biology

MedCity (London)

MedCity (London) is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand MedCity (London) rather than just read about it. In short: MedCity (London) describes the collaboration between the Mayor of London and the capital's health science centres of Imperial College London, King's College London and University College London comprising the London part of the 'golden triangle'. MedCity was launched in 2014 to increase collaboration between Imperial College, King's College and University College London — the capital's three main science universitie…

Key takeaways

MedCity (London) belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect MedCity (London) to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of MedCity (London) from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

MedCity (London) describes the collaboration between the Mayor of London and the capital's health science centres of Imperial College London, King's College London and University College London comprising the London part of the 'golden triangle'. MedCity was launched in 2014 to increase collaboration between Imperial College, King's College and University College London — the capital's three main science universities — and promote the broader 'golden triangle' between London, Cambridge and Oxford to investors. This collaboration is supported by HEFCE and London & Partners and works with the life sciences sector across the greater south-east of England. MedCity is funded by King's Health Partners, Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, UCL Partners and the Mayor of London.

Main areas of work

MedCity is positioned in the centre of academic research, industry, investors and the London authority to facilitate and enable various services with a focus on providing a front door service, promote the region, develop an entrepreneurial environment and explain the market.

Front door service MedCity acts as a ‘front door’ for businesses, entrepreneurs, investors and academics to come to when they are confused by the complex environment across the region. MedCity welcomes, directs and supports large pharmaceutical companies to digital entrepreneurs, businesses seeking research collaborations and investors looking for investment and considering setting up new funds. Tightly involved with its partners, MedCity provides signposting and relationship formation within and across the region. MedCity also provides help in finding lab, office, shared or co-located work spaces or for specialist laboratories and equipment as the greater south east offers a wide variety of options.

Promote the region Promoting the region as a base for life science investment and growth, MedCity is London's life science representative at business, academic and charity conferences and aims at developing a wide stakeholder base for communications to attract international, trade and media interest.

Develop an entrepreneurial environment MedCity is actively encouraging and enabling entrepreneurialism by understanding and addressing entrepreneurial barriers as well as supporting entrepreneurial activities. These include business plan competitions, angel investment workshops, pitching events for early stage funding of startups and work with various capital groups to attract funding into the greater south east.

Explain the market MedCity enables academic/business interaction at the early stages of idea development by bringing stakeholders together to develop collaborations. Furthermore, an active field is in promoting and explaining the wide and professional clinical trial environment that London and the greater south east offers.

Gallery

See also Golden triangle (universities) King's College London Imperial College London University College London

References

External links MedCity website

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with MedCity (London)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what MedCity (London) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to MedCity (London) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about MedCity (London) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of MedCity (London)

In research: MedCity (London) appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses MedCity (London) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: MedCity (London) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2014 establishments in England, Biology education in the United Kingdom, College and university associations and consortia in the United Kingdom, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for MedCity (London) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study MedCity (London) in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what MedCity (London) means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain MedCity (London) out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is MedCity (London) in simple terms?

Why does MedCity (London) matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study MedCity (London)?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on MedCity (London).