A student-led organisation at The University of Manchester have been rewarded for their hard work this year by the National Association of College and University Entrepreneurs (NACUE) at their Annual Society Awards Dinner, held at the Institute of Directors in London. Manchester Entrepreneurs is just one of over 85 enterprise societies in the Higher education [...]

University of Manchester technology, Acoustek® was shortlisted in two categories at the UK Energy Innovation Awards 2013 held at The Radisson Edwardian, Manchester on the 25th April; Best Innovation Contributing to Customer Quality and Reliability of Supply and Best University Technology. Out of the three competing technologies per category, congratulations go to Kelvatek Ltd and [...]

A team of entrepreneurs from Manchester Business School has won the first prize in the European final of ‘The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) International Business Plan Competition’. Kaffeination Ltd behind the innovative new caffeinated sweets called UPs Solid Energy, beat 14 teams in the finals in Brussels to be crowned champions. They were also crowned with [...]

The University of Manchester has been selected as one of 56 partner institutions in the HEFCE/UnLtd Higher Education Support Programme and has been actively seeking entrepreneurial staff, students and alumni to enter the UMI3 Social Enterprise Competition. Inspirational workshops such as the Social Enterprise Brief Case (SEBC) has really motivated individuals to come forward and submit [...]

Last night, The University of Manchester and its technology transfer arm, UMIP, were announced joint runners-up in the Activating Impact category of the 2013 BBSRC Fostering Innovation Awards held at Altitude 360 at the Millbank Tower in London. Activating Impact is a new competition created to celebrate the work of successful Knowledge Exchange and Commercialisation [...]

Last night, the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) launched its much-awaited ‘Tech Country’ report to its members, technology entrepreneurs and the private equity and venture capital community at the University’s Innovation Centre, UMIC. ‘Tech Country’ highlights five key clusters of successful business outside of London: Cambridge, Manchester, Bristol, Aberdeen and Birmingham that have the potential to [...]

IP Group plc (LSE: IPO) (“IP Group” or “the Company” or “the Group”), the developer of intellectual property based businesses, is delighted to announce that it has signed a commercialisation agreement with The University of Manchester (“the University”) which will be operated by its technology transfer company, UMI3 Limited (“UMI3”). The University of Manchester, a [...]

Manchester February 19th 2013 F2G Ltd, the UK-based antifungal drug discovery and development company, today announced the appointment of Dr. John H. Rex to the Company’s Board as an Independent Director. Dr. Rex is a distinguished research scientist and recognized as an opinion leader in the field of infectious disease therapy and, in particular, for [...]

The University of Manchester and Graphene Commercialisation:  Assumptions and Realities The European Commission has announced that it is providing 1bn euros over 10 years for research and development into graphene – the ‘wonder material’ isolated at The University of Manchester by Nobel Prize winners Professors  Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov. The University is very active [...]

IQuBit at UMIC On 6th February, The University of Manchester Innovation Centre, UMIC, welcomed 25 student entrepreneurs to the launch of its digital accelerator, IQuBiT. IQuBit, located in UMIC’s Core Technology Facility on Grafton Street, aims to inspire, invent and innovate a new generation of software, social networking and digital ventures and supports ideas for [...]