The DST biennial cohort building retreat took place in April 2018 at Gregynog Hall. Activities included a team building workshop with Michele Underwood, (Researcher Development Manager, University of Warwick), canoeing on Lake Vyrnwy (Bethania Adventure) and Innovation to Impact, a workshop run by Warwick Ventures. Evening activities included a pub quiz courtesy of Jenny and Martin (cohort 4) and Molecules with Silly or Unusual Names (Prof. Paul May, University of Bristol).

Ben Green who has been working at Warwick as a Research Fellow in the Networked Quantum Information Technologies (NQIT) quantum hub and developing quantum computing nodes based on optical-cavity-enhanced colour centres in diamond, has won a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship to be held at Warwick. These highly prestigious five-year Research Fellowships are designed to promote excellence by providing support for high-quality candidates to become future research leaders.

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Diamond Science and Technology welcomes the University of Bath. Bath joins Aberystwyth University, Cardiff University, Imperial College London, Newcastle University, the University of Bristol, the University of Oxford, the University of Strathclyde and the University of Warwick as one of the Centre’s partner universities.