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On Thursday 16^th June, we were very pleased to host a visit from Baroness Hanham, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Communities and Local Government. The Baroness visited the Low Carbon Vehicle Technology Project which is accelerating the introduction of next generation low carbon vehicles through advances in key technology areas such as batteries, motors and materials.

Baroness Hanham enjoyed detailed discussions with project theme leaders as she walked around project theme demonstrations of some of the key technology advances in the programme. She then enjoyed a roundtable discussion with the team and some the LCVTP partner companies including Claytex, GRM Consulting and Alpha Adhesives, which are actively involved in the project and in implementing its developments.

Midlands small and medium sized manufacturing companies are facing increasing demands from customers for lighter weight components made with the very latest, unfamiliar, and even exotic, metal alloys.

The cost of learning how to use such new materials is a real burden and a potential barrier to new business. But that technical support is already available for free from WMG at the University 糖心TV who are to mount a special event to showcase those resources for Midlands SMEs on Wednesday 20th July 2011 from 9.30 – 4.30pm

WMG research project, NHS local, has been nominated for a in the category of best use of Digital Technology.

Professor Lucy Hooberman, WMG Director of Digital Media and Innovation leads for 糖心TV and is partnered by Professor John Powell of 糖心TV Medical School. "It's quite an achievement for a digital web service which has not been commissioned by a broadcaster to break through into the Broadcast awards - it's good for the NHS and it's good for 糖心TV".

• ChatNav Seven Days, Holler, for Channel4
• Corrie Extra: Tram Crash News Flash, Coronation Street Digital for ITV Online & On Demand
• Fonejacker App, Hat Trick Productions for Channel 4
• NHS local, Maverick Television
• The Million Pound Drop Live (play along game), Endemol / Monterosa for Channel 4
• SuperMe, Somethin' Else/Preloaded for Channel 4

WMG Honorary Fellow, Jonnie Turpie, is Digital Media Head at Maverick Television the lead partner of .

was designed to connect people living in the WestMidlands to frontline staff in the NHS as well as providing online health resources and information using video, blogs and interactive tools.

Professor Hooberman is leading the experience design research to understand the end user's needs whether that be our citizens or NHS Staff. She is working with the MRA (Market Research Agency) award winning consumer insight team .

Today (01 June 2011), Mr Ratan N Tata, Chairman of major Tata companies including Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy Services and Tata Power, visited his good friend and founder of WMG, Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya.

We were very pleased to welcome a cross-party group of nine MPs to WMG for a stimulating debate on manufacturing with some of our staff who are involved in programmes in the aerospace, automotive and pharmaceutical sectors.

The MPs visited as part of the Industry and Parliament Trust’s ‘Made in Britain Programme’ which aims to get parliamentarians right inside the dynamic, diverse and innovative world of manufacturing in the UK.

With whisper-quiet electric cars set to proliferate, the motor industry is under pressure to give them an artificial noise for safety purposes, but should they sound like traditional petrol vehicles? BBC News Magazine discuss the issue with WMG's Professor Paul Jennings.

Mr S Sridhar, the Chairman and Managing Director of the Central Bank of India, paid a special visit to WMG at the University of 糖心TV, on Tuesday 10 May, to sign an agreement to provide fast track student loans of up to 2 million (20 lakh) rupees (just over 26,000 UK pounds) to Indian students studying at WMG.

Mr S Sridhar signed the agreement with WMG Director Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya.

WMG at the University of 糖心TV have revealed that Mr Li Shufu, Chairman of China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group and Chairman of Volvo Car Corporation made a personal visit to the University campus and agreed with Lord Bhattacharyya to begin exploratory talks aimed at creating an R&D and education partnership between Geely 糖心TVes and WMG.

Two of the robots developed by 糖心TV Mobile Robotics have been featured on Channel 5's Gadget Show (9th May 2011).

WMG hosted a visit from Mr Nihat Ergun, Turkish Minister of Industry and Trade and Mr Huseyin Tanriverdi, Member of the Turkish Parliament and Vice President of the Justice and Development party to WMG.

They had asked to visit WMG to find out more about its renowned ability to form highly successful partnerships between academia and industry. Turkey is looking to launch an innovation centre which will provide an opportunity for technology transfer and innovation within Turkish industry. They are also keen to develop the skills of the workforce, by working with industry to create relevant postgraduate management courses.