Research and External Engagement (REE)

Since our formation in Spring 2025, our team has been dedicated to building meaningful connections between UWE Bristol, our alumni community, and the wider business world. We exist to create and nurture partnerships that deliver real value – for our collaborators, our university, and our students. Working across key sectors such as healthcare, engineering, and … Continue reading "Meet the Business and Alumni Partnerships Team at UWE Bristol"

UWE Bristol is delighted to announce a new Accelerated Knowledge Transfer (AKT) partnership with Bristol Drugs Project, co-funded by Innovate UK. This collaboration aims to develop and trial a digital communications campaign to facilitate engagement with early intervention in ketamine dependency. The development of the campaign will involve: Ketamine use has risen dramatically among young … Continue reading "UWE Bristol announce new Accelerated Knowledge Transfer with Bristol Drugs Project"

Join the Women Researchers Mentoring Scheme (WRMS) Launch Event 2026/27 on Wednesday 03 December 2025, 12pm – 2pm at Frenchay Campus. This event is open to all UWE Bristol staff, a great opportunity to learn more about the WRMS and find out how to become a Mentor (open to women & men) or a Mentee (open to … Continue reading "WRMS 2026 Launch Event – 3 December"

Nicola Reeves is the Managing Director of Happy Hour Productions, a Bristol-based TV and video advertising agency that blends strategy, creativity and production under one roof. In 2023, she enrolled on the Help to Grow: Management Course at UWE Bristol, seeking to sharpen her leadership skills and steer her agency’s next chapter with confidence. Olly … Continue reading "Skills that empower: How mentorship and strategy fuelled a leadership journey"

In this blog, Professor Matt Freeman, Centre Director of Future Space, UWE Bristol’s innovation centre for high-tech businesses, shares his journey from academic to start-up founder to university-business innovation leader, reflecting on what it truly takes to bridge these worlds and make collaboration thrive. If you had met me a few years ago, I might … Continue reading "Innovation with impact: Matthew Freeman, Bridging Universities and Start-ups"

UWE Bristol is leading a new international partnership with Universidad Tecnológica de Saltillo (UTS) the Secretaría de Educación de Coahuila (SEDUC), and Universidad Politecnica de Ramos Arizpe (UPRA) Mexico, under the British Council’s HE Connects 2025 programme. The project, titled “Strengthening systems to improve the quality and efficiency of Higher Education Institutions in Coahuila, Mexico,” … Continue reading "Strengthening Higher Education systems through UK-Mexico collaboration"

The Global Migration Network, a research group at UWE Bristol chaired by Dr Emily LeRoux-Rutledge, brings together over 60 academics and practitioners across the university working on migration-related research. The network supports cross-disciplinary collaboration, informs public debate and policy, and fosters engagement with communities affected by migration and displacement. For the 2025/26 academic year, the … Continue reading "UWE Global Migration Network: Upcoming Seminar Series 2025/26"

The ongoing collaboration between Dr Francesco Tava, Associate Professor of Philosophy at UWE, and HSBC has reached a new phase in October 2025. Francesco has been invited to design and co-lead a series of high-impact workshops on Critical Thinking for HSBC’s legal teams in London, Birmingham, and Leeds. For this initiative, he partnered with professionals … Continue reading "UWE Philosophy and HSBC Deepen Collaboration with Critical Thinking Workshops for Legal Teams"