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Britain's New Radicals revealed
19/02/12 - The Observer and NESTA today announced their list of Britain’s 50 New Radicals – people and organisations that are changing the UK for the better.
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Image of Mark Champkins Mark Champkins
Watch our interview with Mark Champkins, Inventor in Residence at the London Science Museum, and one of our Creative Pioneers.
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Image of Jane Ní Dhulchaointigh Jane Ni Dhulchaointigh
Watch our interview with NESTA Creative Pioneer Jane Ní Dhulchaointigh, inventor of Sugru
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Image of Rob Kesseler Rob Kesseler
Watch our interview with the award-winning artist and NESTA Fellow, and find out more about his work capturing stunning images of microscopic plant material
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Image of Iron Man 2, the Movie: © 2010 MVL Film Finance LLC Green light for Next Gen
NESTA is leading a £2 million programme to research and fund the use of innovative technology projects in education.
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Image of Jane Ní Dhulchaointigh NESTA reunion: December 2011
We reunited some of the fantastic people previously involved with NESTA initiatives and programmes and spoke to them about their work
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2011 at NESTA: the highlights
As we reach the end of 2011 we thought we’d showcase a few highlights from the past 12 months.
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Britain's New Radicals
We're partnering with the Observer to find and celebrate the people and organisations behind the radical new solutions to the major challenges we face.
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Image of running track Centre for innovation prizes
NESTA is establishing a centre for innovation prizes. This will be a hub for expertise in designing, setting up and running challenge prizes to tackle social and technological challenges in the public interest.
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Appynation Games Consortium hires digital marketing manager
05/12/11 - Appynation - a ground-breaking new consortium of games developers backed by NESTA - has hired its first digital marketing manager.
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Image of Creative Enterprise Toolkit Creative Enterprise Toolkit
Now available to buy on Amazon, our toolkit provides guidance, activities, downloadable worksheets and case studies for creative individuals looking to turn their bright ideas into successful businesses.
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Image of Fashion Toolkit process Fashion Toolkit: manufacturers edition
This edition of the Alliance Fashion and Manufacturing Toolkit is aimed at specialist high-end manufacturers and addresses issues key issues relevant to their businesses including growth and productivity
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Image of Hour Time's Anni Telford Over 50’s show they have ideas to transform public services
12/7/2011
NESTA Announces “Dragons' Den” Winners of its Age Unlimited Scotland 2011 Challenge
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Top 5 infographics
01/8/11 A round-up of the best graphs, maps and infographics we've come across on the web over the past month
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Councils reveal healthy appetite for innovation
4/8/2011
Seventeen councils to receive support to develop radical ideas
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Image of Juan Lobato Juan Lobato: Basekit
Our interview with Juan Lobato, CEO of Basekit.
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Image of Edward Bullard Edward Bullard: Dexela
The founder and General Manager explains why he got into the healthcare tech sector and how he survived the recession that took its toll on so many of his competitors
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Programme uncovers strong appetite for innovations in long-term healthcare
15/8/11
Six local projects have been selected by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) and the Innovation Unit to take part in ‘People Powered Health’, a new programme designed to support the design and delivery of innovative services for people that are living with long term health conditions.
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Image of lightbulbs drawn on a chalk board Market research and idea evaluation
Tops tips from entrepreneurs and CEOs on making sure your research is spot on and you've correctly evaluated the market for your product or service
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Image of a roll of £20 notes Raising finance
A collection of tips for making sure the investment seeking process runs as smoothly as possible
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