The Simulation Centre at Coventry University helps organisations across a range of sectors to exercise, train and develop their staff to new levels, including simulated experiences for the public sector and emergency services. The fully immersive virtual environment enables both individual agency teams and multi-agency emergency service groups to train together for scenarios replicating major […]
Coventry University uniquely offers the only UK example of a social enterprise set up by a university to promote social entrepreneurship and innovation benefitting the local community. Formed in 2014 as a spin-out from the University, their remit is to maximise their role as an anchor institution by finding ways of benefiting the local community […]
The HuffPost Centre for Journalism, within Birmingham City University’s School of Media, gives the next generation of journalists first-hand experience of the media industry, working directly with HuffPost to do media differently. It provides a wealth of opportunities for students, placing them on a global stage and giving them real life experience of how news […]
Researchers at UWE Bristol are collaborating with smart engineering solutions company Costain and engineering technology start-up Enable My Team, to develop a system that predicts faults on train tracks and in stations. The technology, currently in development, uses thousands of sensors and 3D modelling, which taps into big data. It will allow engineers to use […]
Developed in the Robotics Laboratory at the University of West England Bristol (UWE), the start-up Open Bionics is the first company to create multi-grip bionic hands small enough to fit children as young as 9 years old. This is just one of the many achievements by Open Bionics leading them to win multiple awards for […]
A Dolphin N2 engine developed at the University of Brighton highlights the state-of-the-art research being undertaken throughout our members. The invention is seen as one of the most significant advances in engine design in years and is being hailed as extremely efficient, making it more comparable to a fuel cell than to a traditional engine. […]
The University of Brighton’s Green Growth Platform is an award-winning green business-innovation network which supports businesses developing clean and green products, services and processes to scale-up. The platform provides access to university facilities and expertise, commercialisation advice, coaching and workshops and an investment readiness programme. It has over 1000 members that has created 300 green […]
The Natural Resources Institute (NRI) is a specialist research, development and education organisation of the University of Greenwich, with a focus on food, agriculture, environment and sustainable livelihoods. Together with our international partners such as UNESCO and the Gatsby Foundation, they tackle issues including poverty, food and nutrition security, sustainable agriculture, climate change, gender and […]
The University of Greenwich’s ‘Powerhouse’ aims to foster collaboration between staff, students and the community. It is home to a community of entrepreneurs who run social and commercial enterprises from the co-work space. Students can access enterprise support, funding and training via their accelerator, and businesses come for knowledge exchange – accessing expertise and facilities, […]
In Greenwich, the university gave use of its onsite kitchens to the local Greenwich Mutual Aid group, and staff members and students supported vulnerable people with prescription collection, deliveries and food parcels to those vulnerable people from across the local area. Find out more about how the University of Greenwich aided in their local coronavirus […]
