Established Academic 2025

04 Feb 2026
The Established Academic for 2025 is Dr Marissa Quie (Affiliated Lecturer, Human Social and Political Sciences, Department of Sociology, School of...
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Collaboration Award 2025

04 Feb 2026
The 2025 Collaboration Award winner is Dr Curie Park (Institute for Manufacturing, Department of Engineering, School of Technology) for Plastic to...
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Yoghurt pot under the spotlight.

Nanotechnology and your views

23 Mar 2012
What are the implications of nanotechnology for the general public? What use is it to them? What are the risks and benefits? These are the types of...
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Rufus Pollock

Open and transparent

18 Oct 2011
An exciting venture dedicated to the sharing of knowledge and information, the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKF) is creating a worldwide ecosystem of...
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Ivory tower

Exploding the ivory tower myth

17 May 2011
Academia makes a considerable and valued contribution to society that goes far beyond commercialisation of applied research, as Professor Alan Hughes...
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