[2] TWS aims to "promote constructive and intelligent debate" around the University of Cambridge, and "represents the views of moderate students," offering undergraduates and graduates "the opportunity to become involved with policy conception and analysis with the possibility of genuine impact."

[citation needed] Its work has included a major report on Brexit,[3] which was commissioned by Daniel Zeichner MP and presented in-person at the European Parliament.

[4] For such assignments, members of the society group into committees, which work corporately over a period of weeks or months to produce a research paper.

The 2015 conference, titled 'The Lost Generation', focused on youth disengagement, broken down into three sessions discussing employment, justice and politics.

The 2017 conference was titles "Global Disenchantment", examining the themes of Economic Disillusionment, Violent Extremism, Environmental Inaction and Dysfunction in the International Community, with speakers including Lord Stewart Wood and Brendan Simms.

In June 2010, Lord Wilson of Dinton, former Head of the Home Civil Service, became Chair of the Board of Patrons of the Wilberforce Society.