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A Home for Social Science-led innovation

A Home for Social Science-led innovation

Posted on 3 September 2019 by Innovation + Impact blog

Leading social scientists are the latest staff to witness construction work first-hand at Cardiff University’s future Home of Innovation. Spark (the Social Science Research Park) will be based in Innovation […]

A Student View of Cardiff Innovation Campus

A Student View of Cardiff Innovation Campus

Posted on 24 July 2019 by Innovation + Impact blog

Work continues apace on Cardiff Innovation Campus. The contractor, Bouygues UK, is making good progress in the summer sunshine. In his first blog, third year medical student and Bouygues UK […]

Graduate to innovate is key to start-up success

Graduate to innovate is key to start-up success

Posted on 18 July 2019 by Innovation + Impact blog

Not all students graduate to pursue a career. Some set up their own ventures. Cardiff University nurtures early student ideas through a Student Enterprise pipeline that offers advice and insight […]

Data innovation helps businesses thrive

Data innovation helps businesses thrive

Posted on 9 July 2019 by Innovation + Impact blog

Cardiff’s Data Innovation Accelerator (DIA) was set up to respond to demand from small companies in Wales to access the University’s expertise in data science research. The Accelerator staff team […]

Bridging the CS Gap

Bridging the CS Gap

Posted on 26 June 2019 by Innovation + Impact blog

ICS supports future materials and devices The Institute for Compound Semiconductors (ICS) is bridging the gap between academia and industry while promoting the research and development of Compound Semiconductor (CS) […]

Campus recruits Student Ambassadors

Campus recruits Student Ambassadors

Posted on 10 June 2019 by Innovation + Impact blog

Student volunteers from diverse academic backgrounds have signed up to act as Ambassadors for Cardiff University’s new Innovation Campus. Nuzha Nadeem, Luke Morgan and Jack Collard have teamed up with […]

Award for system that helps professionals spot signs of child autism

Award for system that helps professionals spot signs of child autism

Posted on 4 June 2019 by Innovation + Impact blog

Partnership wins ‘People’s Choice’ A system that helps professionals spot the signs of autism in children has been crowned ‘People’s Choice’ at Cardiff University’s Innovation and Impact (I&I) Awards. Researchers […]

Young civil engineers tour Innovation Campus

Young civil engineers tour Innovation Campus

Posted on 16 May 2019 by Innovation + Impact blog

Students see Bouygues UK site in action Four first year Civil Engineering students have toured Cardiff’s new Innovation Campus. Accompanied by Dr Jay Millington, Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering, and […]

Understanding the Creative Economy

Understanding the Creative Economy

Posted on 8 May 2019 by Innovation + Impact blog

Where does creativity come from and why is it important to the economy, culture and identity of cities? How might we better understand this to shape the future of the […]

The Cambridge Cluster – lessons of obliquity, serendipity and proximity on the road to innovation

The Cambridge Cluster – lessons of obliquity, serendipity and proximity on the road to innovation

Posted on 2 May 2019 by Innovation + Impact blog

Professor Rick Delbridge spent last Michaelmas Term as Visiting Fellow at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge. As Cardiff University Dean of Research, Innovation and Enterprise, Professor Delbridge had the […]