To celebrate the International Year of Light, the Institute of Physics invites all Knowledge Quarter partners to join iSpex project in order to create a new map of the atmosphere and find out how clean the air is in London.
Austen scholar, Professor John Mullan from KQ partner, UCL, will give a talk on ‘Emma and Jane Austen’s London’ at the Emma 200 festival on Thursday 10th of September; opening a weekend of celebrations in the leafy surrounding of Brunswick Square.
The Urban Partners (UP) launch of the Wellbeing Walk on 6th July inagurated a safer, less polluted and calmer route for people walking from Euston to St Pancras/King’s Cross or vice versa and invigorated the local Somers town increasing footfall in the area.
KQ partner, Poet In The City, is recruiting for a talented Programme Manager. This is a unique opportunity to lead on the delivery of their world-class programme and play an important role in putting live poetry back on the map as a major performing art form.
2015 celebrates the 50th anniversary of the current London Boroughs. To mark this anniversary the London Borough of Camden are delivering an exciting programme of arts and engaging activities for everyone from 1st April through to November 2015.
Over the summer KQ partner The Place has been supporting 30 dance artists to research and develop performance ideas, and explore new artistic territory as part of Choreodrome, a biennial summer research programme for British-based dance makers.
Since the Knowledge Quarter (KQ) launched last December, there has been plenty of interest in the idea, not only within London and the UK but also internationally. KQ recently met with partners in Sydney, Australia but last week I was invited to speak about the KQ in Seoul, Korea.