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RCA brand valued at £$%`¦"^*#{}?><|,;:@~€!57million
The Royal College of Art brand has been valued at £57 million by leading brand consultancy Interbrand in an exercise believed to be the first of its kind in the higher education sector. More...
FutureSound launch
Royal College of Art spinout company Future Acoustic, which is developing advanced new concepts in acoustic technology, has announced the launch of its first product, FutureSound. More...
New licence signed
A licence for the development and manufacture of the Tongue Sucker device, was signed in early December between major first aid supplier, Wallace Cameron Group, the Royal College of Art and four graduates of the Royal College of Art. More...
Research Fellowship awarded
Adrian Westaway has been awarded a Research fellowship in Design by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. More...
Start-up company formed
A start up company, StickSafe Ltd, based on Royal College of Art intellectual property has been formed. StickSafe aims to protect healthcare workers from the potentially lethal needle stick injury. More...
Launch of Selected Works 2009
The 2009 Selected Works programme was formally launched at the RCA on Tuesday 17 February at the annual James Dyson Intellectual Property seminar which was open to all College staff, students and alumni. More...
Exploring Innovation launched
Exploring Innovation, a one-day innovation fair of early-stage technologies that will change the way we live and work, was launched at the Royal College of Art in July as a creative platform to introduce new inventors and designers to business. More...
Licence for hospital trolley partner
A Royal College of Art innovation project to redesign the standard hospital resuscitation trolley – or ‘crash trolley’ as it is better known – has granted a licence for European production to Bristol Maid (Hospital Metalcraft Ltd), which is manufacturing five prototype trolleys for clinical trials. More...
Wheeling into Mobility Roadshow
A folding full-sized wheel developed by RCA Industrial Design Engineering graduate Duncan Fitzsimons went on show in June at the Mobility Roadshow, the UK’s leading exhibition of mobility solutions for older and disabled people. More...
New Selected Works
Three new graduate innovations from the Royal College of Art were chosen for commercial development this summer by InnovationRCA’s Selected Works panel. More...
FuelRCA brand is the business
The branding for FuelRCA, the Royal College of Art’s central professional practice programme, was showcased at the Enterprise Educators UK conference in January 2008 as an example of good practice. More...
Innovation Fellowship in Materials
A new Innovation Fellowship in Materials has been awarded to the Royal College of Art by the London Design Festival in 2008. The first recipient is Yemi Awosile of RCA Textiles, who will develop a range of cork-based textiles. More...
London innovation forum
The London Experience, a new innovation forum for brand leaders in London, has been piloted by InnovationRCA in association with Think London. More...
Liquid Orange licence signed
Liquid Orange, an innovative RCA kitchen device that allows you to liquidise and eat an orange without peeling it, has been licensed to Home-tek International. More...
Hong Kong Design Challenge
The Royal College of Art organised a 48-Hour Inclusive Design Challenge in Hong Kong this summer to mark the 60th anniversary of the British Council in Hong Kong. More...
InnovationRCA at London Design Festival 2008
The Royal College of Art’s contribution to this September’s London Design Festival featured three design exhibitions and a hands-on experience called The Materials Experiments. More...
Innovation Night speaker
David Higgins, Chief Executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority, which is responsible for the 2012 London Olympics, gave the annual Innovation Lecture at Innovation Night, the Royal College of Art's key event for business, industry, government and research partners, on 1 July 2008. More...
WorkTech connects at British Library
InnovationRCA is working with the Cordless Group to develop an annual conference at the British Library to explore the impact of new technology on workplace design and architecture. More...
Challenge looks at Sedentary Lives
Sanctuary Care, a leading social housing provider with a turnover of £51 million, will sponsor the 2009 DBA Inclusive Design Challenge, a collaboration between the Royal College of Art and the Design Business Association, on the theme of sedentary lives. More...
Dyson sets up innovation fellowship
Designer, inventor and RCA alumnus James Dyson has set up an innovation fellowship at the Royal College of Art with an award of £100,000 from his charity, the James Dyson Foundation. More...
