Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Liverpool, in partnership with the Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership, are to create the first University Enterprise Zone in the city with Sensor City. Sensor City will bring together the knowledge and experience in sensor technology to become a leading innovation centre. The centre will house, […]
The West of England is known as a region for having a strong culture of enterprise with a high and growing number of start-ups and a thriving SME sector. In recognition of this the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) is pioneering one of the first University Enterprise Zones (UEZ) in the country on its […]
The Welsh Financial Services Graduate Programme (WFSGP) is a collaborative 2 year full-time programme of work, training and academic study unique to Wales, designed and delivered by leading financial services organisations to develop a talent pool of industry professionals. The Financial & Professional Services sector is one of nine Welsh Government key priority sectors in […]
In April this year Oxford Brookes University collaborated with the Bamboo Bicycle Club to successfully build the world’s first ever bamboo and 3D printed lugs bicycle at London’s Design Museum. The live event was to coincide with the Cycling Revolution exhibition at the museum where the Bamboo Bicycle Club displayed another first in the form […]
The Institute of Railway Research (IRR) at the University of Huddersfield carries out innovative, world-leading research into the interaction between railway vehicles and the track. This work is helping the railway industry to reduce costs and improve safety levels by furthering the understanding of how wheels interact with the track and the resulting deterioration due to wear […]
Kingston University’s internationally recognised Small Business Research Centre is carrying out a study looking in to the knowledge and skills needed by social entrepreneurs to successfully run community energy projects. The end goal is to compile a bank of evidence about these entrepreneurs, the activities they implement and the challenges they have to contend with. […]
Kingston University supports up to 15 graduates each year by awarding them entrepreneur visas. One student to have benefitted from such a visa is MA Product and Space graduate Hend Krichen. The visa helped Hend, who is originally from the Tunisian Republic, to establish her artisan business designing intricate homeware products both in the UK […]
Nottingham Trent University is to receive a share of £10.1 million in European funding designed to help more than 2,000 businesses boost their innovation. Three universities – Nottingham Trent University, the University of Nottingham and the University of Derby – bid for the money from the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership’s (LEP) €251m European Structural and […]
An interdisciplinary team from the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) and the Bristol Robotics Laboratory is playing a key role in development of Connected Autonomous vehicles (CAVs) that have the potential to transform the lives of isolated older adults through creation of independent travel options. The ‘Flourish’ project co-funded by Innovate UK involves partners […]
Universities offer so much more to a thriving innovation ecosystem than through the commercialisation of their research. They also contribute four important resources that help businesses (especially micro and small firms) to innovate and scale up. This includes knowledge from around the world that can transform business process, services or products, skilled and adaptable employees to […]
