knowledge exchange

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Dr Giorgia Longobardi, winner of a Cambridge Enterprise Postdoc Business Plan Competition

Cambridge recognised for its leadership in knowledge exchange

27 Sep 2022

Cambridge’s leadership in knowledge exchange has been recognised in the Knowledge Exchange Framework 2 (KEF2) results, published by Research England...

Image from a 14th century manuscript of the Romance of the rose, one of the best-known texts of the Middle Ages

Conquering a continent: how the French language circulated in Britain and medieval Europe

22 Jan 2014

A 13th-century manuscript of Arthurian legend once owned by the Knights Templar is one of the star attractions of a new exhibition opening today at...

Time for plan bee

03 Oct 2013

Insect pollinators provide a service worth an estimated £430 million to food, farming and retail sectors in the UK. How can we protect them, and...

Illustration by Sarah Castor-Perry for 'Where Did Humans Go During the Last Ice Age?'

Big ideas in small packages

20 Mar 2013

A video project demonstrates how academic research can be communicated in an engaging format that puts across complex ideas in a nutshell.

Nanotechnology and your views

23 Mar 2012

What are the implications of nanotechnology for the general public? What use is it to them? What are the risks and benefits? These are the types of...

Open and transparent

18 Oct 2011

An exciting venture dedicated to the sharing of knowledge and information, the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKF) is creating a worldwide ecosystem of...

Unsociable networks

18 Aug 2011

Silicon Valley-style tech clusters don’t just make social networks – they are also supposed to thrive on them. A new study by a University of...

CSaP Policy Fellowships Programme extended

16 Jun 2011

The Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP) announces plans to scale up a unique programme that bridges policy and academia.

Exploding the ivory tower myth

17 May 2011

Academia makes a considerable and valued contribution to society that goes far beyond commercialisation of applied research, as Professor Alan Hughes...