Sense Biodetection, a diagnostics company which operates from both Cambridge and Oxford, has raised £12.3 million to develop a new range of tests, with the main focus being to target infectious diseases like flu. The money raised will be added to a £1.8 million grant received...
Local tech companies and institutes including Softcat, Gamma, Westcoast and the Rosalind Franklin Institute have collaborated with the Education Business Partnership (EBP) to create a new initiative called Hi-Tech Horizons. The programme aims to reach and directly engage with 50,000 secondary and college students over...
MEPC have confirmed that the 138,000 sqft speculative development scheme at its high-tech business estate, Silverstone Park, will be increased to 258,000 sqft due to market demand. The increase in development will enable an extra 13 industrial units, workshops and R&D facilities. The premise will be...
The UK Government is committing £220 million for the conceptual design of a fusion power station, the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP), which will move the UK towards zero carbon, safe and abundant commercial fusion electricity. The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial...
Thames Valley SMEs can apply for a share of £2.5 million to develop innovative technologies that could win new business in the aerospace sector. The National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme (NATEP) has £10 million to support small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) developing innovative technologies for the UK aerospace...
The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings have been unveiled for 2020, with data collected and considered from 1,400 institutions worldwide. The rankings are described as the only international league table to assess universities for all their activities including, teaching, research, citations, international outlook and...
International Trade Minister, Graham Stuart MP, has recently travelled to Beijing to encourage the already booming trade relationship between the UK and China in a bid to future-proof the country post-Brexit. Meeting with key representatives from the Chinese government based in the Ministry of Commerce...
A £67 million grant from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund has been agreed for the UK’s first dedicated Vaccines Manufacturing Innovation Centre (VMIC) located at Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire and headed up by Dr Duchars. The grant will allow the VMIC to provide facilities and subject...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson chose the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) at Culham Science Centre, Oxfordshire to make his first science announcement, unveiling plans to develop a new fast-track visa route for the brightest and best scientists to continue to move to the UK after...
The Rutherford Cancer Centre Thames Valley has announced the opening of its new proton beam therapy suite for the beginning of September, in order to meet the growing demand for the pioneering treatment. The centre officially opened last year and was providing conventional care; however,...