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Industry Collab.
Industry Collaboration
Industry Collaboration
Industry collaboration is a critical component of the
The AUB Human collaborations all partner with
perspectives, skills and experience.
ideas in how we can make the world a better place.
innovation process and brings together different AUB Human promotes a human-centred, and
entrepreneurial culture that, through collaboration, helps to break down silo’s and also gives students
the opportunity to learn and share ideas from others beyond their specialist disciplines.
industry, organisations or charities, in exploring
Collaboration takes different approaches from
knowledge exchange and live student briefs to staff
consulting and collaborative research projects.
Please have a look at a few of the selected projects from this academic year.
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AUB joins with Lush to champion accessibility and sustainability in packaging | LUSH & AUB Innovation
O
ur students have been collaborating with Lush
to improve accessibility and sustainability in
packaging across their product range.
More than 170 students from across our
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Undergraduate
and
Postgraduate
courses
have taken part in a unique collaboration with
ethically driven cosmetics retailer Lush, based in Poole, Dorset.
Last year, the university began collaborating
It was an absolute pleasure to work
with the global cosmetics brand’s research and
to tackle some profound issues
project looking into the future of packaging, with a
alongside AUB staff and students
development packaging team on a commercial
focus on areas of accessibility and sustainability.
The students tackled this with great energy and
better product access for users with motor and/
not have asked for a better outcome. It's elevated
surrounding motor and visual
The challenging brief asked students to look into
within our packaging ethics.
or visual impairments and the reuse of packaging
our ways of thinking and opened the doors of AUB
Academic staff and practitioners from AUB
Dan Cox, Knowledge Exchange Manager at AUB,
impairments while remaining Simon Allen, LUSH
waste within the brand’s existing supply chain.
acted as mentors for the collaboration and
enthusiasm and the results were staggering. I could
into the Lush world for future collaborations.’
said: ‘As a sustainable and ethical producer of
included; Ed Ward, Fran Conrad, Dr Kirsten Hardie,
cosmetics, there are clear synergies between AUB
Stevens, as well as researchers from the Museum
exciting opportunity to showcase their creative
Pete Phillips and AUB Human Founder, Alice
and Lush, and for students, this brief has been a really
Accessibility & Sustainability of Design in Plastics and AUB alumnus, Kym Cox.
thinking and problem-solving skills to come up with
experts, with three teams invited to develop
organisation with a continually strong emphasis on
received offers of paid internships with the brand,
alumni who were among 20 graduates that took
Students presented their ideas to a panel of Lush
concepts further. Two AUB graduates have since alongside a summer residency at the university’s upcoming Innovation Studio.
innovative ideas that can be adopted by a real-world sustainability and ethics.’ He added: ‘Two AUB
part have been offered internship positions
at Lush, and we’re pleased to be able to also offer
Simon Allen, Lush R&D Creative Production
them a summer residency at our new Innovation
to work alongside AUB staff and students to
The university has recently been recognised
Senior Support said: ‘It was an absolute pleasure
Studio, which is due to open later this summer.’
tackle some profound issues surrounding motor
in a government report for its commitment to
our packaging ethics.
recently been awarded funding by Dorset LEP
and visual impairments while remaining within
local business growth and regeneration and has
in the development and promotion of its new
Innovation Studio.
The purpose-built structure will invite current
students, recent graduates and members of the local and regional business community to access
specialist equipment, facilities and expertise to
enhance and develop their products and businesses. To read more about AUB’s innovation activities and industry collaboration, visit aub.ac.uk/industry.
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