The Crick launches landmark agreement with leading pharmaceutical company

The Crick has announced an exciting new open science collaboration with GSK, the UK's largest healthcare company. This is the first partnership to be established between the Crick and a pharmaceutical company.

Through the Door: Mapping your own poetic journey through the archives

This exciting new resource developed by Knowledge Quarter partner Poet in the City delves into secret life of archives, exploring how these treasure-troves of history can spark bold and inventive creative writing.

Female and ethnically diverse entrepreneurs flourishing thanks to new libraries initiative

New findings published by the British Library reveal that a two-year initiative to run business support services in libraries has attracted more than double the national average of women to start up their own businesses, and triple the number of entrepreneurs from black and Asian minority ethnic backgrounds.

Digital Catapult announces partnership with four leading technology companies and data innovators

Four organisations will work with Knowledge Quarter partners, the Digital Catapult, to accelerate digital innovation – providing knowledge and expertise to the digital community.

Film: SOAS move into Senate House by Professor Trevor Marchand

In 2016 Senate House North Block will open, creating a single unified campus for SOAS, University of London. As they extend into one of London’s iconic sites, SOAS will be celebrating the start of their second century in a campus fit for a prestigious university of the 21st Century.

Creative Industries Federation launch Creative Education Agenda

Knowledge Quarter Partner the Creative Industries Federation has launched their Creative Education Agenda which aims to highlight concerns about the narrow focus some schools and policy makers have on science, technology and maths without art, drama, music, design or other similar subjects.

Aga Khan University Academic wins British Academy research award

Congratulations to Dr Sarah Savant, Associate Professor at the AKU-ISMC, who has been awarded over 13,000 pounds by the British Academy as part of its Rising Stars programme.

Podcast: Poetry and the Election

In this podcast Poet in the City ask whether poetry can give us another way of looking at the election and can tell us more about ourselves than the latest the poll-figures.

Rethinking Bloomsbury Squares for the Knowledge Quarter

The Bloomsbury Squares are renowned worldwide for their rich architectural heritage, their association with the artistic 'Bloomsbury Group', and for creative, forward thinking individuals.

Wellcome Trust appoints new Director of Innovations

Professor Stephen Caddick has been appointed as Director of the Innovations division at The Wellcome Trust. Professor Caddick, who is currently Vice Provost (Enterprise and London) at UCL, succeeds Dr Ted Bianco, who retires from the Trust later this year.