Interested in working in the games industry?
On Wednesday 20th April, Anglia Ruskin University will be hosting a programme of talks on working in the games industry.
Want to make your cultural institution world-beating? Ask Becky Schutt
Should theatre audiences stay silent? Must art galleries be housed in impressive architecture? The arts often come with unwritten rules, but Becky Schutt of Cambridge Judge Business School has spent her career questioning them.
Pure raises over £1,000 for East Anglian Air Ambulance by tackling Only the Brave
A team from Pure Resourcing Solutions has raised over £1,000 for the East Anglian Air Ambulance by tackling the Only the Brave charity obstacle race on Sunday (20th March).
New gender pay gap reporting obligations on employers
From 2018 the government will be introducing compulsory reporting for private and voluntary sector employers in the UK employing 250 or more employees. The new regulation will have a significant impact on private sector companies, but what does this actually mean for employers? Taylor Vinters explains.
The magic of leadership: one man’s leap into the unknown
The CEO of AstraZeneca, Pascal Soriot, explains how he went from banlieue to boardroom.
Cambridge conference to discuss latest developments in the MISRA-C coding standard
A conference workshop next month will explain how, due to the IoT, the MISRA-C standard initially targeted safety, but is now also looking at security.
Spectral Edge announces successful £1.5m funding round
Spectral Edge today announced the successful completion of an oversubscribed £1.5 million second funding round. New lead investors IQ Capital and Parkwalk Advisors, along with angel investors from Cambridge Angels, Wren Capital, Cambridge Capital Group and Martlet, the Marshall of Cambridge Corporate Angel investment fund, join the Rainbow Seed Fund/Midven and Iceni in backing the company.
Cambridge Index advances 2.1%
The Cambridge index gained 2.1% or 344.1 points to end at 17,062.7, as index heavyweights such as ARM Holdings and Johnson Matthey posted weekly gains.
Enter the Astro Pi competition
British ESA astronaut Tim Peake wants students to compose music in Sonic Pi for him to listen to. You have until 12 noon on Thursday 31st March to submit your Sonic Pi tunes and MP3 player code.
1,000 Guineas pitching prize for region's entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs, start-ups and innovators from across Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire are being invited to apply to take part in the Fast and Furious pitch off at Venturefest East on 24th May at Newmarket Racecourse.
WaveFX films at 'Motown the Musical' London launch event
The West End production of Motown the Musical opened this month at the Shaftesbury Theatre, featuring the music and lyrics from the legendary Motown catalogue and book by Motown founder Berry Gordy.
New Xaar 1003 raises the bar for industrial printing
Xaar, the world leader in industrial inkjet technology, is pleased to announce the launch of the Xaar 1003 family of printheads which sets a new benchmark for industrial inkjet printing.
Lauterbach offers multi-architecture debug solution
New support in Lauterbach TRACE32® tools makes it easy to debug designs combining MIPS and ARM® CPUs.
World first as 3,000-year-old Chinese oracle bones go 3D
The earliest-known example of Chinese writing – written more than 3,000 years ago on the bones of an ox – has become the world’s first Chinese oracle bone to be scanned and printed in 3D.
Voyage Manager is now a multi-lingual platform
Voyage Manager – a highly versatile travel tracking, reporting, and monitoring system – is building on its reputation as the most customisable travel tracking software available by announcing today that the platform is now available in Japanese.
Hewitsons successfully opposes the grant of a new business tenancy
Hewitsons’ Property Litigation Team has helped to secure a County Court victory for joint landlords.
New exercise and play facilities get the go ahead at Great Kneighton Country Park
Plans for the second phase of the 120-acre Country Park at the multi award-winning Great Kneighton development in Trumpington have been approved by Cambridge City Council.
Cambridge Live announces artists for Syd Barrett public art project
Cambridge Live has announced the details of the artists who will create a piece of public art to commemorate the life of Pink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett that will be displayed at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, the location of his final live concerts.
Local MP gets physical with computing and meets Jnfr the Robot
MP Daniel Zeichner, visited the Cambridge Centre for Computing History, the city’s newest museum, recently.
Event focuses on how to cope with living in the digital age
Beyond Balance, a one-day event focusing on how digital technology affects our work, our homes and everything in between, will take place in London on Monday, 27 June.
Intelligent Optimisations see financial savings after just two months of using Money Mover
Marketing technology company, Intelligent Optimisations, predicts future savings of tens of thousands of pounds by using Money Mover.
The new world of work – how flexible and part-time working are becoming the norm
Are you a SME intrigued to learn more about how to harness the right talent for growth? Come along to a Cambridge Network breakfast networking event next month with Sara Hill, founder of Capability Jane and the Job Share Project.
Field Pathogenomics a defence against rust and other 'cereal killers'
Leading scientists discuss rust prediction and prevention at forthcoming Agri-Tech East event.
Lights! Camera! Play! New exhibition explores the crossover between videogames and cinema
A new gaming exhibition will open at the Cambridge Centre for Computing History on Saturday (26th March). Lights! Camera! Play! will showcase how games and cinema have influenced one another from the 70s to the present day through displays of objects, playable games, and more.
Ten years of Twitter
On this day 10 years ago, software developer Jack Dorsey (@Jack) typed out a simple message. He only had 140 characters to work with and the words “just setting up my twttr” shortly appeared on the website which we now recognize as Twitter. As Twitter turns 10, Thales e-security looks at the changes to Twitter and other social media sites, the introduction of the 'social media buy button' and how…