The team behind our Salient project on subsea infrastructure security have recently published a pilot podcast episode, exploring the unseen arteries of the global economy. Hosted by project Principal Investigator Dr James A. Malcolm, in the podcast James is joined by Dr Robert McCabe, expert in Maritime Security from the Centre for Peace and Security
🎉 This week the Building a Secure And Resilient World: Research and Coordination Hub (SALIENT) marks its 2nd birthday! Established to build a more secure and resilient world, SALIENT has grown rapidly into a trusted national platform connecting government, academia, industry, and civil society. Over the past two years, we’ve focused on impact through collaboration, funding innovation, and strengthening national resilience. Here are some highlights 👇 🎂 Thank You To
Natalie Poole joins the SALIENT team as the new Project Manager for the Network for Security Excellence and Collaboration (NSEC), which operates within SALIENT.
In a reflection by Professor Mike Lewis, SALIENT Work Package Lead, Harwell Campus emerges as a powerful example of how constraint can foster innovation. Originally farmland, then an RAF base, and later the heart of Britain’s atomic energy research, Harwell has continually adapted to shifting national priorities. Its legacy of contamination and complex infrastructure made
The University of Manchester is hiring a Project Manager to lead the UKRI funded Network for Security Exellence and Collaboration (NSEC) — which connects researchers, policymakers, and practitioners across the UK. This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of academia, policy, and practice, helping shape the future of national security and resilience research. You’ll be based
The Network for Security Excellence and Collaboration (NSEC) is a nationwide community of multi-disciplinary academics with experience, expertise or interest in UK national security and resilience research and government collaborators working to meet the UK’s national security and resilience needs. NSEC coordinates across many stakeholders and initiatives, driving cohesion and accelerating collaborations. By enhancing the
Written by Vicky Turner, SALIENT Hub and Programme Manager On Tuesday 29th July, Gartside Gardens in Brunswick, Manchester came alive with the buzz of over 200 local residents gathering for a vibrant community event. Organised by the Brunswick Tenants and Residents Association (BTARA) and supported by S4B (the Specialists for Brunswick consortium, a partnership formed
By SALIENT co-investigator Michael A. Lewis, Professor of Operations and Supply Management, University of Bristol I have finally read Priya Satia’s prize-winning history, Empire of Guns, which firmly connects Britain’s industrial revolution to the state’s demand for weapons. Showing how the military as much as markets drove industrial experimentation. It also includes a fascinating nineteenth-century manufacturing story with
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), in collaboration with NHS England, has published a new policy paper outlining its strategic approach to managing medicines shortages and enhancing the resilience of the UK’s supply chains.