£2.66 million for high-tech facilities to benefit bioscience research

Windfall amount for consortium of Midlands-based universities developing high-end technologies A consortium of Midlands universities that is working to bring funding for high-end technologies to the region has received a significant new award.&n...

Government commits £60 million of funding to Midlands universities

The Government has today confirmed £60 million for a new energy research project in the Midlands. The Energy Research Accelerator (ERA) is a multimillion research hub which will build on the expertise of six leading midlands un...

The M5 Technical Manager's Forum

The M5 Technical Manager's Forum was formed in 2013 to improve links between technical staff in the region and this has gone from strength to strength since then. The forum has provided a mechanism and network for institutions to share informati...

M5 Equipment Funding Success

A collaborative project between Loughborough University, the University of Nottingham and the University of Warwick aims to create a Thermal Exergy Storage Laboratory. Funded through the EPSRC's Capital for Great Technologies call the...

M5 Universities host a joint meeting of the M5, N8, GW4 and SES consortia

M5 Universities hosted a meeting on the 12th July, which brought together the four major regional higher education consortia from across the UK. Eighteen representatives from the N8 Research Partnership (N8), the Great Western 4 (GW4), the Midla...

M5 Launch the UK's First Regional Equipment Sharing Catalogue

The new M5 Universities website has now been launched, which includes the UK's first regional equipment sharing database, containing specialised equipment that can be shared between the six leading research-intensive Midlands Universities. ...