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Milestone for Big Ideas Wales

Milestone for Big Ideas Wales

Posted on 31 May 2021 by Peter Rawlinson

In just five years, over 300,000 young people across Wales have been inspired to follow entrepreneurial ambitions through Welsh Government’s Big Ideas Wales service. And rather than dent aspirations, the Covid-19 pandemic has […]

COVID-19 sheds new light on violence and how to prevent it.

COVID-19 sheds new light on violence and how to prevent it.

Posted on 21 May 2021 by Peter Rawlinson

In his PhD studies in the 1980s Jonathan Shepherd matched police data with hospital emergency department (ED) records of people injured in violence. Startlingly, three quarters of violent offences which […]

SIOE 2021

SIOE 2021

Posted on 10 May 2021 by Peter Rawlinson

Professor Peter Smowton, It was with great pleasure that we welcomed friends old and new to the 34th Semiconductor and Integrated OptoElectronics (SIOE) Conference, from 30th March to 1st April 2021. Following the unfortunate cancellation of SIOE […]

A post-pandemic Home of Innovation

A post-pandemic Home of Innovation

Posted on 4 May 2021 by Peter Rawlinson

The doors swing open this autumn on the biggest innovation facility of its kind in Wales. Cardiff Innovation Campus (CIC) has reshaped a disused railway yard into a Home of Innovation, where thinkers will meet collaborators and […]

Driving third sector careers through KTPs

Driving third sector careers through KTPs

Posted on 26 April 2021 by Peter Rawlinson

A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) can bring benefits to any organisation – not just businesses, but to public and third sector enterprises. Charities are no exception. Cardiff University graduate Coralie […]

AI can outsmart cyber attacks  

AI can outsmart cyber attacks  

Posted on 19 April 2021 by Peter Rawlinson

Spotting early signs of cyber attacks – and automatically defending against them – will form the basis of a new funded research and innovation programme between Airbus and Cardiff University. The two organisations have worked on shared […]

Banking on loyalty

Banking on loyalty

Posted on 12 April 2021 by Peter Rawlinson

Zeet is an exciting high-growth FinTech start-up that lets customers instantly collect loyalty points as they use their bank cards – spelling an end to purses full of store cards. […]

Professional development at the heart of Semi-Conductor cluster’s future growth.

Professional development at the heart of Semi-Conductor cluster’s future growth.

Posted on 8 April 2021 by Peter Rawlinson

As the UK prepares for its gradual emergence from the pandemic, evidence suggests tech will continue to boom. The global emerging markets for 5G connectivity, electric vehicles, healthcare technologies, robotics […]

Clwstwr reimagines R&D for creative industries  

Clwstwr reimagines R&D for creative industries  

Posted on 29 March 2021 by Peter Rawlinson

Clwstwr is an ambitious programme to create new products, services and experiences for screen and news. Clwstwr is putting innovation at the core of media production in South Wales to […]

Breaking boundaries, building bridges

Breaking boundaries, building bridges

Posted on 22 March 2021 by Peter Rawlinson

A creative ‘toolbox’ for social science research and innovation is taking shape in the heart of Cardiff. Over the next few weeks, new labs are being fitted out inside Cardiff University’s £60m sbarc building. The future home of innovation will eventually host up to 400 academics and their […]