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Meningococcal Meningitis outbreak in France
The Travel Clinic Ltd, Cambridge recently blogged about Meningitis but there has been a recent development.
Diamond Jubilee service to unite Town and Gown
There will be a special Service of Thanksgiving for the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen, to be held at Great St Mary's Church on Sunday 3 June at 3pm.
Cambridge academics head for Hay
Cambridge is fielding a series of talks and debates by leading academics on a range of global challenges at this year's Hay literary Festival.
Winds of change for pollution sensing
A new system of pollution sensing, currently being tested at Heathrow Airport, could revolutionise monitoring air quality and predicting its health impacts.
CPL recruits Richard Walters to lead media sales
Advertising sales expert Richard Walters has joined Cambridge editorial and design agency CPL as head of media sales. Richard, who has held senior management roles at London media sales agencies including Mongoose Media and Ten Alps, has been recruited to develop CPL’s portfolio of services. It means CPL can provide a full commercial service to clients – for example, by selling sponsorship and…
Top technician bags £500
A former student of CITB-ConstructionSkills at Bircham Newton, Norfolk and the College of West Anglia has been judged ‘Best Institution of Civil Engineers Technician Candidate’.
Diamond Jubilee Beacon: Guided walk at Coton Countryside Reserve
Join the Cambridge Past, Present & Future (CambridgePPF) team as they light a beacon on Red Meadow Hill at the Coton Countryside Reserve in celebration of Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Monday 4th June – 9.30pm to 10.30pm
Strategies for small business growth
In today’s challenging business environment, it is increasingly difficult for small business owners and executives to focus on long-term business strategies, growth, and opportunities when dealing with imminent organizational crises. Regardless of industry or size, every business has a peculiar challenge, and there is no single dosage of “get-well-quick” prescription that fits all.
100-year-old takes to the skies for the first time
Most people gain their first experience of flight at a relatively young age, but for John Archer of Thurlow a first flight in an aeroplane was just an exciting way of celebrating his 100th Birthday!
New school bus for the East of England
Anglia Ruskin University’s big green roadshow bus will be offering advice and guidance about Higher Education to school pupils in the East of England when it hits the road this summer.
Ware Anthony Rust boosts team with appointment of big name Chairman
Ware Anthony Rust (WAR), the Cambridge based brand communications agency, has boosted its team with the appointment of revered ad man John Wringe as Non-Executive Chairman.
Global Regulatory Services joins Parliamentary and Scientific Committee
Global Regulatory Services (GRS) has become a member of the prestigious Parliamentary and Scientific Committee. The parliamentary group focuses on scientific and technological issues, providing a long-term liaison between parliamentarians and scientific bodies, science-based industry and the academic world.
Anglia Ruskin targets success in Thelmas
Anglia Ruskin University is celebrating after securing two nominations in the prestigious Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards – the Thelmas!
Earthquakes without frontiers
Understanding the threat posed by unanticipated earthquakes in continental interiors is the focus of a new study led by the University of Cambridge.
Coaching: An evolution revolution
Effective coaching interventions can help individuals and organisations to manage acceleration in the pace of life at work and at home - often turning it to their advantage, writes Oxbridge Coaching.
RiffStream#Cambridge: CfEL is striking a chord with creative innovators
The Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (CfEL) is supporting entrepreneurs and SME business leaders in the creative industries through an event in Cambridge called ‘Concept to Customer: Connecting Partners & Catalysing Investment’ on 7th June 2012. It is the first in a series of experimental events based on the new RiffStream# methodology for accelerating business creation developed by technology…
Turner Prize 2012 nominee to be resident at Wysing Arts Centre this summer
The Mirror, the second of Wysing Arts Centre’s series of artists’ residencies for 2012, is to include Turner Prize nominee Elizabeth Price, and invites contributions from individuals, experts and hobbyists.
Performance CoMentoring
Performance CoMentoring is a way of enhancing management performance through the use of a focussed performance framework complimentented by support from those who hold, or have held a similar responsibility.
Voyage Manager partners with Findwhere
Voyage Manager Ltd, a technology company that specialises in travel monitoring and tracking solutions, has recently announced its partnership with FindWhere; a company that provides location tracking of Windows Mobile, Android, Blackberry, iPhone and Symbian based phones.
£80 million start-up loans for new businesses
An £82.5 million StartUp Loan scheme has been launched this week that will give our next generation of entrepreneurs the finance and support to potentially start over 30,000 new businesses, in a move to boost enterprise and economic growth.
IoD welcomes launch of young entrepreneur StartUp Loans
The Institute of Directors (IoD) has welcomed the launch of the new StartUp loan scheme for young entrepreneurs**, a proposal which the IoD helped to champion as part of the National Youth Enterprise Working Group.
New Institute of Fundraising website by netXtra scoops top honour at MemCom Awards
The Institute of Fundraising (IoF) has taken top honour in the ‘Website of the Year’ category at this year’s MemCom Awards – a website developed, integrated and launched by membership and not-for-profit online communications experts netXtra.
Waste regulations to be simplified following environmental Red Tape Challenge
The Government's review of environmental legislation, part of the Red Tape Challenge that aims to reduce the administrative burden on businesses, looks set to curb a range of waste management-related regulations.
Focus on Power: TEM00 goes 800mW
Eagleyard Photonics, a leading supplier of semiconductor laser diodes, has announced the release of a new, high-power laser diode with single mode output.
Xtendwave chooses EnSilica processor for receiver IC for atomic clock signal
EnSilica has announced that Xtendwave has licensed its high-performance eSi-3200 32-bit processor core to power Everset™, Xtendwave’s time code receiver solution for the next-generation WWVB atomic timekeeping signal.