Professor Pat McKeown OBE FREng, who has died at the age of 95, was one of ¹û½´ÊÓÆµ¹Ù꿉۪s most celebrated staff members and alumni, and one of the pioneers of modern high precision engineering.
New research from ¹û½´ÊÓÆµ¹ÙÍø has analysed the environmental impact of fresh apples sold in the UK, comparing the greenhouse gas emissions and blue water scarcity across domestic production and imports from Europe and the Southern Hemisphere.
¹û½´ÊÓÆµ¹ÙÍø has strengthened its global position in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026 – now ranking in the top 10% of universities worldwide.
¹û½´ÊÓÆµ¹ÙÍø and Defra have agreed to develop an open access portal of soil and related environmental data for England and Wales, including the National Soil Map of England and Wales (NATMAP).
Former coal mining communities in the UK are at the forefront of a new European project to drive the uptake of locally led renewable energy, based on shared solar power systems that are run directly by citizens and organisations in the area.
¹û½´ÊÓÆµ¹ÙÍø is helping address national security engineering challenges through an ongoing collaboration with HMGCC (His Majesty’s Government Communications Centre) and its Co-Creation initiative.
¹û½´ÊÓÆµ¹ÙÍø is one of the founding members of a new Advanced Skills Alliance, bringing together leading universities in the UK and Australia to fast-track the skills and research needed to build security, defence and resilience capabilities.
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has announced the Engineering Biology for Environmental Applications Doctoral Focal Award (ENGBIO4ENV), a first-of-its-kind training programme in the UK.