BME students and staff at Cambridge

Find out more about Pass Over and what's on at Cambridge this term: Pass Over follows two homeless African-American men Moses and Kitch. They are standing on a street corner dreaming of their promised land when a stranger wanders into their space with his own agenda and derails their plans. Starring Michael Olatunji as Moses, Ditie Eradiri as Kitch and Joe Harrington as Mister/Ossifer. Directed by Adedamola Laoye. Cover poster by Ellie Etches

Experts in the University of Cambridge have been able to discuss their work and connect with students at Makerere University in Uganda thanks to video technology. The seminars covered a wide array of research from learning about infectious diseases or health conditions (such as HIV, Cancer and Malaria), to the body’s defence mechanisms, vaccines, and immune disorders. The MUII-Plus Cambridge video-linked seminar series program was set up to support the MSc Immunology and Clinical Microbiology (MICM) course of Makerere University, which has been in existence for eight years. The aim is to provide additional expert input to the lectures that the students attend locally, with seminars delivered by volunteer academics from the University of Cambridge, the Babraham Institute and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Professor Margaret Stanley, (Department of Pathology) is one of those experts. Her life’s work has focused on a virus which causes cancer and occurs in women predominantly in Sub

Michael Ng uses his talent for rap and piano to celebrate bell-ringing, the Great Court Run and finding deals at Sainsbury's. Check out Michael's channel: /siufu126

Mary Onoŋokpono is a Nigerian-British writer working on a MPhil in African Studies. Her short story 'Firewater', about a child's perspective of the Atlantic slave trade, has been awarded first prize by a competition for emerging African writers.

During Black History Month student artists of varying degrees of experience gathered for the first drawing event organised by the African-Caribbean Society (ACS). Taking some inspiration from the portraits at the Black Cantabs exhibition at the University Library the students sought to celebrate the various aspects of black culture from around the world. The Black Cantabs exhibition comes to an end at the University Library on the 22nd December 2018:

Visit the Cambridge University Islamic Society's website to learn more: This is the first Ramadan away from home for some of Cambridge's Muslim students but thanks to ISoc they won't be breaking their fast alone. Financial and food donations allowed them to host an Iftar meal free-to-all at Queens' College after the sun had set.

Eid Mubarak! Ramadan and exams are over so now it's time to celebrate. The Islamic Society of Cambridge University held their own garden party this weekend at Gonville and Caius complete with pizza, henna and music.

Black students have been learning at the University of Cambridge for the last 250 years. Now the stories of black alumni are being told by the Black Cantabs Research Project. Dr Njoki Wamai and Surer Mohamed from Queens' College says their stories show why 'We need representation' to inspire the next generation of bright students. Visit the Black Cantabs Research Project to find out more about the University of Cambridge's black alumni and students:

See Stormzy behind-the-scenes at Cambridge University with students during the launch of the Stormzy Scholarship. For more details on eligibility criteria, follow this link: