Black Country Skills Factory celebrates 5 years success in developing skills
Set up in 2013, the Black Country Skills Factory has been addressing skills shortages across the area for five years. Over five years the Skills[…]
Solving the digital skills gap
The announcement by Theresa May of the new national Institute of Coding in January 2018 represents a quietly significant moment in the unfolding of the UK Industrial Strategy.[…]
New Science Centre wins regional industry award
The £10.1m centre at the University of Wolverhampton Science Park was named Best Large Commercial Building at the LABC West Midlands Excellence Awards. The awards,[…]
New system allows trainee doctors to use virtual reality to learn diagnoses
Academics have created a new virtual reality tool which allows medical students to replicate eye examinations and learn first-hand how to diagnose difficult to spot[…]
Academy opens doors to a new generation of engineers
The University of Wolverhampton has taken its partnership with Morgan Motor Company to the next level with the opening of a new academy for budding[…]
Full STEAM ahead as hi-tech innovation centre bringing together business and the arts opens
A brand new £5 million state-of-the-art collaborative space for businesses, artists and academics to work together on new innovative projects has been opened in Birmingham. West[…]
Virtual reality experience allows users to step back in time to the Coventry Blitz
A new virtual reality experience will allow people to experience what the 1940 Coventry Blitz was like. Coventry University led a project which gave participants the[…]
Maternity care for pregnant women with Ehlers-Danlos syndromes ‘must improve’, researchers say.
A study by academics at Coventry University has found a lack of awareness among midwives and health professionals of the conditions and the number of[…]