PIER chief joins National Crime Agency board
Anglia Ruskin University’s Nick Alston CBE is appointed as non-executive director of the National Crime Agency.
Help older people avoid hospital
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) is urging communities and carers to help older people avoid the need to visit hospital.
AVEVA and Microsoft deliver new technology workshops for oil and gas leaders
AVEVA and Microsoft will deliver a series of workshops at the Microsoft Technology Centre in Dubai, showing the region’s Oil & Gas leaders how software can power operational excellence through collaborative 3D visualisation.
Five things I hate about social media
Quite an evocative title coming from the person who’s been introduced to the agency as the ‘social guru’.
Frontier IP acquires 20% stake in University of Cambridge spin-out Tarsis Technology
Frontier IP, which specialises in the commercialisation of intellectual property, is pleased to announce that it has received a 20% stake in Tarsis Technology Limited (Tarsis), the Group’s third spin-out from the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge.
Fitzwilliam Museum announces 2017 business partners
The Fitzwilliam Museum announces today the businesses which are supporting the museum through sponsorship in 2017.
Devolution deal to be set in motion at first official meeting
Following the decision by councils in the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough region to accept plans for Devolution, the team tasked with pushing the deal forward will meet for the first time next week (Wednesday 14 December).
£5 million to tackle social and economic disadvantage across the region
A new £5 million fund has been launched to help people struggling with a lack of skills, poverty and worklessness in the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough area.
Learn how to create an effective video and get your message out
Nothing is more important than ensuring your business reputation is of the highest standing. But given current multimedia requests where the press turns up with not just a notebook but a video camera, are you confident at video presentation? These days it is important to have the ability to handle a video interview effectively and show your organisation in the best possible light.
Thales releases new capabilities for data security platform
Thales' Vormetric Data Security Platform expansion includes patented, non-disruptive encryption deployment and advanced Docker encryption.
Inspirational former students take the plaudits
Inspirational former Anglia Ruskin University students from fields as diverse as health, business, and television have been celebrated by their alma mater at its inaugural alumni awards ceremony.
‘Girls’ Night In’ event raises £118 for Cambridge charity
A ‘Girls’ Night In’ charity event, hosted by professional recruitment consultants Pure at its Cambridge office, has raised £118 for local charity STARS.
Anglia Ruskin’s teaching excellence is recognised
Anglia Ruskin University is celebrating after the Higher Education Academy (HEA) named Dr Mark J P Kerrigan as a National Teaching Fellow and shortlisted the Lord Ashcroft International Business School for the new Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE).
Solicitor sworn in as new Honorary Consul for the Netherlands in Norwich
Solicitor Andrew D K Wood, who is based in Norwich, was yesterday today sworn in by Dutch Ambassador to the UK Simon Smits as the new Honorary Consul for the Kingdom of the Netherlands for Norwich, with responsibility for the counties of Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.
Riverbed study: 70% of UK wants to engage with government through digital services
Riverbed study finds 70% of UK wants to engage with government through digital services but 45% think public sector digital services need improvement.
Book outlines the remarkable factors that influence shoppers
A new book edited by Anglia Ruskin academics looks at the psychology of consumer behaviour.
Nokia and The Humanitarian Cooperative use VR to show impact of ongoing refugee crisis
Nokia and The Humanitarian Cooperative use virtual reality to show impact of ongoing refugee crisis through a new lens and to support the efforts of UNHCR.
When girls succeed and women lead - Camfed Tanzania celebrates 10th anniversary
It takes a village to raise a child and it takes a community to educate a girl. This week, the power of rural community partnerships to shape the future of the most marginalized girls was highlighted by Camfed Tanzania during its 10th anniversary AGM. Together with students, alumnae and other stakeholders Camfed celebrated the achievements of its movement for girls’ education and made plans to…
Visualising skin secrets
New technology unlocks the ability to analyse and understand the secrets of our skin.
Qualcomm collaborates with Microsoft to support Windows 10 on Snapdragon processors
At Microsoft’s Windows Hardware Engineering Community event (WinHEC), Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced that they are collaborating with Microsoft Corp. to enable Windows 10 on mobile computing devices powered by next-generation Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ processors, enabling mobile, power efficient, always-connected cellular PC devices.
Endomag’s system demonstrated non-inferior to standard of care for sentinel node detection
Multi-centre trial indicates potential for Endomag’s system to be used as a non-radioactive alternative for sentinel lymph node detection in early stage breast cancer.
CyanConnode expands Scandinavian projects with EON and Landis+Gyr
CyanConnode (AIM: CYAN), the world leader in narrowband RF networks for Omni Internet of Things (IoT) communications, announces a purchase order for a Panmesh smart metering pilot project in Sweden from E.ON as well as a new order worth EUR230,000 from Landis+Gyr for a project in Finland.
Cambridge’s Gurdon Institute and Stem Cell Institute receive five year funding boost
Two Cambridge institutes have been confirmed as major research centres by biomedical research charity Wellcome, receiving continued support for a further five years. The centres will be co-funded by Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) respectively.
Cambridge academic and MP take up opportunity for 'job swap'
Last week Dr Susanna Mierau, a scientist from the University of Cambridge, swapped her lab bench for the green benches when she joined Daniel Zeichner MP in Parliament.
Multi-award winning international estate agents offer support to the Cambridge ROAR
The Cambridge ROAR Festival is delighted to announce that the Cambridge arm of the multi-award winning international real estate agents, Fine & Country, have pledged to support the ROAR as an event partner in 2017.