Economy

Multi-faceted collaboration between the University of Exeter and IBM

Information technology and consulting services company IBM have a strategic partnership with the University of Exeter to work together solving some of the world’s greatest challenges.

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King’s College London helps charity to extend its services to cancer patients

Concern that older people and those from black and ethnic minority groups were less likely to use its information and support services led charity Breast Cancer Care to team up with academics at King’s College London.

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From market stall to University partnership – Marks & Spencer’s long association with Leeds

The University of Leeds and British retail giant Marks & Spencer have a deep-rooted partnership founded on the relocation on the company’s entire corporate archive to the campus at Leeds in 2012.

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Seeing eye-to-eye – a small biotech company’s work with the University of Liverpool

Researchers at the University of Liverpool are working with biomaterial technology company Biomer Technology Ltd to investigate a potential treatment for age-related macular degeneration. The disease is the main cause of vision loss among elderly people in the developed world, affecting up to half a million people in the UK alone.

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Academic consultant from Newcastle University makes material difference to science services firm

Offshore oil and gas platforms must meet high safety standards. Hydrocarbon fires are intense and it is important to understand how all construction materials will behave.

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The future’s green for the University of Nottingham and pharmaceutical giant

The University of Nottingham is working with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to establish a carbon neutral laboratory for sustainable chemistry. It is supported by a philanthropic investment of £12million from the pharmaceutical company as part of its initiative to reduce the environmental impact of its manufacturing processes.

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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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