In a £1.4m deal Dyson is funding a Cambridge University, Department of Engineering professorship to support breakthrough engineering and scientific research over the next decade.
Dr Pradipta Biswas has been appointed coordinator of the working group of a United Nations (UN) agency which aims to make audiovisual media accessible to people with disabilities.
Victoria Cronin, a PhD student in the Centre for Sustainable Development has been researching the sustainability of alternative approaches to slum upgrading in India and Kenya.