Warwick-Ford "GearUp" Industry Challenge Warwick Manufacturing Group's (WMG) 2 stage industry challenge event co-sponsored by Ford focused on the topic of "last mile delivery" attracting 130 students from across WMG's PG, UG and PGR programmes along with entries from other Warwick departments. GearUp 2023's final pitch day successfully concluded with students solving real-world problems. The…
Birmingham Tech Week is the UK’s largest regional tech festival and conference with over 7,500 people attending. Events will be taking place across the entire West Midlands covering a variety of important and innovative topics. The University of Warwick is proudly sponsoring this exciting event, helping to shape the future of tech in the region. https://youtu.be/hS3UEny484M…
Business Networking vol.4: Foundations of Social Enterprise Start a Social Enterprise today - Expert advice followed by networking with like-minded humans who share your vision for a better world. We talked to Peter Patoshko, Social Entrepreneur in residence, University of Warwick about this month's event. Watch the interview below: https://youtu.be/4aHH8uN5UWk Peter Ptashko interview Read the…
That's nearly 50% more than all the spin-outs from other Midlands universities. The Deep Tech Innovation Centre equips entrepreneurs and start-ups with the tools needed to solve global challenges through our Deep Tech Incubator, at the University of Warwick. The Deep Tech Innovation Centre is part of Warwick Innovations, the technology transfer office (TTO) at…
Understand and reduce your carbon footprint. This month our monthly networking event will have a sustainability focus with expert advice from Ewen Anderson of Px3 and David Chapman, Climate Reality Leader. Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 17:00 – 18:30 BST Free tickets here: https://warwickinnovationdistrict.com/event-calendar/ We recently talked to Ewen and David about their informative event…
Part of the newly formed Warwick Innovation District, The West Midlands Health and Wellbeing Innovation Network identifies challenges in the NHS, finds innovators to solve those challenges and facilitates a product development process to test and implement solutions. We have recently been successful in gaining funding for several exciting new projects which means we are…
The Deep Tech Innovation Centre was established to create more investable companies, attract more talent and make the Midlands a vibrant centre of innovation. Our mission at the University of Warwick is to inspire, educate and incubate. The Deep Tech Incubator supports aspiring deep tech founders, who want to create a sustainable business built on…
Exciting news from the world of creativity and digital innovation! Creative Futures is delighted to announce the arrival of its sixth cohort at 1 Mill Street. This group of talented and passionate entrepreneurs is poised to make waves with their groundbreaking ventures. Creative Futures, with its comprehensive six-month incubator program, gives these ambitious entrepreneurs a…
The University of Warwick has announced a new partnership with Tech West Mids (Tech WM), a not-for-profit organisation that aims to help tech businesses and entrepreneurs in the region go global. Warwick, as the founding academic patron of Tech WM, formerly Birmingham Tech, hosted the launch of a new ‘West Midlands Tech Review Report’ on…
Want to help build and celebrate our thriving community of innovators? We’re looking for someone to join our busy team who can make connections that reach into and beyond our network of entrepreneurs and experts to help support our growing innovation ecosystem. To find out more, read on below, and apply before 24th May. Apply here…
The West Midlands Innovation Accelerator recently announced by the West Midlands Combined Authority is designed to increase the region’s innovation and R&D capability. The West Midlands will receive a share of a new £100m fund from Innovate UK, first announced in the Government’s 2022 Levelling up White Paper. The West Midlands Innovation Board has targeted the…
Warwick Enterprise helps students and alumni create their own path, offering support to start their entrepreneurial journey. We talked to Warwick students who are currently benefitting from business support for their start-ups. Explore your ideas Share your ideas in confidence and get support developing your action plan. Warwick Enterprise can help you unleash your talent and…
In conversation with alumnus Mr Rajiv Bajaj, Managing Director of Bajaj Auto. In an exclusive video, Vice Chancellor Professor Stuart Croft speaks to Warwick alumnus, Mr Rajiv Bajaj. Now the Managing Director of Bajaj Auto Ltd. Mr Bajaj is an innovator, entrepreneur, engineer, business leader, and one of our most successful, high-profile, and influential alumni.…
NanoSyrinx have raised £7m in funding to date. We talked to Dr Joe Healy, Co-Founder and CEO at NanoSyrinx Ltd. They are on a mission to fundamentally revolutionise how medicines are administered - on a nanoscopic scale. We focused on how the ICURe programme helped validate the business. ICURe (Innovation to Commercialisation of University Research)…
WID Podcast Series: Andy Wynn interview This month we talk to Andy Wynn. Andy is a University of Warwick alumnus (BSc Chemistry, PhD Chemistry) and CEO at TTIP Global - a global organisation that advises tech, sustainability and social enterprise start-ups and researchers on how best to commercialise their ideas. We asked Andy, what does…
