December 10, 2019

The international Quantum Shorts competition is back!

Quantum Shorts is an annual, international competition aiming to produce quantum inspired artistic outputs in the form of either short videos (as in the 2018 round) or short stories (flash fiction) as is the theme this year. Along with other stakeholders of the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme (UKNQTP), our Quantum Communications Hub is again […]

December 5, 2019

Hub Director takes part in Quantum Technologies Expert Mission to US

In late November 2019, Professor Tim Spiller, Director of our Quantum Communications Hub, took part in the latest Innovate UK Global Expert Mission for Quantum Technologies to the US. Between the 18th and 22nd of November, a delegation of all four Hub Directors, senior industrialists from BT, Teledyne/e2v, Riverlane and the National Physical Laboratory, along with representatives from […]

December 5, 2019

Hub team takes part in biggest national showcase yet

The Quantum Communications Hub team had the opportunity to exhibit real progress across all its technology work streams at this year’s national showcase event, which took place in London’s QEII conference centre on Friday 15 November. Marking the biggest event of its kind yet, the showcase featured 80 exhibits from across the UK quantum community. Our […]

October 31, 2019

Our final year report for the first phase of the programme is now published!

Thanks to all the Hub colleagues, partners and collaborators who have contributed to our fifth year report, published today on our website. The report provides a summary of all our achievements over the last five years and outlines future directions for the Hub in the second stage of the national quantum technologies programme. To download […]

October 11, 2019

Hub partner Bristol demonstrates first QKD over 5G network application

Bristol, 3 September 2019 The completion of the UK’s Quantum Network (UKQN) came one step closer earlier this month with the launch of Bristol’s metropolitan quantum network. Establishing the country’s first quantum network to be used as a national testbed facility for the emerging technologies is a major Hub aim, and one that hands the […]

August 27, 2019

Two new research posts are available in our Hub!

Following the notification of the successful outcome of our Hub’s proposal for a further five years of funding, two of our teams are advertising new research posts – one in quantum communications (University of Oxford), and one in quantum information theory (University of York).  Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Quantum Communications: We are seeking a full-time […]

July 11, 2019

New phase of UK quantum secure communications research and development announced

11 July 2019 The UK Quantum Communications Hub has been awarded further funding of approximately £24M to deliver its vision of integrated quantum secured communications. Funded through the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme as part of a national network of four quantum technology hub consortia, the Quantum Communications Hub is currently completing the first phase […]

April 1, 2019

Hub partners collaborate to extend the UK’s Quantum Network into the Telecommunications Industry

York, 1 April 2019 Numerous Quantum Communications Hub partners came together last month to celebrate the official launch of the newest UK Quantum Network (UKQN) link – UKQNtel. Taking place across both ends of the link – BT’s Research Labs at Adastral Park and the Cambridge Engineering Department at Cambridge Science Park – the event […]