Defence and Security
Senior Strategic Leadership Programme 2021 held online with defence leaders from around the world
In July each year, the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom with Cranfield University deliver a Senior Strategic Leadership Programme in Shrivenham for five days to 30 senior leaders from 30 countries. The leaders are ...
My Cranfield journey: Choosing a research project for my forensics career
To potentially grow in your career requires sacrifices which impact everyday normal life. In my opinion, it is even harder to climb the ladder whilst developing your knowledge in your current career. However, with the ...
From Bioscience to a Forensic Investigation MSc
When I submitted an application to the Forensic Investigation course at Cranfield during a rare break from writing my PhD thesis last summer, I could never have anticipated that I'd find myself carrying out a research project on one of the most iconic ships in British history.
Choosing Cranfield to do a part-time Counterterrorism, Risk management and Resilience MSc
As a part-time student, juggling the difficulties of studying and a full-time job is a challenge but the structure of the modules and the flexibility that Cranfield offers, ensures that you aren’t overwhelmed by the modules in terms of content or assessments and there are suitable gaps between them to manage work, leave and life.
Explosive Effects On Structures (EES) module – a day with Alford Technologies
On the 9th of March 2021 a group of us from the Explosive Effects on Structures module embarked on a trip to Alford Technologies in Wells. Alford Technologies specialises in developing explosive tools to support Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Breaching/Explosive Method of Entry and Explosive Engineering communities – so a great place to partake in our first face to face practical of the year. So far that week we had learnt about how blast effects different structures and materials, and it was now time to see some of that theory in action.
Helping to revive wargaming in the Royal Navy – an update: Games in a COVID world
Lieutenant Commander Ed Oates, recent PhD graduate at Cranfield Defence and Security and helicopter simulator instructor at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall, previously shared his experiences in using knowledge learnt at Cranfield to drive a wargaming ...