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UCL Enterprise launches first mobile app
UCL Enterprise has launched its first app for mobile devices following development by Dr Alastair Moore and Richard Groves of The Mobile Academy.
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UCL has an impressive impact of the economy and society: we engage with business and charities large and small through student training, commercialisation of our discoveries, social enterprise & volunteering, providing expertise and contributing to public policy and debate.
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Enterprise Case Studies
A gap in the market for new kind of travel guide
Travel can be a mixed blessing, as UCL graduate Sally Broom discovered on a gap year in South East Asia in 2007. Her desire to get off the beaten track and discover the heart of a place had been a success in Thailand, but had led to an unpleasant experience with border guards in Cambodia. The difference, she realised, was the ‘insider knowledge’ gained by having good contacts in Bangkok – and the idea for Tripbod.com, which links curious travellers with trusted locals who can advise them on their journey, was born. More...
Fund-raising effort leads to designs on a future fashion empire
When UCL medical student Har-preet ‘Pete’ Ahluwalia wanted to raise funds for the Hindu Society, custom-designed T-shirts was a natural choice. The fashion aficionado had something special in mind: the items would be vinyl-pressed rather than ink-printed, to give a high-quality and longer-lasting finish. More...
Boot camp gets UCL graduate in shape for his chosen career
Languages graduate Ed Hammerton was concerned about his job prospects during a recession, until he attended a three-day boot camp run by UCL Advances which taught him, through action learning using real-world examples of business problems and solutions, “how to spot business opportunities and act on them.” More...
Revolutionary 3D laser scanner brings a modern twist to ancient Egypt’s treasures
Visits to museums on rainy afternoons have just become
a lot more interesting thanks to revolutionary technology that allows
artefacts to be scanned and modelled in 3D and then studied from all
angles in a way the original could never be. UCL’s Petrie Museum has
benefited from a shared-use agreement between the university and
Canadian firm Arius3D, which makes the colour laser scanners.
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UCL rides the CREST of a wave with ‘Darwinian’ testing methods
Evolutionary ideas have proved revolutionary at UCL’s Centre for Research on Evolution, Search and Testing (CREST), where its director, Mark Harman, has been working with nature-based algorithms for testing software for more than a decade. More...
