Cambridge TV School launches short courses for Cambridge Network members
A series of short courses specifically to support Cambridge Network Members starts this month. From improving your technical skills to helping senior management and experts develop an idea for presentation on TV, Cambridge TV School's courses are practical and effective. And you stand a great chance of seeing your work broadcast on Cambridge TV.
Young entrepreneurs help to stem decline of British high street
‘Boarded up Britain’ could be a thing of the past if town planners removed barriers preventing young people from starting new high street businesses, according to The Carnegie UK Trust.
Seven utterly brilliant benefits of reverse mentoring
The team at Pure Resourcing Solutions are big believers in the power of mentoring. In fact, they recommend and include mentoring on their Women’s Leadership Programme, to help more women find executive jobs in the East of England.
Ubisense survey: nearly 85% of manufacturers cite worker error for quality control issues
Ubisense reveals findings of its 2014 Smart Manufacturing Technologies Survey.
Light and Landis+Gyr unveil largest smart grid partnership in South America
R$ 750 million contract will improve the efficiency and reliability of the Rio de Janeiro state grid.
Cambridge Filmworks celebrates the life of Tony Benn - ‘The most dangerous man in Britain’
Cambridge Filmworks are booking their tickets for the feature-length documentary Will and Testament about the late politician and diarist Tony Benn, which is on general release in cinemas this week. The film - which features unique footage shot by Cambridge Filmworks - has been widely praised by the media as being ‘an exclusive and deeply personal look at the life of one of our country's national…
First Fellows named at Centre for Social Innovation
The new Centre for Social Innovation at Cambridge Judge Business School has named its first 10 Fellows, a group that will form an advisory board and work with faculty on practitioner-focused research.
Success For Managers Tip #87: How assertive are you? Take the quiz
Sometimes it’s difficult to know if you’re being aggressive or just direct and honest; passive or just non-confrontational, encouraging and tactful. How do you know if you’re steering that middle assertive line?
Sepura launches revolutionary all-weather controller speaker microphone - ULTRA CSM
Sepura announces the launch of the ground-breaking controller speaker microphone, the latest IP67 rated TETRA accessory to join Sepura’s comprehensive portfolio of digital radio products.
Understanding the bushmeat market: why do people risk infection from bat meat?
Ebola, as with many emerging infections, is likely to have arisen due to man’s interaction with wild animals – most likely the practice of hunting and eating wild meat known as ‘bushmeat’.
Hybrid materials could smash the solar efficiency ceiling
A new method for transferring energy from organic to inorganic semiconductors could boost the efficiency of widely used inorganic solar cells.
Price gap between more and less healthy foods grows
Novel use of UK national data finds a growing gap between the prices of more and less healthy foods between 2002 and 2012. Healthy foods in 2012 were three times more expensive per calorie than less healthy foods.
ZEISS participates in the US BRAIN initiative
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced its first research grants through President Barack Obama's BRAIN Initiative.
Workshop aims to develop a roadmap for training clinicians in bioinformatics
The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) recently hosted a ‘Bioinformatics for Clinicians’ workshop to create a science roadmap for the development of bioinformatics training for a clinical audience.
Finance: How will the new EU accounting directive affect your company?
The new EU simplified accounting regime will soon become part of UK law, but what will this mean for British SMEs? Santander's Breakthrough Business Editor Trevor Clawson summarises what you need to know.
Large UK/USA study provides evidence that Group Nature Walks enhance mental wellbeing
These are common suggestions to remedy the effects of stress: You just need a breath of fresh air. Walk it off. Get out and see people. It turns out that all those things combined may in fact make you feel better - a lot better - a new large scale study suggests[1].
United Life Sciences to advance UK bioscience and publish UK Life Sciences Manifesto
Four leading life science membership organisations, the BioIndustry Association (BIA), Bionow, BioPartner and One Nucleus (ON) announce the formation of United Life Sciences, a strategic partnership representing over 1000 life science and healthcare members across the UK and internationally. The aim of the partnership is to work together on a range of matters that directly benefit members and the…
Dolomite and Lab on a Chip launch Productizing Science® Competition 2015
Dolomite, a pioneering microfluidics specialist, and Lab on a Chip are challenging entrepreneurial researchers, scientists and engineers to enter the Productizing Science Competition 2015, proposing novel, microfluidics-based concepts with commercial potential.
Join CambridgePPF for guided walk, AGM and architectural talk
Join Cambridge Past Present & Future (CambridgePPF) next Wednesday (15th October) for an informative evening at Michaelhouse Café on Trinity Street in Cambridge. This year, the charity’s AGM will begin at 5:30pm with a guided walk around the city centre kindly led by Conservation Officers from Cambridge City Council.
ECM Cambridge student prize 2014 is awarded
Cambridge-based ECM, the UK's high-tech recruitment experts in placing finding top jobs for high-flying, high-tech candidates, congratulates Ian Orton on winning the ECM Cambridge Student Prize 2014 for the most outstanding Computer Science student in Part II (the third year) of the course. Ian is a student at Churchill College.
Five golden rules for performance reviews
It's that time of year again when managers and their staff are preparing for performance reviews and appraisals. If done well, it's a tremendous opportunity to build engagement, generate fresh energy, and position the organisation for growth and innovation, writes RiverRhee Consulting in its latest Newsletter (Sept-Oct 2014).
Birketts completes £250K seed investment on behalf of Cumulus Energy Storage Limited
Birketts, the corporate and commercial regional law firm of the year (The Legal 500 UK Awards 2014), has advised Cumulus Energy Storage Limited (CES) on its first round of seed investors.
Disrupting the status quo in biotech - BioBeat14 encourages new thinking in the sector
Biotechology has shaken up the business environment, creating new ways of thinking and a model for open innovation that is being adopted by other industries, according to Miranda Weston-Smith, speaking ahead of BioBeat14 at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, on 23rd October 2014.
Back to school for Mobas on BIMA’s D-Day
A team from creative agency Mobas headed to Long Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge yesterday (Weds) as part of D-Day, a UK-wide initiative to encourage young people to consider careers in digital marketing.
Adapt and survive: how conservation and animal psychology can work together
Researchers are calling for animal cognition experts and conservationists to come together to help animals adapt their behaviour to changing environmental issues and aid their own preservation.