Our chairman of Northern Gritstone, Jim O’Neill, writes how the inequalities in the UK economy create great investment opportunities which will have wider impact. Earlier this month, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave a speech in Coventry about what seems to have become his signature policy initiative: “leveling up” the local and regional Read more…
Scientists at the University of Leeds have developed an approach that could help in the design of a new generation of synthetic biomaterials made from proteins. The biomaterials could eventually have applications in joint repair or wound healing as well as other fields of healthcare and food production. Read more.
Northern Gritstone, a new investment company founded by the Universities of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield (the “Founding Universities”) and established to facilitate the commercialisation of university science and technology related Intellectual Property (“IP”) in the north of England, today announces the appointment of Lord Jim O’Neill as Non-Executive Chairman and Read more…
A device that helps desperately sick patients breathe and costs around £150 to manufacture could revolutionise It has been designed to provide therapeutic oxygen support to patients severely ill with Covid-19, pneumonia or other forms of respiratory distress – and was developed using the principles of “frugal engineering” by a team of Read more…
The North West has overtaken the South East to be named one of the UK’s top three locations for attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) projects. According to EY’s latest UK Attractiveness Survey, the region is now third behind Greater London and Scotland with 85 projects secured in 2020. Read more.
Researchers are investigating whether a kinder form of radiation known as T-rays could be used to image and treat patients with skin or bowel cancer. T-rays or terahertz radiation contain lower levels of energy than X-rays and are less damaging to biological tissue. Read more.
Today the UK’s ambition to be a world-leading science and technology innovation hub has taken another step forward as The University of Manchester announced Bruntwood SciTech, the UK’s leading property provider dedicated to the growth of the science and technology sector, as its preferred bidder to deliver the £1.5 billion innovation district – ID Read more…
Professor John Blacker and colleagues around the world are finding ways to reclaim valuable materials from discarded electronics. On the outskirts of Ghana’s capital city, Accra, on the banks of the Korle Lagoon, is the Agbogbloshie electronic waste dump. This huge 20-acre scrap yard — that’s about the size of Read more…
A report compiled by the sector predicts universities can contribute £11.6 billion worth of support to SMEs, businesses and not-for-profits over the next five years. Universities UK has today published a report that sets out the potential economic boost the higher education sector could offer the country in its recovery Read more…
Construction of the largest home for engineering in any UK university has been completed. With the conclusion of the base build phase, the Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD) was handed over to the University of Manchester on Friday, 14 May 2021. Delivered by a collaborative team of builders, architects and Read more…