Industry
AUB’s strong maker culture puts collaboration at the heart of our practice, supporting our students to develop professional skills and supporting our industry partners to develop innovative products, services and experiences.
As a specialist institute of learning, AUB has a strong reputation in delivering skills-based capabilities across art, design, media and performance. We have multiple levels of engagement including ‘Live Briefs’ for students, staff-led research projects, staff industry secondments, student internship and EU funded innovation projects.
AUB have recently been successful in attracting £1.2m investment from the European Regional Development Fund to support research and innovation projects with Dorset Industry and £1.4 million from the Dorset Growth Deal to develop an Innovation Studio to support start-ups in the region.
If you want to know more please contact the AUB Innovation Team Daniel Cox and Lucy Devall.
Case Studies
Take a look at some of our recent collaborative projects with external partners and how we support the creative and digital, manufacturing, health and leisure industries.
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Supporting Dorset Business
Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) are making a significant investment in supporting Dorset businesses. The £1.2 million project, match-funded by AUB and ERDF, helps SMEs, Social Enterprises and microbusiness undertake Research and Innovation projects to develop new products and services.
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Industry secondments
Our staff are constantly engaging with industry to ensure their knowledge and skills are up to date. The Industry Secondment is a new scheme that supports staff on short placements to work with companies such as Aardman, Amazon and Industrial Light and Magic.
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Collaborate with us
There are many ways to work with AUB including; match-funded innovation grants to help you develop new products and services, ‘live briefs’ to work with our talented staff and students and prototyping vouchers to give you access to our equipment and expertise.
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Industry Events
A series of workshops and lectures for industry professionals to develop innovation and creative capabilities.
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AUB Advantage
The AUB Innovation team work closely with the Employability team to develop skills sessions for students for their future careers, setting up their own business or becoming a freelancer.
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