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 # Director's Message 2023
 
-This year all of us at CUSP London collaborated to maintain and extend our vibrant pipeline
-of multi-disciplinary urban research. Our main priority continues to be producing tangible
-results that have a real-world impact for our partners.  From one-hour seminars to multi-
-million-pound funding bids, it has been inspiring to see how CUSP London melds our thinking
-across the College to address today's critical urban challenges.
+As always, everyone at CUSP London collaborated to maintain and extend our vibrant pipeline of multidisciplinary research. Our main priority continues to be producing tangible results that have a real-world impact on our academic associates and partners. From one-hour seminars to multi-million-pound funding bids, it has been inspiring to see how CUSP London melds our thinking across the College to address today’s critical urban and extra-urban challenges.
 
-UN predictions are that seventy percent of the world will live in urban areas by 2050, the 
-Cognitive Technologies we study at CUSP London of Data Science, AI, Visualization, AR and 
-VR will be a crucial part of living well in these cities.
+This year was a great success for all in CUSP London; we hosted more events, connected to more partners, published more academic papers, and submitted and supported more research projects, winning the majority of those bids. It was a hugely positive outcome all around.
+![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/26258ea4-fab3-4bd2-a5a7-9f7dc490e304)
 
 
-![CUSP London Data Dive 2022](./assets/cuspDirector.jpg)
-*Nick Holliman, Director CUSP London 2022* 
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+![CUSP London Data Dive 2022](./assets/cuspDirector_2024.jpg)
+*Nick Holliman, Director CUSP London 2024* 
 
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