Working with partners to combine theory and practice.
Practical innovation
Together with our network of partners, we’re working on a series of testbed projects. These combine theory and practice to encourage new ways of thinking and support the development of new products, services and practices that provide tangible benefits to our rural businesses and communities and are:
- Always in partnership
- Built on a grassroots need or challenge
- Scalable and replicable
- Have real impact
- Solutions-focused producing blueprints / resources that are shared on an open basis – see our innovation portal.
- Delivered by accessing diverse expertise
- Lead to investment in rural communities
If you’d be interested in speaking to our team to find out more about our work, or have a need or challenge you’d like to discuss, please contact us at nicre@newcastle.ac.uk