📅 Wednesday, 16th September⏰ 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM 📍 Barclays Eagle Labs, Discovery Park
Coffee and Connect – an opportunity for networking and socialising with other tenants.
Category: Events
Help to Grow: Management Courses
Join other senior leaders taking part in a practical management training course delivered by Canterbury Christ Church University.
Starting 6 October 2026
Join SME senior leaders taking part in a practical management training course delivered by Canterbury Christ Church University accredited by the Small Business Charter.
The Help to Grow: Management Course runs over 12 weeks and includes online and face-to-face sessions, 1-to-1 mentoring and peer networking. With just one session a week, it is designed to fit around existing work and personal commitments. You will finish the course ready to lead on the delivery of increased profitability, innovation and growth.
- Designed and delivered by industry experts, it’s full of practical, actionable learning that will help you lead and deliver change in your business.
- Business-focussed learning – position your business for success with modules covering vision, mission and values, employee engagement, strategy and innovation.
- Learn from your peers – share experiences and ideas while building a local network.
- Tailored plan for your business – work with an experienced mentor to tackle your business challenges and develop a tailored growth action plan.
This course is open to businesses that have been in operation for 12+ months and have 5-249 employees.
“For me it has been a professional journey and a personal one, as I’ve been able to ask a lot of questions, gain a lot of understanding about myself as a leader and to really understand the best ways I can manage people, my flaws certainly and ways to develop that.”
For more information, contact: htgmanagement@canterbury.ac.uk
or visit: canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/short-courses/help-to-grow-management-courses
Discovery Park Christmas Market
- December 8, 2026
- 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM
- The Gateway, Discovery Park
Get into the festive spirit with unique gifts, tasty treats, and good vibes at the Discovery Park Christmas Market!
Join us at Discovery Park on December 8, 2026 at 11:30 AM (GMT) for a fun and festive Christmas Market! Enjoy browsing unique stalls & tasty treats, in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. Perfect for picking up gifts or just soaking in the seasonal cheer. Don’t miss out on the holiday spirit right in the heart of Discovery Park – see you there!
IOSH Managing Safely
Date: 28th to 30th September 2026
Time: 9am to 4pm
This three-day IOSH-approved safety training programme will give delegates the knowledge they need to help ensure safety in the workplace and prevent accidents. It is designed for managers and supervisors with responsibility for people or processes and will provide a basic, but broad and sound understanding of current health and safety requirements and principles. All of Make UK’s CMIOSH tutors have at least 10 years of experience delivering IOSH Managing Safely and this shows in our 100% delegate pass rate.
Course Content
- Responsibilities and accountabilities – requirements of managers with regards to health and safety
- Legal requirements – health and safety law
- Risk assessment – key steps and control strategies
- Health and safety management systems – benefits and key elements
- Accident causation and investigation – root cause and human factors
- Hazards in the workplace – identification and control
- Monitoring – using active and reactive measures to monitor health and safety performance
Toasted Sandwich Toastmasters
11:45-13:00 
Barclays Eagle Labs, Discovery ParkWhat If One Hour a Week Could Change Everything?
Have you ever wished you could express yourself more clearly in meetings? Speak with confidence in front of a group? Or simply feel more at ease sharing your ideas?
If so, you’re not alone — and you’re not without options.
Join us for an engaging session where we’ll explore the world of Toastmasters — a global community that’s helped millions of people become better communicators, stronger leaders, and more confident individuals.
In this session, you’ll discover:
- What really happens in a Toastmasters meeting
- How you can build skills that boost your career, enrich your relationships, and elevate your everyday conversations
- Why Toastmasters is one of the most supportive, empowering environments for personal growth
Whether you’re a seasoned speaker or someone who avoids the spotlight, this talk is for you. Come curious — leave inspired.
Reserve your free spot here.
OBN BioSeed
Owned and organised by OBN, BioSeed is a fast-paced, one-day pitching event where innovative early-stage life sciences companies seeking seed funding, showcase to and meet with an extensive audience of active life sciences investors.
BioSeed attendance is exclusively for:
- Early stage R&D companies seeking seed stage funding – all therapy and technological areas are welcome
- Technology Transfer teams from academic institutions seeking funding for their spin out companies
- Life sciences Investors looking for new funding opportunities
- A limited number of corporate and industry sponsors
Sustainability Breakfast November 2025
⏰ 08:00 – 10:00 AM
Join us for our final sustainability breakfast of the year at the Barclays Eagle Lab in Discovery Park
This free event will be an opportunity to network with likeminded businesses in the area and discuss the sustainability related issues facing the world. We’ll also hear from a range of speakers about what they’re doing in their particular industries, and what sustainable practices you can take away to address your own goals.
A light breakfast will be provided from 8:30am, featuring locally sourced food and drink.
Speaker Profiles:
Martin White: Four years ago under lockdown, and as part of his personal journey towards greater self-awareness of the environment and climate change, Martin founded his own sustainability consultancy Green Business Hub. Martin now advises a diverse range of private and public sector clients on their ESG strategy, encouraging them to think more holistically about sustainability rather than solely focusing on climate action and ‘Net Zero’ – because they have to – to include alignment with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and increasingly ‘Social Value Add’ frameworks.
Andrew Pledger: Andrew is the Ecosystem Manager at Barclays Eagle Labs in Discovery Park. The Eagle Labs mission is to connect the UK’s entrepreneurial ecosystem through a network of business incubators, expertise and support. With access to over 325 years of business expertise and connections, Eagle Labs are a community resource available for everybody. Whether you’re an inventor, an innovator or a mentor, Eagle Labs spaces are conducive to nurturing and growing your idea with support from Barclays and the Eagle Labs network.
More speakers to be announced shortly.
Carbon 6 Academy of Science Open Evening
Carbon 6 Academy of Science is a pioneering new specialist sixth form, located at leading science and innovation campus Discovery Park. Benefiting from world-class lab facilities and industry connections, Carbon 6 provides the ideal learning environment for ambitious students who are passionate about a career in STEM or looking to study science at University.
Learn more about the facilities at our open day on Thursday 26th March, 6:00pm – 8:00pm:
Please register your interest ahead of attending by selecting the time required using the Book Now link below
Visit Website: https://discovery-park.co.uk/lp/carbon-6-academy-of-science/
Investors Event – Private
This is a private event hosted by Mewburn Ellis. Invite only. If you think you would like to attend, please email info@discovery-park.co.uk.
NIHR BioResource Drop-In
Drop-in sessions with Dr Heather Ramsay to find out more about the NIHR BioResource
The NIHR BioResource is a unique and powerful resource for studying disease mechanisms and investigating the links between genes, the environment, health and disease, and enabling scientific discoveries. We have over 330,000 consented volunteers, from the general population and patients with common and rare diseases, who have donated a blood sample, granted access to their health records and genomic data, and are willing to be recalled to participate in academic and industry-led experimental medicine and clinical research studies. Recruitment is on a national and local level, with 18 local BioResource centres across England, including Cambridge.
Find out more and book a slot here.