Business news, features and ideas from across the University of Cambridge

A bit fuzzy: Insight from Cambridge Judge Business School

Vague versus specific: when it comes to communicating with direct reports, senior leaders shouldn’t always seek greater specificity, says Dr Jeremy Hutchison-Krupat

UK government backs Cambridge and Microsoft mission to build better AI

A five-year partnership between Microsoft and Cambridge that will strive to make AI smarter, easier to create and useful to more people has been awarded government funding as part of its ‘Prosperity Partnerships’ scheme.

£72 million secured to boost construction

The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) at the University of Cambridge has cemented their alliance with the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) and the Building Research Establishment (BRE) to transform UK infrastructure.

Rapid COVID-19 diagnostic test developed by Cambridge team to be deployed in hospitals

A new rapid diagnostic test for COVID-19, developed by a University of Cambridge spinout company and capable of diagnosing the infection in under 90 minutes, is being deployed at Cambridge hospitals, ahead of being launched in hospitals nationwide.

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Two new initiatives to boost economic value from university research

Research England has awarded two grants, totalling £1.5 million, to support programmes working to increase the economic value and social impacts from university research, both in the UK and internationally. The funds will be administered by the University of Cambridge.

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