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  1. Energy-SHIFTS: developing Europe’s energy policy by integrating Social Sciences and Humanities

    …sciplines and across Europe. The Energy-SHIFTS consortium includes: Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), UK The lead department from ARU involved in this project is the Global Sustainability Institute (GSI). The GSI was established by ARU in 2011 and has built a reputation for high impact publications across a broad range of sustainability issues. It is focused on the development of practical solutions to sustainability-related challenges, through the…

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  2. Using bees’ communication patterns to improve energy efficiency in homes

    …ustainability design innovation, and is leading the project, said: “As the world moves towards everything depending on electricity, including transport, we need a better way to communicate collective needs to individual households at localised levels. “At the moment energy use communication is managed with no social or environmental behavioural data. We are saying that optimum energy use is determined by and affects the local neighbourhood and tha…

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  3. Measuring environmental pollution through bee hives

    …e in pollinating the food we need to survive. Just as societies around the world are working out what the human race’s ‘new normal’ looks like after the Covid-19 pandemic, we are aiming to address and reverse a decline that has sadly become normal for the bee population as well. What expertise is Kingston University providing? The Kingston University team working with BeesMax and Surrey Honey Farm is made up of Associate Professor in analytical ch…

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  4. Microalgae: sustainable food source of the future?

    …e – from salt water to scale-up To maintain current consumption trends the world needs to produce 50-70% more food by 2050. University of Greenwich researchers have been looking into Microalgae and how it could revolutionise the food industry. As the primary producers of the marine food web, Microalgae are an underexploited resource. They consume more CO2 than they produce, they grow faster than any other plant, and they can be grown in extreme en…

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  5. Cutting emissions in the road freight sector with hydrogen engines

    …powered engines in the UK could bring forward the use of hydrogen powered trucks, driving the rapid decarbonisation that is so vital to mitigate climate change. Development and manufacturing of these engines in the UK would also build on our strong engine supply chain, safeguarding highly-skilled jobs across the country.” Funding for Dr Atkins’ report was provided by Research England Strategic Priorities Fund and the Advanced Propulsion Centre, wh…

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  6. SPARK social enterprise at University of Brighton

    …to select, develop, and implement the most promising ones. The lack of a structured approach also increases the cost of innovation activities. Another constraint for innovation management is the lack of time and space to explore new directions since they are too focused on day-to-day operations. Space for innovation needs to be purposefully created by setting aside time and resources for exploring and developing new ideas and giving individuals or…

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  7. Leeds Beckett University develop whole system approach to tackling obesity for Public Health England

    …adults are living with obesity. Childhood obesity has been classed by the World Health Organisation as one of the most serious challenges for the 21st Century. Old or young, obesity carries significant health, social and economic consequences. The Foresight Tackling Obesities systems map illustrates the complex web of factors that cause obesity. Heterogeneous and interdependent individual and socio-environmental level factors all interact dynamic…

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  8. Extensive online learning provision and bioimaging suites at Oxford Brookes University

    …ide of the building to give it a modern look and make it more efficient to run. The refurbishment of the second floor of the Sinclair building has been completed and we now have a modern 100-seat teaching lab, student orientated spaces, academic offices, and further teaching and research areas. The new large lab allows for several teaching sessions to take place simultaneously, providing opportunities for cross-discipline working; placing you at t…

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  9. DTA Alumni Award

    …atic and collaborative approach has made me feel personally included, in a world where I usually feel like an outsider. Her fun and enjoyable nature towards research and on a personal side really show that she is a credit to the DTA community and academia in general. Pascal Schirmer University of Hertfordshire for the fundamental role he has played in supporting peers and continuing collaborations in a positive and supportive manner Pascal success…

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  10. UA submission to OfS consultation on recurrent funding

    …ucial skills needed by UK businesses, both within and beyond the country’s world leading creative industries. Secondly, as the OfS notes, they ‘make a particularly important contribution to access and participation’. It is unclear why the Government wishes to actively disincentivise institutions from offering provision directly linked to shortage occupations, favouring recruitment from overseas over the upskilling of the UK workforce. Whilst the a…

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