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Congratulations #MachineGames, #Bethesda, and #Xbox! I'm very happy to see Indiana Jones and the Great Circle come out. It has been a long journey for Indy. Machine Games is getting better and better with each release. And they look to be the perfect developer for Indy. I hope this is the first of several Indiana Jones adventures from Machine Games. Remember, the MachineGames folks who came from StarBreeze worked on the fantastic Chronicles of Riddick and The Darkness games back in the day. There is a fantastic lineage of experience and play from The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004), The Darkness (2007), and The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (2009) to Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014), The Old Blood (2015), The New Colossus (2017), and Young Blood (2019) to the just released Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (2024). There is both individual and studio learning across two decades of First Person Adventures that gets us to from Chronicles of Riddick to The Darkness to Wolfenstein to Indiana Jones. This is game history in motion. Back in 2009 I almost went to LucasArts for the last Indiana Jones that LucasArts almost made. This was before Disney bought the six Lucas companies in 2012 for $4 billion. When that Indy was canceled in 2009, I instead went to id Software. At id Software I saw the care and attention that Machine Games had for Wolfenstein, while we worked on Rage & Doom. I also released Wolfenstein on Mobile and back onto consoles. Meanwhile MachineGames labored on Wolfenstein for over a decade putting out fantastic new Wolfenstein games to complement the classic. So yeah, if I can't make Indy, I'm happy that MachineGames is. I've seen and played MachineGames' work, directly and indirectly, for a long time. MachineGames is a fantastic steward for Indiana Jones in First Person Adventures. I hope that Indy and MachineGames have a rich and entangled future for a decade to come. I want to play the games they'll make. I have loved Indiana Jones since I was a kid. So I'm happy to inhabit Indy through a First Person window via the development wizardry, expertise, love, care, and craft from MachineGames. ps. As a former Looking Glass and id Software game designer I am so happy that Indiana Jones is a first person adventure. pps. Make good games to build good developers to make great studios to make great games. #indianajones #microsoft #xbox #gamepass #bethesda #machinegames

Our team in Louisville, Kentucky was on-site with Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana recently to officially open the Chemours Virtual Reality Hub at JA Finance Park. The hub will provide an immersive, hands-on approach to career exploration in STEM fields and skilled trades. Learn more: https://bit.ly/41idf5B

Happy Monday 😃👋🏻, Today's motivation comes from John Kimemia Gitau- Director at Rift Valley Institute of Business Studies. Rift Valley Institute of Business Studies is a career development hub that unleashes the power of the youth through Research & Development. Their training is tailored toward the needs of developing countries focusing on the fields of Manufacturing, Health, Housing, and Beauty Industry. Learn more about Rift Valley Institute of Business Studies here: https://t.co/k56ca3qDP5

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This week marked the midpoint of our first five years. As I was taking this photo I was thinking about the amazing achievements of this group of outstanding scientists in such a short time! Over 60 PIs spread across the whole country (one is actually abroad!) in more than 20 prestigious institutions working on #preclinical #mousemodels to accelerate the pace of discovery of both #diagnosis and #therapy in important #disease areas such as #cancer, #CongenitalAnomalies, #microbiome, #haematopoiesis, #NeurologicalDisorders, #MitochondrialDiseases #ageing, also developing new technologies to modulate #protein levels in vivo and generate complex #alleles using the most up-to-date #GenomeEditing methods. Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell NMGN Microbiome Cluster MRC MitoCluster Karen Liu Pleasantine Mill sara wells Ben Davies Anthony Isles Andrew Wood Robert Pitceathly Laura Greaves Walid Khaled Karen Blyth Louis Chesler David Kent

Onboarding is more than just an airport pick-up and a team photo—it's the foundation for success. Welcoming new team members effectively at DGPS is crucial in setting the tone for their journey within the organisation. A strong onboarding process helps our new staff feel valued, connected, and confident from day one. When new staff understand their role and how they contribute to #learningtogethergrowingtogether and the bigger DGPS picture, they’re already engaged and motivated and feel supported and appreciated. Clear expectations and early guidance enable new staff to hit the ground running, leading to quicker and more impactful teaching and learning. It is the perfect opportunity to immerse new teachers and staff in the school's culture, ensuring they feel a sense of belonging. Onboarding isn’t just a one-time event—it’s an ongoing process that fosters growth, learning, and connection. Investing in this process benefits the new staff and the entire organisation, building a team that learns and grows together. We've also learned from our HR data that a positive onboarding experience significantly reduces turnover #DGPS #Onboarding #EmployeeExperience #TeamSuccess Charlotte McCombs Elizabeth McMath

Macclesfield College & Park Lane School Launch "Bridge to Success" 🌟 We’re excited to announce the launch of a new collaboration between Macclesfield College and Park Lane School. The Bridge to Success project will see college students and apprentices working together to design and build a unique, inclusive play park for Park Lane students, featuring themes of Land, Air and Sea. This initiative gives students real industry experience while providing Park Lane students with a fantastic outdoor learning space tailored to their needs. A big thank you to Tony Costello (Construction Department Manager at Macclesfield College) and Emma Shaw (Headteacher at Park Lane School) for their leadership in this inspiring partnership!