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This week we launched the Nuclear Catalyst, bringing together organisations from across the nuclear ecosystem to explore, challenge and accelerate innovation for the sector’s future.

We opened with a shared ambition to explore, challenge and accelerate innovation for the sector’s future.
December 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Lancashire Voices: The Devolution Question. Join us on 9 Dec - 6pm for a Question Time-style event with key stakeholder, including local government leaders, community advocates and academics on the future of devolution in Lancashire. https://tinyurl.com/4chcpa8r #BusinessandInnovation
Lancashire Voices: The Devolution Question
Join us for a dynamic evening of dialogue as members of the leadership of the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences host a Question...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🎉Our NW CyberCom project - delivered with six NW universities and industry partners @plexalcity.bsky.social and CRSI - won Sector Collaboration Initiative of the Year at the Knowledge Exchange Awards 2025 last night. 🥳https://tinyurl.com/647e5vdf #KEUK #KEAwards25
Lancaster University cyber security project scoops top gong at knowledge exchange awards - Lancaster University
A Lancaster University initiative that brings in academic teams across the North West to develop cutting-edge cyber security innovations and accelerate their route to market has won a prestigious know...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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We've been awarded a Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education! 🏆

This national honour has been awarded to us for our work on the micro:bit, a pocket-sized programmable computer that’s improving digital literacy skills around the globe.
Lancaster University receives nation’s highest education honour - Lancaster University
Lancaster University has been awarded a Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education for its pioneering work that is helping to drive a global transformation in digital literacy.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Incredible achievements from the teams behind these three amazing innovation projects. Wishing them the very best at tonight's #KEAwards25 #KnowledgeExchangeUK #KEUK #KnowledgeExchange #BusinessandInnovation
We’re very proud to have three research initiatives shortlisted for major awards this evening! 🎉

The KE Awards celebrate outstanding achievements in knowledge exchange across the UK and beyond. (1/5)

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KE Awards - Knowledge Exchange UK
The KE Awards celebrates outstanding achievements in KE, recognising impactful collaborations and innovation across the UK and beyond.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🏆 Another day, another award win. 🏆
Our Centre for Digital Innovation, delivered in partnership with @manmetuni.bsky.social @salforduni.bsky.social, Greater Manchester Colleges Group and industry, won Innovation Thought Leader Organisation at the National Innovation Awards. #BusinessandInnovation
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Universities aren’t just places where students go to learn - they are the spaces where new ideas and innovations are born, shaping the world we live in. Lancaster contributes £2bn a year to the national economy by working with partners. #businessandinnovation https://tinyurl.com/297yjd9y
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November 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
🏆 Award win for Lancaster's "innovation success story" 🏆
@lancasteruni.bsky.social spin-out company Quantum Base has won the prestigious Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative of the Year Award at the Times Higher Education Awards 2025. #THEAwards www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/times-h...
Times Higher Education Award for Lancaster’s “innovation success story” - Lancaster University
Lancaster University has won the Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative of the Year Award in the Times Higher Education Awards 2025.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Great idea @timeshighered.bsky.social. Just out of interest, which song went out with the Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative of the Year Award? Would love to know what our winners #QuantumBase walked up to when collecting their award. #THEAwards
If you were at the #THEAwards last night and were curious about the tunes accompanying each award, they were deliberately chosen to fit the winners/categories. Have a listen to the full 2025 playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1HxF6aIKD3wKC8g0wnhrM9
THE Awards 2025
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November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Lancaster University brings together a connected network of experts from across academia and industry to focus on society's most significant challenges and ensure its globally-leading research has real-world impact. #businessandinnovation https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/business-and-innovation/
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November 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships can be transformational for businesses. Click below to hear how a successful @lancasteruni.bsky.social KTP helped engineering business, Atkinson Vos, introduce modern computational design tools. #KTP50 #BusinessandInnovation https://tinyurl.com/3vhwdjs3
Knowledge Transfer Partnership - Atkinson Vos
Local engineering company Atkinson Vos - specialists in custom off-road vehicles - took advantage of the Knowledge Transfer Partnership to work with Lancaste...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Our community of co-workers at @lancasteruni.bsky.social has access to our network of key partners and inspirational researchers, all while working in the perfect setting to collaborate and grow your business. #businessandinnovation https://tinyurl.com/yx8meake
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November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Our KTP team attended the recent 50th anniversary celebration for @innovateuk.bsky.social Knowledge Transfer Partnerships. KTPs provide the perfect vehicle for businesses to innovate and grow by bringing in academic and graduate talent. https://tinyurl.com/y5afvc9p #BusinessandInnovation
#ktp50 #innovateuk #knowledgetransfer #innovation #collaboration #awards | Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
What an incredible celebration of innovation, collaboration, and impact!   This year’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Awards marked a major milestone, 50 years of connecting world-leading research with UK businesses to drive real-world change.   From groundbreaking projects in sustainability and AI to transformative advances in health and manufacturing, this year’s finalists and winners truly showcased the power of partnership in action.   A huge congratulations to all our winners and nominees, and thank you to everyone who joined us in Manchester to celebrate #KTP50.   Here’s to the next 50 years of innovation through collaboration, creating impact that lasts.   #InnovateUK #KnowledgeTransfer #Innovation #Collaboration #Awards 
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November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Former NATO Commander and British military chief, General Sir Richard Shirreff, who served on the front-line and in the international corridors of power will give the Martin Edmonds Memorial Lecture at @lancasteruni.bsky.social on 19 Nov. For info and bookings go to https://tinyurl.com/ynz7jk65
Former British military chief to give insight into war in Ukraine - Lancaster University
A former NATO Commander and British military chief who served on the front-line and in the corridors of international military power will give the Martin Edmonds Memorial Lecture at Lancaster University on November 19.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships deliver solutions with international impact. Researchers introduced a water-saving irrigation technique to rice farmers in Ghana, supported by an @innovateuk.bsky.social KTP with Newage Agric Solutions Ltd. #KTP50 #BusinessandInnovation https://tinyurl.com/2bbthhe6
Innovate UK funding supports new age of rice irrigation in Ghana - Lancaster University
Lancaster University and Ghana's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Crops Research Institute (CSIR – CRI) introduced Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD), a water-saving rice irrigation technique, reducing water use by 30% without yield loss, and enhancing resilience amid changing rain...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Join us for Fireside Chat with Tom Munday, Lancaster alumnus and the entrepreneurial force behind Lux Rewards. Expect a candid discussion on entrepreneurship, start-ups and lessons learnt from taking an idea from pitch to global scale.
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Odd Jobs to Eight Figures: A Fireside Chat with Tom Munday, Thursday 13 November, 5:15pm - Lancaster University
Join us for a special Fireside Chat with Tom Munday, Lancaster University alumnus and entrepreneurial force behind the success of Lux Rewards. From humble beginnings offering odd jobs door-to-door in Chester, Tom’s entrepreneurial journey has taken him to the helm of one of the UK’s most exciting reward technology start-ups.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Lancaster University spin-out Quantum Base has been named as a finalist in the Knowledge Exchange UK #KEAwards25, with @ukri.org and @beauhurst.bsky.social.
The company - founded by Lancaster Physics Professor Rob Young - offers a scalable anti-counterfeiting solution.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
November 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A Lancaster University Knowledge Transfer Partnership links your organisation to a world-class academic partner to drive innovation through collaboration. KTPs create dynamic, co-designed projects which bring about transformative change. Learn more
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November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Whether you're in business, policy, education or tech, there’s something to spark ideas and build connections at the Festival of Social Science 2025. #BusinessandInnovation
It's time for our Festival of Social Science 2025!

