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Students from Project SunRide stood with a representative from their sponsor - Labman Automation
Students from Project Sunride who are representing the University of 91ÖÆƬ³§ in Race2Space, with their sponsor Labman Automation. Credit: Project Sunride.

UK’s future space scientists take off in world’s largest rocket firing competition finale

Some of the UK’s brightest young engineers have gathered at the historic site of Britain’s Cold War rocket programme for the climax of the world’s biggest student rocket firing competition (25 June - 11 July).
WorldSkills Industrial Electronics

WorldSkills UK Industrial Electronics Competition – National Qualifiers held at 91ÖÆƬ³§

The event was held here at the University of 91ÖÆƬ³§ on 18 June 2025, with 14 students from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering competing across the day.
Frank with student Stenee showing off the plating aids

Blind 91ÖÆƬ³§ chef plates up in style thanks to students’ innovation

A passionate amateur chef who’s been blind since the age of 21 is finally able to present his dishes in style thanks to the ingenuity and innovation of a team of University of 91ÖÆƬ³§ students.
A close up of a CPU being placed on a circuit board

University of 91ÖÆƬ³§ to help close semiconductor skills gap

A new skills programme that will supply a pipeline of talent to the UK’s semiconductor sector – key to its long-term success – has been launched with support from the University of 91ÖÆƬ³§.
Dr Kyra Sedransk Campbell

Affordable reef-safe sunscreen promised by new, more sustainable way to make zinc oxide

Dr Kyra Sedransk Campbell has discovered a new, more sustainable way to make zinc oxide which requires 95% less energy - a key ingredient in many high end health and beauty products such as sunscreens.

Graphic of low cost sensor technology for measuring drug concentrations

New sensors research to benefit healthcare and the environment

Professor Heffernan from the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering is part of a project to develop the next generation of photonics technology that will enable rapid diagnostic medical screening.

Professor William Zimmerman

Cracked, the cold case of why boiling water freezes faster

Microbubbles and the Mpemba Effect: Professor Will Zimmerman from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering appears comments on a physical chemistry mystery.