New OU Vice-Chancellor calls for action on part-time study
The incoming Vice-Chancellor of The Open University, Peter Horrocks, has used his first address since his appointment to make a direct appeal to politicians to tackle a decline in the number of people studying part time.
Citrix offers customers the key to securing their confidential information
Citrix today announced it is simplifying the way sensitive documents are shared.
'Town and Gown' kicks off with quantum computing debate
A new 'Town and Gown' series of events organised by Cambridge Judge Business School kicked off this week with a debate on quantum computing at the Cambridge Union Society, featuring introductory remarks from University of Cambridge physicist Professor Stephen Hawking, author of A Brief History of Time.
MedImmune and Juno Therapeutics announce immuno-oncology clinical trial collaboration
MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, and Juno Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on re-engaging the body's immune system to revolutionise the treatment of cancer, announced today that they have entered into a new collaboration.
Timetabling team on schedule for national award
The timetabling and rooming team at Anglia Ruskin University has been nominated for a prestigious national award.
Quotient Clinical completes innovative first-in-human programme
Quotient Clinical, the Translational Pharmaceutics® Company, has announced the publication of results from an Enabled-First-in-Human (Enabled-FIH) programme.
iNebula and Eurotech team up to create iNebula Connect for smart objects
Eurotech and iNebula announce the industry’s first cloud service to offer a distributed and secure platform to support smart objects, collecting, storing and distributing data.
Food prices can predict riots – new study
New research by Anglia Ruskin University shows how increases in food prices can be used to predict rioting and domestic conflict across the world.
Undo exhibits Linux and Android reversible debugging tools at conference
Undo - which this week announced a successful new funding round - will be available to discuss and explain its Linux and Android reversible debugging tools at the UK Device Developers’ Conference next month.
Silver anniversary for Cambridge Building Society Chief Executive Stephen
The Chief Executive of The Cambridge Building Society has marked a quarter of a century with the organisation and over that time has seen a lot of changes – not least the introduction of computers and email.
Cambridge Intelligence, whose founder attended JBS Ignite programme, wins Queen's Award
Cambridge Intelligence, which helps solve some of the world’s most complex data visualisation challenges, has been honoured with the coveted Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category. Founder Dr Joe Parry is an alumnus of Cambridge Judge Business School’s Ignite programme.
Cloud Health launches full service capacity of the Illumina HiSeq X Ten sequencing system
Cloud Health will promote the application of genetic sequencing technologies for both public health and clinical research within China, using the most powerful whole-genome sequencing platform in the world.
Horizon Discovery and Transgenomic sign OEM agreement
Under a new agreement, Horizon Discovery is to provide human genomic reference standards to assure the quality and performance of Transgenomic’s Multiplexed ICE COLD-PCR kits.
Citrix provides end-to-end security for apps and data with Common Criteria Certification
Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6 are the only app and desktop virtualization solutions with Common Criteria Certification and native FIPS 140-2 Compliance.
Leader in Russian metallurgy and mining market standardises on AVEVA for 3D design
A leading Russian design institute has adopted AVEVA Everything3D and AVEVA Bocad software.
London and South entrepreneurs create 32,000 jobs and turn over £2.8 billion
With a combined workforce of over 32,000 and turnover of over £2.8billion, some of the most inspiring businesses in the London and South region have been shortlisted in EY’s Entrepreneur Of The Year programme 2015.
Thales wins 2015 InfoSecurity Products Guide Global Excellence Award with Qube Cinema
Thales, leader in critical information systems and cybersecurity, announces it has won the silver award for Best Deployment and Case Study in InfoSecurity Products Guide Global Excellence Awards with its protection of a digital cinema distribution system for Qube Cinema.
World's most comprehensive Rupert Brooke collection announced by King's College
On the centenary of the death of Rupert Brooke today, King’s College announces the acquisition of a major collection of materials relating to one of the nation’s best-loved poets. The collection will join the existing Rupert Brooke archive at King’s to make the world’s leading resource.
UK retail startup Metail goes global with Dafiti deal in Brazil
Cambridge, London and Singapore based fashion technology company Metail has announced a contract with the largest e-commerce business in Brazil – Dafiti - and has now set its sights on the fashion e-commerce market in Asia.
Conference explores Linux for high performance embedded systems
This year's UK Device Developers' Conference will include a half-day technical workshop titled "Developing and Debugging Linux for High Performance Embedded Systems".
Thomas Paine Study Centre (TPSC) in the top 10%
The rhp designed Thomas Paine Study Centre (TPSC) provides teaching and exhibition space for the University of East Anglia.
OU Business School invites Milton Keynes business leaders to attend Briefing Breakfast
Making sense of climate change: the role of personal values in understanding business engagement.
AIM develops unique autonomous lighting control
AIM Altitude today announces that it has developed a pioneering autonomous lighting control device. The main application of the autonomous lighting dimmer (ALD) is for use in first and business class areas to enable feature lighting to be automatically dimmed to match the cabin environment, without any connection to either the aircraft IFE system or the aircraft cabin mood lighting system.
New centre for biodiversity conservation named after Sir David Attenborough
An iconic building in the centre of Cambridge has been named the David Attenborough Building, in honour of Sir David’s pioneering work in bringing the wonders of our natural world to our screens.
Hi-tech developers' workshops offered at discount rates for Cambridge Network members
Half-day technical workshops at the Cambridge embedded systems and realtime software conference next month are available at a special discounted rate for Cambridge Network members.