News

Collaborate Sprint with Loughborough University London gets students thinking about accessible design

69 global innovators join our new Accessibility, Assistive and Inclusion Technologies fellowship delivered in partnership with the Royal Academy of Engineering

17 February 2026
17:44 UK / 12:44 EST

Innovate Now Fellowship Launches During AI & Inclusion Challenge 2025

Building a Case for Disability-Inclusive Local Climate Action.

Building Inclusive Speech Recognition for All in Kenya

17 February 2026
17:44 UK / 12:44 EST

GDI Hub at COP 30

GDI Hub at the 4th Global Data Science and AI Summit, Spotlighting AI and Inclusion

Student spotlight: Kavya Mukhija

Inclusive Employment: Advancing Access to Decent Work for Persons with Disabilities

How do we tackle inequality in the new global context?

Investing in Innovation - a reception on the margins of the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group in Washington

UCL joins UK Prime Minister India visit and unveils new technology collaborations

More Than Games: Why Sport Must Matter in the Assistive Technology Agenda

A classroom prototype became a real-world accessibility tool 

Inclusive ASR Innovation Sprint to Empower People with Non-Typical Speech in Kenya.

Register interest for the upcoming AT2030 Symposium: Nepal, October 2025

GDI Hub Responds to Government’s Disability Benefit Reform Proposals with Call for Inclusive, Evidence-Based Policy

GDI Hub Co-Hosts Event on the Future of Inclusive Finance

The Future of Financial Inclusion: Transforming global financing and the finance sector from the inside out.

Google Spotlights Accessibility Breakthroughs with GDI Hub on Mobile and AI Innovation

Financial Inclusion: Trade Finance Global, ADB and GDI Hub’s Push for Accessibility in the Financial Sector

Inclusive Cities

Asian Development Bank launches 5 strategic and operational tools for banks to use in improving the financial inclusion and employment of people with disabilities.

GDI Hub's Cara Yar Khan is listed in Condé Nast Traveller '25 people making the world more accessible for 2025'

Professor Paul Brickell recognised in New Year Honours

UCL Grand Challenges: A Catalyst to GDI Hub's Global Impact

Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces AI ambitions at UCL East, the home of GDI Hub

Changing lives through AI - a new Centre for Digital Language Inclusion will bridge the barrier between non-standard speech and the use of Automatic Speech Recognition for disabled people worldwide

Global Disability Innovation Hub Disability Innovation Strategy 2025 - 2030

UCL student wins Diana Award 2024 for landmark action on disability rights

Disability, Design and Innovation MSc student wins Diana Award 2024 for social service

27 Indian students win Diana Award 2024 for social service [including Disability, Design & Innovation MSc student Kavya Mukhija]

UCL and Indian partners announce new round of funding for 50 disability inclusion startups [as our Attvaran accelerator continues to grow]

Google, University of Ghana and GDI Hub to Expand AI-Powered Speech Recognition for Non-Standard Speech in Ghanaian Languages

Easy-fit prosthetics offer hope to thousands of Gaza amputees - BBC article showcasing how GDI Hub supported innovations are changing lives

Can AI help Africa close the development gap? [financial times piece explores how our AT2030 programme has tested the google relate app]

16 Assistive Technology startups receive seed grants worth ₹78.5 Lakhs at the EMPOWER 2024 Pitch Day

Exploring Bionic Innovation with Professor Hugh Herr: biomechatronics, global healthcare innovation, and Assistive Technologies

Seeking an experienced General Partner (investment fund manager) to build on our success supporting companies ready to scale that are already changing the way people live, learn, and work.

Disability, innovation and the power of Paralympic legacy – a reception to remember at the British ambassador's residence to mark the start of the 2024 Paris Paralympics

Launch of TIDAL Accelerator to Support Early Career Researchers in Commercialising Innovative Technologies

The Global Disability Innovation Hub announces Iain McKinnon as new CEO – as disability innovation continues to emerge as a leading global mechanism to transform lives

How the Inclusive innovation challenge aims to ensure rights and choices for youth with disabilities

Disability-Inclusive climate finance matters. Here's why.

Disability Inclusion in Climate Finance

Social Finance and Investing For Good become the first delivery partners for AT2030's Accessible and Assistive Technology Growth Fund

His Majesty the King concludes visit to Kenya with encouragement for Assistive Technology innovators, and meets ventures from our Innovate Now accelerator

A trio of second place awards at the Disability Power 100 for Global Disability Innovation Hub founders & colleagues