At the crossroads of innovation and sustainability, the 'Hacking 4 Sustainability' course at Bournemouth University stands as a beacon of hands-on learning.

As a passionate advocate for H4MoD, Capt Paul Ottewell RN had the opportunity to observe first-hand how the course enables university students to solve real-world defence and security challenges, and why it stands out as a prime tool for fostering innovation in the MoD.

Dive into the inspiring journey of Anna Crossland, who navigated her way from being a civilian student at King's College London to a Defence Analyst in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) – a journey where the Hacking for MoD (H4MoD) course served as a pivotal turning point.

University students, knee-deep in the thick of a real-world military problem, pioneering solutions that catch the attention of senior leaders at Navy HQ. Sounds a bit surreal? But that's precisely what happened when a determined team from the University of Southampton's Business School got hands-on with the Hacking for MoD (H4MoD) module.

Common Mission Project UK (CMP) and Royal Military College Sandhurst (RMAS) have partnered to launch a 3-week pilot programme of the renowned Hacking for Ministry of Defence (H4MoD) course.

Bhavana and Kierian talk us through the key takeaways from H4MoD, their thoughts on working with Ministry of Defence and what their future careers look like.

We marked a successful year with its Annual Summer Event earlier this month. Over 75 guests from the realms of defence, academia, and industry attended, spotlighting the rich diversity within our network.

King’s College London students tackle helicopter corrosion at RNAS Culdrose by getting out of the building and using other Lean Start-up methodology concepts.

How do you deliver Unmanned Vehicles (UAV’s) to the frontline with relative ease? This was the clear problem delivered to Kingston Business School MBA students by Lt Cdr David Houghton-Barnes aspart of our Hacking for Ministry of Defence course (H4MoD).

Squadron Leader Sam Grant of the RAF 20 Squadron faced a complex problem surrounding training data management. This problem was presented to a team of students at the University of Portsmouth who immediately began their discovery.

During the Autumn cohort of 2022, a team of five computing students from Portsmouth University took up the challenge of identifying optimal helicopter landing spots for Army personnel.

As the world becomes increasingly driven by technology, innovation and entrepreneurship skills are becoming more important than ever for future leaders to develop solutions for the evolving complexity of our world’s problems.

As a small start-up growth is hugely important to us. To help us bolster our offering, we’re looking for a high-energy and versatile Director of Programmes to join our talented and ambitious team.

Dr. Ali Hawks was named winner of the Innovation & Creativity Award, during the Women In Defence Awards ceremony, held at The Guildhall, London last Thursday 24th November.

Common Mission Project UK is pleased to announce Dr. Rachael Kelly as Interim Executive Director. Rachael will be spear-heading the organisation’s mission to bring innovative solutions to some of the UK’s most difficult challenges through educational engagement and outreach.

At Common Mission Project (CMP), we are immensely proud of our students’ record of entrepreneurial success. Since our inception in 2016, 2800 students have taken CMP Hacking 4 courses – tackling problems sourced from government and industry by deploying lean start-up methodology in class – building 400 teams and spinning out 53 start-ups. Even when they don’t reach start-up stage, many of our students build skills and form relationships that help them accelerate their entrepreneurial journey.

Paolo Lamparelli is a first-time Industry Mentor for CMP, having worked with a student team at Strathclyde University on the Mission Driven Entrepreneurship: Hacking for Ministry of Defence (H4MoD) Course this past Spring 2022. Industry Mentors are professionals in their field who are matched with an H4MoD student team to provide expertise, support and guidance from an industry perspective. Paolo’s problem centered around collecting information on soldiers’ nutritional intake, and his experience as a Registered Dietitian was crucial in helping his team come up with their innovative solution idea. We caught up with Paolo on his experience with H4MoD and what he’s gotten out of mentoring with CMP.

I knew I wanted my Masters Degree to serve as a segue into the professional world rather than as a purely academic qualification. With this in mind I took the ‘Hacking for MoD’ module as part of my MA in National Security Studies, which was instrumental in helping me realise and achieve my career goals and ambitions.

Gary Stewart is on the Board of Advisers at the Common Mission Project and joined us for a Fireside Chat in February 2022. Our Fireside Chat series features speakers from industry, academia, and ‘Hacking 4’ alumni to explore topics complementary to and inspired by our Hacking for courses.

The University of Hull is Common Mission Project’s first university to run a “Hacking for Police” course, where teams of 4-5 students will learn and apply lean start-up methods to solving pressing problems facing frontline officers in national and regional law enforcement.