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Positive stories, useful developments and people making a difference in technology.

Community digital inclusion support in the Swansea Bay City Region

Swansea Bay digital programme is turning infrastructure spending into community support

Charities and community organisations across the Swansea Bay City Region are receiving devices, funding and digital support through social-value commitments linked to a major infrastructure programme.

Graphic accompanying the University of Manchester mental health digital innovation initiative

UK mental health innovation scheme will bring patients, researchers, the NHS and industry together

A University of Manchester-led national initiative has launched to connect lived experience, researchers, the NHS and technology organisations around better mental health innovation.

Loughborough University researchers examining technology used to produce precisely organised light frequencies

‘Rainbow on a chip’ research could help unlock faster 6G networks

A Loughborough University-led team has demonstrated a tiny chip that produces precisely spaced frequencies of light, with potential uses in 6G communications and quantum technologies.

NDA staff and community partners involved in donating surplus technology

Surplus tech is helping people stay connected across North West England

More than 1,500 surplus devices from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority have been donated to around 50 schools and charities since 2021.