On 26 July 2017, we hosted a 'Girls in Innovation' workshop alongside our infocus 'Women in Innovation' photo exhibition at the Getting Images Gallery in London. Some of the girls who attended reflect on their experience.
The birth of TeenTech TeenTech was born in the Reading branch of Carluccio’s in 2007, when a friend told me he’d just advertised for a chemical engineer and out of over 300 applications, three came from Europe and none from …
There are so many things to highlight in this, my final blog post of 2016, reflecting on a year in the life of Innovate UK. Here are just a few of my ‘best bits’ of the past year.
1. Future Science Who are you? I am Deepika Kassen. I am a molecular biologist by training and I have spent most of my career doing lab-based research. My research focused on stem cells and most recently on Multiple Myeloma, …
Hello and well done to those of you who successfully managed to get your infocus award application ready and submitted in time for the deadline. A lot of you did! So what next? Key stages in the journey ahead with …
As part of our 'Game changers' series we meet Joyeeta Das, who was selected for 2 Innovate UK entrepreneur missions to the US. She is founder and CEO of Gyana, a startup that uses big data and social media trends …
First inspiration: learning how biology moves on so quickly From the moment I became a scientist I wanted to do something that made a difference. It’s about doing something that has a clear application in medicine and changes people’s lives …
Being chosen on merit not because you are female When we started curating the agenda for Venturefest East 2016, one of the criticisms raised was the fact that there were more male than female speakers (ironically, one of the critics …
For our infocus Women in Innovation campaign, Innovate UK is publishing a series of blogs from our ambassadors. Each has a personal story to tell, which we hope will inspire women in innovation. The question we are giving them is: …
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