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Anglia Ruskin apprentices go the extra mile
A group of Anglia Ruskin University apprentices are aiming to raise £15,000 for the Rainbows Hospice in Leicestershire.
Making breakthrough innovation happen
Breakthrough innovation is at the heart of everything Innovia does. Each assignment is tailored through discussion with our client to meet their specific needs and to produce results that can easily be integrated and acted upon. Here are some typical examples of challenges we are asked to address:
Sable& Hawkes identity design is runner up in national awards
Sable& Hawkes is delighted that its work with Mills&Reeve and their thought leadership campaign 'Full Scale Ahead' was runner-up at the MPF Global Awards 2016.
The value of eLearning
The value of eLearning is growing in strength and is becoming a cost effective way of training large amount of employees. It can produce great results by not only decreasing your training costs but also improving performance throughout your organisation.
Headway Cambridgeshire receives generous donation from Ely-Hereward Rotary Club
The Ely-Hereward Rotary Club made a generous donation of £500 to Headway Cambridgeshire at their evening meeting last week. This amount represents part of the proceeds, shared with another local charity, of one of their recent events.
Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists exhibit their work
See the results of a year of digital creativity at Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists’ New Works Exhibition on 23 April in Cambridge.
City Council sets aspiration for zero carbon Cambridge by 2050
Cambridge city councillors are to consider agreeing an aspiration to reduce carbon emissions in Cambridge to zero by 2050, which would contribute to achieving the ambitious international targets agreed by governments at the COP 21 summit* in Paris in December 2015.
Council says government offer not right for Cambridge
Cambridge City Council has responded to a Government devolution plan saying that, while keen for further discussions, it cannot support the current three county devolution proposals tabled in the past fortnight for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.
Advances in undercover growing bring salad to London tunnels
Innovative new approaches to growing produce will be explored at the next Agri-Tech East Pollinator meeting.
Cambridge Science Festival on track for whopping weekend
Cambridge hosts a city-wide celebration of science this weekend with events for all ages, including free lectures, drop-in sessions, and hands-on sessions.
Lines of Thought: Discoveries that Changed the World
Some of the world’s most valuable books and manuscripts – texts which have altered the very fabric of our understanding – go on display in Cambridge this week as Cambridge University Library celebrates its 600th birthday with a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition of its greatest treasures.
Cambridge Ahead launches #CambsNotspotter initiative to help create a hyper-connected city
A new crowdsourcing initiative has been launched which will empower Cambridge employees and residents to help provide the city and its surrounding areas with a future-proof connectivity infrastructure.
Mission to Mars prepares for blast off
On Monday (14 March), Britain is heading back to Mars to look for signs of life.
Disruptive technologies: picking winners
Disruptive technologies arise from competitive innovation, argues The Scientific Alliance.
‘Good’ cholesterol doesn’t always lower heart attack risk
Some people with high levels of ‘good’ high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) are at increased risk of coronary heart disease, contrary to earlier evidence that people with more HDL-C are usually at lower heart disease risk. This finding comes from an international study involving researchers at the University of Cambridge, funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
Jen embarks on a week-long fundraising walk across the Sahara desert
Jen Little, Practice Recruitment Specialist at the Cambridge office of Pure Resourcing Solutions (Pure) is about to take on the gruelling challenge of walking for a week across the Sahara desert to raise money for the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity (ARHC) in Cambridgeshire.
Strongest single gene conclusively implicated in schizophrenia
An international consortium of researchers, led by a team at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, has discovered conclusive evidence for the involvement of a gene called SETD1A in schizophrenia. Damaging changes to this gene, which occur rarely, increase the risk of schizophrenia 35-fold and also increase risk for a wide range of neurodevelopmental disorders.
Antenova targets 3G mobile data market with small FPC antennas
Antenova Ltd, manufacturer of antennas and RF antenna modules for M2M, is targeting the fast increasing 3G mobile device market with two new flexible printed circuit board antennas for 3G and MIMO.
Raspberry Pi celebrates its birthday: what a party!
Philip Colligan, CEO of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, writes: On Monday 29 February, we celebrated the fourth (or first) birthday of the Raspberry Pi computer by giving a little gift to the community in the form of the Raspberry Pi 3. A lot more power, with built in wireless LAN and Bluetooth, for the same great price of $35.
How to integrate new recruits into a multigenerational workforce
As we move into an era where it will be increasingly common to find up to five different generations of people working alongside each other, Pure Resourcing Solutions has compiled some tips to help employers successfully integrate new recruits into a multigenerational workforce.
Cambridge Regional College opens its doors for University Science Festival
Young scientists and engineers had a go at chemistry experiments, practical engineering and model car-building when Cambridge Regional College opened its doors for the Science Festival.
Maplesoft and Instructure team up to allow easy integration of Canvas and Maple TA
Maplesoft today announced a Certified Partnership with Instructure, a leading software-as-a-service technology company and designer of the Canvas learning management system.
Professor joins ranks of social science elite
An Anglia Ruskin University Professor has been rewarded for his contribution to social sciences with a fellowship of an influential academy.
Dreaming big with biomimetics: could future buildings be made with bone and eggshells?
Dr Michelle Oyen, Reader in Bioengineering for Cambridge University Department of Engineering's Biomechanics Group, explores how researchers are looking for ways to make new materials inspired by nature.
St John’s is first Oxbridge college with Two Star ‘Food Made Good’ sustainability rating
A Cambridge College is celebrating being given a prestigious ‘Food Made Good’ Award from the Sustainable Restaurant Association for its catering achievements.