Research

Safeguarding Libya's heritage – King’s College London

Between March and October 2011 NATO initiated airstrikes against Libyan governmental forces, partly to protect civilians embroiled in the country’s high-profile civil war. As bombing began, the international community united in its efforts to protect the future of Libya for its people.

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Secondment to the University of Bristol helped company to innovate

To gain a better understanding of how wireless networks work in different environments, Toshiba’s Telecommunications Research Laboratory seconded one of their engineers to the University of Bristol for three months.

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Collaborative research between Rolls-Royce and Birmingham

The University of Birmingham has a long-standing relationship with the global power systems company Rolls-Royce. Their collaborative research across science and engineering is helping the company to develop new technologies and skill its workforce, providing a welcome boost to the economy of the West Midlands.

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Entrepreneurial education at the University of Cambridge

The Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (CfEL) at Cambridge Judge Business School aims to spread the spirit of enterprise to both the University of Cambridge community and to wider national and international audiences through the creation and delivery of a range of educational activities that inspire and build skills in the practise of Entrepreneurship.

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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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