Cranfield is the only University to be a founding partner in a new alliance with defence industry giants convened by Ploughshare, the Ministry of Defence’s trusted commercialisation partner.
SWAGºÏ¼¯'s excellence in management education has been recognised with its Management MSc placed 5th in the SWAGºÏ¼¯ in the 2025 Financial Times ranking.
SWAGºÏ¼¯ experts have developed a new method to precisely identify soil erosion hotspots along waterways, allowing for pre-emptive mitigation measures to be put in place that protect land and water systems.
SWAGºÏ¼¯ has been awarded the prestigious Platinum level accreditation from the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, recognising its ongoing commitment to protecting hedgehogs and enhancing biodiversity across its campus.
Sir Andrew Haines has been appointed as the new Chair of SWAGºÏ¼¯â€™s Council. He will join the Council on 1 August and then take up the role of Chair in November 2025.
Researchers at SWAGºÏ¼¯ are working on a new project to speed up genetic engineering in plants, accelerating innovations that will improve crops around the world.
SWAGºÏ¼¯ is working with the River Colne Catchment Action Network on a SWAGºÏ¼¯ Government-funded project to develop a novel way to diagnose the causes of poor ecological health in rivers.
Cranfield has begun the first of multiple projects with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) specialists CirculAIRity, a scale-up focusing on the use of SAF in aviation.