http://www.cranfield.ac.uk Cranfield University Press Releases RSS Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:05:52 +0000 en-us http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2012/page56800.html?cid=rssfeed http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2012/page56800.html?cid=rssfeed Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:06:57 +0000Mexico’s National Council of Science and Technology, CONACYT (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología) and Cranfield University have signed a co-financing agreement to help provide financial support for postgraduate Mexican students to study at Cranfield. http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2012/page56497.html?cid=rssfeed http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2012/page56497.html?cid=rssfeed Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:18:47 +0000The European research project Transitions to the Urban Water Services of Tomorrow, short TRUST, will develop tools, technologies, management options and guidelines to enable water utilities to face the challenges of the future, such as climate change, population growth and migration, increasing urbanisation and ageing infrastructure http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2012/page56469.html?cid=rssfeed http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2012/page56469.html?cid=rssfeed Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:27:27 +0000Universities and Science Minister the Rt Hon David Willetts MP outlined in a speech last week the Government’s aspiration to make the UK the “best place in the world to do science”, encouraging closer ties between universities and business. Later he cited Cranfield University, with its reputation for research and innovation, and deep links with business, as the kind of institution he had in mind.   http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2012/page56358.html?cid=rssfeed http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2012/page56358.html?cid=rssfeed Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:37:14 +0000Cranfield University has launched a cutting edge online prospectus service to provide a personalised bespoke service to prospective students. http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2011/page56004.html?cid=rssfeed http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2011/page56004.html?cid=rssfeed Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:02:29 +0000Cranfield University is delighted to announce that it is the recipient of one of this year’s Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education. The University was awarded this accolade for its ‘World-leading work in aviation safety through research and training in air accident investigation’. http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2011/page55856.html?cid=rssfeed http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2011/page55856.html?cid=rssfeed Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:16:54 +0000Defra launches new guidelines on environmental risk with Cranfield University. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and its agencies are responsible for managing an extremely diverse range of environmental risks – from flooding to poor water quality, from pesticides to biodiversity loss, and from animal diseases to climate change. http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2011/page55819.html?cid=rssfeed http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2011/page55819.html?cid=rssfeed Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:46:30 +0000Cranfield University welcomed His Royal Highness, The Duke of Kent, to its Bedfordshire campus on Friday 4th November, 2011.   http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2011/page55708.html?cid=rssfeed http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2011/page55708.html?cid=rssfeed Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:32:07 +0000Our environment is changing - global warming, population growth and lifestyle changes will all impact the future of the environment.  In a bid to better understand and anticipate plausible futures and associated environmental impacts, Defra and ten partners from across UK government have invested £1.8million in a new Centre for Environmental Risks and Futures (CERF) at Cranfield University. The Centre builds on expertise acquired from the previous “Risk Centre”, adding new capacities in horizon scanning and futures, systems modelling and environmental management. http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2011/page55686.html?cid=rssfeed http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2011/page55686.html?cid=rssfeed Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:19:48 +0100The first publication to detail the health-promoting properties of fruit and vegetables on a species-specific basis has just been published by CABI. http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2011/page55187.html?cid=rssfeed http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2011/page55187.html?cid=rssfeed Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:06:57 +0100A project led by researchers at Cranfield University has been shortlisted for two awards, a Green Gown Award for Research and Development and a Times Higher Education Award for Outstanding Contribution to Sustainability. The project assessed the ‘Carbon Brainprint’ of universities: the intellectual contribution that their research and teaching inputs make towards helping other organisations reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.