Sharing and researching best practice in human resources
01 September 2008Judge Business School have launched a major new forum devoted to excellence in global human resource management – the Centre for International Human Resource Management...
"Academic Incubator" to develop new medicines of value
01 September 2008GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has signed its first agreement with the University to optimise the early clinical development of new GSK medicines for obesity and addictive disorders.
What are the real costs of outsourcing abroad?
01 September 2008Many UK manufacturers have transferred their production to low-cost regions to reduce costs. But a new study has discovered that these savings are not as...
Montaigne moves to Cambridge
01 September 2008A magnificent new collection at the University Library makes Cambridge a major international centre for Montaigne scholarship.
Re-interpreting Greece and Rome at The Fitzwilliam Museum
01 September 2008Recent funding will enable collaboration between classicists and museum curators, and shape a major re-display of Greek and Roman art and archaeology.
Endangered dialects of Aramaic
01 September 2008Current estimates suggest that a language dies every two weeks. Here, Geoffrey Khan describes the documentation of a group of dialects before they are lost...
Enhancing CAPE-abilities in photonics and electronics
01 September 2008A unique model of industrial-academic partnership is demonstrating how UK R&D can stay ahead of the game in a rapidly moving electronics market.
Virtual violins
01 September 2008Why does one violin sound different to another? Investigating this question has brought together researchers from music, engineering, experimental psychology and computer science.
Clandestine networks: how dangerous are they?
01 September 2008Terrorist groups, guerrilla movements, drug smuggling: Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni asks whether examining the structural weaknesses of illicit networks holds the key to combating them.
Planning schemes still lack woman’s touch
28 August 2008Local authorities are failing to consider women's needs in their planning schemes, more than a year after legislation designed to stop the problem was introduced,...