Specialist Facilities & Expertise

There is a wide range of specialist facilities, equipment and services available from South West academic institutions to help businesses across the region innovate and grow. This page details some of what is available.

• Academy for Innovation and Research

  Academy for Innovation and Research

  The Academy for Innovation and Research is the home of research and business collaboration at University College Falmouth and the gateway to a range of services to help businesses innovate and grow.

• Cornwall College Business

  Cornwall College Business

  Cornwall College Business offers a range of training and consultancy advice to help businesses achieve better results.

• CUC Business Services

  CUC Business Services

  Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) is a partnership of six universities and colleges promoting the benefits of higher education to people and businesses in Cornwall.

• Environment and Sustainability Institute

  Environment and Sustainability Institute

  The University of Exeter's Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) is a £30 million interdisciplinary centre leading cutting-edge research into solutions to problems of environmental change.

• European Centre for Environment & Human Health

  European Centre for Environment & Human Health

  The European Centre for Environment & Human Health is part of the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry and its research focuses on the interconnections between human health and the environment.

• Knowledge Transfer Solutions

  Knowledge Transfer Solutions

  Knowledge transfer is about two basic things: knowledge - and how that knowledge is transferred. It is a process which involves people and ideas, it turns technology, know how, expertise and skills into innovative, commercial products and services.

• Plymouth University Expertise and Research

  Plymouth University Expertise and Research

  Through Plymouth University, GAIN brings world-leading research in the areas of marine and coastal technology, computer science, environmental, economic and social sustainability, creative and cultural economies, health, nursing and biomedicine, and pedagogic research/innovation.

• Plymouth University Facilities & Equipment

  Plymouth University Facilities & Equipment

  Plymouth University has a range of state-of-the-art facilities available to business, from materials analysis and manufacture, to rapid prototyping and computer support.

• SERIO

  SERIO

  The Socio-economic Research and Intelligence Observatory (SERIO) specialises in applied research, working with public, private and third sector organisations across Plymouth, the South West and nationally, providing socio-economic research, analysis and intelligence to inform policy and decision making.

• The Design Lab

  The Design Lab

  The Design Lab enables commercial design collaborations with Plymouth University helping organisations in the public and private sectors build creative 'go-to-market' solutions to help them grow.

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