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KQ Labs

Knowledge Quarter and The Francis Crick Institute are pleased to announce KQ Labs, an intensive accelerator programme offered to high growth potential startup teams in the area of data-driven biomedical science. There is a £40k award on offer, as well as unrivalled support and resources, to all successful applicants.

Community Champions: Environment @Skip Garden

Forty representatives from Knowledge Quarter partner organisations and local community groups met for an al fresco Community Champions event, the first in a series of events conceived to inspire greater collaboration between the two.

Knowledge Quarter Festival of Knowledge EOI

We are delighted to announce that we will be joining forces with British Land (Regents Place) and KQ partner Produce UK to produce our third Festival of Knowledge on Fri 5th and Sat 6th October 2018 at Regent’s Place. All Knowledge Quarter partners are invited to submit proposals for any of the festival programmes.

Knowledge Quarter shortlisted as Best Cultural District the Leading Culture Destinations Awards

The Knowledge Quarter has been shortlisted for this year’s Leading Culture Destinations Awards (LDC), Soft Power Destinations of the Year Category, for the Best Cultural District award.

The Knowledge Quarter welcomes five new partners

The Knowledge Quarter (KQ) welcomes a further five organisations as partners, bringing together over 85 cultural, research, scientific, business and academic institutions both large and small under one umbrella. The KQ is delighted to welcome Camden Spark, in2scienceUK, Humanists UK, the Aga Khan Foundation UK and New London Architecture.

Diversity Roundtable with Gamiel Yafai

Thursday morning Knowledge Quarter partners sat down with Gamiel Yafai to discuss the topic of staff diversity and skills share in regards to best practice in this area. 

Destination Marketing

The Knowledge Quarter is embarking on a three month research project to try and understand the potential to collectively destination market the Knowledge Quarter area. The end goal of the project will be to develop ways to increase the number of visitors to KQ institutions and users of KQ products and services.

Knowledge Quarter Community Champions Launch

Yesterday Knowledge Quarter Partners and Local Community Organisations/ Charities came together to launch Community Champions - a project developed by the Knowledge Quarter's Community Engagement subgroup. Attendee's listened to case studies of well established Community Champions as well as discussing more ways that our partner organisations can work with the community, based on what is needed most.

Knowledge Quarter Recruiting: Operations and Content Coordinator

The Knowledge Quarter is a partnership of knowledge-rich organisations based around King’s Cross, St Pancras, Bloomsbury and Euston. This is a great opportunity for someone to join the Knowledge Quarter team.

KQ Partners Meet with Tim Moss

A continued focus on the reasoning behind Intellectual Property (IP) law and the cultivation of innovation and creativity were key themes from the latest Knowledge Quarter breakfast. Knowledge Quarter partners met with Tim Moss, the Chief Executive Officer and Comptroller General of the UK’s Intellectual Property Office; a discussion facilitated by Margaret Briffa, a leading IP Solicitor and founder of Briffa.