Economy
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Support for ‘Silicon Roundabout’ start-ups at Queen Mary University of London
qLegal at Queen Mary University of London provides free legal advice, workshops and resources to technology start-up companies and entrepreneurs. Its proximity to the so-called ‘Silicon Roundabout’ in East London - one of the main global hubs for digital technology innovation – means qLegal is well-placed to support innovation and business growth.
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Queen’s University Belfast is teaming up with business to find new ways to treat cancer
Queen’s University Belfast and health sciences company Almac Discovery are working together to develop new drugs to treat cancer in two projects worth £13 million.
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Smart investment in specialised education course at the London School of Economics and Political Science
The Italian bank Fineco approached the London School of Economics and Political Science to design and run a custom-made, intensive course focusing on behavioural finance and investment decisions with which to reward its most strongly performing financial consultants.
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The University of Warwick is putting research at the heart of business in the Midlands
The Science City Research Alliance brings together the University of Warwick and the University of Birmingham in collaborative projects in Advanced Materials, Energy Futures and Translational Medicine. The Alliance works with a host of companies and businesses in the West Midlands region, from local small businesses to multi-nationals like Jaguar Land Rover, Aston Martin and Unilever.
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How Imperial College London helped one small business bend boundaries
Design manufacturing company RoboFold drew on Imperial College London expertise in mathematical modelling to increase the performance of their robotic systems, enabling them to expand into new markets. The expertise was accessed through the College’s consultancy company, Imperial Consultants (ICON).
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Developing ground-breaking software for the gaming industry
Natural Motion Ltd, a spin-out company from the University of Oxford, was formed in order to commercialise research conducted by Torsten Reil and Colm Massey at the Department of Zoology.
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ALADDIN - evaluating change with technology
An award-winning, collaborative project led by the University of Southampton has been using technologies ranging from computer modelling to automated robots to investigate ways to improve the understanding of constantly changing scenarios.
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Improving management within a local SME
The skills and expertise developed by one student at the University of Warwick business school have helped to rejuvenate the management techniques and company culture within a local manufacturing SME.
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A new technology to support deep-sea oil exploration from University of Edinburgh
MTEM (Multi-transient Electromagnetic Technology), a spin-out company from the University of Edinburgh, markets a technology which allows the detection of hydrocarbons in deep underground reservoirs.
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Breakthrough digital display technology from the University of Cambridge
In 1989 fundamental research at the University of Cambridge led to the unexpected discovery that luminescence could be generated by conducting electricity through plastic polymers.
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