The University of Bristol

Empowers young women micro-entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa with skills training, mentorship, mental health support, and seed funding.

Lancaster University

Modern slavery affects around 50 million people worldwide. In the UK, large companies (≥£36m turnover) must publish annual modern slavery statements, but the quality and consistency of these reports vary widely, making effective oversight difficult. Manual review at scale is slow, costly, and inconsistent, which limits the ability of investors, civil society, regulators and companies themselves to identify risks and drive improvement.

The University of Oxford

The rapid shift from fossil fuels to renewables creates complex, volatile energy markets. Investors, developers, and governments often struggle to forecast long-term power prices, project financial risks, and manage grid congestion using traditional estimation methods.

University of Leicester

The Avoidable Deaths Network (ADN) is a diverse, dynamic, inclusive and innovative global membership network dedicated to avoiding human deaths from natural hazards, naturally triggered technological hazards and human-made disasters in low- and middle-income countries.

Lancaster University

The provision of both food and habitat are vital to the conservation of bumblebees. Planting wildflowers – such as the rough hawkbit – provides bees with the nectar and pollen they need to survive, but a suitable nesting environment is of equal importance. To truly support bee populations, conservation efforts must balance these two elements — wildflower planting and nesting site provision — ensuring bees have everything they need to thrive and continue their essential role in pollination and ecosystem health.

Queen Mary University of London

Bela was born out of music research that took place in the Augmented Instruments Lab at Queen Mary University of London, directed by Andrew McPherson. Through the process of creating digital musical instruments that feel as responsive and natural as their acoustic equivalents, McPherson and colleagues failed to find a self-contained system that was not only small enough to embed, able to connect to analog sensors and digital devices, and powerful enough to process audio, but also fast enough to process audio and sensor input with the ultra-low latency that musical interaction demands.

The University of Edinburgh

Bilingualism Matters is a social enterprise supporting a membership community of organisations and individuals who share the commitment to make the research-based evidence on multilingualism and language learning available and accessible to families, communities, and professionals in education, health or policy.

The University of Bristol

Conversations revolving contested heritage, local history, identity, justice and prejudices often involve hostile debates, deep polarisation, rigid ideological debates and social division.

The University of Bristol

Video games are no longer just entertainment. They are tools for change. The Bristol Digital Game Lab, based at the Bristol Digital Futures Institute, is pioneering this shift. From public health to cultural heritage and policy, games are shaping how we learn, connect and solve complex challenges. The Game Lab asks not just what games are, but what they can do for society, for our future. We act as a connective infrastructure – bridging academia, industry, and the public sector. Our mission is to unlock the power of play for cultural, educational, and civic transformation.

University of Strathclyde

Climate change now permeates every aspect of life and so it also permeates every aspect of the law. Climate-related legal developments and litigation trends are evolving with ever-increasing speed and complexity. There is a need for access to experts who can help make sense of it all.

London School of Economics and Political Science

The development of Integrated Care Systems (ICS) is significant not only for England and the UK but also on a global scale, as highlighted by the WHO’s global strategy on people-centred and integrated health services. The core principles of this strategy aim to strengthen and build upon the WHO’s ongoing commitment to universal health coverage and primary healthcare.

The University of Bristol

Tackles on-farm food waste (25% of UK food waste) by connecting surplus to alternative channels (food banks, local markets). Explores produce valorisation. Aims to create a more equitable, resilient food system.

The University of Glasgow

What works, and what doesn’t, for improving inclusion and diversity in the cultural economy? What happens when creative business meets equity and social justice? How can we bring in brilliant talent that faces structural barriers? And how can policy and sector organisations drive change in a complex, dynamic sector?

The University of Glasgow

In Europe, 1 in 5 children, adolescents and adults lack basic literacy and this increases their risk of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion. It also limits their opportunities for cultural and civic participation, lifelong learning and personal growth. This situation is dramatic because – on the European average – there is no improvement in the reading performance of children and adolescents in the last 15 years, as the results of PIRLS and PISA demonstrate.

The University of Edinburgh

EPIC Think Learn supports neurodivergent children to better understand who they are and how their brain works. It provides subscription-based services to equip parents, teachers and clinicians/practitioners with research-based information, so they can support the neurodivergent children in their care.

Durham University

Weight discrimination is the inequitable treatment of people based on their weight and body size and is widespread within many aspects of everyday life, including healthcare, education, work and travel. Approximately 88% of people classed as ‘obese/overweight’ describe experiencing some form of discrimination because of their weight. Weight discrimination raises cortisol levels, leads to disordered eating, weight cycling and withdrawal from services.

The University of Bristol

Cardiff University

Academics need to demonstrate how they will create and maximise real world impact at scale from successful research projects, often requiring skills and experience which they either lack, or have little capacity for developing or interest in.

The University of Bristol

Planning and development consultation can often feel dry, inaccessible and superficial. Traditional approaches may fail to engage communities meaningfully or capture constructive, balanced insight. This can lead to mistrust, objections, delays and additional costs, even where proposed developments respond to genuine local needs such as housing, regeneration and infrastructure.

The Open University

In 2012, The Open University (OU) founded FutureLearn to extend its mission to open education to all. OU courses on FutureLearn are designed and delivered by world-class academics, with many endorsed by leading industry experts – combining academic excellence and relevance to help individuals and businesses to upskill quickly and achieve their learning goals.

The University of Bristol

Provides up to 50 fully funded scholarships/year for STEM students from low-income countries. Offers grants up to $50,000 and advocates for equitable access to global education.

The University of Bristol

Tackles grief stigma by offering community events, workshops, and digital resources. Aims to make grief education inclusive and accessible.