On 2nd of December, DIRDI hosted our first London Fellows dinner of the 2025/6 year, gathering scientists, economists, industrial leaders and Visiting Fellows from Whitehall under the warm lights of the Polish Club in South Kensington. With wreaths on the walls and the faint scent of mulled wine drifting from the foyer, the evening had …
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DIRDI entered the 2025/2026 academic year with our first dinner held in the Fellows’ Dining Room at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Hosted by Dr Gareth Conduit FDIRDI, a Fellow of the College, the dinner saw lively and convivial discussion between scientists and policy experts. During the dinner, speeches were given by: Professor Alexander Piotrowski …
As part of DIRDI’s Easter Term calendar, we hosted two dinners at The Polish Club, Ognisko, in London. Both events were well attended by a diverse group of Members and Fellows representing leading UK Universities, elements of Industry, Government, and the Armed Forces. As events that are intended to cohere and introduce Fellows from differing …
On the 27th of March 2025, DIRDI’s Impact and Invention Conference returned to Durham, held at Durham University’s Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics. We welcomed delegates from 8 different universities: Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland, York, Cambridge, Oxford, and King’s College London; as well as a host of innovative spin-out companies. Introductory remarks on DIRDI and …
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DIRDI Hosts its first london Dinner at the In & Out Club, London In 2024, DIRDI has begun implementing the vision of establishing a national “brains trust” across elite UK Universities. To welcome some of our new Fellows from universities in London, Oxford, and Cambridge we have expanded our events accordingly to new geographic locations. …
DIRDI was delighted to host Members and Fellows for a presentation by Professor Leah Morabito FDIRDI on 6th November 2024. The talk, entitled ‘High-Resolution Imaging at the Lowest Frequencies: Technical Advances Driving Science’, provided an in-depth exploration of Leah’s recent work in astronomical imaging. We welcomed a number of academics from the Departments of Physics, …
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On Tuesday, 10th September 2024, DIRDI’s first event of the 2024/2025 academic year took place and the first ever DIRDI event to be held outside of Durham. At Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, the Insitute was privileged to host 22 distinguished Members and Fellows from a wide array of institutions, including the Universities of Oxford, …
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Easter Term Dinners On 9th and 23rd May 2024 we were delighted to host our two Easter Term Dinners in the Senior Common Room Dining Room of Hatfield College, Durham. Each dinner saw both new and established Fellows, Members, and Visiting Fellows convening from across the scientific disciplines for an interdisciplinary-focused evening. We are grateful …
Epiphany Term As we approach the end of Epiphany Term, we are incredibly grateful to be able to share our two dinners we have hosted this term. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to all those who attended, particularly those who travelled to Durham from around the country. Our first event of the …
Innovate UK Funds DIRDI Research on EM Metamaterials It is with great pleasure that we can announce that DIRDI has been successful in applying for the Innovate UK – Accelerated Knowledge Transfer (AKT) scheme. The AKT Scheme aims “to deliver a short, rapid and targeted intervention to accelerate the evaluation or development of an innovation …