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AUTUMN 2017
KNOWLEDGE NEWS £10m Science Centre open for business A new £10 million Science Centre on the University of Wolverhampton Science Park recently opened its doors to potential tenants. The three-storey Science, Technology and Prototyping facility was showcased to almost 50 visitors at an open day during Wolverhampton Business Week. Science and technology-based businesses looking to relocate or expand their activities into the Midlands were invited to take a tour of the high-specification work spaces, workshops and Category 1 and 2 laboratories.
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Nigel Babb, University of Wolverhampton Science Park Commercial Director, said: As well as a unique set of resources for businesses in the area, we are offering tenants access to students, graduates and researchers as well as opportunities to collaborate with other tenants in a science specific community.
For more information on the new Centre, visit: sciencetechcentre.co.uk, email: joinus@sciencetechcentre.co.uk or telephone: 01902 824 000
Staff offered demonstrations of the Fab Lab’s state-of-the art design and prototyping equipment, including 3D printing and virtual modelling. They also gave advice on product development, intellectual property, technical screening and funding support.
A visit by acclaimed architect George Clarke was recently hosted by the University of Wolverhampton Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills (ECMS). The celebrity architect and Honorary Graduate visited the Springfield site, which is undergoing a £100 million regeneration transforming it into the new Springfield Campus.
the sympathetic restoration of parts of the building – something which he is particularly passionate about.” George Clarke is an architect, creative director of George Clarke + Partners, founder of TV production company Amazing Productions, and presenter of several successful series for television.
The ECMS is a new employer-led He also took a tour of the West training facility for the Black Country, Midlands Construction University opening in the new year and designed Technical College (WMCUTC) at the site to enhance productivity in the region’s before hosting an evening reception in high value manufacturing sector by the University’s Chancellor’s Hall. building on the region’s renowned industrial heritage. Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Ian Oakes, said: Find out more about the ECMS at: “George was amazed at the progress theecms.co.uk we have made and also remarked on