As part of our Game changers series we meet Bethany Koby, who is on a mission to spark the creative imagination of kids with hands-on technology. Her company, Technology Will Save Us, produces a range of make-it-yourself kits for children …
On 26 July 2017, we hosted a 'Girls in Innovation' workshop alongside our infocus 'Women in Innovation' photo exhibition at the Getting Images Gallery in London. Some of the girls who attended reflect on their experience.
For the first time in my career, I was one of only four men out of forty presenters as I joined an all-day innovation networking event for around 150 invited participants who had applied to our infocus Women in Innovation …
The birth of TeenTech TeenTech was born in the Reading branch of Carluccio’s in 2007, when a friend told me he’d just advertised for a chemical engineer and out of over 300 applications, three came from Europe and none from …
A little about me I was 21 and had just broken up from my fiancé and had to get away from what was at the time a bad situation. I had been asked back for a third interview with Virgin …
There are so many things to highlight in this, my final blog post of 2016, reflecting on a year in the life of Innovate UK. Here are just a few of my ‘best bits’ of the past year.
As part of our Game changers series we meet Torie Chilcott, who is revolutionising the advertising industry after bouncing back from a raft of challenges – including the worst week of her life. Scoota, which Torie co-founded with business partner …
1. myHappymind Who are you? I’m Laura Earnshaw and I am the founder of myHappymind.org (@EarnshawLaura). I’ve spent most of my career working in large global corporations leading Global Leadership Development, Diversity and Talent functions and teams. Fascinating as this …
1. Future Science Who are you? I am Deepika Kassen. I am a molecular biologist by training and I have spent most of my career doing lab-based research. My research focused on stem cells and most recently on Multiple Myeloma, …
In 2016, Design for Social Change (D4SC) had been toying with the idea of expanding internationally with two of our products: Changify – a people powered decision-making platform for urban service providers to identify and priortise most pressing urban issues to …
