throughout, our aim is to educate students to become compassionate, thoughtful, skilled members – and leaders – of the medical profession. Does the University of Cambridge have a medical school? The School of Clinical Medicine offers various clinical academic training […]

Its extensive peer-reviewed publishing lists comprise 45,000 print titles covering academic research, over 24,000 e-book titles and more than 300 research journals in a wide range of subject areas. Are Cambridge University Press articles peer reviewed? Cambridge Journals publishes over 250 peer-reviewed academic journals across a wide range of subject areas, in print and online. […]

Cambridge Archaeological Journal is indexed in all major journal indexes. All articles published in CAJ are peer-reviewed; peer review is usually completed within 2–3 months from submission. Is journal of archaeological Research peer-reviewed? Peer-reviewed, state-of-the-art studies on a selected topic cover important fieldwork and discoveries, and survey recently published literature in the featured area. Is […]

Cite references in the text by author last name, followed by publication date, with no punctuation between the author name and the publication date. For works with three or more authors, cite the first author’s name followed by “et al.” Does Cambridge use APA? ed., is also a standard. The standard usually used at Cambridge […]

In ancient Anglo-Saxon England, the ancestors of the Cambridge surname lived beside a bridge over the river Cam. This surname originated as a local name for natives who came from the town of Cambridge. Cambridge was in both Gloucestershire and Cambridgeshire. Why are they called Cambridge? Originally, the river was called the Granta, so consequently […]