…p with a local engineering design company to produce a manufacturable point-of-care LAMP device from an earlier prototype. This device has been manufactured in small numbers and demonstrated in the field as an effective test for the Covid-19 virus. Its advantage are its ease of use, speed and effectiveness and its ability to work without the need for laboratory processing. In partnership with the university the team have created a spin-out company…
…with widening participation characteristics: just under half were the first-in-their-family to attend university. The project would not have been possible without the collaborative approach the team took internally to secure effective placements, and externally with key strategic partners. The committed OEP team provided training, raised awareness and understanding of T-Levels, and supported essential practical requirements, such as safeguarding f…
…ain of truth. The best of the new providers will no doubt deliver classroom-based subjects like business and law cheaply and well. They may offer welcome flexibilities to mature and part-time students. But it’s much harder to see how they will do the same for medicine and engineering. This can’t be done for £9,000 per student even with the additional grant for high cost subjects at current levels. This is likely to raise questions about the relati…
…surveys on land and building structures out of reach of traditional ground-based cameras. This would enable heat audits to be carried out faster, more cheaply and protect workers from dangerous work environments such as the top of buildings or elevated structures. Such surveys allow home and property owners to see where they need to put cladding and insulation to save money on heating bills. They can also be used to inspect power lines and solar…
…s staggering. Baby Buddy is a free mobile phone app for parents and parents-to-be with personalised content approved by doctors and midwives which UWE Bristol helped to devise. Sleepstation was devised by one of the UK’s leading sleep experts with support from Teesside University’s Digital City, to help millions get a better night’s sleep through Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. University of Salford academics, along with colleagues at Lancaster Uni…
…data from aircraft flight recorders is analysed. Replacing a manual flight-by-flight analytical system, Portsmouth’s work means data can now be analysed automatically by artificial intelligence (AI), saving significant man-hours. As a result a UK-based SME has been able to expand its business in the UK and also enter the dynamic Northern American market. In 2012, there were 31 million commercial flights involving 15,000 aircraft and more than 230…
…Q* attendees, I envisaged university as a utopian escape, where I could be free to be open with myself, peers and colleagues without prejudice. Therefore, I was surprised to read that in 2016, it was stated that there was a disproportionate number of academics within higher education that openly identified as part of the LGBTQ* community, despite the increased statutory protection for individuals under pieces of legislation such as the Equality Ac…
…re up a roller coaster of emotions. This year, with over half of 18-30 year-olds attending university, more and more families across the UK will be sitting down in front of phones, tablets and computers come August 15th, gritting their teeth in preparation for the journey of hope, worry, regret, elation, disappointment and relief. Some would argue that too many will be going through this process, that Universities and degrees have become too ubiqu…
…alliances before the pandemic arrived. DTA3 Fellows have missed out on face-to-face networking and opportunities to broker essential connections within their academic field and industry. In spite of the challenges they have faced, as we come out the other side of Covid, our Fellows are engaged, eager to network and keen to grasp all opportunities to disseminate their passion and project work. It is amazing to see our Fellows not just surviving but…
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