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Back to back success and recognition for Cardiff-based Smallspark

Back to back success and recognition for Cardiff-based Smallspark

Posted on 12 May 2020 by Innovation + Impact blog

Smallspark Space Systems have signed up to the national SPRINT business support network which will generate access to funding for a major project looking to utilise Artificial Intelligence (AI) to […]

Shaping society after COVID-19

Shaping society after COVID-19

Posted on 29 April 2020 by Innovation + Impact blog

Professor Chris Taylor explains why Cardiff’s interdisciplinary Social Science Research Park can bring post-pandemic benefits for all    Beyond the eventual outcurve of coronavirus recovery lie questions around society’s response to […]

How the ‘Cardiff Model’ is tackling US violence

How the ‘Cardiff Model’ is tackling US violence

Posted on 2 March 2020 by Innovation + Impact blog

A recent mass shooting in Milwaukee has left six people dead. Professor Jonathan Shepherd knows the US city well: one of its suburbs, West Allis, has already adopted the ‘Cardiff […]

Campus inducts 1,000 workers

Campus inducts 1,000 workers

Posted on 27 February 2020 by Innovation + Impact blog

More than 1,000 workers have been recruited to work on Cardiff University’s flagship ‘Home of Innovation.’ The new milestone has been reached in partnership with Bouygues UK, the leading construction […]

Celebrations at the start of a new chapter for WISERD

Celebrations at the start of a new chapter for WISERD

Posted on 26 February 2020 by Innovation + Impact blog

  Last week WISERD held a stakeholder event in the Senedd to launch their five-year plan for civil society research with funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). […]

Cardiff Innoversity – helping students build tomorrow’s businesses

Cardiff Innoversity – helping students build tomorrow’s businesses

Posted on 24 February 2020 by Innovation + Impact blog

Innovation is founded on trust over time. Tomorrow’s entrepreneurs are today’s students. By working with Cardiff University Student Enterprise, undergraduates can develop start-up ideas and social enterprises (like the one […]

A Taste of Construction Innovation

A Taste of Construction Innovation

Posted on 11 February 2020 by Innovation + Impact blog

Over the past year, Cardiff University students have been enjoying a taste of working life on Cardiff Innovation Campus. Through its Student Construction Ambassador Programme, Bouygues UK has opened its […]

A Vision for Clean Growth

A Vision for Clean Growth

Posted on 21 January 2020 by Innovation + Impact blog

  'Throughout 2019, global events – from Australia’s bush fires to Delhi’s coldest day in over a century - heightened our focus on renewables and clean energy. As Director of […]

Keeping us safe: ideas, Endeavr and innovation in UK cybersecurity

Keeping us safe: ideas, Endeavr and innovation in UK cybersecurity

Posted on 13 November 2019 by Innovation + Impact blog

Ask a person in the street about cyber security, and you’ll find answers that vary dramatically. Some people are tech savvy, some are confused. A poll – recently included in […]

Partnership drives efficiency at UK’s biggest wine company

Partnership drives efficiency at UK’s biggest wine company

Posted on 3 October 2019 by Innovation + Impact blog

A partnership between Manufacturer of the Year Accolade Wines, Panalpina Research Centre (PARC) and Cardiff University has helped the drinks company streamline operations and achieve significant reductions in their inventory […]