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Professors Paul Grainge and Cathy Johnson are on a mission to help Nottingham’s small businesses community reach new audiences.

Discipline: TV & Media

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A project with Festivals Edinburgh took Dr Jakov Jandric back to his artistic roots.

Discipline: Business

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Professor Helen Spencer-Oatey and Dr Daniel Dauber's benchmarking tool allows universities to measure the effectiveness of the global education they offer.

Discipline: Applied Linguistics

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Dr Faye Wade donned a hard hat and a high-vis jacket to help the construction industry utilise new technologies and avoid costly mistakes.

Discipline: Sociology

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An interdisciplinary industry partnership helped Philosophy Professor, Mark Addis redefine the construction industry’s understanding of expertise. It also set his career in a new direction.

Discipline: Philosophy

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Dr Phil Morgan says a three-year secondment with Airbus is a ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity to help shape the next generation of aerospace cyber defences.

Discipline: Cognitive Science

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A phone call to the Swedish giant laid the foundations for a project which could make manufacturing and construction significantly more climate change-friendly, says Dr Kathi Kaesehage.

Discipline: Business

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Teacher turned researcher and education technology entrepreneur, Dr Andrew
Manches believes the academic community must work more with industry to
ensure EdTech lives up to its potential.

Discipline: Education Studies

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A review of UK school meals’ carbon footprint wrote the recipe for a new solution to count the environmental cost of what is on our plates.

Discipline: Business

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Professor Tobias Kelly’s collaboration with National Museums Scotland has shaped his research on Britain’s conscientious objectors and allowed him to share this work with a whole new audience.

Discipline: Social Anthropology

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Do the British still think beer is a man's drink? Psychology experts from The University of Nottingham worked with one midlands company find out.

Discipline: Pyschology

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The idea for a better way to help students develop fulfilling careers transformed Dr John Miles from Shakespeare researcher to education technology entrepreneur.

Discipline: Humanities

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An innovative project between Edinburgh researchers and a fintech start-up hopes to democratise wealth management.

Discipline: Business

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Dr Xenia Pestova Bennett is using her performance expertise to help Midlands workers and school children deal with stress and anxiety.

Discipline: Music

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A collaboration with Scotland’s largest housing association started Dr Kate Carter on a journey to influence the country’s social housing strategy for the next 20 years.

Discipline: Architecture

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Rolling the dice on new creative endeavours had surprising results for Dr Gianluca Raccagni’s research and teaching.

Discipline: History

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Collaborating on a new desktop wellness app gave Dr Kasia Banas a valuable outlet to positively impact thousands of workers’ health and wellbeing.

Discipline: Pyschology

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Remo Pedreschi’s 15-year industry collaboration has led to significant improvements in safety and security in Scottish social housing.

Discipline: Architecture

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Dr James Cook and Dr Kenny McAlpine’s collaboration with Historic Environment Scotland connects listeners with history and paves the way for virtual reality performances.

Discipline: Music

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Dr Malu Villela Garcia is developing a blueprint to put workforces in charge and make companies more inclusive, sustainable and accountable.

Discipline: Economics