Cranfield University Blogs

Ask any business owner about their ambitions and “growth” will almost certainly feature near the top of the list. More customers, higher revenues, larger teams and new markets are often seen as signs of success. Yet growth in the short-term can be misleading.

Businesses can grow rapidly while becoming less profitable, less efficient and more dependent on their owners. The rea...

Economic uncertainty, shifting customer expectations and rapid technological change have become part of everyday business. While no organisation can predict every challenge, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can improve their resilience by focusing on three areas that strengthen their ability to adapt, innovate and grow.

Economic uncertainty, shifting customer expecta...

If you ask a Cranfield student what makes the University special, you won’t just get the usual “great teaching” answer. You’ll hear stories about industry projects that feel like real jobs, friendships built with classmates from across the globe, and lecturers who know what actually happens outside academia because they’re living it.

We spoke to our 2025-26 student ambass...

The icing wind tunnel (IWT) was established at Cranfield University in 2003. The facility is capable of producing impact ice on models mounted within a range of different test sections.

At present, the Cranfield IWT (figure 1) is the largest in the UK. The IWT can produce realistic icing conditions that are encountered in aviation, which is of interest to researchers in the f...

You are nearly there! Many of our students are now starting to think about finishing their theses. If you are one of them, then you might find this post useful as you write up your masterpiece and get ready to hand it in.

Formatting and templating for your thesis

Hopefully, you already know this, but our IT staff provide a Word template to help you format your thesis. ...