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Cardiff Innovation Campus – Construction Update

Cardiff Innovation Campus – Construction Update

Posted on 7 March 2019 by Innovation + Impact blog

Piling is complete on the Cardiff Innovation Campus site on Maindy Road and a tower crane is now on site, signalling the start of construction of the concrete frame. During […]

How a KTP changed my life

How a KTP changed my life

Posted on 27 February 2019 by Innovation + Impact blog

Dr Maria Rubiano-Saavedra has been working on a successful Knowledge Transfer Partnership project between Cardiff University’s School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and market leader GAMA Healthcare. GAMA Healthcare specialises […]

Innovative research into lean, green energy to reduce fuel poverty and improve air quality

Innovative research into lean, green energy to reduce fuel poverty and improve air quality

Posted on 13 February 2019 by Innovation + Impact blog

FLEXIS (Flexible Integrated Energy Systems) aims to de-risk decarbonisation by enabling low carbon transport, integrating renewables into the grid and developing reliable means of carbon capture and storage. Its unique […]

New EPSRC Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Centre for Doctoral Training

New EPSRC Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Centre for Doctoral Training

Posted on 5 February 2019 by Innovation + Impact blog

They’re tiny devices with enormous impact. Behind almost every modern electronic gadget, from smart phones to tablets, lie Compound Semiconductors (CS). Here, Professor Peter Smowton, Managing Director of the Institute of Compound […]

Cardiff entrepreneur’s VR success

Cardiff entrepreneur’s VR success

Posted on 17 January 2019 by Innovation + Impact blog

George Bellwood is a third year Business Management (Marketing) student at Cardiff University and is the Founder/Director of Virtus Tech. For me the idea of becoming an entrepreneur came from […]

Cardiff Innovation Campus – Education and engagement with Bouygues UK

Cardiff Innovation Campus – Education and engagement with Bouygues UK

Posted on 9 January 2019 by Innovation + Impact blog

Guest post – Nick Toulson, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Advisor, Bouygues UK  Education Interactions during the Construction Phase As with any major construction project, community benefits are now either a […]

Qioptiq – A KTP success story

Qioptiq – A KTP success story

Posted on 3 January 2019 by Innovation + Impact blog

Cardiff University expertise helped North Wales company Qioptiq win an £82m defence contract, creating and safeguarding jobs. Experts from Cardiff Business School spent two years developing a toolset to improve […]

The science behind Cardiff’s space-age scanner

The science behind Cardiff’s space-age scanner

Posted on 20 December 2018 by Innovation + Impact blog

A super-sensitive passenger scanner that reveals hidden security threats has been trialled at Cardiff Airport. The walk-through device applies space technology to image human body heat. The result of a […]

Event: Yīn and Yáng: Investing in Today for a Better Tomorrow – Lord John Bird MBE

Event: Yīn and Yáng: Investing in Today for a Better Tomorrow – Lord John Bird MBE

Posted on 22 November 2018 by Innovation + Impact blog

Thursday 6 December 2018 18:30 – 20:15 Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, is pleased to welcome The Big Issue founder and crossbench peer, Lord Bird MBE, to deliver the inaugural […]

Trump, trade wars and China – an interview with Mike Wilson, Panalpina

Trump, trade wars and China – an interview with Mike Wilson, Panalpina

Posted on 20 November 2018 by Innovation + Impact blog

Mike Wilson, pictured, Global Head of Logistics and Manufacturing at Panalpina, is a newly chaired Honorary Visiting Professor at Cardiff Business School. Here, he talks to Professor Aris Syntetos, from […]