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Lauren McConnell

Lauren McConnell
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Events
9th December 2022

Could knowledge transfer solve Sheffield’s urgent social problems?

How can Sheffield’s most urgent and complex problems be solved?   What's clear is that they can't be tackled by organisations working alone. We need new forms of collaborative working - and even new thinking and behaviours.   This was the central theme of a knowledge transfer event that we hosted in November. The event was closely aligned with Sheffield…
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News
29th March 2022

Sheffield Innovation Programme collaborates with local world leading foundry

Sheffield-based SME, Castings Technology International (Cti) Limited, is the world’s leading provider of production, innovation, technology, expertise, and services to the cast metals sector together with its global supply chain.   In autumn 2021, Cti hosted Sheffield Hallam University’s Dr Quanshun Luo and Antony Davies to initiate and explore how the Sheffield Innovation Programme could be used to support Cti…
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News
18th February 2022

Next-generation drone delivery technology gets a lift

Academics and postgraduates from the University of Sheffield have helped start-up AV8OR to develop the next generation of drones that will deliver everything from parcels to medicines and carry out complex monitoring.   Over the past decade or so, aerial ‘quadcopter’ drones have launched themselves into the public consciousness. They have become popular with hobbyists, photographers and filmmakers and proved…
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News
24th January 2022

University-led programme helps businesses deliver 400 new innovations, products and services

A successful innovation programme led by the city’s two universities and SCR Growth Hub has supported a milestone 400 projects with regional businesses helping them to innovate and bring new products and services to market   The Sheffield Innovation Programme was set up in 2016 to support small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) from across the region to access academic…
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