Three new faces on Anglia Ruskin Board
Anglia Ruskin University has welcomed Margaret Wilson, Barbara James and Helen Meixner CMG to its Board of Governors.
Shortlist announced for Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize
Allison Pearson, bestselling novelist, newspaper columnist and commentator, and Dr Chloe Preedy, Cambridge University Lecturer in Renaissance Literature and Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, will award this year's Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize.
The un-Limited Edition
Emerging new digital editions at Cambridge are effecting a sea-change in the nature of the scholarly edition, radicalising access to vital source materials and opening up new possibilities for research.
Academic honour for Professor Dame Ann Dowling
Professor Dame Ann Dowling, Head of the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Imperial College, London.
Institute for Manufacturing hosts 2013 Design Management conference
Following the success of the first Cambridge Academic Design Management Conference (CADMC) in 2011, the 2013 conference will be held on 4 and 5 September at the University Department of Engineering's Institute for Manufacturing in Cambridge.
EnSilica partners with Cross Border Technologies to accelerate sales growth
Cross Border Technologies will represent EnSilica’s IP solutions and design services in Germany, France, Japan and Korea.
e-Go makes its debut
The prototype e-Go aircraft will make its debut at AeroExpo at the end of May. This is at Sywell airfield near Northampton from 31 May until 2 June.
Cognidox launches cloud-based XtraNet customer portal solution
A new cloud-based portal from Cognidox provides the world's first “extranet-as-a-service” capabilities to organisations wanting to offer secure document access to customers.
Presentation tip: keep them in suspense
In this presentation tip, public speaking coach Jon Torrens gives advice on keeping the audience engaged.
CDI gains distinguished peer and human rights activist as patron
The Right Honourable Lord Alton of Liverpool has agreed to assume the position of honorary patron heading our expanding CDI Advisory Board.
Top Translation Tip #5 - What is the subject matter?
The subject matter is just as important as the language when it comes to choosing the right translator, says First Edition Translations.
Excel Lasers appointed as distributor of Medlight medical optical fibres
Excel Lasers Limited has signed an agreement with Medlight of Switzerland to distribute their diffusing optical fibre products in the UK, for use in PhotoDynamic Therapy (PDT) applications in conjunction with the drug Photofrin.
Cambridge industrial designers on podium with Olympic torch
Cambridge industrial design company DesignEdge is a finalist for an award alongside the Olympic torch, Apple, Nike and Google for a product that will improve the effectiveness of the 60 million colonoscopies carried out worldwide each year.
VASCO announces acquisition of Cronto (United Kingdom)
VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (NASDAQ: VDSI), a leading software security company specialising in authentication products and services, announced its acquisition of Cronto, of Cambridge (UK), a provider of secure visual transaction authentication solutions for online banking.
Cambridge helps train businesses to grow
St John’s Innovation Centre is pleased to announce its new portfolio of exciting training support services to help businesses grow. The initiative is being delivered in partnership with First Ascent, a leading global training company, also based in Cambridge.
Experts advocate stronger measures to protect trees and other plants
As the fungus responsible for ash dieback continues to devastate ash tree populations throughout the UK and other threats to the countryside continue to emerge, experts convened by Defra are advocating stronger measures to protect the UK’s trees and plants.
PCB test and debug explored at ‘ElectroTestExpo” - September
PCB test and manufacturing professionals are invited to the UK’s foremost electronic engineering event for PCB test and debug.
Ten years of top tips to help you 'tame your computer'
We all take our computers for granted, but the software we use is capable of so much more – if we only knew how to master it! That's why – back in 2003 – Karen Roem, software training expert, started publishing weekly computer tips. Ten years on, she is still delivering valuable time-saving tricks, hints and shortcuts.
Chinese language learning gets a boost with new partnership
The fast-growing market for teaching Chinese to children strengthens with a new partnership to promote materials for students starting out in the language.
Anglian Innovation Head Kaye seeks innovators at Smart Grids 2013 on 5 June
Steve Kaye, Head of Innovation at Anglian Water, will talk about Anglianʼs constant quest for innovation and how it can link into the new Smart Cities movement at the Smart Grids & Clean Power Conference in Cambridge on June 5. Looking long-term in its 25-year strategy, the company intends to explore the possibilities for collaboration with power companies to deliver a smarter infrastructure.
Artwork Digital offers comfortable way to dance the Carnival night away, with Inca Spyder 320
Artwork Digital, Brazil was commissioned to produce a run of customised, decorated Havaianas (flip-flops) for Carnival. Printed on thick rubber with an 8-color Inca Spyder 320, the sandals were constructed for Fiat as a giveaway for the festive event.
Sales on the agenda at next Breakfast Briefing
Why not get up a little earlier this Thursday (May 23rd) for Cambridge Network's Breakfast Briefing event, exploring sales issues faced by small businesses? Come along to learn from fellow Network members about the selling / buying interaction; get some tips on editing materials for powerful persuasion, and discover how to present yourself confidently.
Don't miss Cloud East this Friday
Cloud East is taking place this Friday (May 24th) at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge. It’s not too late to join 60-plus Cloud, Big Data and NoSQL practitioners with Francine Bennet, who is keynoting the 2nd Cloud East conference. There are still a few tickets left and Cambridge Network members can claim a 10% discount.
LogMeIn and ARM collaborate to accelerate commercial products on the Internet of Things
LogMeIn, Inc.(Nasdaq:LOGM) has announced its collaboration with ARM® to simplify and accelerate commercial development on the Internet of Things (IoT). As part of the agreement, the companies are cooperating on LogMeIn's Xively Jumpstart Kit, a rapid prototyping-to-production bundle that significantly reduces the cost, complexity and learning curve required to bring IoT-based connected products…
LEP offers £1 million to support voluntary and social enterprise
The Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has earmarked £1 million of funding over the next three years to deliver a ground-breaking Prize Challenge Fund scheme, which is officially launched today (Monday 20th May 2013).