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A GCU student has been named the most promising young engineer in Glasgow. Kevin Frew, 22, was awarded a prestigious Prince Philip Award at a ceremony held by the Incorporation of Hammermen. The £1,500 annual prize is open to all of Glasgow’s top engineering students. Kevin, who recently completed a postgraduate certificate in Mechanical Engineering, [...]

There are growing signs that Scotland’s tourism industry could be helping the nation withstand the full brunt of the global downturn. Mounting evidence of a boom year for tourism businesses in the face of the recession and fears over public spending cuts have triggered a campaign to boost the industry – and shield it from [...]

Joe Docherty of Glasgow Caledonian University explains on the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce site how your organisation can benefit from KTPs. KTPs are a UK-wide programme funded by the Technology Strategy Board along with the Scottish Government.  KTPs aim to help businesses improve competitiveness, productivity, and performance.  This is done by forming a partnership with [...]

GLASGOW Caledonian University has been nominated for two Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Scotland Awards. Knowledge Transfer Partnerships is a UK-wide programme enabling businesses to improve their competitiveness, productivity and performance. Glasgow Caledonian University’s work with Rawlplug Ltd, one of the leading manufacturers of specialist anchoring and fixing systems used in construction, industry and retail markets, has [...]

The number of people diagnosed with diabetes in the UK has increased by more than 150,000 to 2.8 million in the past year, warns Diabetes UK today. The data, collected from GP practices, also show the nationwide figure of people registered as obese to have risen to over five and half million, an increase of [...]

Under the over-arching theme of ‘Maximising the Contribution of HR in Difficult Times’, several free CPD events are planned for the coming months. Presented by HRM academics in the Department of Management in Caledonian Business School, the CPD events and are designed to offer practitioners key insights into contemporary HR practices and how they can [...]

LAT56° is launching its technical business travel luggage exclusively at Selfridges in London Oxford Street, Birmingham and Manchester Trafford as well as on its website. The Glasgow-based company is also aiming to launch in the US. Glasgow Caledonian University played a crucial role in the patented design. LAT56° did not have the expertise it needed [...]

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The BBC reports that the food and drink sector was playing a key role in Scotland’s economic recovery. Sales in Scotland’s food and drink sector soared by £1bn in 2008, according to latest official figures. Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead revealed sales grew from £10.2bn to £11.2bn between 2007 and 2008. Turnover increased by a similar [...]

Hamish Dingwall, Director of Research, Innovation and Enterprise at Glasgow Caledonian University, features in this week’s Business 7 magazine. His views on the value of Social Enterprises to the business sector are examined in the article. Find out more information about the Applied Knowledge Exchange works with Social Enterprises.