The Times: Design lifts barriers to success
April 3, 2008
Clare Dight
Simon Phelps explains how a US fellowship scheme gave him the impetus to build his own company
A short stint of work experience or a brief internship is all that many recent graduates manage to cite on their first CV. But not Simon Phelps, a graduate in computer-aided product design from Bournemouth University, who has set up his own company, Fluvial Innovations. In developing the portable flood-barrier system that he designed at university, he won many accolades and now, most importantly, a government contract.