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UK online alternative finance market grows to £3.2 billion in 2015

17 Feb 2016

The UK online alternative finance sector grew 84% in 2015, facilitating £3.2 billion in investments, loans and donations, according to a new report...

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Granddaughter helping her disabled grandmother walk with the aid of a walker.

Caring and sharing: challenges, costs and questions of dignity

03 Mar 2015

Integration of healthcare (free at point of delivery from the NHS) and social care (means-tested and provided by local authorities) is under...

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Scott Polar Research Institute awarded £500,000 from Heritage Lottery Fund

09 Oct 2014

Through its Collecting Cultures programme, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced a £5 million funding package which will benefit 23 museums...

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Arts Council England supports Kettle's Yard’s future plans

02 Jul 2014

Arts Council funding totalling £3.5m will support the creation of a new Education Wing and major improvements to the exhibition galleries at Kettle's...

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Polar snow goggles from Discoveries at London’s 2 Temple Place, the first joint exhibition from the University of Cambridge Museums, and the first to be held outside the city.

Major Partner Museum status for UCM

01 Jul 2014

The vision of securing Cambridge’s reputation as an international centre of museums excellence received a major boost today when Arts Council England...

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£50 million of new funding to support Cambridge companies

10 Oct 2013

A new £50 million investment business has been launched to support the development of University spin-outs and other early-stage technology companies...

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Architect’s impression of the new Maxwell Centre for physical science research, due to open in summer 2015.

New Centre will bring together frontier physics research and the needs of industry

06 Jun 2013

A centrepiece building for exploratory ‘blue skies’ research and industrial partnerships in the physical sciences will be created at the University...

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Madingley Hall

New funding for part-time study could boost student numbers

10 Aug 2012

New government funding for part-time study may lead to a surge of older students returning to the classroom, according to the Director of the...

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