Form the Future brought together young people, volunteers, employers, educators and partners for its Summer Garden Party and Awards at Newnham College, University of Cambridge, on Tuesday 18 August. Held in the college gardens, the event marked the conclusion of Form the Future’s tenth-anniversary celebrations. A packed marquee heard powerful speeches from Julie Spence OBE
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Year 8 pupils from Melbourn Village College stepped into the role of robotics engineers on Tuesday 7 July as they took part in a hands-on design challenge delivered in partnership with TTP. This event brought together 114 pupils and 11 volunteers from across TTP to explore how engineering and technology can solve real-world problems while
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“It was a spectacular experience, and I have been inspired by many opportunities for my future.” That’s how one young person described our Community Day event, hosted by JLL at Cambridge Research Park. Held on Friday 19 June, the event marked the conclusion of Cambridge Wide Open Week (on Friday 19 June) – a week
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A warm welcome to Ruth Cousens, who joins Form the Future as our new Fractional Commercial Director. Ruth brings experience across sales, grant fundraising and social investment, working with both private and public sector customers. Most recently, she led the spin-out of a tech-for-good business from the University of Cambridge and served as its first
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Pupils from Stanground Academy stepped inside one of the world’s leading technology companies when they visited Roku’s Cambridge office for an interactive STEM Project Day delivered – for the first time – in partnership with Form the Future. Held at Roku’s headquarters on Cambridge Science Park, the event welcomed 24 pupils from Years 11, 12
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Cambridge LaunchPad Committee Partners TTP hosted their first exciting Project Day of 2026 for students from Long Road Sixth Form, Comberton Village College and Hinchinbrooke School. The day began with a welcome talk from Saad Hussain, a Mechanical Engineering Consultant Intern, who introduced TTP, the work they do and the wide range of roles within
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Young People and Work in the Age of AI. Form the Future welcomed educators, employers, policymakers, civic leaders and young people from across the region and beyond to its Annual Conference 2026 at Hinxton Hall Conference Centre on Thursday 29 January. The flagship event, themed “Young People and Work in the Age of AI”, created
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Form the Future’s Tech Futures 2025, delivered in partnership with Cambridge Tech Week, gave sixth-form students from across Cambridgeshire a unique, three-day immersion into the world of technology and innovation. From hands-on hackathons to masterclasses with leading professionals, the programme opened doors to future career pathways while showcasing the scale of opportunity within the region’s
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Cambridge Tech Week is a global tech gathering designed to unite the brightest minds – visionaries, world-leading experts, and strategic investors – to drive growth, collaboration, and transformative innovation across the tech ecosystem. As a globally renowned hub for groundbreaking ideas and cross-industry collaboration, Cambridge provides a unique environment where high-risk, bold concepts can flourish
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The Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, a world-leading centre for cancer research, continued its mission to inspire the next generation of scientists with its second Cambridge LaunchPad project day, held on 18 July 2025. This year, students from Thomas Clarkson Academy in Wisbech were invited to the Institute for a unique opportunity to experience the
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