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IOM3 Article: Transforming Foundation Industries
The built environment is our adaptation of the natural environment. It is complex with a multitude of materials and systems required to create sustainable cities and towns. Construction techniques and the design of buildings has improved dramatically in the last…
Overcoming silos in the ceramics industry
Professor Ian M Reaney FIMMM, Director of the Transforming Foundation Industries Network+, calls for greater synergy with universities to decarbonise the UK ceramics industry. Full article available on the IOM3 website
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION: FUTURE-PROOFING YOUR WORKFORCE
Recent research has shown that the Foundation Industries face particular challenges around attracting new talent and retaining them – specifically, younger people and women. Promoting equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the workplace not only develops the talent pipeline but…
TFI Network+ awards funding to 5 research projects to enable transformation in the Foundation Industries
UKRI-ISCF Transforming Foundation Industries Network+ awards over £200,000 to 5 research projects aimed at exploring enablers of transformation and social sciences in the Foundation Industries The Transforming Foundation Industries (TFI) Network+ has awarded funding to 5 research projects in its…
2022 in perspective
2022 was a very positive and successful year for the TFIN+. We achieved >600 members includingrepresentatives from academia (67%) and industry (33%), 303 followers on Twitter (>33,000 impressions) and 540 on LinkedIn (>23,000 impressions). We delivered workshops, conferences and networking…
