News: AMRC to extend into healthcare technologies and the digital sector
The model for the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing is to be replicated in the healthcare technology and digital sectors using a grant from the government.
The University of Sheffield is one of 16 institutions across the country to have been allocated a share of the Higher Education Funding Council For England's (HEFCE's) £50m Catalyst Fund, to work with businesses and support the UK's economic recovery.
Based on the Advanced Manufacturing Park, the AMRC is a world class centre for advanced machining and materials research for aerospace and other high-value manufacturing sectors. The multimillion pound partnership between industry and academia has become a model for collaborative research centres worldwide and now boasts 75 partners, including Boeing and Rolls Royce.
The AMRC secures funding from a range of organisations; through winning competitive calls for research from the Technology Strategy Board and Research Councils; research projects commissioned by business; and through Tier 1 and Tier 2 sponsors.
The university will now develop the model into new areas – healthcare technologies and the creative and digital sectors. This is intended to stimulate growth in the Sheffield City Region, which has one of the UK's highest concentrations of medical device companies.
Activity will focus on collaborative research and applied research and development, graduate entrepreneurship and postgraduate applied studentships. Private sector partners include ARM, Zoo Digital, Wandisco, Boeing, Accenture, Mott Macdonald, IBM, Thales, Costain, Sandvik, Starrag, Carpenter, Mori Seiki and Alpha rooms.
The project has the support of the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership.
Sheffield Hallam University has also secured funding to develop a National Centre of Excellence for Food Engineering with an ambitious target to help add £1 billion in Gross Value Added to the food and drink industry, as well as to get more graduates engaged in the industry.
Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts, said: "Universities and colleges are vital to the UK's economy. This extra £50m will harness the potential for growth across the regions, focus on our world-class industrial sectors, and create a skilled workforce for the future. It will support cutting-edge innovation and research projects and keep us ahead in the global race."
Yesterday, the Minister confirmed that up to £63m has been allocated this year by the Technology Strategy Board to support the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, of which the AMRC is a key part.
The AMRC website
Images: AMRC
The University of Sheffield is one of 16 institutions across the country to have been allocated a share of the Higher Education Funding Council For England's (HEFCE's) £50m Catalyst Fund, to work with businesses and support the UK's economic recovery.
Based on the Advanced Manufacturing Park, the AMRC is a world class centre for advanced machining and materials research for aerospace and other high-value manufacturing sectors. The multimillion pound partnership between industry and academia has become a model for collaborative research centres worldwide and now boasts 75 partners, including Boeing and Rolls Royce.
The AMRC secures funding from a range of organisations; through winning competitive calls for research from the Technology Strategy Board and Research Councils; research projects commissioned by business; and through Tier 1 and Tier 2 sponsors.
The university will now develop the model into new areas – healthcare technologies and the creative and digital sectors. This is intended to stimulate growth in the Sheffield City Region, which has one of the UK's highest concentrations of medical device companies.
Activity will focus on collaborative research and applied research and development, graduate entrepreneurship and postgraduate applied studentships. Private sector partners include ARM, Zoo Digital, Wandisco, Boeing, Accenture, Mott Macdonald, IBM, Thales, Costain, Sandvik, Starrag, Carpenter, Mori Seiki and Alpha rooms.
The project has the support of the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership.
Sheffield Hallam University has also secured funding to develop a National Centre of Excellence for Food Engineering with an ambitious target to help add £1 billion in Gross Value Added to the food and drink industry, as well as to get more graduates engaged in the industry.
Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts, said: "Universities and colleges are vital to the UK's economy. This extra £50m will harness the potential for growth across the regions, focus on our world-class industrial sectors, and create a skilled workforce for the future. It will support cutting-edge innovation and research projects and keep us ahead in the global race."
Yesterday, the Minister confirmed that up to £63m has been allocated this year by the Technology Strategy Board to support the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, of which the AMRC is a key part.
The AMRC website
Images: AMRC
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