Early to mid-career researchers - Boost your career with industry partnerships

Edinburgh Innovations will be hosting the third event in the Spotlight on Industry series showcasing successful collaborations between University of Edinburgh researchers and industry partners.

Aimed at early to mid-career researchers, each event focuses on a project that was funded through the EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) with the objective of helping you to explore the ways in which you and your work can engage with industry and their needs.

Event: Join us online on 25 November to hear Nicholas Lines from Babcock and Dr Andrew Sherlock from the University of Edinburgh discuss how they successfully worked together on an EPSRC IAA project and how it enabled this collaboration to flourish and lead to further projects.

This event provides a unique opportunity to:

·        hear about a collaboration from both the company and the academic involved

·        explore how industry collaborations are developed

·        learn what it is like to work with an industry partner and how this can benefit you and your career

·        ask your questions during the Q&A session at the end

Speakers:

Dr Andrew Sherlock, Industrial Chair in Data-Driven Manufacturing - The University of Edinburgh

Nicholas Lines, Innovation Manager - Babcock International Group

Background: This project saw Dr Andrew Sherlock seconded to Babcock to apply his expertise in augmented and mixed reality to support the company’s adoption of these technologies. The secondment formed part of the creation of a broader partnership between the University and Babcock.