The Royal Academy of Engineering’s Enterprise Fellowship scheme is now open for applications. Enterprise Fellowships provide funding and support to entrepreneurial engineering researchers, working at a UK University, to enable them to develop the commercial potential of their research. The…
Robots could lend a helping hand
With a rapidly ageing population, the number of people with dementia and other age-related disabilities is expected to soar by 2050. Coupled with warnings about future shortages of health workers and doctors, it’s clear other options need to be found.…
Long Term Care Revolution
The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) is inviting applications for participation in a revolutionary sandpit workshop in the autumn (PDF, 550Kb) looking for innovative approaches to shake up conventional thinking about institutional long-term care. The aim of this sandpit is to bring together…
Celebration of Lincoln’s engineering history
A celebration of engineering’s key role in Lincoln’s past, present and future will be the focus of a major event taking place in and around the city’s cathedral from May 25-27. A range of exhibitions, events and displays will celebrate…
Annual conference celebrates pioneering postgraduate research at the University of Lincoln
Postgraduate students will be exhibiting their work in a celebration of research across the University of Lincoln, as it hosts its seventh Annual Postgraduate Student Conference. The conference, which will showcase discoveries being made, applied and critiqued by current postgraduate…
What is the future of our energy?
When it comes to sustainable energy supplies hydroelectric plants are usually the best solution, according to researchers who have reviewed the economic, social and environmental impact of fuel provision. Western Europe has run out of suitable locations to create large…