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Students attend alumni-led visit at top London digital marketing agency

A group of º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ students recently visited the head offices of a top marketing agency in London to learn more about careers in digital marketing.
The 134m-long S. A. Agulhas II. Image courtesy of Weddell Sea Expedition.

Academic to embark on scientific expedition that will study giant ice shelf and attempt to locate Shackleton’s lost ship

A º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ academic is embarking on a 45-day scientific expedition that hopes to increase understanding of one of the largest ice shelves in Antarctica and locate Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated ship.

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Academics part of £11.2m project assessing the effectiveness of personalised breast cancer screening

º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ academics are to conduct research as part of a large-scale international project investigating whether personalised breast cancer screening is a better screening option for women aged 40 to 70.
Students making models with St Bart's pupils.

Virtual reality, model-making and more…school children enjoy campus visit and develop designs for new learning space

Thirty primary school pupils visited the university last month as they are working with º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Architecture students to design an outdoor classroom.

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Design School launches student competition in partnership with Ford Motor Company Fund

º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s Design School have launched a brand-new competition to students as part of an ongoing partnership with the Ford Fund, the philanthropic arm of Ford Motor Company.
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Fulbright Scholar to present lecture as part of IAS lecture series

On Tuesday 4 December, º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s Institute of Advanced Studies will be hosting a free lecture event with Dr Enid Montague (De Paul) titled ‘Engineering the patient-provider experience’.
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Can artificial intelligence improve accountancy, insurance and legal services?

A £20 million scheme to investigate how artificial intelligence and data science can transform UK services industries will be launched next month.

Preparing Europe for a driverless future: º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ leads project to smooth the transition to fully connected and autonomous transport

A £5.7m project will help European cities assess the future of driverless transport across the continent and plan in advance for the impact it will have on infrastructure and society.
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Alumnus shares advice on being more sustainable at public lecture

Last week, an alumnus of º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ and the managing director and founder of Ashortwalk, Dan Dicker, shared his journey about designing products from waste.
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Students beat global competition and secure place on renowned accelerator programme with tech start-up

º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ students have beaten off competition from around the globe to take part in an acclaimed development programme with their tech idea that creates a new way to discover restaurants and find offers.
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Ashortwalk from º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ: Dan Dicker to discuss his planet saving products in upcoming lecture

º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ alumni Dan Dicker, the Founder and Director of ashortwalk, will be leading a lecture next Tuesday (13 November).
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Expert comment: Bitcoin is "10-years-old and still immature"

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the paper which led to the creation of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. Professor Alistair Milne, Professor of Financial Economics, discusses the history of this form of electronic cash and shares his thoughts on its future.

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Academics to help develop building materials that generate power as part of £36m government-funded project

Three º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ academics have received research funding as part of a £36m project that looks to accelerate market adoption of new solar-powered building design.
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TOXI-Triage field trial success paves the way for new mass casualty technologies

A full scale field trial of ground breaking new technologies designed to improve the way emergency services triage casualties following a chemical, biological, radioactive, or nuclear (CBRN) incident has taken place.
Pictured is Dr Emiliano Renzi, of the School of Science, with ‘Storm Force.

Online game aims to save lives by educating children on how to identify storm surges

A º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ academic hopes the online game they have developed will help save lives by teaching children how to identify early warnings of coastal flooding.

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Memes may encourage adolescents to be fat and lazy, warn researchers

º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ academics have presented a report to MPs to warn that social media memes are encouraging obesity, apathy and lethargy in children.
Professor Roy Kalawsky.

Academic says being awarded Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair is "career highlight"

A leading º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ academic has been awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair.
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Renowned national and international organisations join the Collaborative Project

º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ London is to collaborate with more than 30 respected national and international organisations for a project that challenges students to solve real business problems.
Dr Dapeng Hu and Avinoam Baruc, research development and enterprise leads for FloodMap Live.

University is part of major initiative set to accelerate innovation in the Midlands

º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ is part of the UK’s largest collaboration between university technology transfer offices, launched today by Midlands Innovation to attract investment and management talent to the region.
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Student bags renowned European design award for unbeatable noughts and crosses robot

A º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ student has won a sought-after award for creating an intelligent robot that can play – and never lose – noughts and crosses.
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Student awarded prestigious British Mass Spectrometry Society prize for work on fingerprint sampling device

A º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ student has won a sought-after award for a research project that resulted in the development of a new device for investigating fingerprints in situ at crime scenes.
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Flix cinema is back with a new arts focus

Flix student-run cinema is back with a new regular day and a new direction.

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Life-saving chemical detection drone developed at º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ flies through first test stage

A new fleet of robots and drones designed to test for chemical agents, provide 3D mapping and identify casualties have been put through their paces by troops, police officers and scientists for the first time.
Pictured are the gardens at The Smithsonian Institution Building during the spring season. It is situated in the National Mall in Washington DC, which is home to 11 of the Smithsonian’s museums and galleries.

Transatlantic partnership will improve understanding of the role of digital storytelling in education

Representatives from the Smithsonian Institution – a network of 19 museums and research centres based across the United States – are to visit º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s School of the Arts, English and Drama to formalise a partnership that looks to improve the understanding of the role of digital storytelling in education.

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Major deal sealed with tech giant

Innovative plans to create hundreds of jobs, and generate £1.6million for front-line County Council services have been unveiled by the Secretary of State for Communities the Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP, during a visit to the Midlands today (Thursday).