By 2050 the world population is expected to rise over 9 billion, placing increased pressure on research institutions to provide the industry with new solutions to feed the world population and to develop more sustainable food systems. Accordingly, the government…
Beyond the Trenches – Researching the First World War
Aircraft built in Lincoln – the home of the tank In this guest blog, Dan Ellin considers the places and people behind aircraft of the First World War which were built in a city better known for producing tanks. In…
Ove Arup Foundation
Grants available to universities and organisations for UK projects to educate undergraduate and postgraduate students in architecture and the built environment. Extended Description The Ove Arup Foundation is an independent charity, established in 1989 to honour the memory of engineer,…
Centre for Social Action Innovation Fund
The Centre for Social Action Innovation Fund is a £14m fund run by Nesta, the UK’s Innovation Foundation, working in partnership with the Cabinet Office. Over the next two years the ambition is to: Find innovations that harness different types…
Guillaume Apollinaire to Sarojini Naidu: the war poets you don’t study at school
Dr Owen Clayton has recently published an article in the New Statesmen investigating Guillaume Apollinaire to Sarojini Naidu: the war poets you don’t study at school. To read the full article, please visit the New Statesmen website at http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/07/guillaume-apollinaire-sarojini-naidu-war-poets-you-don-t-study-school
Past and present will wow public at air show
Visitors to this year’s RAF Waddington International Air Show can meet a 3D-printed robot and listen to the sound of an insect that lived 165 million years ago. Created by Dr John Murray from the School of Computer Science at…