It’s always good to be excited about your work, and as David Wilkes and I noted earlier this year, the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund has certainly created a lot of excitement - about the opportunities for UK businesses and the …
Professor Kym Jarvis wanted to be a PE teacher, but after some decisive turns, ended up on a new career trajectory towards transforming nuclear decommissioning with Viridian Consultants. There isn’t one route towards any particular profession, so individuals shouldn’t feel …
Imagine a hospital without doctors or a school without teachers. As social systems, they would just not work. The same could be said for a connected transport system without local authorities. Local authorities are key pieces in the jigsaw that …
In my role as Head of Open programmes at Innovate UK, I see proposals for R&D projects across a wide range of sectors, technical topics and company sizes. One area that has recently caught my attention is the UK strength …
Oxford Space Systems is using origami to help design the next generation of satellites. CEO Mike Lawton discusses how inspiration from an unlikely source led to exciting innovation. I’ve always been fascinated with space I’ve always been fascinated with space, …
As an adopted Yorkshireman and resident of York for over 20 years, Leeds and the surrounding region has become a very special place for me. As one of the first cohorts of Innovate UK regional managers appointed in 2016, I …
The UK’s railways perform an amazing job, delivering up to 5,000,000 people every day to a vast range of locations across the nation and taking a huge proportion of freight off our congested roads. We often take them for granted, …
The UK has a proud history and tradition of manufacturing and we recognise our contribution across key global industry sectors such as aerospace, automotive, space and technologies that support the energy sector. However, we must continue to work hard and …
Tip 1 - Examine multiple collaborative opportunities Collaboration with partners can be critical to business success. Opportunities to find partners and ways in which to collaborate have increased dramatically in recent years. Collaborative business relationships can take many forms …
We will shortly be announcing the results and successful projects funded through our Industrial Challenge Programmes between the UK and Shanghai. Besides two national competitions we have previously run with China’s central government, and one upcoming on anti-microbial resistance, we …
This week, I’m taking part in the Financial Times’s Innovation Dialogue Number 1, which is debating the impact and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) working alongside human beings.
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