KQ partners collaboration: Celtic Voices

Poet in the City presents an event exploring the Celtic legacy in contemporary poetry and celebrating a great oral tradition of poetry and performance at the British Museum.

The Francis Crick Institute: Accelerating Translation

Knowledge Quarter partner, The Francis Crick Institute, identifies 'Accelerating Translation for Health and Wealth' as one of the five key priorities of the institute overall strategy ‘Discovery without Boundaries’. Practicing this ambition has opened new fascinating fields for both academic research and scientific translators.

5B45 at DocHouse

Knowledge Quarter partner, Bertha DocHouse is delighted to announce their new community initiative: 5 B 4 5 - great documentaries, any daytime screening, Monday to Thursday, £5 before 5pm!

Shape the Future

Shape the Future is the collaborative project to develop the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals’ (CILIP) Strategic Plan for 2016-2020. The project consists of an open consultation that runs between the 25th September and the 16th December 2015.

National Centre for Universities and Business in support of Fareshare

Knowledge Quarter partner, NCUB, looking at the award winning UK charity FareShare as a successful example of business model. Fareshare fights hunger and food waste, rescue good food that would otherwise go to waste and deliver it to people who need it, benefiting vulnerable people, helping the UK food economy and protecting the planet.

Royal College of General Practitioners calling for a sugar tax

The Royal College of GPs is supporting the work of Jamie Oliver in calling for a sugar tax. Our diets, and those of our children, increasingly contain too much sugar - often concealed in drinks such as fruit juice and cereals, which can seem like the healthy option.

Full programme announced: Curious? powered by the Knowledge Quarter

The full programme of activities has now been announced! Please click here for more information.

Central Saint Martins presents The Intelligent Optimist

Knowledge Quarter partner, Central Saint Martins, presents The Intelligent Optimist. An exhibition that explores various futures for design across most design disciplines, presenting shots of hope and canny intelligence. It's set in Central Saint Martins from 19th September 2015 and entrance is free!

Angelo Napolano appointed Knowledge Quarter Support Officer

The KQ Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Angelo Napolano as the Knowledge Quarter Project Support Officer. Angelo joins from Southbank Centre, where he worked as Event Assistant in the Arts Programming department.

Get involved! Help us to measure air pollution in London

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.