Universities South West

1. Universities South West Realising potential through partnership Dr Deborah Watson

2. What’s in a name?…. What’s in a name?….

3. University Business Services • ● Access to highly skilled employees • Student & Graduate placements • Graduate recruitment through www.gradsouthwest.com • Training and CPD for your own staff • ● Access to new ideas & technologies • Research & Development, Consultancy • Facilities and equipment • Networking • ● Access to Commercial Opportunities • Technology licensing, IP support, spin-outs, incubation space and science parks all provide new opportunities for your business

4. www.gradsouthwest.com Your graduate recruitment service – run in partnership with all Universities in the South West. Unlocking Business Potential – a £2.2m graduate placement programme currently under development Next steps - if you want to recruit a graduate go to: www.gradsouthwest.com And watch this space… for Unlocking Business Potential

5. Innovation Vouchers ● £3-10k business-led projects – 40% ERDF subsidy = only 60% normal cost to business ● focus on innovation – leading to new products and services ● £2.3m of IVs – to support c200 SMEs in the SW (ex. Cornwall) ● Started 1 October 2012 (subject to contract!) until 2015 Next steps - if your business is interested go to: www.universitiessouthwest.ac.uk/business

6. University Manufacturing Expertise in the South West

7. ● Centre for Additive Layer Manufacturing • providing access to leading additive manufacturing • technologies and expertise across the South West • ● Exeter Advanced Technologies • commercial manufacturing processes and materials • development: • - Materials Specification and Sourcing; • Performance Characteristics and Service Life Cycle Analysis; • In-service failures: fatigue; environmental degradation; stress cracking, production faults; • Manufacturing Issues; • Batch Variation and Quality Assurance; • Suspected Contamination; and • Fillers, Additives and Colourants.

8. ● Innovative Design and Manufacturing Research Centre (IdMRC) • Advanced Machining Process & Systems • Constraint-Based Design & Optimisation • Design Information & Knowledge • Metrology & Assembly Systems & Technologies • ● LIMA provides manufacturing solutions from metrology research for businesses large and small, allowing them to benefit from emerging technology and state-of-the-art solutions. ● Bath Composites Research Unit investigates the mechanical behaviour of composite materials and lightweight structures and exploits this understanding for use in design and manufacture.

9. ● The Advanced Composites Manufacturing Centre (ACMC) is a leading composites facility that brings academic R&D together with the needs of industry. ● Analysis and Materials Characterisation ● Analytical Testing Facilities service encompassing: Chemical Measurements; Electron Microscopy; Fluid Modelling; and Particle Sizing. ● Plymouth Electron Microscopy Centre -Scanning Electron Microscopy; Transmission Electron Microscopy; X-Ray Micro-Analysis; Low-Vacuum Scanning Electron Microscopy; Low-Temperature Scanning Electron Microscopy; and Light / Optical Microscopy.

10. ● Department of Engineering Design and Mathematics- CPD in manufacturing and machining, including developing manufacturing process improvement and composites learning ● Centre for Fine Print Research - 3D and Rapid Prototyping; Laser Cutting ● Food Manufacturing Excellence with Hartpury College

11. ● Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science (ACCIS): Multifunctional composites and novel microstructures Design, analysis and failure Intelligent structures Composites processing and characterisation ● Bristol Laboratories for Advanced Dynamics Engineering (BLADE) Mechanical testing; Composites processing; Characterisation; High strain rate and Visualisation. ● National Composites Centre

12. ● Design Centre ● Product design services: including Concept development; Product development and consultancy; Product engineering/design for manufacture Photo realistic rendering; 3D laser scanning; Rapid prototyping/3D printing CNC machining / routing; Laser cutting and engraving; Model making and finishing. ● Textile design services: Digital fabric printing & Jacquard power loom weaving

13. ● Arts University College Bournemouth – Fashion Design and Manufacture; Graphic Design; Architecture... ● Bath Spa University – Design, Textiles, Ceramics, Music, Health, Writing, Education... ● Royal Agricultural College - Food Chain: food marketing, quality assurance, agricultural, agribusiness and environmental expertise... ● University of Gloucestershire – Business strategy, Graphic Design, Sport, Health...

14. ● Design Simulation Research Centre • - Static and Dynamic Design Analysis and Verification of smart composite structures • - Simulation of high value manufacturing processes through DES and hybrid tooling • - Design and development of Novel • flexible tooling for composite • manufacture • ● Sustainable Design Research Centre • - Tribology and Environmental Design • - Ceramics Tribology • - Sustainable Design • - Lean Manufacturing

15. Universities South West Innovation Centre Rennes Drive Exeter, EX4 4RN 01392 241301 deborah.watson@universitiessouthwest.ac.uk www.universitiessouthwest.ac.uk/business