Innovative skills and jobs scheme Turning Point beats targets for skills and jobs
A scheme to help those in Peterborough and Fenland into good jobs or training at key periods of change in their lives has exceeded its targets for the number of people helped.
The Cambridge is helping kids’ careers with Maths games
Students from local schools across the county will attend a bespoke learning event highlighting maths-based careers, at The Cambridge Building Society this week.
EdTech trends to watch
Teaching channels and student support have changed massively, not only due to the pandemic. Some of that change was arguably overdue, and much of it is here to stay.
Marshall Skills Academy expands to Canada with “earn as you learn” training programmes
Marshall announces plans to introduce its industry-leading Skills Academy model in Canada and will launch initial suite of apprentice-style “earn as you learn” training programmes later this year to help address the looming skills gap in manufacturing and engineering in the province of New Brunswick.
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4 ways to be authentic at work
Blog by Gemma Brown explores how to be more authentic at work
Economic impact - Cambridge University contributes nearly £30 billion to the UK economy
A report by London Economics has measured the University of Cambridge’s impact on the UK economy in 2020-21.
ARU receives £770k Degree Apprenticeship boost
Anglia Ruskin to expand provision thanks to new funding from Office for Students
New postgraduate courses in Cambridge to enable innovation in the healthcare sector
The Healthcare Innovation Programme is a set of three new successive part-time courses designed to fit with the demands of full-time employment, leading to PgCert, PgDip and Master of Studies qualifi
Eve Waldron designs Lucy Cavendish College café-bar
The café-bar at Lucy Cavendish College is part of an exciting eco-friendly development of a new accommodation block aiming to eliminate the use of fossil fuels. Putting sustainability at the forefront, it is designed to the Passivhaus standard, meeting the RIBA, LETI and UKGBC carbon-zero frameworks.
Charity begins at home - supporting the local community
Brampton based charity Creating Nature’s Corridors is making fantastic progress in smashing its target of planting 10,000 trees and hedges in 2023, with 6,558 due to be in the ground by the end of March across nine locations in the UK.
Climate change illustrations fit for a King
ARU Graduate Aleesha illustrates Ladybird book penned by HRH King Charles.
From food shortages to falling IQs, Cambridge Festival tackles the big issues
How can we make sure food shortages don’t keep happening?
Studio 24 redesigns the website for W3C
Cambridge-based digital agency Studio 24 redesigns the famous industry website w3.org for W3C.
Multiply Roadshow puts free courses to boost maths skills on the map
The Multiply Bus Roadshow toured towns across the region aiming to showcase to the public free courses to help adults improve their maths skills.
ARU scientist to launch interstellar space music
Data sonification expert has US premiere for music based on NASA readings
New leader of ARU’s Faculty of Business and Law
Professor Mohammad Ali takes up senior role at Anglia Ruskin University
Cambridge Regional College students practice the region’s most in-demand skills to boost employability
Cambridge Regional College (CRC) is the first college in Cambridgeshire to recognise the learning and development of soft skills through exclusive digital badges.
£240k to research female veterans’ healthcare needs
ARU receives Government funding to evaluate why support services are underused
ARU shortlisted for four national nursing awards
Anglia Ruskin University projects are in line for Student Nursing Times Awards
Sharing stories changing lives
It Takes a City says...we were guests of University student group.
The Benefits of Business Mentoring
A mentor does not necessarily need to be someone you already know.
New patron as ARU Law Clinic helps 3,000th client
Former judge Lindsay Davies takes formal role supporting legal advice initiative.
St Mary’s ‘Back in the Habit’ with first musical theatre performance since 2019
Students at St Mary’s School in Cambridge made a much-anticipated return to the stage last week, with a stunning four-night run of Sister Act – the school’s first live musical theatre production since 2019.
Astex and Cardiff University Medicines Discovery Institute Announce New Drug Discovery Collaboration on Neurodegenerative Diseases
Astex Pharmaceuticals (UK) (“Astex”), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapeutics for oncology and diseases of the central nervous system and The Medicines Discovery Institute, Cardiff University (“MDI”) announced today that they have e