Woodwork wonder woman Daisy Lula Brunsdon is the star of the new crafty TV series Saved and Remade. The creative 25-year-old lives in Oxford and dropped out of her English Literature degree at Sussex University in search of something more “hands on”. Following a stint in New Zealand and Japan working as a ski instructor and finding herself back in Oxford with nothing to do, Ms Brunsdon signed up for night classes in woodwork at The City of Oxford College. Four years on and Daisy emerged with a First Class Honours in Furniture Design and Make from Oxford’s prestigious Rycotewood Furniture Centre.
Woodwork wonder woman Daisy Lula Brunsdon is the star of the new crafty TV series Saved and Remade. The creative 25-year-old lives in Oxford and dropped out of her English Literature degree at Sussex University in search of something more “hands on”. Following a stint in New Zealand and Japan working as a ski instructor and finding herself back in Oxford with nothing to do, Ms Brunsdon signed up for night classes in woodwork at The City of Oxford College. Four years on and Daisy emerged with a 1st Class Honours in Furniture Design and Make from Oxford’s prestigious Rycotewood Furniture Centre.
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Biotech start-up, Samsara Therapeutics, is the first company to take new laboratory space at
The Oxford Trust’s Wood Centre for Innovation. The Trust, a local charity encouraging the pursuit of science and enterprise, is developing life science laboratories at its Wood Centre for Innovation to increase capacity for the local ecosystem.
The £0.5 million development will deliver laboratory facilities to answer the significant demand that has been seen in the last year from science and tech start-ups and SMEs for lab space in Oxford’s Global Health and Life Sciences District, one of the UK’s leading technology clusters delivering lifesaving developments such as the COVID-19 vaccine. The Trust has received £0.1 million in funding towards the project via the Government’s Local Growth Fund, secured by the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP).
Funding is in place for a new half million-pound life sciences centre in the city, creating 100 jobs. The Oxford Trust – a city charity which encourages the pursuit of science and enterprise – plans to install life science laboratory facilities at its Wood Centre for Innovation in Headington. £100,000 in funding towards the project comes from the Government’s Local Growth Fund, via the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP). Plans for the new lab follow a leap in demand from science and tech start-ups and small businesses for lab space in Oxford’s global health and life sciences district, which is one of the UK’s leading technology clusters delivering lifesaving developments such as the Covid-19 vaccine.