LUPC is punching above its weight in sharing knowledge, information and innovation for changing the way organisations buy goods and service without causing harm to others. Read new guest blog by Laura Compton.
The Primary Careers Conference is in its third year and shares its vision with the borough of Camden: to ensure every child and young person has a chance to succeed and nobody gets left behind. A new original guest blog by Bavaani Nanthabalan from Netley Primary school introducing this year Primary Career Conference.
Briffa would like to invite all KQ partners to a special event on data protection; including a general overview on the subject followed by an introduction on the upcoming changes in the regulation and the measures that can go in place now.
Knowledge Quarter partners are invited to a special evening exploring Tudor polymath extraordinaire John Dee. Features late opening of the acclaimed exhibition, film screening and one woman play on Dee’s life seen through his daughter’s eyes.
Knowledge Quarter partners are invited to the School of Advanced Study’s Open Day. The event will showcase the school’s vast array of resources and will feature, amongst other activities, a special spoken-word performance by Bards without Borders in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.
Volunteers are needed for Inspire!’s Get Ready for Work Experience programme at William Ellis School in Camden. They will support students to identify the skills and qualities required for the work environment and share their own work experiences to highlight employer expectations.
The Knowledge Quarter in partnership with Camden Council launched the new Knowledge Quarter Apprenticeship programme last Tuesday 16th of February at Wellcome Collection reading room. The scheme was formally announced by Councillor Georgia Gould, Cabinet Member for Young People and Economic Growth, at a successful reception marking the one-year anniversary of the Knowledge Quarter.
Knowledge Quarter partners, supporters and staff met at Wellcome Collection to celebrate the one year anniversary of the Knowledge Quarter and to announce our KQ Apprenticeship scheme in partnership with Camden Council – a Life Sciences apprenticeship programme developed with world leading organisations such as The Francis Crick Institute, Health Services Laboratories and the London Bioscience Innovation Centre.
The Café Nano series, from the Knowledge Quarter’ partner IOM3, returns on 24th February, with an energy theme. Professor Peter Bruce, FRS Department of Materials, University of Oxford will present Energy Storage – Small Solutions to Big Problems, followed by networking drinks in the newly renovated venue at 297 Euston Road.
Knowledge Quarter’s partner, the British Library, presents the two day conference ‘The Academic Book in the South’ on 7th and 8th March 2016. Speakers will address the production, dissemination, reading and reception of the academic book with specific focus on Africa, the Middle East and South Asia.