With a line-up of events for curious minds of all ages, this year's festival covers a range of topics including the future of healthcare, the rise of AI, and our relationship with the landscape around us.

Find out more through the link below 👇
Pop stars, healthcare and the rise of AI at Lancaster’s Festival of Social Science - Lancaster University
From AI-generated pop star voices to the future of healthcare, Lancaster University’s Festival of Social Science 2025 line-up offers a mix of events for curious minds of all ages. 
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October 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Sign up today for our Cyber Runway: NW Net Zero, a regional programme - delivered in partnership with @plexalcity.bsky.social and DSIT - for startups working in cyber innovation and net zero technologies. #BusinessandInnovation https://bsky.app/profile/plexalcity.bsky.social/post/3m2lq5kojsk2n
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🧭 Cyber Runway NW Net Zero is our new programme in partnership with DSIT and @lancasteruni.bsky.social, designed for startups in the North West of England working on cyber innovation and net zero technologies. Apply by Friday 17th October 🔗 https://innovation.plexal.com/en/page/cyber-runway-nw...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Lancaster University is truly international and a leader in transnational education. The new Bengaluru site will be our sixth overseas campus and open up even more opportunities for research and innovation partnerships. #Businessandinnovation
October 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Our partners come together to form a connected ecosystem of networked professionals with access to a huge array of sectors and organisations. Join them today. #businessandinnovation https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/business-and-innovation/
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October 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
At Lancaster University our co-working spaces too are about more than just a desk – they’re places to inspire and innovate. Nestled in 578 acres of beautiful Lancashire countryside, we provide the perfect setting to access expertise, collaborate and grow your business. #businessandinnovation
October 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Another @lancasteruni.bsky.social opportunity to increase your networks, the Business Bike Club - delivered by @health-innovation.bsky.social - offers the opportunity to get active in the great outdoors while making valuable business connections. #businessandinnovation
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Business Bike Club 2025
Join ourselves, Rosebank PR & Communications and the Chamber of Commerce for a series of networking cycle rides. Chat about bikes, business or...
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October 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM