Advancing Greater Manchester
Ignition
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Nature-based solutions in urban areas can help to tackle climate change. The €4.6 million EU funded IGNITION Project set a target to uplift green infrastructure in Greater Manchester and develop business models for investment in Nature-base Solutions (NBS).
The NBS Living Lab at University of Salford provides a retrofit installation to showcase a variety of NBS climate mitigation solutions and delivers evidence to inform stakeholders on investment schemes based on real-time data, and raise awareness of economic, environmental and well-being benefits of such technologies for communities.
GM Cyber Foundry
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Businesses are facing new challenges in the evolving shift to a digital world. The University of Salford is a partner in the Greater Manchester Cyber Foundry - a programme designed to help SMEs with cyber challenges in business growth, stability and security.
GM AI Foundry
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Artificial intelligence is revolutionising the way many industries operate. The University of Salford is a partner in the Greater Manchester AI Foundry - a research and innovation project that provides support to SMEs in Greater Manchester in using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to become innovation ready and enhance or develop new products and services.