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A new report by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Further Education and Lifelong Learning is damning on the successive cuts to this sector You can read the report by the Association of Colleges for the APPG here Definition of Adult Education The report defines it as: “Adult education can be summarised as theContinue reading “MPs highlight the enfeebled state of adult education provision”

The Public Inquiry for the proposed busway between Addenbrooke’s and the A11 had its pre-inquiry meeting where the public got to see who the participants were You can see the public inquiry page here, and you can watch the video of the pre-inquiry hearing here. “How long will the inquiry take?” The note from theContinue reading “Haverhill Town Council to scrutinise the Greater Cambridge Development Corporation on CSET Busway”

What are the lessons for a fast-growing Cambridge that we can pick up on? You can: Read the Centre for London’s report on the future of social clubs Have a look at the Power to Change’s case studies for a Civic High Street Browse through the 21st Century Social Clubs project page Find out moreContinue reading “21stC Social Clubs as an antidote to the third of Londoners who experience loneliness”

…and other types of public transport infrastructure. The report is titled Licence to build: Delivering urban transport infrastructure through devolution You can read the report here. There is also a fair amount of crossover from the industry body UKTram and their response to the Government’s Mass Transit Task Force There is also an interesting reportContinue reading “Centre for Cities report highlights four big barriers to building light rail”

Some of you may be old enough to remember the when John Prescott tried to bring in a new generation of tramways and light rail into UK cities. You can: Read what the Commons Transport Committee concluded on 23 March 2005 Read the Government’s response of 12 October 2005 ….and judge for yourselves. The CommitteeContinue reading “Have Transport ministers learnt the light rail lessons of 2005?”

The building was saved from the wrecking ball by a planning inspector who refused an appeal by the site owner in late 2025. But nothing has happened since. Can the new development corporation and Cambridge City Council bring it back into public use – even as a ‘meanwhile use’? I wrote about the appeal here,Continue reading “Can the Hobson Street cinema building be brought back into use under Andy Burnham’s new policy?”

My head is too frazzled to make sense of what’s actually in them but more than a few of you will be interested in their contents – reports that were uploaded yesterday “The Water Scarcity Group is an independent advisory group formed in 2023 to tackle water scarcity and resource issues in Greater Cambridge. WaterContinue reading “Cambridge Water Scarcity Group publishes new reports”

The Greater Cambridge Partnership Assembly discussed buses in light of issues raised at Cambridgeshire County Council, as one of the meeting papers reminded me of the data collected about transport journeys that most people miss. Plus a look back at Smarter Cambridge Transport’s travel hub concept from a decade ago. Image: Cambridge Area Bus UsersContinue reading “June 2026 snapshot of the state of transport in Cambridge”

The Public Map East Project is running a number of community sessions over the school half term at the end of October. With that in mind, some of you may be interested in the book by Teresa Strachan titled: Engaging Children and Young People in Planning: A Handbook for Transformative Practice (2024) Routledge. Image: AContinue reading “Mapping communities in South Cambridge”

Cambridgeshire County Councillors approved the motion to submit an application for a new busway from Waterbeach to Cambridge on behalf of the Greater Cambridge Partnership I wrote about this just over a week ago here. I assumed the motion would pass without much comment so was a little surprised to hear some of the criticismsContinue reading “Opposition County Councillors raise concerns over project management of busway construction”