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Looking for love through music?

Looking for love through music?

Posted on 1 February 2021 by Innovation + Impact blog

Cardiff University student start-up POM bids to forge meaningful connections through a shared love of music.  Here, founder and CEO, Vihan Patel (BScEcon 2020) outlines his eureka moment, the turning […]

Banking on innovation

Banking on innovation

Posted on 18 January 2021 by Innovation + Impact blog

The Development Bank of Wales works with Cardiff University to turn research into products and processes that drive prosperity. Together, we share knowhow to nurture home-grown businesses. Here, Dr Nick […]

Positive response to new CPD modules

Positive response to new CPD modules

Posted on 14 January 2021 by Innovation + Impact blog

Public sector workers have praised the benefits of the CPD modules from the new MSc in Data Analytics for Government (MDataGov). The MSc is provided through the strategic partnership between the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and Cardiff University.  […]

The future for sustainable food

The future for sustainable food

Posted on 6 January 2021 by Innovation + Impact blog

Experts from Cardiff University’s Sustainable Places Research Institute (PLACE) say sustainable and just food systems are more important than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic. Academics from the Institute joined ASPECT’s […]

Rising to the challenge of 2020

Posted on 16 December 2020 by Innovation + Impact blog

https://youtu.be/3OZ_gb2qC3E Despite the stark trials of 2020, innovation at Cardiff maintained continuity. Partnerships thrived, talented people secured funding and future innovation places headed skywards towards completion.   HEFCW’s Research Wales Innovation Fund provided welcome additional resources to support our spin-out pipeline and enterprise ecosystem, aligned to a refreshed strategy, The […]

Shaping Spaces: a new ASPECT for CAUKIN

Shaping Spaces: a new ASPECT for CAUKIN

Posted on 2 December 2020 by Innovation + Impact blog

Cardiff University graduate start-up CAUKIN Studio has been creating impact through architecture for five years. Working with communities, NGOs, students, and professionals, CAUKIN Studio creates access to better designed and […]

Championing Student Innovation

Championing Student Innovation

Posted on 25 November 2020 by Innovation + Impact blog

Are you a student with a big idea? Cardiff University ‘s Enterprise and Start-up Team is leading two projects to champion student innovation and entrepreneurship projects across Wales. Cardiff University’s […]

A Covid-19 boom in student start-ups?

A Covid-19 boom in student start-ups?

Posted on 11 November 2020 by Innovation + Impact blog

We live in unprecedented and uncertain times. Despite the economic gloom, Cardiff University’s Enterprise and Start-Up team have experienced a surge in demand for 1:2:1 business mentoring since March 2020, and a 73% increase in bookings for […]

Graduate Business aids local SMEs through pandemic

Graduate Business aids local SMEs through pandemic

Posted on 4 November 2020 by Innovation + Impact blog

Steph Locke (BA 2008), a Cardiff University Philosophy graduate founded Nightingale HQ, a digital platform for Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption in 2018. Named with inspiration from Crimean War nurse Florence […]

Sparking the imagination

Sparking the imagination

Posted on 29 September 2020 by Innovation + Impact blog

Drone film footage recently captured the physical impressiveness of the sbarc | spark building – soon to be home to interdisciplinary social science researchers, students and a range of external […]