The first in our series of Innovate UK podcasts looks at robotics and AI in extreme environments. The increasing amount of work that needs to be done in extreme environments like deep mining, nuclear decommissioning and offshore energy means there …
BIO is undoubtedly the world’s premier Life Sciences event and a great opportunity to network with colleagues across multiple disciplines and gain access to global pharma and biotech leaders. The dust has settled and it’s back to business as usual …
The 2018 European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) was published last month, and shows the UK in the group of Innovation Leaders for the second year in a row. Whilst some doubt the usefulness of composite indicators like the EIS (including me, …
The question of whether foreign buy-outs of UK technology successes stories should be welcomed as a way to take the business to the next level, or condemned as preventing the development of the next UK multi-national, is never far away. …
Imagine if you ordered a new car and it came in a series of deliveries and put together by a series of different workers on your driveway. They work from a sheet drawing and can’t tell you exactly when it …
Many things have contributed to the NHS’s success, not least the vital role of innovation in treatment, equipment and process. Happy Birthday NHS, from - alongside many, many others - everyone at Innovate UK!
Before starting in my current role with Innovate UK in April this year I spent nearly 15 years working in local government digital innovation. I worked with talented, committed people to introduce new digital services across lots of different Council …
Twelve months ago I was franticly trying to gather enough data and finish enough experiments so that my PhD thesis was a sensible story rather than an incoherent mess of all the data I’d gathered over the previous 3.5 years. …
The UK faces huge opportunities but major competition with the likes of China and Canada investing mega-bucks to establish centres of excellence and gravity. The UK Government is putting AI and Data at the heart of its Industrial Strategy alongside …
I’ve found that the excitement generated by cell, gene and tissue-based therapies can obscure the fact that small molecule drugs are very much still with us and continue to play a huge role in the modern medicinal arsenal. Discovery of …
The UK’s strength as a global financial centre is well established and we currently enjoy a clear competitive advantage in a range of activities from traditional banking and insurance through to currency exchange and bond trading.
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