Cambs rural businesses benefit from additional £4m investment in faster broadband
Businesses in the most rural areas of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are set to benefit from superfast broadband after a successful bid for over £4m government funding by the Connecting Cambridgeshire digital connectivity programme.
Internships can offer fantastic opportunities, but the devil is in the detail
Internships differ considerably, depending on whether they are paid or unpaid and what type of organisation is involved. KISS pays all its interns, but there are still many organisations that don’t.
Public call-out uncovers secret and unknown memorials in the East of England
A stained glass window as a tribute to women and in memory of a beloved wife, sculptures of life in the workhouse, and a playground commemorating a 13 year old black boy shot in South Africa, are among the many memorials nominated by the public in response to a call-out by Historic England to find the secret and lesser-known murals, statues and tributes in the East of England.
Cambridge musician wins national competition to be backed by legendary Nile Rodgers
Local musician, Kyan Kuatois, has been selected from hundreds of talented entrants to win the chance to work with multiple Grammy-winning composer, producer, arranger and guitarist Nile Rodgers, as part of the UK-wide “Backed By” initiative from American Express.
Golden Girls Against Cancer aim to exceed fundraising target
Six of Cambridge’s most influential female figures came together as the Golden Girls Against Cancer (#GGAC) ran, marched and shaved to raise money for cancer charities.
What can Team Sky teach us? 5 tips on media training
With a relatively recent vested interest in cycling, the nation has been become more and more absorbed with the Tour de France, and, in particular, the trials and tribulations of Team Sky.
We met. We learnt. We discovered.
Over 1200 scientists, technicians, speakers and exhibitors descended on the East Midlands Conference Centre at the University of Nottingham in May for the fifth Scientific Laboratory Show and Conference.
TTP plc completes expansion of life sciences lab facility for Desktop Biology programmes
TTP plc completes a dedicated facility, developed in response to increasing demand for product development projects in diagnostics, R&D and bioprocess.
GSI awarded €1.5m to study protected areas
Dr Nikoleta Jones, from Anglia Ruskin University’s Global Sustainability Institute, has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) grant of €1.5million to investigate the social impacts of areas being granted protected status.
Brexit: an increased role for Judicial Review
A collateral effect of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (which received royal assent on 26 June 2018) is that the process of Judicial Review in the English Courts could end up playing a far bigger role on the legal stage than it has ever done before.
Reliance launches new Miniature Actuator
Reliance is pleased to announce the launch of a new product, the RLMA11 – Miniature Actuator, to complement their existing Motorised Actuators range.
Reflection: Formal or informal opportunities
Level Seven's next instalment on Reflection: 'How to be an opportunistic reflector'.
New system can identify drugs to target ‘undruggable’ enzymes critical in many diseases
A new drug discovery system allows scientists to specifically target members of an important family of enzymes, called phosphatases, which were previously considered mostly “undruggable”.
IT Governance Gap Assessment Tool is now specifically tailored for school sector
Efforts to adapt its industry leading products for all sectors continues to gather pace for IT Governance, as it announces an EU GDPR Compliance Gap Assessment Tool specifically tailored for schools.
Celebrating local schools and businesses coming together to ‘Form the Future’
Form the Future CIC invited their biggest supporters from schools and businesses across Cambridgeshire to join them in celebrating the end of a very successful academic year! The summer party was held at the Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology (CAST) and was kicked off with a summary of our impact this year.
Re-imagining church buildings
The Diocese of Ely and Cambridge Judge Business School, with the support of Allchurches Trust and Historic England, launch a three-year project to help communities make fuller use of their historic churches.
Ride for Life raises over £30,000 for EACH
Over £30,000 has been raised for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) by 26 intrepid cyclists who rode 200-plus miles across the region
The Digital Age of Healthcare
Dr Nigel Whittle, Head of Medical & Healthcare here at Plextek featured in ‘Tomorrow’s Care’ magazine this week. He discusses how different technologies are being adapted in many different aspects of care, and how this is reshaping the delivery of care.
Cambridge is one of UK’s top cities to work in 2018
London is internationally renowned as a business centre, particularly for financial services, the creative industry and its appeal to technology firms. However new research reveals that Oxford, Cambridge, and Milton Keynes are on track to becoming the UK’s most innovative and entrepreneurial cities, according to Bidwells.
Healx raises $10m as investors back AI to find rare disease treatments faster
Healx, the Cambridge (UK) technology company developing breakthrough treatments for rare diseases, has announced a $10 million Series A funding round, led by Balderton Capital, Europe’s leading early-stage venture investor. Existing investors, Jonathan Milner and Amadeus Capital Partners also participated in the round.
Schoolboy Matt scales heights in memory of dad
A plucky seven-year-old has scaled the highest peak in Ireland to raise money to help doctors at Addenbrooke’s Hospital research the cancer that took his father’s life.
Team finds Shieldin fight against cancer
A breakthrough by Cambridge academics armed with state-of-the-art gene editing technology could further help clinicians in the battle against cancer.
Cambridge Science Centre is back and looking forward to seeing you!
What's on this summer? Lots of fun activities are happening both in their Cambridge Centre and in communities across East Anglia.
Community Magazines celebrated at The Cambridge’s Annual Awards Ceremony
Monday night was the 19th annual Cambridge Building Society Community Magazine Awards and local editors, publishers and staff from The Cambridge Building Society came together to find out which publications were victorious.
Ashtons launches Wills Year initiative
Regional law firm Ashtons Legal have this month launched their Wills Year initiative where a donation for each Will completed in an entire year will be donated to local charities.