Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Mayor meets housing minister
Meeting Mayor James Palmer during her visit to Cambridgeshire today (Monday), housing minister Esther McVey said she believed that successful development demanded that infrastructure be put into place before the homes themselves were built.
Tame your computer - what a to-do!
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she explains how to display your To-Do list for the week ahead (Microsoft Outlook)...
New look Chamber drives to inspire success!
Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce unveils new branding, website and membership portal to elevate awareness of its business support services, events and training programmes.
Cambridge celebrates pedal power at charity’s cycling carnival
Nearly 100 people joined the cycle parade around Cambridge for Camcycle’s Cargo Carnival on Saturday (21 September) and hundreds more enjoyed the festival atmosphere on Lammas Land during the afternoon. The sun was shining with lots of cargo bikes to test out and stalls to explore as part of the month-long Cambridge Festival of Cycling.
Babel: Saudi National Day 2019
Saudi National Day is celebrated today (September 23) to commemorate the renaming of the Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz to Saudi Arabia by a royal decree from King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud in 1932. In 2005 King Abdullah acknowledged that Saudi National Day became an official holiday in the kingdom.
UKRI launches Citizen Science Exploration Grants
UK Research and innovation (UKRI) is launching a new £400,000 funding call to encourage researchers and innovators to experiment with citizen science.
Accelerate@Babraham attracts additional sponsorship to boost innovation in Cambridge life science cluster
LifeArc joins AstraZeneca in providing funding towards the continued development of the Babraham Research Campus’ Accelerate@Babraham initiative, which aims to nurture the development of early-stage science concepts and new life science companies.
Ely Cathedral illuminated orange as Alzheimer’s Research UK puts dementia awareness in the spotlight
Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) teamed up with Ely to illuminate the iconic Ely Cathedral in orange on Saturday (21 September), to shine a light on its #ShareTheOrange dementia awareness campaign, as part of World Alzheimer’s month.
Open day is insight into hospital careers
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is writing to schools across the county as part of an ongoing campaign to recruit and grow its own talent.
Darktrace named to Forbes Cloud 100 for second consecutive year
Darktrace, the world’s leading cyber AI company, has been named to the 2019 Forbes Cloud 100 for the second year in a row. The definitive ranking of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world, the list is published annually by Forbes in partnership with Bessemer Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures.
Learn how to edit your video: a Cambridge TV training event
Join Cambridge TV for a one day masterclass and learn how to edit out umms, create a story, have interesting things to watch, and keep the viewer's attention.
New journal aims to tackle biggest problems in scholarly communication
A new journal from Cambridge University Press will take a radical new approach to both publishing and peer reviewing research.
Birketts announces Senior Associate appointment
Leading East Anglian law firm, Birketts, has announced the appointment of Frances Godden as a Senior Associate in its highly regarded Charities and Social Enterprise Team. She is based in Birketts’ Norwich office, but will support colleagues across all four offices in Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich and Norwich.
Taking the fear out of feedback
Feedback can be hard to give, particularly when it's negative. So what's the secret to making it palatable, and not causing an eruption of hurt feelings...?
Students rally for Climate Change and urge people to make small changes to see a big difference
Young people at Cambridge Regional College (CRC) held a rally today (Friday 20) during their lunchtime at their Cambridge and Huntingdon campuses to encourage staff and students to consider making small changes to help reduce climate change.
cofinitive wins ‘Best use of Content’ in the CIPR PRide awards
cofinitive has won the ‘Best use of Content’ Gold award in the CIPR Anglia, Thames and Chiltern PRide Awards, for a stakeholder engagement campaign for key client SmithsonHill. In a glittering awards ceremony at the Guildhall in Cambridge, the cofinitive team was also a finalist in two further categories, ‘Best Regional Campaign’ for #OnetoWatch, and ‘Outstanding Small Public Relations…
US2U Consulting makes a bold step into autumn
US2U Consulting welcomes Associate Consultant Erin Brown to its team.
University Enterprise Zone aims to drive innovation across Cambridge
Cambridge is to establish a University Enterprise Zone as part of a new government initiative announced today by Universities Minister Chris Skidmore.
New Antarctic team announced to run the world’s ‘coolest’ post office and museum alongside 2000 penguins
The United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) is delighted to reveal the new Port Lockroy team who will live and work on the remote island of Port Lockroy off the Antarctic Peninsula during the next Austral Antarctic summer (November 2019 – March 2020).
LGBT+ women face barriers to healthcare
LGBT+ women in the UK face barriers when accessing healthcare, according to a review published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
The Cambridge announces a series of Shared Ownership themed drop in sessions
In support of Shared Ownership week, The Cambridge has announced a series of educational ‘drop in sessions’ hosted by its mortgage experts.
Cambridge Consultants partners with Hitachi Central Research Laboratory to address the global challenge of plastic waste
Cambridge Consultants joins the Kyōsō-no-Mori Partnership Program and will work with Hitachi to investigate the applications and business models for applying synthetic biology to plastic recycling.
Ely Aviation and Carbon 2050 deploy revolutionary new bird diverters in Kosovo by drone!
Cambridgeshire based commercial drone operator Ely Aviation has just completed a mammoth week-long commission with Carbon 2050 in the Southeastern European state of Kosovo.
Babies' gut bacteria affected by delivery method, Baby Biome project shows
Babies born vaginally have different gut bacteria - their microbiome - than those delivered by Caesarean, research has shown. Scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, UCL, the University of Birmingham and their collaborators discovered that whereas vaginally born babies got most of their gut bacteria from their mother, babies born via caesarean did not, and instead had more bacteria…
Cambridge Festival of Ideas examines the current state of gender bias
What’s the real story behind why there are so few women executives in Britain’s top companies? Why are women in danger of being sidelined by the technology revolution? How do we deal with digital violence and hate speech against women? Does it matter how men and women are portrayed in advertising?