Your People Potential is back in the classroom
Jacqui Kemp, Director of Your People Potential, is back delivering face to face training for organisations and groups of people who regularly work together.
Cambridge Jazz Festival unveils this year’s digital line up
One of the most popular cultural events in the Cambridge calendar, the Cambridge Jazz Festival, is set to go ahead with a series of online events between 18 and 29 November.
Survey shows majority of firms see response to COVID-19 as an opportunity to build back better
An emerging, positive picture of how businesses will operate following the global pandemic has been revealed in a special survey by CBI/Ipsos MORI published on the eve of the CBI’s Annual Conference.
East of England confidence dips in October, but remains among highest in the UK
Business confidence in the East of England fell three points during October to -8%, according to the latest Business Barometer from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.
Is your CV an autobiography or a best seller?
Standing out in a sky-high pile of job applicants comes down to how you craft your Curriculum Vitae – the book about your career.
Loss function: There is more to DNNs than their architecture
In the world of machine learning, public attention is usually focused on the advent of new deep neural network (DNN) architectures, like when Geoffrey Hinton’s capsule networks promised to bring image recognition one step forward from convolutive networks. However, excitement for new DNN architectures is masking other factors of progress.
Remember loved ones with Arthur Rank Hospice’s Light up a Life film premiere this December
Arthur Rank Hospice Charity invites you to remember and celebrate the people you love on Sunday 6 December 2020, with ‘Light up a life’.
Five ways to create or maintain an innovative culture while working remotely
Following the release of Aalbun’s first Expert Discussion — Promoting Innovation while Working Remotely, the team has extracted five key points that can help you or your company create and maintain an innovative culture.
Break it down to build it up
Facing a big challenge in life and feeling daunted? Here's how to make it manageable, and maybe even enjoyable, writes Simon Hall.
Taylor Wessing announces five UK appointments to partnership for 2020
Taylor Wessing has announced that five of its lawyers in the UK have been promoted to join the partnership with effect from 1 November 2020*.
Accept yourself!
The first step to real confidence is very hard: accepting yourself in all your imperfect glory. This video from Communication Coach (and introverted show-off) Jon Torrens will serve a few tips on tackling this vital process.
PA Consulting continues investment in new talent as it announces record graduate programme for 2021
PA Consulting (PA), the global innovation and transformation consultancy that’s bringing ingenuity to life, has welcomed 90 graduates in Autumn this year and announces the launch of its 2021 graduate scheme this month, with a record planned intake of recruits to the firm.
European Union exit webinars help businesses prepare
The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020 and businesses are being urged to prepare for the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020.
Bumper crop of black holes in new gravitational wave paper
The international research team responsible for detecting gravitational waves has announced 39 new gravitational wave events, bringing the total number of confirmed detections to 50.
£4 million data project to accelerate COVID-19 research
A new multi-million pound research project will help scientists across the UK to access the data they need more easily to help develop potential therapies and treatment for COVID-19.
Study measures effectiveness of different face mask materials when coughing
A team of researchers has tested everything from t-shirts and socks to jeans and vacuum bags to determine what type of mask material is most effective at trapping the ultrafine particles that may contain viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19.
Cambridge Sensotec extends the Rapidox 3100 Multigas Analyser range
Cambridge Sensotec's Rapidox 3100 Multigas Analyser is a single, dual and triple gas instrument providing the usual high Rapidox performance combined with extra features.
Good to great: How to win with continuous improvement
Sporting success stories are often used in business to illustrate how to win. The amazing feat of a small town rugby club, rising from obscurity to becoming Champions of England and Champions of Europe, proves that nothing is impossible. Moreover, there are clear lessons for your business.
Can employers make contact tracing apps obligatory?
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the government’s top scientific advisers have touted contact tracing as one of the best methods of controlling the spread of infection.
AI in energy policy
A paper co-authored by Dr Kamiar Mohaddes, University Senior Lecturer in Economics & Policy at Cambridge Judge Business School, develops a new framework using artificial intelligence to improve energy policy research in the Global South.
How Lilac James helped improve SEO for Cambridge Network
A three-month project results in a 220% increase in search engine visibility for leading business networking organisation.
National Mouse Genetics Network
The Medical Research Council (MRC) is investing more than £20m in a major new network in mouse genetics for disease modelling to accelerate our understanding of human disease and improve diagnosis and treatments.
UKRI invests £88 million in world-class science laboratories
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is investing £88 million to modernise research laboratories and expand our world-leading facilities to equip scientists working on research challenges such as climate change and COVID-19.
GeoSpock joins Tomorrow Street to accelerate next-generation database technology adoption
GeoSpock, the company reinventing how data is analysed, has joined Tomorrow Street, the award-winning Luxembourg-based innovation centre that partners with late-stage startups to scale their technology across the globe.
Cambridge & District pubs feature in CAMRA’s 2021 Good Beer Guide
The 48th edition of CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide, released today (Thursday 29th October), features 4,500 of the best real ale pubs from across the United Kingdom. The entries from CAMRA’s Cambridge & District branch area, selected by branch members, showcase the top 26 local pubs, both city and rural.