PRESS RELEASES
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NESTA calls for more hands-on science in classrooms
25/04/2008
Young people are being robbed of the opportunity to enjoy hands-on science experiments in schools and it is affecting their performance, according to a survey published today by NESTA.
Investors back development of synthetic platelet substitute
23/04/2008
Haemostatix Ltd, a drug development company based at Nottingham's BioCity and originally a spin-out from Leicester University, announced today that it has received a further £1.24 million from its existing investors.
100 UK groups close in on £1m prize to save the planet
18/04/2008
The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) today unveiled the 100-strong shortlist of UK groups competing to grab a slice of its million-pound Big Green Challenge prize fund.
Spin-out venture fund achieves first close
03/04/2008
MTI and The University of Manchester today announce the first close of Europe's largest institutional fund to have a single university focus - the UMIP Premier Fund ("the Fund").
Preparing our young people for tomorrow must start today
31/03/2008
Young people believe their own passion, motivation and personal attributes will be more important in helping them pursue the career of their choice than qualifications, according to a new survey from NESTA, due to be published today.
NESTA named as strategic innovation partner to Channel 4
14/03/2008
NESTA has been named as one of four strategic innovation partners to Channel 4 as part of its "Next on 4" vision for the future.
DIUS White Paper makes significant step towards a more innovative UK
13/03/2008
NESTA today welcomed the DIUS Science and Innovation White Paper as a major step forward for innovation in the UK, but stressed the need for cross-government engagement if it is to successfully address the UK's most pressing economic and social challenges
NESTA and UK Film Council to drive growth in UK independent film
13/03/2008
A new initiative from NESTA and the UK Film Council will launch today to help drive growth in British independent film companies by encouraging them to take better advantage of new technologies.
UK scientists to tackle problems of the developing world
05/03/2008
An innovative new scheme that will match-make UK scientists with communities in the developing world facing particular problems will launch today with support from NESTA and the Sloane Robinson Foundation.
NESTA Young Foundation Health Innovation Accelerator - evaluation goes live
19/02/2008
NESTA and the Young Foundation have appointed Acton Shapiro Consultancy and Research to carry out a major evaluation of the Health Innovation Accelerator (HIA).
Unified Communications Innovator, Camrivox, secures £1.2 million to target SME market
14/02/2008
Camrivox Ltd (Cambridge, UK), a Unified Communications innovator and developer of Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) software for the SME market, has raised £1.2 million from a consortium of investors.
NESTA funding will make games a reality
12/02/2008
NESTA is investing £100K to help develop 'Six to Start', an innovative entertainment start-up company that creates immersive 'Alternate Reality Games' (ARG), it announced today.
MoD spin-out receives £470K funding for technology that promises earlier detection of disease
12/02/2008
ProKyma, a spin-out from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), today announced a £470K funding round led by Merseyside Special Investment Fund's Liverpool Seed Fund.
Deputy First Minister presents top awards to the next generation of media businesses in Wales
23/01/2008
Ieuan Wyn Jones, Deputy First Minister and Minister for the Economy and Transport today presented awards to the graduates of a prestigious programme designed to develop the next generation of new media businesses in Wales.
ProVision Communications secures venture capital funding for a bright future in wireless video
23/01/2008
Bristol-based ProVision Communications, which specialises in digital wireless video technology, has secured £750,000 in venture capital funding from the YFM Group-managed South West Venture Fund, Finance South West Growth Fund and NESTA Investments.
NESTA and Young Foundation urge government to support local innovation
23/01/2008
Innovation in public services will remain underdeveloped without significant changes to funding and to the leadership and support provided by local and central government to ideas generated on the ground, according to a new report.
UK sits on mountain of unused ideas
09/01/2008
£1m prize fund to unlock public's creativity and tackle climate change.
UK must drive innovation beyond 'golden triangle' - Scotland heralded as exemplar in call for tailored strategies to drive growth across UK
13/12/2007
New research released by NESTA this week argues it is vital that the UK look beyond the Golden Triangle of Oxford, Cambridge and London to tackle the economic and social challenges that lie ahead.
NESTA champions collaboration across sciences as it calls for applicants to its Crucible Programme
12/12/2007
NESTA is calling for talented early career researchers from across the world of science to enter its Crucible programme, which aims to stimulate collaborative new projects by bringing together up-and-coming researchers from different disciplines.
Appointments to the NESTA Board of Trustees
15/11/2007
Ian Pearson, Minister for Science and Innovation, has reappointed two Trustees to the Board of NESTA. Chris Powell has been reappointed as Chair of the Board of Trustees and Dr Tracy Long has been reappointed as a Trustee, both for two years.
NESTA challenges young people to make a mint
15/11/2007
Following on from the success of last year, NESTA has launched its second "Making a Mint" competition. The challenge will see young people use their entrepreneurial skills to grow mint seeds and come up with creative ideas to make money from them.
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