Ruth Amey 
Dr Ruth Amey, SHY Manager, has been awarded a Michael Beverley Innovation Fellowship from Nexus to create a research translation programme for Space Hub Yorkshire. The Michael Beverley Innovation Fellowship aims to build the innovation culture and develop the next generation of entrepreneurs at the University of Leeds. Funded through a £1 million donation from … Read more
Glasgow Glacier formally named to mark COP26 A glacier in West Antarctica has been formally named after the city of Glasgow to mark its hosting of the COP26 climate change conference. The Scottish city will welcome more than 100 world leaders to COP26, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of Parties, from this weekend until … Read more
Would you like to come and work for a new, developing Space cluster in the Yorkshire region? We have two available positions working at the University of Leeds, funded by the UK Space Agency. One of the roles will focus on the on Space Hub Yorkshire Campus strategy, working closely with Yorkshire Universities. Responsibilities will … Read more
The University of Leeds has been successul in its bid to join SPRINT as an associate member. SPRINT is the SPace Research and Innovation Network for Technology, a unique partnership of top UK space universities, industry, government agencies and the investment community dedicated to supporting the growth of small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in the … Read more
Mandy Ridyard, Space Hub Yorkshire chair, discusses how Yorkshire, the birthplace of stainless steel, could once again be heart of an industrial revolution. Read the full article here (behind a paywall).
On the 20th April 2021, SENSE held its first industry symposium. SENSE is a ‘Centre for Doctoral Training’, a PhD programme which is topic specific and provides bespoke training – SENSE’s focus is on Earth Observation and advanced data techniques such as machine learning. Events like this are a fantastic opportunity for businesses in the … Read more
PhD student Eva Zand gave a Space Hub Yorkshire outreach talk this month ‘How can we use Satellites for volcano monitoring?’ You can watch Eva’s talk and find out more of SHY’s outreach activities on our skills for schools page.
The Space Hub Yorkshire successfully launched at the West Yorkshire Innovation Festival on 17th March 2020. Watch on YouTube below to hear from SHY chair Mandy Ridyard how space and Yorkshire go together, along with talks from Stuart Martin on Innovation in the UK Space Sector to understand how SHY fits into the UK space … Read more