Research England blog
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- 25 August 2020
- Evidencing the effect of the Covid crisis on Universities and Innovation: why the UCI-NCUB survey matters
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The survey that UCI-NCUB are currently conducting on the effects of covid on university KE is vital evidence to inform responses to the R&D roadmap, but its sector wide outcomes will also be invaluable to funding, delivery and to universities themselves.
- By Alice Frost
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- 29 July 2020
- Firm foundations to rise to the challenges
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Research England confirms this week increased funding for KE with Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF) rising to £250 million per annum and with greater flexibility in its use and accountability to enable responses to the current crisis.
- By Alice Frost
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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