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Case Study : A place where employment Opportunities have increased THE CAMBRIDGE – SCIENCE PARK

Case Study : A place where employment Opportunities have increased THE CAMBRIDGE – SCIENCE PARK. Key Ideas : 3.1 How might changing technology affect employment patterns? 3.2 In what other ways can future employment opportunities for different groups of people be affected?.

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Case Study : A place where employment Opportunities have increased THE CAMBRIDGE – SCIENCE PARK

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  1. Case Study: A place where employment Opportunities have increased THE CAMBRIDGE – SCIENCE PARK Key Ideas: 3.1 How might changing technology affect employment patterns? 3.2 In what other ways can future employment opportunities for different groups of people be affected?

  2. Location: What can we say about this?

  3. What is the Science Park Like?

  4. What is the Science Park Like? • futuristic buildings, made from glass and metal. • Many of the companies are foreign multinational companies • The park is landscaped to make the work experience for staff • Work carried out includes bio-technology and medical sciences

  5. Established 1970 by Trinity College Cambridge University To counteract the ‘Brain Drain’ Low density development. Like a Park with trees and water 50%+ of workers have degrees Near countryside R&D medical, computers,Lasers, Graphic design Sports and leisure and creche facilities Villages and ‘posh’ houses nearby Over 150 companies

  6. Good facilities in nearby … Closely linked with the excellence of … Attractive site impresses … Pleasant housing in nearby … Links with university departments for … Attractions of Cambridge Science Park Close to Stansted Airport for … Highly qualified / skilled … Close to M11 and M25 motorways so … Greenfield site so room for … Multiplier Effect from links with …

  7. Air pollution and traffic congestion Increase in house prices – local people “priced out” of housing market Positive multiplier effect – earnings spent on other goods and services in local area Problems the Science Park has brought to Cambridge Cambourne is a new settlement of 3,300 homes with shops, schools and sporting facilities Few jobs have been created for local people – skills and jobs mismatch 20 000 jobs created in high-tech and other services

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