The Cambridge Manufacturing Leaders' Programme

As with all Cambridge teaching, the Cambridge Manufacturing Leaders' Programme is based on one-to-one tutorial supervision, comprising guidance throughout a major strategic development project in the programme participant's company, interspersed with reflective study time spent in Cambridge. In this paper a description of the course is set in a wider philosophical context, looking at the role of work in a personal developmental sense, and the responsibility carried by manufacturing leaders for shaping and guiding that process. It is shown that the programme is rooted in and embodies important aspects of our European heritage regarding work as a learning process and the master/apprentice relationship as a way of giving educational guidance.

Development of a servo-hydraulic earthquake actuator for the Cambridge Turner beam centrifuge

Dynamic centrifuge modelling has been carried out at Cambridge since the late 1970s. Over this period, three different mechanical earthquake actuators were developed. In this paper the development of a new servo-hydraulic earthquake actuator is described. The basic design principles are explained along with the need to carry out these designs to match the existing services and systems of the 35 year old Turner beam centrifuge at Cambridge. In addition, some of the features of the Turner beam centrifuge are exploited in the design of this new earthquake actuator. The paper also explains the mechanical fabrication of the actuator and the control systems that were developed in order to generate real earthquake motions. Finally, the performance of this new servo-hydraulic earthquake actuator is presented and assessed based on a wide range of earthquake input motions.

UK-NEES - Distributed hybrid testing between Bristol, Cambridge and Oxford Universities: Connecting structural dynamics labs to a geotechnical centrifuge

Distributed hybrid testing is a natural extension to and builds upon the local hybrid testing technique. Taking advantage of the hybrid nature of the test, it allows a sharing of resources and expertise between researchers from different disciplines by connecting multiple geographically distributed sites for joint testing. As part of the UK-NEES project, a successful series of three-site distributed hybrid tests have been carried out between Bristol, Cambridge and Oxford Universities. The first known multi-site distributed hybrid tests in the UK, they connected via a dedicated fibre network, using custom software, the geotechnical centrifuge at Cambridge to structural components at Bristol and Oxford. These experiments were to prove the connection and useful insights were gained into the issues involved with this distributed environment. A wider aim is towards providing a flexible testing framework to facilitate multi-disciplinary experiments such as the accurate investigation of the influence of foundations on structural systems under seismic and other loading. Time scaling incompatibilities mean true seismic soil structure interaction using a centrifuge at g is not possible, though it is clear that distributed centrifuge testing can be valuable in other problems. Development is continuing to overcome the issues encountered, in order to improve future distributed tests in the UK and beyond.

As universidades, o meio ambiente e o desenvolvimento sustentável.

Falar sobre universidades em nosso país requer que revisitemos a época da chegada da família real ao Brasil que, com toda a sua galhardia, implantando o ensino superior nos moldes portugueses ratificava modelos que pouco evoluíram da Idade Clássica, passando pela Idade Média e que, neste momento, Idade Moderna, transparece uma perfeita propagação do pensar alheio à realidade, sendo meramente um órgão de repetição e difusão do saber.

Perfil competencial de los estudiantes de últimos cursos de grado en las universidades de la Comunidad de Madrid: diferencias en función del género y la edad

El cambio de modelo de enseñanza que han sufrido las Universidades con la implementación del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior, puso el foco en el desarrollo competencial, buscando que los estudiantes adquieran las habilidades y capacidades. Con el fin de comprobar si el desarrollo de las competencia académicas se ve afectado por el género y la edad de los estudiantes, a una muestra de 364 estudiantes de diferentes Universidades de la Comunidad de Madrid se les aplicó COMPEUEM, un test que evalúa en qué medida los estudiantes poseen 8 competencias académicas: Comunicación, Liderazgo, Trabajo en Equipo, Adaptación a los Cambios, Iniciativa, Solución de Problemas, Toma de Decisiones, Organización y Planificación. Los resultados encontrados ponen de manifiesto que los sujetos de más edad presentan mayores niveles en la adquisición de competencias que los de menor edad. Por otro lado, encontramos diferencias significativas en función del género de los estudiantes.

Femina (Trinity College, Cambridge MS B.14.40) : edited with an Introduction and Notes

Rothwell, W., Femina (Trinity College, Cambridge MS B.14.40); edited with an Introduction and Notes (The Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub, 2005) RAE2008

Un misterio en Cambridge

La primera sorpresa al leer el libro es el modo epistolar en que está escrito. La protagonista escribe cartas a una hermana suya, y en ellas le va desgranando la trama en la que se va viendo inmersa. Esta forma singular de escritura, al principio puede generar una cierta incomodidad en el lector, sobre todo si pensamos en nuestros alumnos y alumnas adolescentes, pero una vez que la acción va tomando cuerpo esa sensación desaparece.