A PROJECT involving the sustainability expertise of the University of South Wales (USW) has been awarded £1.5m from UKRI’s Industrial Decarbonisation programme. The South Wales Industrial Cluster (SWIC), a partnership between Welsh industry, energy suppliers, infrastructure providers, academia, legal sector, service providers and public sector organisations, has been given the funding to map what is […]
Chip[s] Board’s® philosophy is that a circular economy within waste (by-product) management and material production will create a new sustainable model, utilising the abundant resources we currently have rather than continuing to process virgin materials. The business, created by Kingston School of Art design graduates Rowan Minkley and Rob Nicoll, won top honours at the […]
UWE Bristol have launched Digital Skills: Workforce for the Future, offering free support to SMEs looking to improve business productivity and sustainability through enhancing the digital skills and capabilities of their workforce. UWE Bristol is delivering Workforce for the Future on behalf of the West of England Combined Authority (WECA). Tracey John, Director of Research, […]
Professor Rob Morgan, Professor of Thermal Propulsion Systems at the University of Brighton’s Advanced Engineering Centre in Moulsecoomb, has been collaborating for the past 12 years on the concept of turning air into liquid to stockpile energy, closely working with UK-based Highview Power, the owner of the technology and the IP, and the company bringing […]
Through its award-winning community partnerships programme, the University of Brighton has worked with over 500 local community, voluntary, social enterprise and statutory organisations, helping develop ideas into projects, provide start-up funding and help networks and communities of practice develop.
The University of South Wales (USW), Welsh Government and global technology company Thales have established a £20m cyber centre, sitting at the heart of its Tech Valleys programme. The National Digital Exploitation Centre (NDEC) provides SMEs and microbusinesses with a base to test and develop their digital concepts. It also provides a research lab in […]
Birmingham City University’s Department of Social work hosted a ‘Mend the Gap’ pilot project on behalf of the Regional West Midlands Social Work Teaching Partnership. The project was designed to identify, and resolve, gaps in social work provision for carers of people with learning disabilities and/or difficulties. More information: The aim of the project was […]
Professor Barry Carpenter CBE, Professor of Mental Health in Education from the School of Education at Oxford Brookes University, has conducted important work which is influencing policy and procedures at schools returning to teaching after lockdown. Professor Carpenter’s work establishes that children’s mental health should be paramount for schools as part of Covid-19 planning, alongside […]
To help meet the challenges of growing high-potential organisations, Oxford Brookes Business School has created a Scale Up Network to enhance and develop the leadership and management capacity of businesses. While other sources of support currently exist to address growth aspects such as access to finance and improving business operations, a key aspect to unlocking future […]
The Assessment Centre Experience (ACE) is an ISE award winning mock assessment centre simulation, run by the University of Hertfordshire in partnership with Smart Resourcing Solutions (SRS). ACE has been recognised as one of the largest mock assessment centre simulations in the UK and will be attended by over 3000 students of the University of […]
