It’s half-time!
Four modules done, four modules to go! Where did the time go? How is it almost December? Switching to a new module every two weeks has kept university interesting and engaging throughout the last months, ...
Lets make things better AND make better things – KTN’s mantra for manufacturing’s sustainable future
Ben Peace is Head of Manufacturing at KTN UK. A UK-wide network, KTN connects ideas, people and communities to respond to major challenges and drive positive change through innovation. Ben, who sits on Cranfield University’s ...
A different kind of Christmas 2020…
The build-up is beginning to Christmas 2020, Covid Christmas! - A year like no other, Covid-19, Black lives Matter, EndSARs Nigeria, Trump out of the White House! Even I, based in the UK and not an American, am getting vote Trump emails. Incredible right!? An unprecedented number of hours in front of a screen: Netflix, Prime, BBC news, Skype, Teams or Zoom? Queuing in malls and supermarket entrances as opposed to queues at checkouts. Nothing is the same as it was this time last year; it is a lot to take in, a lot to take on, and a lot to get our heads around.
Protein-free natural latex gloves – responding to the pandemic now, transforming the industry and supply chain for the future
Research led by Cranfield University, in partnership with Malaysian surgical glove manufacturer, Meditech Gloves, is paving the way for a sustainable future for the degradable glove industry, as well as supporting the current response to ...
My Cranfield course: Pre-master’s in Engineering
Hi! We are Zoe and Céline, and we’ve both just started on Cranfield’s Pre-master’s in Engineering course. In this series of blogs, we hope to share with you our journey through the course as we ...
Catching up with Dr Mark Pawlett
Recently we sat down with Dr Mark Pawlett, Senior Research Fellow in Soil Biology and Course Director for Environmental Engineering to discuss two of the Thesis projects he supervised this year. We talked about the ...
A sit down with Professor Ron Corstanje
Can you tell us more about your area of research and the research centre you are head of… I am the Head of the Centre for Environmental and Agriculture Informatics. I am also a professor ...
Preparing for a better future – socially distanced
“Future Food Sustainability MSc – Cranfield University” – was one of the Google results that I received when searching for master’s programs that would interest me. According to my friends, this was me as a ...
Hear from Tim Brewer as he talks about how students can collaborate with industry to solve real-world problems
Recently we sat down with Tim Brewer, Director of Education for the School of Water, Energy and Environment and Senior Lecturer in Resource Survey. We discussed a group project he supervised this year, the objectives ...
Cranfield, Covid-19 and o(nline)-week
I was not sure what to expect when moving to Cranfield in September 2020 with Covid-19. The University had been providing us constant updates and plans on how the course was going to be run ...