& Applications to join ’s writing team in Michaelmas 2024 are now open. Now is the time to take your place at the beating heart of Cambridge’s current discourse and history. is the oldest and only independent student newspaper in Cambridge, and one of only three in the UK.
We hold institutions to account, representing the interests of students with integrity, ambition, and a creative edge. This tradition, which began with the paper’s creation in 1947, has seen break many historical and discourse-shaping stories. In 1953, we reported on Watson and Crick’s discovery of the structure of DNA.
In 2021, we revealed the university’s proposed £400m deal with the United Arab Emirates. Just this term, we broke the controversy surrounding “race-realist” fellow Nathan Cofnas. With contributions from Amol Rajan to Charles III, Sylvia Plath to Jeremy Paxman, and Germaine Greer to J.
G. Ballard, you have the opportunity to join an impressive lineage of journalists, writers, and creatives. is, however, much more than just news.
We have space for your opinions, interviews, and investigations, as well as room for you to express your taste in fashion, music, or film and TV, and a section devoted to letting students have their say on the latest theatre productions in Cambridge. Most importantly, we are a training paper. We aim to nurture new talent, offering a working environment that can prepare you for the world of journalism beyond Cambridge, but is primarily social, collaborat.