Research England blog

In this blog, Research England's Director of Knowledge Exchange reflects on fruitful discussions between technology transfer experts from the UK and the US on how to advance commercialisation in the UK.

The Strength in Places Fund (SIPF) – a new UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) programme that targets funding to support significant economic growth in areas across the UK.

Earlier this week colleagues from Research England were lucky enough to attend a sneak preview of the Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children, a newly completed research facility built upon a partnership between UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital.

For Research England (building on the experience of HEFCE), our funding for university knowledge exchange (KE) is increasing at its greatest pace since the Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) began in 2003.

What do researchers and managers need to do to prepare for the new Knowledge Exchange Framework? Keep calm and carry on, suggests Hamish McAlpine, head of knowledge exchange data and evidence at Research England.

In this blog, deputy chair of REF 2021 sub-panel 25 (Area Studies), Professor Tony Chafer of the University of Portsmouth, describes the interdisciplinary nature of Area studies.

In this blog, chair of the Research Excellence Framework Interdisciplinary Research Advisory Panel, Professor Dame Athene Donald of the University of Cambridge, describes how the panel’s work fed into the Panel criteria for REF 2021.

In this blog, Research England's Director of Knowledge Exchange reflects on fruitful discussions between technology transfer experts from the UK and the US on how to advance commercialisation in the UK.