We are delighted to announce that Glasgow University, in collaboration with CMP, has been shortlisted for the 'Best Business School Partnership' at the prestigious AMBA & BGA Excellence Awards 2024.

This insightful blog from Dr Jim Santa, Director of International Academics at CMP US, discusses bringing together academia and defence to create innovation.

Devon shares her 5 'lessons learned' that she believes will help future H4MoD participants.

Andrea’s involvement with the Aberdeen University Officer Training Corps opened the door to the transformative H4MoD course at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS).

H4MoD students from the 'Measuring Skills' team at King’s College London's esteemed Department of War Studies tackle a Royal Navy morale problem.

How H4MoD inspired and equipped one student to pivot their career from civil service to the founder of the dual-use start-up; Inqusiv.

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.