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New industry collaboration to study cryptocurrencies and other digital assets

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 15:07:17 +0000

̽��ֱ��Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at Cambridge Judge Business School has announced the launch of the Cambridge Digital Assets Programme (CDAP), a research initiative in collaboration with 16 leading banks, public sector agencies and private organisations to study the rapid digitisation of assets and value transfer systems.

Over an initial period of two years, the CCAF will work with public and private organisations to create the data, tools, and insights necessary to facilitate an evidence-based public dialogue about the opportunities and risks presented by the growing digital asset ecosystem.

̽��ֱ��CDAP’s institutional research collaborators are: Accenture, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub, British International Investment (BII), Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), EY, Fidelity, UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Goldman Sachs, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), International Monetary Fund (IMF), Invesco, London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), Mastercard, MSCI, Visa, and the World Bank.

̽��ֱ��programme builds on the CCAF’s work in creating digital tools such as the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI) and the Global Cryptoasset Benchmarking Study series. It is designed to address the broader ecosystem trends and issues through research that can help guide public opinion, inform regulation and policy discussion, as well as support evidence-based decision making by individuals and institutions.

Supporters of the programme include prominent public and private stakeholders from a variety of sectors to promote diversity in views and facilitate exchange of insight. These supporters will also provide input and guidance to ensure practical and meaningful research output.

“ ̽��ֱ��growing adoption of digital assets increasingly blurs the lines between roles, responsibilities and applicable rules, stretching the boundaries of long-term institutional arrangements,” said Bryan Zhang, Executive Director, CCAF. “ ̽��ֱ��Cambridge Digital Assets Programme aims to meet the resulting need for greater clarity by providing data-driven insights through collaborative research involving public and private sector stakeholders.”

̽��ֱ��programme's research will be centred around three distinct but related areas. The first is the environmental implications and broader ESG (environmental, social and governance) considerations of digital assets and their associated services. The second area will look at the processes and configurations of Distributed Financial Market Infrastructure (dFMI), including the evolving constellation of networks, platforms, applications, and services. ̽��ֱ��third research stream will focus on emergent money systems – the “asset” side of the ecosystem – comprising crypto-assets, stable-coins, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), as well as enterprise and consumer tokens.

“We've spent a lot of time developing a consistent framework that consolidates our efforts in the digital assets space and ensuring that we have the right collaborations in place to deliver insight and clarity,” said Michel Rauchs, Digital Assets Lead, CCAF. “We believe this programme will provide decision-makers with the objective analysis and empirical evidence that they need to navigate the digital assets maze.”

Each research stream will convene a dedicated working group of CCAF researchers, domain experts, and representatives from supporting institutions of the programme.

Originally published on the Cambridge Judge Business School website.

Multi-year Cambridge Digital Assets Programme launched with 16 institutional research collaborators to create open-access datasets and tools to inform digital public dialogue and decision-making in such areas as the environment, infrastructure and cryptocurrencies.

̽��ֱ��growing adoption of digital assets increasingly blurs the lines between roles, responsibilities and applicable rules, stretching the boundaries of long-term institutional arrangements

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̽��ֱ�� joins Mind initiative to boost mental health support

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 14:24:02 +0000

̽��ֱ��pilot is being run under the collegiate ̽��ֱ��’s Student Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy which emphasises the importance of interventions designed to promote good mental health.

̽��ֱ��Mentally Healthy Universities Programme – a £1.5 million partnership between Mind and Goldman Sachs – will offer specialist training for students on resilience, and workplace wellbeing workshops for final year students who are about to graduate and transition into the workplace. ̽��ֱ��pilot will be delivered collaboratively with a small number colleges.

According to the Higher Education Statistics Agency, the number of students nationally who disclosed a mental health condition almost doubled between 2012 and 2015 to nearly 45,000. However, research suggests that mental health difficulties within Higher Education are currently under-reported as just one in 125 students (0.8%) and around one in 500 staff (0.2%) currently disclose a mental health condition to their university.

Chad Allen, Project Officer for the Student Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy at the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge, said: “We are committed to making sure our students’ academic successes are supported by personal wellbeing, so we’re delighted to be part of this new initiative which will help support the vital work already under way at the ̽��ֱ��, and ensure students flourish during their education both academically and personally.”

Paul Farmer, Chief Executive of Mind, said: “We are really excited to be working with Goldman Sachs to better support thousands of university students and staff across England and Wales. We know that both students and staff face many pressures unique to the university environment. This timely opportunity allows us to deliver a programme that responds to the needs of university communities, building on good practice within the sector, to ensure everyone with a mental health problem receives support and respect.”

Richard Gnodde, CEO of Goldman Sachs International, said: “ ̽��ֱ��transition through Higher Education and into the workforce is often a challenging and pressurised time in young people’s lives. We believe employers have an important role to play in changing attitudes towards mental health through providing support, resources and open conversation around an often stigmatised subject. We look forward to supporting Mind and Universities across the UK in establishing this critical programme.”

̽��ֱ��10 participating universities, are:

̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge

̽��ֱ�� of Bath

̽��ֱ�� of Greenwich

̽��ֱ�� of Bristol

Teesside ̽��ֱ��

̽��ֱ��London School of Economics and Political Science

Leeds Beckett ̽��ֱ��

̽��ֱ�� of Sheffield

̽��ֱ�� of Central Lancashire

Oxford Brookes

Cambridge is one of 10 UK universities taking part in a new pilot programme to help support mental health provision for students and staff.

We’re delighted to be part of this new initiative which will help support the vital work already under way at the ̽��ֱ��, and ensure students flourish during their education both academically and personally.

Chad Allen, Project Officer, ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge

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