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Cambridge Investment Partnership doubles down on ‘Worse than Communism’ architecture
Their Health Impact Assessment completely ignores recent research findings (including those from researchers at the University of Cambridge) in the field of neuroarchitecture. This despite posting a public comment in response to the planning application asking for this to be covered. Image: Boring buildings starve your soul. By Humanise I tried to play by the…
The leadership vacuum on lifelong learning and tackling loneliness in Cambridgeshire
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Skills Committee doubled-down on their remit from central government, sticking within the skills remit and refusing to be drawn into the wider lifelong learning policy area Image: The latest report from the Jo Cox Foundation which deals with loneliness in society I tabled a public question for the Skills…
Are too many Cambridge academics staying within their comfort zone?
Sir Geoff Mulgan, the former Director of the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit in Tony Blair’s Labour Government suggested to one unnamed Cambridge academic: “…that they and their students might occasionally visit Luton to talk about politics… [they] looked horrified” Above – Sir Geoff Mulgan, Rethinking universities’ social contracts, 11 June 2026 (Image: The old Trials…
The Cambridge Town Owl 