The University’s Particle Instruments Research Group have worked with a number of businesses to translate their research into commercial devices to monitor air quality. The team’s ground-breaking design for a low-cost Optical Particle Counter, was taken up by Essex-based company Alphasense. Since 2015, over 18,000 units have been integrated into air quality monitoring systems […]
What do Danish law makers, British beekeepers and international environmental campaigners have in common? They have all benefited from the Pesticide Properties Database (PPDB), one of the most comprehensive pesticide resources in the world, developed at the University of Hertfordshire. First launched in 2007, the database was developed by the Agriculture and Environment Research Unit […]
Responding to the recent agreement between UK universities and research institutions, and Elsevier on open access to their research portfolio, University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said: “University Alliance welcomes the news that UK universities and research institutions have reached an open access agreement with Elsevier following the sector’s acceptance of the latest proposal. The agreement, […]
Responding to the announcement today from BEIS that Horizon Europe applicants will receive a funding extension guarantee, University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said: “We warmly welcome the announcement extending the UK government funding guarantee for successful UK applicants to Horizon Europe until December 2022. Alliance institutions have been successful recipients of EU programme funding for […]
Today marks International Day of Women and Girls in Science, and to celebrate, we have pulled together profiles of some inspirational women scientists from Alliance institutions. It’s a chance to showcase their amazing work, and the ways in which they support other women science, whilst highlighting some of the challenges that exist to them in […]
Dr. Sally Akehurst is Head of the School of Human Sciences at the University of Derby Tell us a bit about your career in science and how you came to focus on your specialism. I am a sport and exercise scientist who specialises in sport and exercise psychology, a core element of sport and exercise […]
Dr. Emma Hayhurst is Senior Lecturer in Molecular Biology at the School of Applied Sciences, University of South Wales. Tell us a bit about your career in science and how you came to focus on your specialism. More by luck than judgement! Before uni I had no real idea of what I wanted to do […]
Professor Susan Brooks is Professor of Cell Biology in the Department of Biological and Medical Sciences and Director of Researcher Development for Oxford Brookes University. Tell us a bit about your career in science and how you came to focus on your specialism. Having done a BSc in Biology at the University of Nottingham, I […]
Surya is a third-year MSCA DTA3/COFUND Energy fellow, studying at the University of Hertfordshire Tell us a bit about your career in science and how you came to focus on your specialism. I have always preferred to study something which I can see or feel in my everyday life, which has an impact on the […]
Professor Linda King is Professor of Virology and the Pro Vice Chancellor of Research and Global Partnerships at Oxford Brookes University Tell us a bit about your career in science and how you came to focus on your specialism. I started a DPhil in insect virology in 1982 and have been studying viruses ever since. […]
