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A taste of the future – Trends in food and drink
News
 11th Jan 2021

A taste of the future – Trends in food and drink

The KTN AgriFood team supports researchers and businesses to drive innovation that meets evolving food and drink challenges. With this in mind, let’s take a look at some of the trends emerging in food and drink. 

Shivani Lamba, Founder of Brightlobe, shares her coaching experience as part of the Women in Innovation Programme
News
 11th Jan 2021

Shivani Lamba, Founder of Brightlobe, shares her coaching experience as part of the Women in Innovation Programme

This is where I felt I benefited the most: gaining an understanding that several of our questions come hand-in-hand with answers – if only we give ourselves the time and space to listen.

Innovate Local - Southern Pioneers
Event
8th Mar 2021
Online

Innovate Local - Southern Pioneers

The Southern Pioneers webinar was an opportunity to find out how Innovate UK and our local partners across the South East can support you in developing your ground-breaking ideas and accelerating your journey to market.

Working parents - looking at life through a more compassionate lens
News
 11th Jan 2021

Working parents - looking at life through a more compassionate lens

It can be a tough gig being a working parent, especially given the additional challenges that Covid19 presents us with. Some recurring themes in my conversations with working parents include self-criticism, overwhelm, stress and meeting others’ needs, to name but a few. Viewing these themes through a more compassionate lens can be helpful.

Driving the Electric Revolution - Engage with... Webinar Series
News
 10th Jan 2021

Driving the Electric Revolution - Engage with... Webinar Series

The Driving the Electric Revolution Challenge is investing up to £80million over 4 years in business-led innovation projects that enable UK supply chain and manufacturing capability growth in power electronics, machines & drives (PEMD).

Join our Engage With… webinars in which leading companies and organisations are given a platform to present their PEMD journeys, activities, challenges and future supply chain requirements, with a view of exploring future opportunities for partnerships/collaborations/projects.

Initiate, prepare and boost your UFO project proposal
Event
20th Jan 2021
Online

Initiate, prepare and boost your UFO project proposal

European Horizon 2020 funded UFO Project of which KTN is a partner, will present two Matchmaking Sessions enabling participants to discuss their projects ideas and capabilities.
30 Inspiring Women in Manufacturing
News
 8th Jan 2021

30 Inspiring Women in Manufacturing

Towards the end of 2020, inspired by some of the great women we know and motivated by the gender gap in Manufacturing, the Manufacturing team at KTN felt compelled to do more to amplify the role women play in UK Manufacturing and showcase the excellent work they do.

Knowledge Transfer Partnership helps power production of the new Covid-19 vaccine
News
 7th Jan 2021

Knowledge Transfer Partnership helps power production of the new Covid-19 vaccine

A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between the University of Exeter and Smart Manufacturing Ltd is playing a direct and key role in the production process of the new COVID-19 vaccine.

The UK will associate to Horizon Europe
News
 7th Jan 2021

The UK will associate to Horizon Europe

Start preparing to form collaborative partnerships and to bid into the next Framework Programme of funding calls. Association will give UK scientists, researchers and businesses access to funding under the programme on equivalent terms as organisations in EU countries. The next step is for both sides to formally adopt the full text of the agreement taking into account the finalised EU Programme Regulations.

Workshop - Safety Tech Innovation Network: the next steps
Event
25th Feb 2021
Online

Workshop - Safety Tech Innovation Network: the next steps

This session will review issues, discussions and next steps from across the previous four thematic workshops. Based on these, we’ll prioritise the areas on which we’d like to focus, and agree key deliverables and milestones.

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