UNIMAKER History What is UNIMAKER UNIMAKER conference was established by Dr Peter Mylon, Senior University Teacher in Multidisciplinary Engineering Education at the University of Sheffield. He led the iForge Makerspace, the UK’s first student-led facility, and founded UNIMAKER to highlight innovation and skills in academic makerspaces. UNIMAKER is designed to be a forum where making and makerspaces are discussed with the intention of sharing expertise and experience among participants. UNIMAKER Conference is organised annually and was previously held at the following institutions:2025 University of Salford2024 University of Sheffield: Organised jointly with International Conference on Academic Makerspaces2022/2023 NMITE, Hereford2021 University of Sheffield This article was published on 2026-03-05