Research

In this blog, Professor Matt Freeman, Centre Director of Future Space, UWE Bristol’s innovation centre for high-tech businesses, shares his journey from academic to start-up founder to university-business innovation leader, reflecting on what it truly takes to bridge these worlds and make collaboration thrive. If you had met me a few years ago, I might … Continue reading "Innovation with impact: Matthew Freeman, Bridging Universities and Start-ups"

UWE Bristol is leading a new international partnership with Universidad Tecnológica de Saltillo (UTS) the Secretaría de Educación de Coahuila (SEDUC), and Universidad Politecnica de Ramos Arizpe (UPRA) Mexico, under the British Council’s HE Connects 2025 programme. The project, titled “Strengthening systems to improve the quality and efficiency of Higher Education Institutions in Coahuila, Mexico,” … Continue reading "Strengthening Higher Education systems through UK-Mexico collaboration"

The Global Migration Network, a research group at UWE Bristol chaired by Dr Emily LeRoux-Rutledge, brings together over 60 academics and practitioners across the university working on migration-related research. The network supports cross-disciplinary collaboration, informs public debate and policy, and fosters engagement with communities affected by migration and displacement. For the 2025/26 academic year, the … Continue reading "UWE Global Migration Network: Upcoming Seminar Series 2025/26"

The ongoing collaboration between Dr Francesco Tava, Associate Professor of Philosophy at UWE, and HSBC has reached a new phase in October 2025. Francesco has been invited to design and co-lead a series of high-impact workshops on Critical Thinking for HSBC’s legal teams in London, Birmingham, and Leeds. For this initiative, he partnered with professionals … Continue reading "UWE Philosophy and HSBC Deepen Collaboration with Critical Thinking Workshops for Legal Teams"

We spoke with Dr Faatihah Niyi-Odumosu (MBChB, MSc, PhD, PGCTHE, FHEA), Associate Professor of Physical Activity and Health Promotion, School of Applied Sciences, College of Health Science and Society, UWE Bristol, about a new collaboration designed to strengthen independence and wellbeing among older adults and people requiring reablement support.  About the project  Happy Care Ltd first … Continue reading "Research with purpose: Supporting independence through reablement: The Happy Care Project "

UWE Bristol has been recognised at the 2025 Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Awards, marking the 50th anniversary of the UK’s longest-running innovation programme. The partnership between UWE Bristol, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Nigeria, and Taro Agric Farm (TAF) was named winner of the African Agriculture KTP Award for its work applying data-enabled … Continue reading "UWE Bristol wins at the 2025 Innovate UK KTP Awards for pioneering digital agriculture project in Nigeria"

ICA@UWE Bristol Innovation Grants 2025 Funding is available for UWE Bristol innovators to deliver scalable pilot innovation projects in collaboration with external partners. Demonstrating potential for significant impact, projects must align with the mission of the Integrated Care Academy (ICA) and its core priorities. Successful projects will focus on the three shifts, as identified in … Continue reading "For Staff: Call for proposals – Integrated Care Academy"

UWE Bristol’s Wild Kitchen is taking its sustainability ambitions to the next level through a new collaboration with Generation Soil, the community composting organisation founded by UWE Bristol alum and doctoral researcher Alex Montgomery. Together with the UWE Hospitality Team and UWE Bristol’s Sustainability Team, this partnership will see food waste from Wild Kitchen transformed … Continue reading "From plate to planet: Wild Kitchen and Generation Soil close the loop on food waste"