The Cambridge Student

{{Short description|Cambridge University student newspaper}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Infobox newspaper

| name = The Cambridge Student

| image =

| image_alt = The Cambridge Student logo

| type = Online student newspaper

| format =

| circulation =

| foundation = 1999

| owners = Cambridge Students' Union

| chiefeditor = Lily Brough

| depeditor = Saranka Maheswaran

| headquarters = Cambridge University Students' Union, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1RX, UK

| website = [http://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/ www.tcs.cam.ac.uk]

}}

The Cambridge Student, commonly known as TCS, is one of Cambridge University's student newspapers. The paper was founded in October 1999 and once produced a weekly print run of 10,000 copies during university term time. The publication has been relaunched in 2023. It is affiliated with the Cambridge University Students' Union (CUSU), although it is editorially independent.

The paper has interviewed public figures, including United Nations Weapons Inspector Hans Blix, director Ridley Scott, politician Ian Paisley; the BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner; and journalist David Frost, and academics including Jason Arday.{{cite web |title=Cambridge’s Youngest Black Professor Speaks on Institutional Racism and Legacies of Slavery |url=https://www.thecambridgestudent.co.uk/interviews/cambridges-youngest-black-professor-speaks-on-institutional-racism-and-legacies-of-slavery |website=TCS}}

TCS has historically national headlines with news of animal rights abuses at the university.[http://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/download/TCS_Volume12_Michaelmas_Issue8.pdf pp 1 & 6] The newspaper's photography of the tuition fee riots also won plaudits. In March 2011 the paper became embroiled in controversy when its editor, Philip Brook, forged a letter insinuating unfounded sexual allegations against a fictional fellow at St. John's.{{cite web |url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Paper-chief-may-resign-over-hoax-sex-story.htm |title=Cambridge News | Latest News Headlines from Cambridge City & Cambridgeshire | National News by Cambridge News | Paper chief may resign over hoax sex story |accessdate=2012-06-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314012000/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Paper-chief-may-resign-over-hoax-sex-story.htm |archivedate=14 March 2011 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkvision.co.uk/news/studentpress100/15/03/2011|title=Student Press|date=15 March 2011|website=York Vision}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/cambridge-student-editor-quits-in-disgrace-115513|title=Cambridge student editor quits in disgrace over sex hoax on rivals|work=Daily Mirror|date=11 March 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.varsity.co.uk/news/3448|title=Update: TCS co-editor resigns over hoax allegation|website=Varsity Online}}

In April 2016, TCS announced that CUSU was preparing to pass a budget which would cut its print funding, and turn it into an online newspaper, with occasional print editions.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/news/0035417-cusu-budget-threatens-17-year-tcs-print-legacy.html|title=CUSU budget threatens 17-year TCS print legacy|date=2016-04-21|access-date=2016-08-12}} Sections of an internal letter, leaked to Varsity, said that CUSU had ended up in a "difficult situation" financially, which lead to the need for cuts.{{Cite web|url=http://www.varsity.co.uk/news/10123|title=CUSU cuts threaten TCS print|access-date=2016-08-12}} The budget was ratified at a meeting of CUSU's council on 16 May 2016, bringing TCS's print run to an end.{{Cite web|url=http://www.varsity.co.uk/news/10278|title=End of TCS print edition as CUSU ratifies budget|access-date=2016-08-12}} Despite enjoying a brief fortnightly reappearance in print following widespread negative coverage of its student union publisher over the issue,{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/cambridge-students-union-urged-to-rethink-possible-closure-of-award-winning-newspaper-a6996361.html |title=Cambridge students' union urged to rethink possible closure of award-winning newspaper |website=Independent.co.uk }}{{Cite web|url=https://thetab.com/uk/cambridge/2016/04/22/74328-74328 |title=17-year print run of The Cambridge Student under threat after "frankly disgusting" CUSU cuts }} in October 2018 the print run of TCS was confirmed to have been ended,{{Cite web|url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/16201 |title=The Cambridge Student goes online-only, quietly ending 19-year print run }} following ongoing reports of huge losses incurred by Cambridge University Students' Union over a number of years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/12836|title=How CUSU lost about £300,000 in three years }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/14474 |title=New tensions over TCS as CUSU claims paper is facing 'significant' losses }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/13406|title=Trustees' report confirms CUSU losses, skirts over past difficulties}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/15585|title=Financial inquiry report bashes CUSU over communication failings}}