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Dr. Ana Terrés, Director of Research Support at Dublin City University (DCU), looks at how DCU innovates for societal impact and contributes to Ireland’s economic recovery… Dublin City University (DCU) is a young and dynamic university which aims to have an impact on Irish society, not only by placing...

According to a new briefing published by The Kings’ Fund, government minister's and NHS leaders should have a definitive plan for digital health… The briefing highlights the risk of losing credibility and commitment among frontline NHS staff if the digital health agenda continues to be subject to shifting priorities, new...

Andy Slaney, Principal Consultant at BSI Group highlights some of the key things to ask your prospective lean six sigma (business improvement techniques) training provider before signing up for their course… The desire to improve process outcomes and the need to deliver those outcomes in the most efficient, cost effective,...

Three new grants totally £4m have been announced to boost volunteering opportunities among the over 50s… The Office for Civil Society and Nesta have today announced three new grants to explore how more charities and public services can better tap into the skills and experience of volunteers over 50. The three...

The Prime Minister has demonstrated at President Obama’s Refugee Summit in New York, how the UK is leading the international response to mass migration crises around the world… Announcing a series of commitments, the Prime Minister how the UK is tackling some of the drivers of mass migration, including: Increasing UK...

According to new plans by West Sussex County Council, local communities are to benefit from more sustainable energy being produced in the area… The new West Sussex Energy Strategy looks at the key actions which need to take place up to 2020 in order to build a sustainable future including...

Melinda Kelley from the National Institute on Aging in the US, speaks to Editor Laura Evans about raising awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and how funding for research is allocated to the National Institutes of Health… Alzheimer’s disease is a global health challenge. The most common form of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease,...

Julian Francis, Director of Policy and External Affairs at ACE discusses what should be expected from the upcoming Autumn Statement and its impact on infrastructure investment… Westminster is in full swing following the recess and political turmoil of the last few months. As such, we are beginning to get a...

Ground-breaking projects to improve agriculture and food production have been awarded funding of £17.8m under the Government’s Agri-Tech Catalyst… Projects that include lobster farming, scallop cultivation and whisky distillation are among the 21 successful bids to be awarded funding under the latest round of the innovative scheme. The Agri-Tech Catalyst offers...

Oxfordshire City Council is to enter into a pooled budget arrangement with partners across the county to help support homeless accommodation for adults… The decision will see the Council contribute funds from its existing budget provision towards the pool for three years, initially. Other parties to the proposed arrangement include Oxfordshire...

Network Rail has announced its Advanced Apprenticeship scheme is to expand next year, enabling the organisation to take on a further 140 new trainees… The number of apprentices taken on by Network Rail is set to increase after the firm pledged to recruit 140 new trainees for March 2017. The new...

According to new Welsh government figures, Monmouthshire County Council staff take more sick days than their national counterparts… New figures have revealed staff working for Monmouthshire County Council take more sick days than their national counterparts. According to figures from the annual performance review, the county council reported it lost almost...

Art groups are being urged to apply for grants from a £500,000 fund to develop culture in Birmingham… Birmingham City Council has launched a grant to help art groups and organisations develop their services. The grants will be split into two streams. The first will focus on developing engagement in the...

Dr. Troy Harkness’ lab at the University of Saskatchewan, in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, has used funds provided by the CIHR Institute of Aging to advance our knowledge of how cells age using budding yeast as a model… The Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) provides funding...

Jugjeet Mehmi, Business Development Executive at BSI Group looks at how businesses can use lean six sigma to their advantage for organisations resilience… Processes are like the arteries of an organisation.  If information or product fails to flow in a continuous manner with the customer requirement in mind, then will...

Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn is calling for the suspension or even the expulsion of Hungary from the EU for violating EU values… Hungary should be suspended or expelled from the European Union for violating the fundamental values of the EU. Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn made the statement in relation...

Professor Rosalind L Smyth, Director at the Institute of Child Health, University College London (UCL) outlines the importance of gender equality within the science sector… Many years ago, after I had been appointed as a research fellow in Cambridge, I bumped into a former senior colleague at a conference.  She...

Several senior MPs could lose their seats under new boundary proposals for England and Wales. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and former chancellor George Osborne are among a number of senior MPs whose seats could be abolished under boundary proposals. The government plans on cutting the number of MPs in parliament and...

A UK laboratory has been granted £50,000 EU funding towards developing non-animal testing methods… XCellR8, based at Sci Tech Daresbury, has been granted £50,000 funding through the European Union’s flagship research programme Horizon 2020. The firm is a global leader in non-animal testing and instead uses human cell-based methods. Animal testing often...