Cambridge Marketing College launches the CIM level 7 Marketing Leadership Programme
Cambridge Marketing College launches the CIM’s new Level 7 qualification, the Marketing Leadership Programme, which has been designed specifically for senior marketers to prepare them for their future career.
OpenPlant Fund opens to applications for £5000 grants on plant or cell-free synthetic biology
Thre OpenPlant Fund offers £5000 to support open, interdisciplinary and innovative projects to engineer plant biology. Applications are now open until 1 Dec 2016 for projects led from the University of Cambridge or Norwich Research Park, with external collaborators welcome. For this round, applications focused on cell-free synthetic biology are also encouraged.
Conscious Communications launches Cambridge Games network
Cambridge-based public relations and marketing agency, Conscious Communications, has launched Cambridge Games, a not-for-profit forum to enable teachers to connect with experts in the game development and broader technology industries and gain access to technical support, knowledge, resources and ideas.
Growing with the Tech Corridor
MSF Technologies goes for growth with the Cambridge-Norwich Tech Corridor
Innovations poised to tackle educational inequality
If things don’t change drastically, half of the world’s young people will lack the basic skills they need for work and life.
Scientists ‘plug in’ to circuitry behind sex in male fruit flies
Researchers from the University of Oxford have identified a small neural circuit in male fruit flies that has evolved to allow them to perform the complex mating ritual.
New protein provides critical link between aging and age-dependent disease
The discovery of a novel protein that links aging and age-dependent retinal diseases could lead to potential new treatments for conditions that cause sight loss in later life.
Ben bags the bronze in world championships
Anglia Ruskin University student Ben Karaosman has won a bronze medal at the World Powerlifting Congress in Louisiana, United States, after lifting a combined 552.5kg in the squat, deadlift and bench press.
Deloitte previews the Autumn Statement 2016
Deloitte’s team of tax experts, chief economist, head of infrastructure and public sector leader consider key potential announcements, the economic outlook and the state of public finances ahead of Chancellor Philip Hammond’s first Autumn Statement on 23 November.
Cambridge Design Technology focuses on benefits of PTC Creo Parametric
Last year Cambridge Design Technology wrote an article about its solid partnership with 3D modelling vendor Solidworks. This time the team is trumpeting the benefits of another, but very different, 3D modelling application called PTC Creo Parametric.
The new Cloud strategy smart businesses are adopting
Moving to “the Cloud” is far more of a transition for a business than it initially seems, and it took the IT world a while to get used to the new model of working.
Radical new programme set to boost region's lagging arts engagement
While the creative industries have moved into first place to be the fastest growing economic sector(1) in the UK, large areas of the East of England are in danger of missing out. Parts of the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough area have some of the lowest engagement in the arts: Peterborough and Wisbech are in the bottom 20% of national average and King's Lynn in the bottom 33%.
Reception promotes fintech trade mission to Australia
The UK's Department for International Trade (DIT) has organised an exclusive event to promote its first fintech trade mission to Australia in March 2017.
Strem Chemicals UK offers advanced CTAB free gold nanorods for Life Sciences
Stable, non-toxic gold nanorods lead to much improved biomedical treatment methodologies, as well as a host of other in-vivo applications.
Promotion in Conference Services team at Downing College
Eszter Horwood has been promoted to Conference and Events Co-ordinator at Downing College, after working in the team as Receptionist for the last two years.
Meeting on devolution postponed
Cambridge City Council’s Extraordinary Full Council meeting to discuss devolution proposals, scheduled for today (Tuesday), has been postponed.
AstraZeneca climbs eight positions in Access to Medicine Index
The highest climber in the 2016 Index, AstraZeneca is now ranked seventh overall in providing access to medicine.
Cambridge International Jazz Festival gets into full swing this week
Tomorrow (Wednesday 16th November) sees the launch of the second Cambridge International Jazz Festival, which has more than tripled in size since its inaugural year in 2015.
Earlham Institute receives supercomputing award for wheat research
The Earlham Institute (EI) in Norwich has been recognised in the annual HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards for its high-performance computing bread wheat genome project.
Opportunity to become accredited in personal profiling tool
Clarity4D is offering the opportunity to become accredited in its personal profiling tool for just £1k (+ VAT) with a one-off offer for a workshop delivered from 3rd - 5th January.
Aren’t Christmas cards a bit out of date?
Why is it that in the UK alone 1.5 billion Christmas cards are sent each year? Could it be that this is one printed item that cannot be replaced with electronic media?
Inability to safely store fat increases risk of diabetes and heart disease
A large-scale genetic study has provided strong evidence that the development of insulin resistance – a risk factor for type 2 diabetes and heart attacks and one of the key adverse consequences of obesity – results from the failure to safely store excess fat in the body.
Lauterbach sponsors 2017 Embedded Systems Conference
Debug tool company Lauterbach has agreed to be a lead sponsor of the 2017 UK Device Developers' Conference.
'Little Red' is proving to be a big hit for Bethan
Two talented Anglia Ruskin University graduates make The New York Times top 10.
WaveFX sets new live streaming record with Marvel's Dr Strange
Cambridge based webcasting company WaveFX hit the “What’s Trending” list on Facebook by streaming an interview with Benedict Cumberbatch about his role in Dr Strange, the latest Marvel film.