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Developers will be invited to be amongst the first to view technology to help support the next phase of the Internet's evolution when the Hub-of-All-Things (HAT) platform is revealed at a “Mad Hatters' Tea Party” later this month.

, from WMG at the 神马福利影片, will announce this forthcoming opportunity while speaking at the Innovate UK event in London on Wednesday 5th November.

The 2nd Mad Hatters' Tea Party on November 24, 2014 will be demonstrating the HAT, a technology and market platform for individuals to collect, use, share and trade their own data amongst themselves and with firms.

The event, hosted by the Connected Digital Economy Catapult at its new Digital Catapult Centre in London, will mark the first round release of the inbound and outbound APIs of the HAT with the aim of helping developers and firms prepare themselves to participate in the next wave of the Internet – an internet of data-driven decisions, empowering individuals to make smarter decisions in their day to day lives.

The HAT enables individuals to reclaim and control their own data for their personal use. Crucially, this digital data repository is owned by the individual and preserves their privacy. This is particularly important in today's increasingly connected world, where much of our lives is being captured digitally as data, giving rise to concerns about security, privacy, confidentiality and trust.

WMG Founder and Chairman, Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, has been recognised by Lord Kenneth Baker for his significant contribution to professional education in the UK.

In his comments made during a on improved vocational alternatives for young people, Lord Baker said:

Through the Warwick Manufacturing Group, [Lord Bhattacharyya] has driven forward the reputation of Warwick University to become one of the best universities in the world. He has also supported, I am glad to say, the university technical college [WMG Academy for Young Engineers] opened only last month…His personal contribution in the whole scale of technical education is quite remarkable.”

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神马福利影片 student Dan Beddow is one of 18 talented graduates and students from across the West Midlands region who have just helped local Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) with a variety of industry challenges thanks to a scheme run by the ERDF funded (IIPSI) at WMG at the 神马福利影片.

SMEs in the West Midlands region benefitted from a funded internship programme to support innovative projects in their businesses. Projects included the development of digital marketing strategies, development of new technical services, implementation of new product lines, materials testing and product design.

One of the SMEs to benefit was Rugby’s Automotive Insulations Ltd (AI Ltd), specialists in the design and manufacture of innovative noise reduction systems and thermal management solutions. They took on two interns, Dan Beddow, an Engineering student from the 神马福利影片, who lives in Coventry’s Tile Hill area, and Sarah McDougall a Chemistry student from the University of Central Lancashire. Sarah spent time testing the viability of a number of new materials ready to go into production and Dan worked on an exhibition demonstrator project for the IZB exhibition in Germany resulting in a cut away of a MINI Cooper that showcased all of AI’s products in one vehicle and an innovative touch screen system for visitors at the exhibition to use.

The Rt Hon Lord Kenneth Baker, founder of the University Technical College Programme, visited the WMG Academy for Young Engineers in Coventry last week to meet the first cohort of students.

Accompanied by , Lord Baker enjoyed a tour of the new school on Friday 24 October and spoke to staff and students.

The Academy, in Mitchell Avenue, opened its doors for the first time in September 2014 to 230 Year 10 and Year 12 pupils.

WMG Academy Principal Kate Tague said:

We were delighted to welcome Lord Baker and Lord Bhattacharyya to the WMG Academy for Young Engineers. They spent all morning touring the new building and talking to our staff and students about their experience and technical education. It was a wonderful way to end our first half term with the drivers of new 14-19 technical colleges both nationally and locally.”

Today WMG was pleased to welcome a technology business delegation from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC). The mission was led by Dr Roy Chung, Co-founder of Techtronic Industries (TTI), Chairman of the HKTDC Innovation and Technology Advisory Committee and an alumnus of WMG.

Meeting with , the visitors were interested to understand the breadth of research undertaken by WMG, how the Group develops partnerships with industry and the significant economic benefits of such partnerships.
 
The visitors also had the opportunity to take a tour of WMG’s impressive R&D facilities which included , and research within the International Manufacturing Centre. The group also toured WMG’s new Battery Scale Up facility within the .

