The Universities of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield are launching a new investment company to help boost the commercialisation of university spinouts and start-ups in the North of England. The company, called Northern Gritstone, will fund spinout enterprises from each institution using external 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 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 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 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 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 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 Read more…
Rinri Therapeutics (‘Rinri’), a biotechnology company developing a novel cell-based therapy to restore hearing loss, is delighted to announce that it has secured, a grant from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency. This grant will fund a £3.2 million project Read more…
Meet the graphene entrepreneurs putting social responsibility at the centre of their new businesses to help protect our environment. Across the world, more than one billion tyres are burned or buried in landfill every year. Around 60% of all water used globally for agriculture is wasted. The Read more…
Historically left behind by their peers in the golden triangle, universities in the north are stepping up with their own funds, accelerators and collaborations. Northern England, with its 30 universities, should be an ecosystem of note. Time and again, politicians Read more…
EDF has supported the Nuclear AMRC’s development over the past decade, and the new tier one membership strengthens and deepens the relationship between the two organisations. EDF has signed a new membership agreement with the University of Sheffield Nuclear AMRC Read more…