We have been promoting equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the work we do since 2016 and our approach and priorities have evolved over time. We learn from our own work, and through dialogue with partners and the businesses we …
Meet one of our pioneering projects - SEISMIC, funded via the ISCF Transforming Construction challenge that is changing the way schools are built. The project shows how to build better quality schools that can be constructed faster, for less cost and with lower emissions.
Sarah Connolly, Innovation Technologist at Innovate UK is responsible for driving innovation in the Foundation Industries. In this post, she explores how innovations in process developments can reduce environmental impact and improve competitiveness. Energy Efficient Process Developments The foundation industries …
Four years ago, we launched the Government and UKRI’s flagship, business-led Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. It is a new approach to funding challenges ranging from net zero, health and wellbeing through to advancing technologies, aiming to create a better world for us all.
Trusted Research is a campaign to raise awareness of the risks to research collaborations which may occur when working with organisations or research partners with links to nations whose democratic and ethical values are different from our own.
Sarah Connolly, Innovation Technologist at Innovate UK is responsible for driving innovation in the Foundation Industries. In this post, she explores how innovations in sensor development, deployment and digitalisation can increase process efficiency, reduce environmental impact and improve competitiveness. Sensor …
Sarah Connolly, Innovation Technologist at Innovate UK is responsible for driving innovation in the foundation industries. In this post, she explores how innovation in heat recovery can reduce environmental impact and improve competitiveness. Heat recovery The foundation industries encompass a …
I’ll be chairing London Tech Week’s AI Summit this week and thought it a good opportunity to blog important points I’ll be raising during the event. It takes courage, from multiple perspectives Initiating something new, particularly in the midst of …
This blog explores how innovation in waste utilisation and symbiosis can reduce environmental impact and improve competitiveness. Waste Utilisation and Symbiosis The foundation industries require large inputs of raw materials. From ores, to pulp, to minerals and fossil fuels, the …
My name is Sarah Connolly and it is my job within Innovate UK to drive innovation in the Foundation Industries. As part of the Clean Growth Grand Challenge within the government’s Industrial Strategy, the Transforming Foundation Industries Challenge aims to …
Solverboard published its first Innovation Blockers Report in December 2019. The report focused on five of the most common challenges businesses face when trying to innovate. Three months after our first report the Covid-19 pandemic brought the world to a …