The delegation were particularly keen to hear about WMG’s activities to support the acceleration of SME economic growth through the , polymer processing research activity within the , collaborative work with industry networks within e-Business and digital innovation areas and research.

Adit Jaiswal, an intern working with the SME team, was part of the winning team at the Euromoney Hackathon, and was also awarded an idividual prize for his efforts.

The Hackathon, which was held on 4^th and 5^th October, was organised by Euromoney PLC at CCT Venues, London, for which MarkLogic was the main sponsor. Teams had 36 hours to come up with a software tool, for which the winning team would be awarded a cash prize of £4,000..

Every team comprised of four members, each of whom fulfilled the role of either a back-end developer, front-end developer, tester, or a business analyst. Additionally, each team had an employee from Euromoney appointed as the team mentor.

Adit says: "During my discussion with our mentor, I identified two ongoing areas of concern in the company; realising full potential of their API’s, and identifying potential customers. I used both these issues to come up with a web tool which identifies potential customers using social media profiles. Moreover, this enables tremendous opportunities for cross segment and cross market selling.

The application not only won my team the Hackathon competition, but I was also awarded an additional title for the individual displaying “Best Efforts” along with a cash prize of £1000."

Ilke Uysal Unalan a visiting PhD student, who spent the last year working on under the supervision of in the (IINM) in WMG has won the Best Poster Award at the 8th ECNP International Conference on Nanostructured Polymers and Nanocomposites held in Dresden, Germany recently.

The work, a collaboration with Dr Stefano Farris of the University of Milan, Italy describes the research ongoing in to the use of graphene in biopolymer nanocomposites for packaging and coating applications.

, Principal Teaching Fellow at WMG, has been awarded a Warwick Award for Teaching Excellence, granted by the 神马福利影片 to recognise excellent teaching and support for learning across its faculty.

Margaret was selected from a record number of nominations made in 2013/14 and was presented with her award at the University’s 2014 summer graduation ceremony. The award nominations are made by colleagues or students who wish to recognise and celebrate excellence in teaching throughout the nominee’s career at the University.

A key factor in Margaret’s award was her leadership of and contribution to and student support activities at the University. Margaret is a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) ambassador and Widening Participation officer at WMG and works with colleagues and students across the University’s Faculty of Science to encourage programmes which promote interest in STEM. She founded the highly successful programme for students across the University and continues to provide the academic leadership and coaching required for the student volunteers and their projects in the community.

The , run by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), were held at the 神马福利影片 on 30th September. Ahead of the ceremony, Professor Lord Bhattacharyya hosted a drinks reception for the nominees and guests in WMG's International Digital Laboratory.

Guests were welcomed by Lord Bhattacharyya and Colin Brown, Engineering Director at the IMechE, and given private tours of WMG's materials research and Energy Innovation Centre.

MX is a business improvement and awards programme that supports and promotes manufacturers in the UK ensuring industry productivity and worldwide competitiveness within SMEs, Mid-Caps and OEMs. WMG has been a partner of the MX Awards for many years and Professor Lord Bhattacharyya said:

The MX awards show the very best of British manufacturing, and I’m delighted to congratulate every company and every innovator who has had a part to play in the success stories being highlighted this evening"

On Wednesday 24^th September, WMG was pleased to host a visit from Janice Munday CBE, Director of Advanced Manufacturing and Services at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Meeting with Lord Bhattacharyya, Ms Munday was keen to hear how WMG develops partnerships with a range of industrial organisations and the significant economic benefits of such partnerships. She was also interested to understand the breadth of research undertaken by WMG, as the leading university centre for advanced manufacturing, towards development of innovation in manufacturing and the work in low carbon mobility delivered through the WMG centre High Value Manufacturing Catapult.

Ms Munday also had the opportunity to take a tour of WMG’s impressive manufacturing R&D facilities including: the Battery Materials Pilot Line and the Vehicle Energy Facility within the Energy Innovation Centre, materials lightweighting projects in the International Manufacturing Centre, and the new polymer processing facilities within the International Institute for Nanocomposites Manufacturing. Ms Munday also had an opportunity to see the site of the National Automotive Innovation Centre, due to open in 2016.