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 […]
Kingston University’s ESCAPE-pain rehabilitation programme helps people with chronic hip and knee pain and has been delivered in 20 sites across the UK including community centres, leisure centres and schools. It has treated more than 13,000 people to date, saving the NHS an estimated £22M by reducing the amount of healthcare needed by patients. Read […]
Kingston University run an annual ‘Primary Engineer competition’ where local primary school children are invited to design solutions to engineering challenges, with selected entries later turned into prototypes by the university. Read about their 2019 launch event below: Prototypes for designs to solve engineering challenges built by Kingston University and dreamed up by school pupils […]
Kingston University has been a leading partner in collaboration with Kingston Council, Kingston First, and the Greater London Authority to drive wider community regeneration and help develop a more successful and inclusive town centre. The long-term strategy will provide opportunities for the community to transform Kingston Town Centre and enable students to become actively involved […]
A new £1.7million project was launched by Leeds Beckett University to enhance the resilience and growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by building the leadership skills, capabilities and opportunities of women in the Leeds City Region The three-year #WECAN (Women Empowered through Coaching and Networking) project is led by a team of academic experts […]
ABOUT THE CENTRE Our state of the art clinical simulation centre is set up to replicate an acute care NHS environment, providing realistic clinical facilities for our Nursing and Midwifery students and qualified healthcare professionals. The centre provides training for a wide range of healthcare professionals such as anaesthetists, junior doctors, medical students, nurse practitioners, […]
