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Calling all Student Go-Getters!

Calling all Student Go-Getters!

Posted on 11 October 2021 by Innovation + Impact blog

The new University term is about to kick off. As freshers and seasoned students return, thoughts can turn to life after uni. Here, Claire Parry-Witchell, the dedicated business mentor for […]

Maximising data brings business benefits

Maximising data brings business benefits

Posted on 4 October 2021 by Innovation + Impact blog

Cardiff University help Virtus Tech improve their data capabilities and deliver greater benefits to clients. The company, based in Cardiff’s Tramshed Tech coworking space, specialise in the creation and hosting of digital 360-degree tours. Co-founders Robin Davies and […]

SETsquared & Cardiff to grow success

SETsquared & Cardiff to grow success

Posted on 27 September 2021 by Innovation + Impact blog

Cardiff University has joined SETsquared – the world’s number one university business incubator. The collaboration will help turn research, spin-outs and start-ups into thriving businesses. Here, Simon Bond, Innovation Direction at SETsquared and Dr David Bembo, Cardiff’s Director of Research & Innovation Services, discuss the partnership […]

KTPs – partnerships for prosperity 

KTPs – partnerships for prosperity 

Posted on 20 September 2021 by Innovation + Impact blog

Now is the perfect time for Welsh companies to get involved with Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP).  The outbreak of COVID-19 led Welsh Government to support organisations in recovery by uplifting their grant to 75% for Welsh SMEs who apply for the programme […]

A taste of milk&sugar

A taste of milk&sugar

Posted on 9 September 2021 by Innovation + Impact blog

Independent café group, milk&sugar, will provide hospitality in Cardiff’s landmark sbarc | spark building, fuelling great ideas. Here, the group’s owner, Tim Corrigan, explains why he’s delighted to be opening the company’s sixth Cardiff outlet […]

MAGMA – a magnet for Innovation

MAGMA – a magnet for Innovation

Posted on 31 August 2021 by Innovation + Impact blog

Cardiff University’s newly refurbished state-of-the-art MAGMA (Magnetic Materials and Applications) laboratories are now open for collaborative research and industrial projects in the School of Engineering. MAGMA Research Associate and lab […]

Good vibrations for TRH

Good vibrations for TRH

Posted on 23 August 2021 by Innovation + Impact blog

‘In scientific terms, it’s difficult to overstate the importance of the surface,’ Professor Philip Davies writes.   ‘The semiconductor industry, for example, could not exist without exquisite knowledge, and control, of […]

New cleanroom for CS technologies

New cleanroom for CS technologies

Posted on 9 August 2021 by Innovation + Impact blog

Scientists who will work in Cardiff University’s state-of-the-art Compound Semiconductor (CS) cleanroom have visited their future home.   Researchers from the ERDF-funded Institute for Compound Semiconductors (ICS) were given a tour of the facility, which will offer an 8-inch […]

Growing social innovation

Growing social innovation

Posted on 2 August 2021 by Innovation + Impact blog

A three-way partnership to grow mint commercially on a not-for-profit basis has brought benefits to rural Uganda. The Community Enterprise Model for Plant Oil Production (CEMPOP) was forged five years […]

A clean approach to water disinfection

A clean approach to water disinfection

Posted on 26 July 2021 by Innovation + Impact blog

Undoubtedly some of the greatest challenges of this century will revolve around the adequate provision of clean water. An estimated 5.7 billion people will live under the threat of water-scarcity […]