Defence and Security
Richard Robinson: My journey to Cranfield as a Chevening Award Scholar
Hi, I'm Major Richard Robinson, Head of School for the Caribbean Special Tactics Centre within the Caribbean Military Academy, Jamaica (West Indies). I'm from Montego Bay, Jamaica! I am pursuing a MSc in Counterterrorism within ...
Extending global networks for responsible cyberpower
Smaller nations are facing more concerted cyber-attacks, from hostile states, criminal gangs and terrorists. And like other countries, whatever their size, their governments, institutions and businesses lack capacity when it comes to dealing with the ...
Will Putin’s strategic end state in Ukraine elude him?
Dr Bryan Watters OBE SFHEA, Associate Professor and Head of the Centre for Defence Leadership and Management, Cranfield University, reflects on military developments in Ukraine and what lessons may be drawn from history, the thoughts ...
Virtually attending hybrid conferences
As the risk of Covid-19 lowers, and international travelling becomes easier, scientific conferences have begun to welcome people to present, question and network in person from all over the world. Conferences tend to have ...
Cranfield’s New products – Polymers for Pharmaceuticals
Figure 1 - Schematic representation of cross-linked β-cyclodextrin and entrapped molecules. SEM image of the amorphous polymer as background (15.0kVx50 BSE-3D 60Pa, 1 mm). Image by C. Pratchett, Cranfield University. Polymers are very important constituents for ...
Bits, bytes and explosives
Back at the tail end of 2020 I had started to look for my next big challenge. I knew that I wanted it to be academically orientated and had, for as long as I could ...