Manchester Coders: Your City Needs You
If you're a coder who wants to make Manchester better - apply now for a freelance fellowship with MDDA. Travel, fun and innovation across 6 European cities. Closing date 25th November.
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Just do it, Manchester
"What we need is an online space that has all the digital, tech, start-up, innovation events in one place." Ever heard that before? Well, here are the beginnings of my attempt to pull something together...
80 Days: Manchester. The tour starts here.
The StreetSavvy's tour of the world kicks off in Manchester, and Coral will be your Tour Guide. Check out her Top 5 tips of where to go and what to do if you're a visitor to town. Enjoy!
System Dynamics: Planning for Smarter Cities via EngagingCities
New Smarter Cities analytics software from IBM allows leaders to observe how the core systems of a city - such as the economy, housing, education, public safety, transportation, health care, government services and utilities - work together and affect one another.
OpenIDEO – Just add inspiration!
OpenIDEO want to know - "How might we increase social impact?" In an approach similar to Manchester: Knowledge Capital's 'Innovation Boardroom' programme, Ideo are asking for your inspiration and there's 5 days left in this phase of the current challenge.
Five on a Friday with … MadLab’s Hwa Young Jung, innovator and fairy geek mother.
Hwa Young Jung is the mother of MadLab -Manchester's Digital Laboratory. Now she's transforming the way learning is delivered with the launch of Omniversity and an agile, relevant, syllabus that's bang up to date.
#BigSociety on the run?
Winning project from 2008 Social Innovation Camp springs into action. Join the GoodGym, and make yourself & others feel even better by running an errand while you get your workout.
New Concordat for Engaging the Public with Research
A new Concordat for Engaging the Public with Research was launched by the UK’s research funding bodies today. The aim of the RCUK Concordat is to create a greater focus on and help embed public engagement with research across all disciplines in the higher education and research sectors. You can see an film and download the concordat here, and find out more about the existing Beacon for Public Engagement programme.
