Research England blog
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- 10 March 2020
- Collaborating to collaborate: interim results of the Connecting Capability Fund
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Our Connecting Capability Fund (CCF) is a distinctive programme focussed on stimulating collaboration between universities to achieve more effective commercialisation with external business partners.
- By Alice Frost
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- 28 February 2020
- Is London the UK's Silicon Valley?
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Silicon Valley is renowned the world over and has dominated the narrative around universities and economic development.
- By Andrew Jones and Alice Frost
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- 31 October 2019
- Access and success for black, Asian and minority ethnicity groups in postgraduate research study
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There are persistent inequalities to access, experience and success for black as well as Asian and minority ethnic students in higher education, across multiple levels of study.
- By Steven Hill and Nicola Turner
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- 15 October 2019
- UKRR: Twelve years of lessons learned
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The UK Research Reserve (UKRR) was a project which enabled UK research libraries to release space through the co-ordinated disposal of print journals.
- By Theo Stubbs and Andy Appleyard
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- 15 October 2019
- UK Research Reserve (UKRR): collaboration and space saving across the UK's Higher Education libraries
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A highly successful project which has evolved into a major ongoing resource.
- By Steven Hill
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- 04 October 2019
- Thinking about the future of research assessment
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Today Research England has published research, carried out for us by RAND Europe, on developments in the research landscape and their potential impact on research assessment in the next 5-10 years, post-REF 2021.
- By Steven Hill
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- 04 September 2019
- Examining the effect of incentives in the research system on research integrity
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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.
- By Steven Hill
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- 21 August 2019
- How can UKRI stimulate local economies through place-based research funding?
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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.
- By David Sweeney
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- 05 July 2019
- Reflecting on the success of Research England's UKRPIF scheme
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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.
- By Steven Hill
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- 20 June 2019
- NCUB: The future of knowledge exchange: universities at the heart of eco-systems
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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.
- By Alice Frost