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Maths
An innovative and successful
mathematics
education project at the University of Cambridge is celebrating the relaunch of the UK's largest and most popular maths enrichment resources website.
The
NRICH website
publishes problems, games, challenges and investigations for ages five to 19, designed to enrich mathematics learning and to help pupils develop their mathematical reasoning skills, confidence and understanding. Pupils are encouraged to send in solutions to problems, with a selection of the solutions published on the site.
Plus
is an internet magazine published five times a year which aims to introduce readers to the beauty and the practical applications of mathematics. Whether you want to know how to build a sundial, how to keep your messages safe or what shape the universe is, it's all here.
MOTIVATE
is a real-time videoconferencing project for schools that enables students of all ages (5-18) to work with professional mathematicians, finding out how maths is used in the real world, solving problems and presenting their work.
Science
The groundbreaking online science learning resource,
www.schoolscience.co.uk,
has been designed to make science relevant and demonstrate the application of science in industry and technology, and the many and varied career choices available to young scientists.
The site is free to users. Resources about recent and current scientific issues are tailored for school children and, by describing the basic and cutting edge science being practised in manufacturing and research laboratories around the country, schoolscience hopes to inspire the pursuit of science to a higher level.
The site is entirely funded by sponsorship from industry leaders; in order to maintain its educational integrity and relevance all resources are written and evaluated by teachers with the help of leading scientists.
The
Schlumberger Excellence in Educational Development (SEED) program
connects disadvantaged school children in developing countries to the Internet, shares the real world of science through a multilingual online science center, and facilitates collaborative projects among school children around the world.
The SEED program was created in 1998 in response to information and communication technology needs in developing countries, to the challenges of science education around the world, and in recognition of the resources Schlumberger could provide to help address these challenges.
SEED operates through three program components:
a Connectivity Grant Program offering financing and technical assistance to connect disadvantaged schools in economically developing countries to the Internet,
a multilingual online Science Center that shares the knowledge and expertise of Schlumberger scientists and engineers with 10-18 year olds around the world, and
Collaborative Projects where SEED facilitates collaboration between school children around the world to encourage teamwork and project-based learning
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Member Feedback
Cambridge Network receives regular feedback on the things members like - and don't - about our service. Read some of our members' recent comments below.
Corporate Gateway
Earlier this year you passed our contact details to CVB of P. Research Labs. I am pleased to say we have now been awarded an initial 10-day market research and regulatory strategy pilot study contract. JP 18/04/08
Thank you so much for Monday nights event it was truly stimulating and really served to engage our cultural offer within the wider business and inventing community – I was raving about the flexible screen that will have media content downloaded onto it from anywhere in the world – the news on the go and beyond. HR 24/04/08
Many thanks for the generous invitation to the Cambridge Gateway Gala dinner on Tuesday evening. The food, wine and service were excellent as was the company. It was thoroughly enjoyable and productive. I enjoyed meeting the other technology experts from a wide variety of backgrounds and I hope to further the contacts established. IS 25/04/08
Thank you very much for the excellently organised event and the good time I had in Cambridge. I am very impressed about the entrepreneurial spirit of the people I met in Cambridge. JP 29/04/08
Thanks for organising a very interesting presentation. It was of great value and really got us thinking afterwards. CV 17/03/08
We get invited to many such events, but given our tight technical focus, most events do not bring serious opportunities to our attention. However, Cambridge has an exceptional reputation RM 03/09/08
Cleantech Special Interest Group
Many thanks for the breakfast – it was really interesting. As my first event, I enjoyed it and can see the real value in the Cambridge Network. SS 20/06/08
Many thanks for organising an excellent evening for the clean tech interest group last week. EG 23/11/08
India Open Meeting
Thanks. It was a great, high energy event. Very useful for me. Thanks for all your efforts, BH 30/6/08
I very much enjoyed the India session and thought your panel were excellent. PW 30/6/08
Cafe Networking
Thank you very much for your hospitality last night: it was obviously a very successful event and even in the short time I was there I had the opportunity of meeting some very interesting people. DB 16/12/08
Many thanks for your email, and for your warm welcome yesterday evening. It was a hugely successful event in all sorts of ways, and we are very grateful to have had the opportunity to address such a great number of people. Needless to say, we shall be pleased to arrange representation of TOU in the East of England at the next event planned for 24 February! We look forward to receiving further details nearer to the date. MK 17/12/08
Thanks you so much for the opportunity to speak. I agree that its a great venue for a productive informal gathering. RT 17/12/08
Website
Pay invoice on-line worked fine for me. No problem at all - quick, easy and just the way I'd hope. DB 11/07/08
I very much like the added information I am now seeing in the Newsletter, when I rest over an active link. As you promised, it makes clear whether the link is worth clicking on or not. Thank you! LvS 13/11/08
I have decided not to renew my membership of the Cambridge Network.Primarily, this decision was made because I don't think the website has really done anything to improve the functionality or services available to members since its launch. In an age of news story ranking like Digg embedded audio/video and the various other web 2.0 services dedicated to news, I think it's extremely disappointing that a site such as Cambnet, representing a high-tech area such as Cambridge has been so slow to adopt the internet. Even the RSS feeds don't work properly. There are several features which if you implemented, would vastly improve the overall experience of Cambnet and ultimately make more people use it more often.Please take this as positive feedback.NM 01/04/08
Congratulations - One of the easiest websites - but what else should I expect from Cambridge! WC 1/12/08
I posted 3 jobs on the website, our first experience with the network, and frankly it surpassed all our expectations. All three jobs have now been filled with excellent people, all of whom applied through the network. Apologies for any confusion caused and once again thank you on behalf of myself and colleagues for a sterling and indispensable service. HB 10/12/08
Miscellaneous
Keep up the good work, Cambridge Network is a very important marketing tool for us RS 01/03/08
Peter, had a stunning response from just those few contacts. Most appreciated. PK 12/03/08
Sincere thanks for your out of hours help and support. IB 26/03/08
Not sure how much feedback you get but thought I would offer some. 2 people responded to our CN news article and both are now volunteering with us. It works! JD 23/04/08
I would recommend the Cambridge Network to any organization looking for high levels of positive Media exposure! MS 26/06/08
Thank you for an enjoyable and productive evening. We gained a useful introduction from the session. DH 30/07/08
Almost 12 months ago I contacted you to assist me with loading my CV onto the Cambridge Network. Cambridge Network was a great success as T contacted me where I am now working as Sales Director. RL 9/09/08
Thank you so much for your introduction to IB. I do not know what will happen between the two of us in the future as we have known each other for too short an amount of time. But we had a very productive meeting today, he is interested by the company's future prospects and is kindly helping me draft the business plan. MO 12/09/08
Yesterday I sat next to DC, exactly what I had wanted to do, and he listened intently about my start-up. He invited me to present to the Cambridge Angel's informal session. And then of course you introduced me - personally! - to all the folks at N, and I enjoyed meeting everyone else as well. It was such a pleasant evening and so tremendously useful. MO 7/10/08
I did not have the chance to thank you on the day itself for your efforts in making our opening day a success, thus I would like to do this via this mail. I was very glad to have you as our opening speaker, and your choice of presentation focus to welcome us back to Cambridge with reference to the history has worked extremely well. BT 10/11/08