Category: Cranfield
New political map for Central Bedfordshire
Following a review, the Boundary Commission has today (12 January 2021) launched its final recommendations for the whole of Central Bedfordshire.
It says residents should be represented by 63 councillors. This is four more than there are now.
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IWA-Cranfield Scholarship winners commence their journey
Awarded scholarships by the International Water Association (IWA) and Cranfield University, the first cohort of Scholarship winners will develop their technical understanding and business skills to become leaders in the worldwide fight to improve the resilience and sustainability of water supply and sanitation systems and protect the natural environment.
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Digital aviation research facility handed over to Cranfield University
Cranfield University has officially received the new Digital Aviation and Research Technology Centre (DARTeC) building from contractor R G Carter.
The £65 million facility is located next to Cranfield’s airport and consists of a central building containing a suite of digital aviation research laboratories and a partially covered ‘hangar laboratory’ connected to Cranfield’s 737-400 aircraft through an airport-style air bridge.
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Planning application submitted for new doctor’s surgery in Cranfield
Bloor Homes South Midlands Ltd has submitted a full planning application a doctor’s surgery on land at Mill Road, Cranfield.
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Red Lion Close, Cranfield – waiting restrictions
Residents of Red Lion Close, Cranfield have highlighted issues in relation to parking and traffic congestion at school peak hours to Central Bedfordshire Council.
Council officers held several meetings with councillors and residents to design a scheme to help reduce the issue.
The proposal put to the chair of the Traffic Management Meeting on Tuesday (15 December 2020) was to ensure that there was access to and from residential driveways, and for emergency vehicles, at all times.
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Central Bedfordshire Council objects to removal of 28 BT payphones
Following the latest BT payphone consultation, Central Bedfordshire Council received 95 responses regarding BT’s proposals to remove 29 public payphones. BT had identified these payphones as unnecessary.
As part of the process the Council was required to undertake a public consultation and to inform BT of the results. The consultation ended on 6 November. It enabled residents to comment on whether they agreed or objected to the proposals.
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Cranfield School of Management in Financial Times UK business schools top ten
Cranfield School of Management has been named one of the UK’s top ten business schools in the ‘Financial Times European Business Schools 2020’ rankings released on Monday (7 December 2020).
The rankings also reveal that Cranfield is the highest ranked business school in the UK to offer an Executive MBA via the apprenticeship levy.
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Cranfield University’s Professor Helen Atkinson recognised as WISE20 award winner
Cranfield University’s Professor Helen Atkinson CBE, FREng, is one of 20 people identified by WISE’s 1 of the Million campaign.
Professor Atkinson was chosen by WISE as “an incredible role model working to change the gender balance in STEM”.
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Etihad becomes first airline to join Cranfield’s digital aviation research project
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has joined the £65 million Digital Aviation Research and Technology Centre (DARTeC), due to open next year at Cranfield University.
Etihad is the first airline to join the DARTeC consortium which has been working for the last four years to deliver the research facility.
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Cranfield resident: “MS robbed me of my dream job – but my miracle drug has saved me”
A study has found that one in five people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in the UK is under the age of 30. As part of a £100 million charity appeal, a 28-year-old Cranfield resident living with MS is shedding light on the need for new treatments.
Charlotte Doherty was diagnosed with relapsing MS in October 2017 – over 40 year years since her late grandmother was told she had progressive MS, and 20 since her uncle was told he was living with the progressive form of the condition.
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Three simple steps to boost soil health and help tackle climate change
On World Soil Day, Saturday 5 December 2020, the British Society of Soil Science, based at Cranfield University, is promoting three simple steps that the British public can take to boost the health of the nation’s soils and help fight climate change.
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Drop-off sites for Christmas Shoebox Project open on 5 December
Locations across the region will open on 5 December 2020 to receive Christmas shoebox gifts lovingly packed up by residents throughout the national lockdown.
This has been made possible through Operation Christmas Child’s shoebox project. From Saturday 5 until Monday 14 December inclusive, many churches, businesses and organisations will collect shoeboxes ready to send to vulnerable children in different contexts of poverty across the world.
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