Flexible Hiring: Why to do it and how to make it work

Knowledge Quarter partner, Camden Council, has partnered with the Timewise Foundation to provide a FREE workshop for Camden-based businesses. The workshop will focus on flexible hiring, providing an insight into the potential benefits and progressing to outline practical steps towards implementation.

Confederation of British Industry – London Prosperity Agenda

The Confederation of British Industry sets the development of the Knowledge Quarter as one of the key action points in the “London Prosperity Agenda.” The agenda, a recommended manifesto for the next mayor, contained seven key priority areas including housing, transport, the planning system, skills, digital and technology, trade and financial services.

Shortlists for the 2016 CILIP CARNEGIE AND KATE GREENAWAY MEDALS and the inaugural AMNESTY CILIP HONOUR

Knowledge Quarter partners are invited to the reception for the announcement of the shortlists for the 2016 Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, the most prestigious prizes in writing and illustrating for children. Following the announcement of CILIP and Amnesty International major new partnership, this year’s medals will receive the Amnesty CILIP Honour.

Euston Town: New Business Improvement District

The ballot for the new Euston business improvement district has been successful with 77 per cent voters in favour of establishing the new BID. Key partners including those in central government, the GLA and private sector stakeholders will work to introduce new innovative projects and create an environment profitable to do business in.

The Shop of Curiosity

The Shop of Curiosity is an exhibition presented by 15 ActionSpace artists which invites viewers into a shop like no other, offering a multimedia, multi-sensory experience that will transport them into a world of curiosities, intrigue and discovery.

The Big Bang Fair London 2016

The Knowledge Quarter is delighted to be partnering with the Big Bang Fair at Westminster Kingsway College. Knowledge Quarter partners are invited to take part inspiring young people with science, technology, engineering and mathematics but also highlighting how art and cultural organisations focus on science-based projects.

The Knowledge Quarter Community Engagement subgroup Show and Tell Event

The Knowledge Quarter Community Engagement Sub-Group, on behalf of the Knowledge Quarter and the Wellcome Trust is delighted to invite you to our Community Engagement Show and Tell event on Monday 14 March 2016.

Waste of energy, waste of space, waste of time…. Food waste matters

'Waste Not, Want not'. Dan Crossley, Executive Director of the Food Ethics Council, will chair an expert panel exploring questions like: do we really waste more food than previous generations? Where do we waste it and why?

London Review of Books presents: Mary Beard in discussion with James Davidson

Knowledge Quarter partner, London Review of Books, is delighted to present Britain's best-known classicist Mary Beard in a special off-site event at Senate House, discussing her latest book 'SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome’.

Camden Council to trial new traffic system through the Bloomsbury area

Knowledge Quarter partner, Camden Council is introducing a trial that would temporarily change the traffic routes through the Bloomsbury area, as well as making some temporary improvements for people walking and cycling.