Begbroke Innovation District: a living lab for sustainable development
1 March 2024
Begbroke Business and Industry Innovation and Enterprise
The development of the Begbroke Innovation District is providing the opportunity for a ‘Living Lab’ to model sustainable practices from energy use to community engagement, and biodiversity to building design.
Third Trilateral Seed Fund between Siemens, TU Berlin and University of Oxford is bearing fruit
11 January 2024
Business and Industry Funding Innovation and Enterprise
Four successful bids have just been announced under the third Trilateral Seed Fund call of Siemens AG, Technical University of Berlin and the University of Oxford, following successful runs in 2020 and 2022.
Oxford robo-dogs helping to gather species diversity data
28 November 2022
Biology Business and Industry Engineering Research
A partnership between the Oxford Robotics Institute and Department of Biology is using cutting-edge robots to assess the state of species diversity and ecosystems in the UK.
Quantum computing spin-out to benefit from £38m investment injection
7 July 2022
Business and Industry Funding Innovation and Enterprise Physics Quantum Spin out
The new investment in Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC), a spin-out company from the Department of Physics, will accelerate the company’s research and development and fuel its expansion in the Asia-Pacific region. The Series A investment funding is the largest ever secured in the UK by a quantum computing start-up.
University launches new cross-sector sustainable energy transition hub with energy crisis forum
27 May 2022
Business and Industry Climate Engineering Functional materials Innovation and Enterprise Materials science Research Sustainability & the environment
On Thursday 26 May, the University’s brand new £3.25m Zero-carbon Energy Research Oxford (ZERO) Institute and Energy Systems Accelerator pilot (Mini-TESA), led from MPLS Division, opened their doors to showcase the range and depth of ambition in Oxford to drive forward the energy systems transition for the UK and globally.
Sapphire fibre developed by Oxford engineering researchers could enable cleaner energy and air travel
22 April 2022
Business and Industry Climate Engineering Innovation and Enterprise Research Sustainability & the environment
As part of an EPSRC-funded cross-sector collaboration involving Rolls-Royce, researchers in the Department of Engineering Science have developed a sapphire fibre sensor that can tolerate extreme temperatures and has the potential to enable significant efficiency and emissions reduction improvements in aerospace and power generation.
Begbroke Science Park expansion gets the go-ahead
3 February 2022
Begbroke Business and Industry Innovation and Enterprise
Oxford University Development Ltd (OUD) has received approval for the construction of two new buildings at Begbroke Science Park. The project will add around a further 12,500m2 of new lab and office space to the site, almost doubling its total internal area and providing superb new facilities for innovation, collaboration, research and development.
Oxford Robotics and AI push new boundaries with Amazon Web Services
29 November 2021
AI and data science Business and Industry Computer science Engineering Innovation and Enterprise
Oxford’s leading AI and robotics scientists are entering a new, exciting phase of collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Nicola Blackwood appointed Chair of Oxford University Innovation board
2 November 2021
Business and Industry Innovation and Enterprise
Former Minister to chair Oxford University’s research commercialisation arm amidst period of record growth for Oxford’s innovation ecosystem
UK-based consortium established to develop prototype solid-state batteries
19 August 2021
Business and Industry Funding Materials science
A consortium of seven UK-based organisations, including Oxford University, have signed a memorandum of understanding to combine ambitions to develop world-leading prototype solid-state battery technology, targeting automotive applications.
Project championing cleaner energy production announced
30 June 2021
Business and Industry Energy Engineering Materials science
The Energy Systems Accelerator pilot (Mini TESA), to be based at Osney Mead in Oxford, is a world-leading multi-disciplinary hub, championing green innovation
Major Chemistry Sponsor forms New Public/Private Partnership to help manufacture and distribute Oxford Covid-19 Vaccine
20 October 2020
Business and Industry COVID-19 Chemistry
Leading lights at Oxford University paved the way towards Oxford’s goal of global, rapid and equitable access to a safe, effective COVID-19 vaccine by facilitating an innovative public-private agreement for the manufacture and distribution of Oxford’s vaccine, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19.
Energy Superhub Oxford: transitioning to renewable energy sources
23 September 2020
Business and Industry Engineering Research
To tackle the climate crisis and accelerate the transition to renewable energy sources, we urgently need to build more energy storage. As part of Energy Superhub Oxford, the Department of Engineering Science is developing an advanced technical model which will give unprecedented insight into battery performance. From the Science Blog.