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Welcome to the 800th Anniversary Campaign

The Campaign in the News

The University of Cambridge makes news, and the 800th Anniversary Campaign is no exception. Here are just a few of the stories that have appeared about the Campaign in the world's media, from Cambridge to Canberra.

  • BBC News
    Cambridge University raises £800m, 7 February 2009
  • The Times of India
    Cambridge alumni donate 800 million pounds to alma mater, 6 February 2009
  • Bloomberg.com
    Cambridge Raises 800 Million Pounds, Nears Billion Goal, 5 Feburary 2009
  • Business Weekly
    Cambridge University 800th anniversary fundraising campaign defies credit crunch, 5 February 2009
  • BBC News
    Gift funds plant research centre, 19 November 2008
  • Financial Times
    ‘Cambridge has announced one of the biggest donations ever made to a British university’, 19 November 2008
  • The Cambridge News
    Dons' delight at funding record, 12 February 2008
  • Fundingeducation.co.uk
    ‘Cambridge is a trailblazer in the university fundraising stakes …’, 2008
  • The Guardian
    Cambridge halfway to £1bn fundraising target, 15 February 2007
  • Institutional Investor
    ‘At Cambridge, British anthropologist Alison Richard, a former Yale provost, has convened an all-star investment board…’, 16 November 2006 (subscribers only)
  • The Guardian
    Alison Richard: The quiet revolutionary, 31 October 2006
  • The Guardian
    Profile of the first Sigrid Rausing Professor of Collaborative Anthropology, 7 February 2006
  • Times Higher Education Supplement
    Cambridge takes stock of finances, 13 January 2006 (subscribers only)
  • The Financial Times
    ‘One step at a time’ proves to be winner for Cambridge’ 1 October 2005 (subscribers only)
  • The Harvard Crimson
    British University plans campaign to expand endowment, 29 September 2005
  • The Daily Telegraph
    ‘In what sounds to me like the biggest fundraising effort ever made by a single institution in this country, Cambridge seeks £1 billion.’ Feature by Charles Moore, 23 September 2005
  • Bloomberg
    Cambridge University Seeks $1.8 Billion Funding to Help Compete, 23 September 2005
  • The Guardian
    ‘Cambridge University yesterday took a step towards greater independence from government by announcing a US-style £1bn fundraising drive...’ 23 September 2005
  • BBC
    University Campaign to Raise £1 billion, 22 September 2005