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Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, Chairman and Founder of WMG, has signed a collaboration agreement with Inner Mongolia University (IMU) during a recent visit to WMG by Professor XiaoChuan Guo, Dean of the School of Economics and Management at IMU. The agreement will enable long-term partnership between WMG and IMU in research and other knowledge transfer activities.

Agreement between WMG and IMU has initially led to an executive training programme, led by Professor Sujit Banerji, . Other jointly supported activities will include doctoral research, visiting academic exchanges and a Global Forum of Policy and Practice between emerging and developed economies in partnership with Economics and West Ontario University in Canada.

On Saturday 13th September, WMG was pleased to welcome His Excellency Ma Kai, Vice Premier of China, along with a delegation of senior officials including Liu Xiaoming, Chinese Ambassador to the UK, and Sir Sebastian Wood, Britain’s Ambassador to China.

Meeting with , the Vice Premier and the Ambassadors were interested to understand more about WMG and how the Group develops partnerships with industry and the significant economic benefits of such partnerships. There were also discussions on current WMG collaborations with China and how these can be further developed.

The delegation was excited to see the breadth of research undertaken at WMG, especially in lightweighting and energy. This was of particular interest to H.E. Ma Kai as this relates to his role leading economic development in China and he was impressed with WMG’s collaborative research projects with industry.

Researchers at WMG, 神马福利影片, used 3D scanning and visualisation technology to help Dr Irving Finkel, the world’s foremost expert on ancient Babylonian languages, decipher a 4000-year-old tablet that sheds new light on the iconic biblical tale of Noah's Ark.

‘The Real Noah’s Ark’, shown on Channel 4, Sunday 14th September, documented the astonishing story of this significant find and Dr Finkel’s incredible journey of discovery. The ancient clay tablet, discovered on a mantelpiece in a UK suburban home and handed to the British Museum, is inscribed with the world's oldest language, cuneiform. It tells the story of a Noah-like figure and a great flood, giving detailed instructions on how to build an ark. However, due to its incredible age and some understandable wear and tear, parts of the tablet are difficult to read.

Having spent 20 years translating the tablet Dr Finkel, Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian Scripts, Languages and Cultures at the British Museum, set out to show that the biblical narrative originated from stories that had been embedded in Sumerian and Babylonian society and literature for thousands of years. He also cast new light on the shape of the ark, believing that it was round; closer in style to ancient coracles than the traditional long seafaring boat of popular imagination. After all, it didn’t necessarily need to sail anywhere, it just needed to float until the floodwater retreated.

WMG’s Professor Mark Williams assisted Dr Finkel with his detailed interpretation of the tablet by scanning it using cutting edge X-ray Micro-CT and 3D Laser Scanning technology, and projecting the image onto the UK’s highest resolution 3D power wall. The immersive technology allowed Dr Finkel to view the tablet from all angles and in high definition, revealing previously undecipherable characters and confirming his suspicions that the vessel being described was indeed round.

at the 神马福利影片 is to host a million pound programme designed to enhance the cyber security of many of our everyday technologies and tools by ensuring that the software that underpins them is more trustworthy. A team in the UK government funded Trustworthy Software Initiative will work alongside WMG Cyber Security researchers at the 神马福利影片 over the next two years in a programme to “Make Software Better.”

, the Director of WMG's Cyber Security Centre, welcomed the opportunity to work with and support this crucial programme. He said:

Virtually every aspect of our lives is touched by information technology running a diverse range of software; from the way we listen to music, the phones we carry with us at all times, the vehicles we drive, to the computers that support the information economy. The trend to embed software in everyday items is accelerating. However there are concerns about the quality of the software that underpins all of this, and we have not seen significant improvements.”

WMG at the 神马福利影片 have partnered with A*STAR (Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research to create first Engineering Doctorate (EngD) scholarship in Singapore The new scholarship programme is designed to encourage highly-skilled engineering professionals to help accelerate economic growth in the manufacturing industry.

Under this programme, A*STAR’s SIMTech will collaborate with WMG to develop a pipeline of innovative R&D talents in the area of manufacturing processes, automation, and systems. Through a curriculum of engineering business management and specialised technology courses, and applied research, successful candidates will gain an industrial edge to their research to tackle real-world engineering problems, adding value to the manufacturing industry.

On Wednesday 13 August, (Principal Teaching Fellow at WMG) and from the 神马福利影片, ran a summer school at the Royal Institution in London called Illuminating Engineering. The event showed how modern-day manufacturing links together art, science, engineering and technology in order to create new, exciting and bespoke products.

