The Midlands has taken a major leap forward in unlocking its innovation potential with the launch of the Midlands Ecosystem Platform—a free, open-access digital gateway to the region’s £31bn innovation economy.
An electrochemical process developed by scientists at a ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï spin-out company enables biodiesel producers to turn waste into profit – while slashing emissions and energy use.
A coalition of 15 Midlands university partners has launched a bold new initiative that is set to revolutionise how research and innovation are translated into real-world impact across the region.
Industrial Design and Technology graduate, Zak Marks, secured a £75,000 investment from Dragons’ Den entrepreneurs, for a stake in his emergency anaphylaxis kit business.
Three ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï graduates graduates have been named as winners of Innovate UK’s Women in Innovation Awards for 2025.
ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï is featured in a new national report that examines the role of businesses in creating employment and supporting local economic growth.
ÿÈճԹϒs success in working with business, public and third sector and commercialising its innovative research has been underlined in the fourth iteration of Research England’s assessment called the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF).
ÿÈճԹϒs hydrogen research and innovation cluster opens the Hydrogen Summer School on 9 September – a week-long programme for industry, civic and research audiences to network and learn more about hydrogen technologies and applications.
Eleven potential new East Midlands businesses are a step closer to becoming reality after being chosen to join the first VentureVersity Commercial Accelerator.
ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï is launching an interactive exhibition that showcases the diverse ways that Ergonomics and Human Factors make our lives better, safer and more inclusive.
ÿÈճԹϒs research community recorded the third largest Pint of Science event in the UK, with 55 doctoral researchers and staff delivering 21 events, 53 talks and two panel discussions in a variety of public spaces in ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï town on 13-15 May.
ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï spinout Zayndu was named winner of the prestigious Made in Midlands Digital Technology Award 2024 at a gala event celebrating Midlands manufacturers.
ÿÈճԹϒs research and innovation activities enjoyed success at the Leicestershire Innovation Awards – receiving three awards.
ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï is hosting the East Midlands Chamber’s Manufacturing and Trade Conference on Tuesday 26 March.
Applications are now open for places on ÿÈճԹϒs graduate startup accelerator programme, which supports final year students and graduates to launch or develop their businesses.
ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï has seven finalists across seven categories in the Leicestershire Innovation Awards 2024.
Ahead of the start of Leicestershire Innovation Festival, the county’s three universities are calling on innovators in the region to turn their ideas and intellectual property into real-world solutions.
Professor Nick Jennings, Vice-Chancellor and President of ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï, has been appointed as a non-executive director on the board of Midlands Mindforge.
Once again, ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï is proud to support the Leicestershire Innovation Festival.
The world’s first surface flood forecasting service developed by ClimateTech company Previsico has launched in the US in New York, following the devastating Autumn flooding that brought the city to a near-standstill with a state of emergency declared.
SportPark Pavilion 4, ÿÈճԹϒs first Passivhaus build, has received a prestigious international award for Environmental Best Practice at the Green Apple Environment Awards.
ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï graduate Joseph Bentley, founder of ACT Medical, has been named as a finalist in the 2023 Santander X UK Awards for his innovative work in developing a system aimed at reducing fatalities from knife wounds.
Local entrepreneurs will have the chance to learn, share and network with businesses, start-ups and enterprises at an upcoming event hosted by ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï.
ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï is part of a new regional initiative that has been awarded £330K by Research England to develop a pioneering approach to creating new products, services, and business from university ideas.
Previsico, the live flood alert ClimateTech, today announced that it is delighted to have completed its latest funding round, at a significantly higher valuation than the previous one in August 2021.