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The latest research, innovation and knowledge exchange news from the heart of the University of Kent

Supporting Pilgrims Hospices to stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic

By Emily Collins | 16 April 2020

The innovation and enterprise team were contacted by a local surgery who were in need of protective face shields against Covid-19. The team put them … Read more

Kent welcomes new Life Science Opportunity Zone

By Emily Collins | 25 February 2020

We are proud to announce that on the 20th February at a national briefing at the Discovery Park in Sandwich, the Office for Life Sciences … Read more

Improving AI data processing with pension firm Portafina

By Emily Collins | 17 January 2020

The two year project will enable Portafina, a specialist pension advice firm targeting the “advice gap” mass market, to apply state-of-the-art machine learning techniques to … Read more

Eurostar and Kent join forces on innovative project

By Emily Collins | 01 May 2019

Under a Knowledge Transfer Partnership, a scheme which brings businesses and academics together, Kent simulation researchers helped the company develop digital models of its stations in London and Paris. … Read more

Kent to support start-up with machine learning

By Emily Collins | 05 March 2019

Dr Fernando Otero and Dr Matteo Migliavacca from the University’s School of Computing will be working with the Government backed start-up to develop and integrate … Read more

EIRA: £4.7m pot connecting businesses with research power

By Emily Collins | 16 January 2019

The EIRA project (Enabling Innovation: Research to Application) was awarded £4.7m from Research England’s Connecting Capability Fund and is now open for applications from businesses looking to innovate by … Read more

Virtual queuing system aims to reduce impact of Operation Brock post-Brexit

By Emily Collins | 08 January 2019

Developed by the University’s School of Computing and Kent Business School (KBS) this dynamic digital solution would manage cross channel traffic in ways similar to air traffic control at airports. For … Read more

Kent to develop new to sector tech with local SME

By Emily Collins | 31 October 2018

Dyrhoff Ltd has been designing and supplying inflatable rubber dams and pneumatically-operated spillway gates for over 25 years. They have supplied over 175 pneumatic dams … Read more

Kent to help develop next generation of social planning tools

By Emily Collins | 11 October 2018

PlanSnap, based in London, has developed and launched an app which enables social planning on any platform. The platform gets everyone to agree quickly on … Read more

KROHNE and Kent to join forces once again

By Emily Collins | 06 December 2017

KROHNE is a world-leading manufacturer and supplier of solutions in industrial process instrumentation. KROHNE Limited is part of the KROHNE Group and is the Group’s … Read more

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