Environment
“The Innovation One” – A better life in rural areas
Love it or loathe it, the EU has had a profound effect on the lives and livelihoods of all its citizens. One such area is in agricultural policy, which looks to balance the needs of ...
Showcasing my Cranfield research at outreach events
More than 200 years of industrialisation has left a legacy of contaminated sites across Europe. According to the European Environment Agency, some three million sites in our continent alone are affected by potentially polluting activities, ...
The misunderstood vulture can’t go the way of the dodo
Vultures are a keystone species facing an alarming decrease in numbers globally. They do have something of an image problem, however; these scavenging birds feed on the carcasses of dead mammals, and given this gruesome ...
Phasing out HFCs – A big win for our climate
Last week’s news from Kigali, Rwanda, that hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) emissions are being phased out globally is truly excellent news for our students and their successors. This single measure will remove up to 0.5°C warming at ...
Why we’re launching the Cleantech Entrepreneurship MSc
Over the past few decades there has been a lot of attention on renewable energy technologies to guarantee energy security and fight climate change. Equally, there has been much talk about entrepreneurship as a way ...
Grandpa goes to Cranfield
I hadn’t imagined I would ever be going back to university again, much less that I would go back as a full-time student. Thirty years of working in the corporate world of international telecoms and ...