Weekly News Roundup for NCUB Members
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- Published: Thursday, 17 October 2019 16:16
- Written by National Centre for Universities and Business
A key membership benefit of the National Centre for Universities and Business, NCUB's weekly news roundup is issued to members every Friday.
The National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) is an independent and not-for-profit membership organisation that promotes, develops and supports university-business collaboration across the UK. NCUB is here to inspire universities and business to work together for sustainable growth and prosperity.
To keep our members and partners informed about all that’s happening in the university-business collaboration landscape, NCUB has launched a Weekly News Roundup, which provides those within business and higher education with the latest policy and economic developments, best practice and analysis in the convenient form of an e-newsletter.
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Launched in March 2019, the newsletter is delivered to subscribers' inboxes every Friday morning at 6:30am.
The weekly e-newsletter is a great way for NCUB members get the latest updates on our work and research, with weekly insights from our Policy and Engagement Team, stories from our university and business members and partners, and a digest of each week's news, including headlines on research and innovation, skills and talent and the place agenda.
In each edition of our newsletter, readers will find a 'number of the week' highlighting facts and stats that have grabbed our attention; a 'featured member' amplifying the initiatives and projects of our memberships; as well as exciting funding calls from our innovation brokerage platform konfer, from smaller £10k grants to £1million+ grants, across many sectors from Agriculture to 5G.
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Amongst the UK’s most pressing economic problems is the profound disparities in economic performance between different regions.
A collaboration between the University of Nottingham and law firm Browne Jacobson LLP has led to a “transformational impact” on how the firm drafts insurance policies.
Teesside University’s School of Health and Life Sciences and Maria Mallaband Care Group are working together to train care assistants to become Nursing Associates.
In response to Covid-19, UWE Bristol has launched a Digital Innovation Fund to help businesses to innovate during these turbulent times.
The University of Sussex is working with TauRx Therapeutics Ltd, which aims to commercialise products for the diagnosis, treatment and cure of neurodegenerative diseases.
Loughborough University has worked with the Cabinet Office and Airbox Systems to provide surface water flood nowcasting for the UK Government’s new ResilienceDirect mapping platform.
SMEs can benefit from fully-funded University of Nottingham expertise through a programme to help economic recovery.
Businesses can collaborate with universities in a variety of ways, spanning a few hours’ expert advice, specialist teams working on long-term projects and access to world-class R&D facilities.
The COVID-19 pandemic provides a first-class opportunity for innovation to shine.
In a partnership spanning seven years, Durham University and IBM have been working together in key areas such as research, teaching and learning, recruitment, and other outreach activities.
Academic collaboration with industry is becoming increasingly important, with the evolution of REF and the significance attached to impact.
Research undertaken by Loughborough University’s CREST – in partnership with STA and Advance Further Energy – reveals the positive impacts of domestic smart energy technologies.
Loughborough University telecare startup was selected for Techforce 19, to find digital solutions to support the vulnerable during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Executive Interviews embarked on a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) which link a business with an academic or research organisation and a graduate, with the Open University.
The University of Surrey will lead a SEPnet project to launch collaborative PhD opportunities with SMEs.
Saltburn-based Peel Jones Copper Products is set to grow capacity by 15% per year thanks to a Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Teesside University.
The University of Campinas in Brazil is collaborating with the University of Sussex to combat a fungal disease which has decimated cocoa production.
Birmingham City University has used a specially adapted Sage Qualifications course to help give Accounting students crucial skills for the future.
Ambiental Risk Analytics has teamed up with a newly established University of Sussex spin out company to automate the calibration of flood risk simulations.
KTPs are a cost-effective way to undertake commercially orientated R&D by accessing research expertise your organisation may not have in-house.
Alan Dalton, Professor of Materials Physics at the University of Sussex, has developed a way of producing nanomaterial inks and assembling them into coatings.
How a Loughborough University graduate startup is transforming the manufacture and distribution of prosthetic limbs.
Biopharmaceutical company Enterprise Therapeutics is working with the University of Sussex to build research and expertise in the UK’s increasingly vibrant biotechnology sector.
One hundred women across the north and midlands will have the chance to retrain in the digital sector thanks to a new online programme.
Researchers at Loughborough University are working with organisations to develop environmentally sustainable, cost-effective and resilient supply chains.
Managing Partner at Elliott Associates, David Pearson, discusses why the business is a firm advocate of Degree Apprenticeships.
The University of Birmingham has signed an agreement with Birmingham City Council to address skills gap.
Sheffield Hallam University has opened a research centre for developing innovations that will increase physical activity and improve population health.
AIMday is a bespoke academic-industry networking event format, which has been licenced out to 17 universities worldwide.
Highlights of an event showcasing successful industry-university partnerships at the University of Plymouth.
Examining the relationship between R&D and local economic growth seemed like a timely topic for the 9th roundtable in LSBU’s ongoing Policy Breakfast Series.
The UK’s first eMBA students to graduate on the Senior Leader Master’s Degree Apprenticeship standard are celebrating excellent results from Cranfield University.
New employees need transferable skills to adapt to the changing needs of the organisation and to fill any shortages that may arise in future.
When you team up an entrepreneur who is launching an innovative new app with an ARU academic with expertise in real-world business economics, both parties benefit.
A new £5.5m videogames and cyber security space at Abertay University has been hailed “an important investment in Scotland’s future".
A major report focused on how Scotland’s universities can improve engagement with industry and boost contribution to economic growth is underway.
The SETsquared Partnership has been ranked the global number one university business incubator by leading research and advisory firm, UBI Global.
Over the years, many companies, including numerous household names, have been launched by Loughborough graduates.
Network Rail and Cranfield School of Management have agreed an educational partnership.