Case Studies from across the Catapults
- Skills (11),
- Regional growth (18),
- Highlights (27),
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (12),
- International (12),
- Academic engagement (19),
- Net Zero (23),
- Health (18),
- Digital technologies (18),
- Business growth (29),
- Supply chains (6),
- Leveraging Investment (19),
Themes
- Cross-Catapult (2),
- Cell and Gene Therapy (17),
- Compound Semiconductor Applications (14),
- Connected Places (15),
- Digital (16),
- Energy Systems (16),
- High Value Manufacturing (18),
- Medicines Discovery (16),
- Offshore Renewable Energy (16),
- Satellite Applications (15),
Catapults
Energy Systems
Case Study
What does the future hold for UK jobs in the energy sector?
The transition to Net Zero means there is a need to train over 1 million people in the coming 20-30 years. Similarly, urgent action is required to encourage a more diverse pool of entrants into the heating workforce, where women account for only 2% and those with ethnic minority backgrounds make up 5%.
Offshore Renewable Energy
Case Study
How are offshore renewables driving local skills?
The Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult has adopted a community engagement strategy that focuses resources and expertise in support of STEM education in local communities, delivering impactful social benefit.
Satellite Applications
Case Study
Where do space and skills collide?
Satellite Applications Catapult’s ambition is to grow the space sector across the whole of the UK and work alongside the UK Space Agency to understand and close related skills gaps. The Catapult also works with the sector to ensure employers can attract, develop, and retain a skilled workforce.
Cell and Gene Therapy
Case Study
How can the UK drive cell and gene therapy skills?
The Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult is placing the UK at the centre of a global cell and gene therapy industry. It is committed to the advancement of cell and gene therapies and has a vision for a thriving industry delivering life-changing advanced therapies to the world.
Connected Places
Case Study
How do we address skills needs in transport innovation?
The Connected Places Catapult is the UK’s innovation accelerator for cities, transport, and place leadership, working alongside key partners to accelerate innovation in the places where we live, work and travel. By assessing, predicting, mapping and delivering much-needed skills for the future, the Catapult is helping to overcome emerging gaps which threaten to impact success in this area of national importance.
Digital
Case Study
£555 million investment raised after engaging with Digital Catapult
Digital Catapult works with over 70 investors through the FutureScope acceleration programme to support UK innovators across AI, virtual & augmented reality, Internet of Things (IoT), 5G, and distributed systems to work with strategic sectors of the UK economy to build private sector confidence.
Digital
Case Study
The future is digital, so how do we prepare?
UK skills development should focus on hard technical skills, as well as employability and transferable skills such as business modelling, innovation, sales, marketing, and design. As part of the Digital Catapult led Made Smarter Digital Supply Chain Hub...
Medicines Discovery
Case Study
Bolstering the North West’s position as a life science powerhouse
Medicines Discovery Catapult is driving regional growth in the North West of England, supporting the region’s fast-growing and increasingly significant life science industry.
Cell and Gene Therapy
Case Study
Establishing Stevenage as a global leader for cell and gene therapies
UK Government invested £72m in the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult centre in Stevenage. This has led to the creation of one of the leading cell and gene therapy clusters globally and brought £1.5bn to the region through the 45 companies that are now investing there.
Compound Semiconductor Applications
Case Study
Identifying new opportunities to increase international trade in telecoms
In 2020 Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult identified sizeable markets for the UK compound semiconductor industry to address, from the immediate opportunity rapid rollout of 5G and the longer term opportunities in quantum and satellite communications.
Compound Semiconductor Applications
Case Study
Playing a pivotal role in the world’s first compound semiconductor cluster
Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult plays a pivotal role in bringing industry and academia together to create the world’s first compound semiconductor cluster, CSconnected.
Compound Semiconductor Applications
Case Study
Creating a new UK supply chain in automotive power electronics
Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult is playing a critical role in the development of supply chains for electric vehicles in the UK and across the globe – a market in power electronics, motors, and drives (PEMD) predicted to be worth £5 billion in the UK by 2025.
Connected Places
Case Study
Sparking an innovation cluster in the Belfast City Region
Connected Places Catapult has been supporting place leaders in Belfast to create new opportunities for businesses since 2016, resulting in a successful bid for a City Region Deal which is forecast to deliver £2 billion in additional GVA and 10,000 new jobs.
Digital
Case Study
Trailblazing 5G festival hosted in the UK
The award-winning 5G Festival saw 20 musicians play together seamlessly, despite being in venues many miles apart, providing a glimpse of the massive potential of 5G technology.
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