Creative enterprise

25 October 2005
How can cities and regions become both more enterprising and more creative? Will policies to foster thriving regional knowledge economies, built on science- and technology-based companies, conflict with the need to tackle poverty and social exclusion? Or can a truly inclusive society be built that embraces business entrepreneurs, cultural creatives and people in 'knowledge jobs' ranging from science to law?
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Bite-sized knowledge

25 October 2005
The University of Cambridge is joining forces with Nottingham and London Metropolitan Universities to create a Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL) in Reusable Learning Objects.
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Whittle Laboratory Scholarship established

21 October 2005
The Whittle Laboratory, based at the Department of Engineering, has received a fund of £410,000 from Professor John Denton for the benefit of postgraduate students working in the Laboratory. The funds, received by the University via Cambridge University Technical Services Ltd. (CUTS), were raised from the sale of software created by Professor Denton.
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Travelling passions

21 October 2005
Gisli Palson, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Iceland will be giving the 2005 Stefansson Memorial Lecture, “Travelling Passions: The Life and Legacy of Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Artic Explorer" tonight (1 November) at 6 pm at the Scott Polar Research Institute.
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Trafalgar Day: Franco-British student summit

21 October 2005
On the bicentenary of the battle of Trafalgar, students from British and French universities will meet to promote Franco-British cooperation and the global competitiveness of British and French universities.
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Apple Day

19 October 2005

The ninth annual Apple Day at the Cambridge University Botanic Garden this Sunday (October 23) will celebrate local-grown apples with over 30 varieties to taste and buy.

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Organic electronics grant

18 October 2005
The University of Cambridge has been awarded a £3 million grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for research into molecular and polymeric semiconductors.
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Two Wolfson celebrations

18 October 2005

A lunch was held yesterday to mark a double celebration: 50 years ago the Wolfson Foundation was founded; 40 years ago Wolfson College was founded.

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Say goodbye to standby

18 October 2005
The University is joining organisations across Cambridgeshire today by asking staff to switch off, to help save money and the environment.
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