Research England blog

10 March 2020
Collaborating to collaborate: interim results of the Connecting Capability Fund: 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

28 February 2020
Is London the UK's Silicon Valley?: Silicon Valley is renowned the world over and has dominated the narrative around universities and economic development.; By Andrew Jones and Alice Frost

20 June 2019
NCUB: The future of knowledge exchange: universities at the heart of eco-systems: 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

04 March 2019
Universities' building the country's tech ecosystem: 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 Alice Frost

09 January 2019
The importance of partnership in the Knowledge Exchange Framework: To coincide with the launch of the Knowledge Exchange Framework consultation today, Research England's Director of Knowledge Exchange, Alice Frost, and Innovate UK's Deputy Executive Chair and Chief Operations Officer, Mike Biddle, reflect on what the forthcoming Knowledge Exchange Framework means for universities, businesses, and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

09 July 2018
The missing ingredient in innovation: patience: The following article from Professor David Gann of Imperial College, with Mark Dodgson of Queensland University, re-published from the World Economic Forum, describes why ‘patient capital’ is so crucial for universities and government working to achieve a target of 2.4 per cent investment in research and development by 2027.; By Mark Dodgson, David Gann, Alice Frost