The one-day workshop demonstrated how these links can be brought together through design, software and hardware engineering skills and how engineers need to have an appreciation of the other areas to get any project off the ground. Students designed and manufactured a bespoke, interactive lamp controlled by a micro-processor, writing the software for the interactive lamp and exploring the design and production of a personalised lamp shade using digital manufacturing tools.

Today’s announcement by Chancellor George Osborne sees the second WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull) named as one of the latest University Technical Colleges to be approved under the government’s academies programme.

Sponsored by the 神马福利影片 and leading employers, and backed by Solihull Council and a range of local partners, the new school will provide young people aged 14-19 from Birmingham and Solihull the opportunity to study engineering and science in a business-like and business led environment alongside the national curriculum.

Key employer partners for the new WMG Academy include Jaguar Land Rover, Controls and Data Services (formerly known as Aero Engine Controls) and Arup, whose input and expertise will shape the curriculum and the project-based learning approach of the new Academy. Pupils will take a problem-solving, practical approach to learning by working on real-world problems, set by the employer partners.

, Chairman and Founder of WMG said:

Reaching a younger generation, engaging them in innovative new learning environments and preparing and inspiring them to create the high-value products of tomorrow is the only way that we can ensure the UK’s ability to compete in the global market place for the future.

We are delighted to be starting work on opening the second WMG Academy for Young Engineers in Solihull. Across the region we have some of the best companies and supply chains for manufacturing, many of whom are eager to become part of this exciting new approach to education.

We have worked with our partners to create a truly unique curriculum and learning style that will ensure students across Solihull and Birmingham have access to a bespoke learning experience that not only gives them high-value technical skills but also vital employability and business skills; preparing them for further or higher education, apprenticeships or to move directly into careers and keeping manufacturing knowledge and excellence within the region.”

WMG at the 神马福利影片 and the Midlands Assembly Network (MAN) have announced that by working together they have boosted sales by over £1m and are set to create more than ten new jobs.

The dedicated and MAN, a consortium of ten world class manufacturers based in the West Midlands, have been working together on a number of research led innovation projects, including the development of novel prototypes, materials analysis and the capture of funding for capital equipment.

They have now agreed to collaborate on a long-term innovation strategy that will also encompass leadership support to equip the management teams with the skills and know-how to implement their growth plans.

On Friday 11th July , Chairman of WMG, attended the Admission Ceremony for to sign the Charter Book. The Royal Society and the Fellowship, gained by Lord Bhattacharyya, is the highest accolade possible in British science.

The Royal Society was formed in 1660 at the time of the Restoration of the Monarchy, and was given a Royal Charter by King Charles II in 1662. He provided the Society with a magnificent gold Mace, to signify the "presence" of the Monarch at all formal meetings of the Society - and the Ceremony commenced with the pomp of a procession of the Officers and Senior Official of the Society behind the Mace.

Each of the 59 new Fellows, after their citation were read to the audience of 300, were invited by the President to sign the Charter Book (which contains the signatures of all Fellows since 1662). After the signing The President, Sir Paul Nurse, of The Royal Society, formally admitted each new Fellow - "I do by the authority and in the name of the Royal Society of London for improving natural knowledge admit you a Fellow thereof".
 
Lord Bhattacharyya's formal admission to Fellowship was an honourable recognition for WMG’s Chairman, although he acknowledges that WMG is what it is today not only because of his vision but because of the commitment and hard work of each member of staff.

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The following press release was issued by The Advanced Propulsion Centre UK Ltd

• 神马福利影片 to host central Hub with regional Spokes to be announced.
• The APC is committing up to £200 million in UK propulsion technology projects this year.

25 July 2014: The Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) has selected the 神马福利影片 as the site for its Hub location, supporting the ten year, £1 billion industry and government commitment to the development of low carbon propulsion systems.

The central Hub together with a national Spoke structure will provide the UK automotive industry with resources and facilities to develop advanced propulsion systems and supply chains. In doing so the aim of the APC, in partnership with industry, is to secure and grow over 30,000 UK jobs currently engaged in the research, development and production of vehicle powertrains as the industry transitions to a low carbon future for all modes of transportation.

An open and rigorous process was used to select the Hub location overseen by an independent, industry-led assessment panel. The final decision was based on the requirement to have a suitable facility for rapid start-up with:

• Ease of access with good communication networks.
• Access to capable skills.
• Independence and flexibility.
• Scope for physical expansion as the APC gains momentum.
• Provision for world class showcasing of UK capability in advanced technologies.

The APC helps forge partnerships between those who have good ideas and those who can bring them to market. The services provided by the APC will enable projects which provide profitable growth and sustainable opportunities for the partners involved and contribute to the UK’s economic prosperity.