February 24, 2022

UK quantum strategy: call for evidence

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has an open online conslutation on the proposed vision, objectives and activities of the UK quantum strategy.  BEIS is seeking views from the quantum research and business community and wider interested parties on the following areas: strategy vision and objectives the knowledge pipeline the innovation ecosystem […]

February 23, 2022

UKRI consultation on draft equality, diversity and inclusion strategy

UK Research and Innovation (URKI) has recently created a draft equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategy to set out its ambitions for an inclusive research and innovation system. The strategy inlcudes: four cornerstones for change background information on UKRI’s EDI activity details of proposed strategic objectives. A consultation on the draft strategy is open and […]

February 22, 2022

Hub PhD opportunity!

The realisation of a large-scale quantum computer is going to completely break the security infrastructure we rely on today as Quantum algorithms can break the widely used RSA and ECC families of Public Key Cryptography (PKC). There are two major approaches to counter the threat. First is Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), which can provide cryptographic […]

February 21, 2022

Hub partner to lead new International Network in Space Quantum Technologies

The University of Strathclyde, one of the Quantum Communications Hub’s academic partners, is to lead the newly funded International Network in Space Quantum Technologies, which aims will tackle the challenges of taking terrestrial quantum technologies into space. The network, which will receive £480,000 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), comprises 37 members […]

February 16, 2022

PRESS RELEASE: UK-Canada research partnership aims to expand global quantum network

The quantum internet will allow quantum-secure communication on a global scale. A new collaborative project between the UK and Canada, that has been awarded funding from the Quantum Communications Hub, will establish a key satellite link for quantum communication across the Atlantic. Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a method for distributing encryption keys which is […]

February 16, 2022

New Hub research findings could inform design & analysis of future quantum communications satellite missions

Research by Hub researchers from the University of Strathclyde, published today in npj Quantum Information, may guide the design and analysis of future satellite missions to establish quantum communications in space. To overcome optical fibre range limitations and enable quantum-secure communications on continental, intercontinental and global scales, quantum communication technologies must be deployed in space […]

February 11, 2022

The latest round of Partnership Resource Funding is now open!

The Quantum Communications Hub is pleased to announce a new round of Partnership Resource Funding, which aims to support new collaborations that are closely aligned with the work of the Hub. The vision of the Quantum Communications Hub, which is funded through the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme, is to deliver integrated secure quantum communications […]

February 8, 2022

Hub PhD opportunity!

Funding is available for a studentship working to develop germanium on silicon single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) photodetectors designed for operation in quantum communications systems. The work will be undertaken in the Semiconductor Devices Group at Glasgow which demonstrated the first Ge on Si SPAD photodetectors and more recently record breaking single photon detection efficiencies […]

February 8, 2022

Quantum by the tracks: project funded to launch a quantum network on trackside fibre in the north of UK

A new collaborative project that will enable the launch of the first quantum communications network in the north of the UK has been awarded funding by the Quantum Communications Hub. The project named QTRAX (A Pilot Field-Deployment of Continuous Variable Quantum Key Distribution over Track-Side Fibre) is led by the experimental quantum communications team at […]