News: Next Generation Medical at the AMRC
400 students from around the country applied for an internship at the University of Sheffield's newly established Medical Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) in Rotherham.
The Medical AMRC combines cutting-edge manufacturing technologies with world-class research and development and access to clinical expertise to help companies develop new medical devices and manufacturing processes. Engineers, software specialists, product designers and material scientists based at facilities on the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) work closely with manufacturers to push the limits of current technologies and create new possibilities.
Five interns have successfully gained a place at the centre and will run a medical products organisation, dubbed Next Generation Medical, for one year.
The interns are studying a mix of engineering and business subjects and one – 20 year old forensic accounting student Aqsa Ahmed, from Rotherham – already runs her own business.
They will act as Next Generation Medical's directors, developing ideas for innovative products aimed at areas of need in the healthcare market, such as promoting cleanliness, improving accessibility, tackling rising costs, improving life for ageing populations and tackling healthcare issues in the developing world.
Interns are also being encouraged to identify other areas of need and potential products before deciding which area and product to focus on.
By the end of their year, they will have created a prototype that could be turned into a product that is ready for market by future Next Generation interns.
Staff from the Medical AMRC will act as non-executive directors and advisers and a team of local entrepreneurs will give the interns the benefit of their experience.
Derek Boaler, who heads the Medical AMRC and Design and Prototyping Groups at the AMRC, said: "We want to promote an entrepreneurial spirit among students, so we have created Next Generation Medical with backing from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
"We want them to use their own ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit to come up with something that is saleable.
"Hopefully, having spent a year running their own company will make them more employable when they leave university at the end of their courses."
AMRC website
Images: AMRC
The Medical AMRC combines cutting-edge manufacturing technologies with world-class research and development and access to clinical expertise to help companies develop new medical devices and manufacturing processes. Engineers, software specialists, product designers and material scientists based at facilities on the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) work closely with manufacturers to push the limits of current technologies and create new possibilities.
Five interns have successfully gained a place at the centre and will run a medical products organisation, dubbed Next Generation Medical, for one year.
The interns are studying a mix of engineering and business subjects and one – 20 year old forensic accounting student Aqsa Ahmed, from Rotherham – already runs her own business.
They will act as Next Generation Medical's directors, developing ideas for innovative products aimed at areas of need in the healthcare market, such as promoting cleanliness, improving accessibility, tackling rising costs, improving life for ageing populations and tackling healthcare issues in the developing world.
Interns are also being encouraged to identify other areas of need and potential products before deciding which area and product to focus on.
By the end of their year, they will have created a prototype that could be turned into a product that is ready for market by future Next Generation interns.
Staff from the Medical AMRC will act as non-executive directors and advisers and a team of local entrepreneurs will give the interns the benefit of their experience.
Derek Boaler, who heads the Medical AMRC and Design and Prototyping Groups at the AMRC, said: "We want to promote an entrepreneurial spirit among students, so we have created Next Generation Medical with backing from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
"We want them to use their own ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit to come up with something that is saleable.
"Hopefully, having spent a year running their own company will make them more employable when they leave university at the end of their courses."
AMRC website
Images: AMRC
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