Creative Industries The Creative Industries Network fosters sustainable communities across four areas of expertise: The Performing Arts, Design, Music, and Media and Moving image. The Network’s objective is to facilitate the development and deployment of new goods and services by working with local organisations.		Health The Health Network brings together a number of diverse activities connected with Health and Well-being. It aims to raise the level of health and well-being in the area by improving the range and take up of well-being products and services offered.		ICT The ICT Network draws on the wide-ranging expertise of WestFocus researchers, working with small-to-medium-sized companies and healthcare providers to help them to make the best practical use of leading-edge ICT and software technologies
Life Sciences The Life Sciences Network has been set up to capitalise on the excellent research base across the partner institutions. It is bringing together industry, community and academic partners to discuss issues that are affecting Life Science research and development activities.		Materials & Manufacturing The Materials and Manufacturing Network brings together a broad spectrum of expertise in the areas of synthesis and formulation of functional materials, biomaterials, advanced analytical techniques for materials racterisation, and materials processing and fabrication at both macro and nano-levels.		Social Inclusion The Social Inclusion Network has substantial experience of transferring knowledge to those voluntary, community and public organisations that work with socially-excluded groups, as well as experience of working directly with excluded groups.		Sustainability in Practice The Sustainability Network brings together academics and industrialists to formulate a practical approach to the challenges of particular sustainability issues both within business and the wider community.