In just five years, the HealthTec Cluster at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus has tripled in size, creating more than 700 new jobs. The network of life sciences-focused businesses, academia and national research infrastructure (STFC) led by a dedicated Science and Technology Facilities (STFC) team...
The new £40m Hub building will house the Rosalind Franklin Institute (RFI), a national institute dedicated to creating technologies which will change the way researchers see life through interdisciplinary research and technology development, has reached practical completion. The Hub, funded through the UK Research and Innovation...
The Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine for Covid-19 has started being rolled out across the UK. The collaboration follows a partnership agreement between Oxford University and AstraZeneca who worked at an accelerated rate to protect against Covid-19. Paul Britton, CEO of Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce, said: “The rollout of...
The University of Reading has entered into an agreement with affiliates of Commonwealth Real Estate LP, a film studios investor based in Los Angeles, for a long lease of land at the University’s Thames Valley Science Park campus, Berkshire, which will see the development of a major...
A new engineering hub and test facility, backed by government funding and the European Space Agency contract, is set to be built at Harwell Campus, based in Oxfordshire. The new facility will provide a space for UK researchers and businesses to experiment and will focus on...
Oxford University, via Oxford University Innovation, has created its 200th spinout company based off academic research. The new company PhishAR, will build on Professor Ivan Martinovic and Dr Ivo Sluganovic’s work from the Department of Computer Science. PhishAR will employ augmented reality and crack down on...
Spintex, Printpool Additive Manufacturing, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks, Akrivia Health, Living Optics are the latest companies to join The Oxford Trust. The two innovation centres - The Wood Centre for Innovation and The Oxford Centre for Innovation - are part of the fast-growing science and technology...
Oxfordshire-based, Tokamak Energy, the business accelerating the development of commercial fusion power, has been awarded £10m from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), as part of the UK Government’s Advanced Modular Reactor project. The award follows an extensive due diligence process where Tokamak...
The Government have announced that they will invest £81 million to support a new advanced imaging centre to house super-bring lasers to produce state-of-the-art 3D X-rays in just 40 seconds. This will dramatically speed up the development of new medical treatments, bringing down the cost...
Barclays has announced the launch of its latest Eagle Lab at the Wood Centre for Innovation in partnership with The Oxford Trust. The flagship Lab, for early-stage science and technology start-ups, is aimed at supporting spin-out scientists, university graduates and entrepreneurs in their quest for...