Impact and engagement

Former CBI head says interaction’s the key to productivity

Sixteen UK higher education institutions are to benefit from a £50 million investment in research projects designed to drive economic growth, the universities and science minister has said.

The government’s innovation agency the Technology Strategy Board will see a £50 million boost to its budget this year, the government has announced.

A BBC scheme aims to tackle gender inequality

Publication not always relevant to business success, industry and sector figures argue

Master of Trinity says technology transfer offices can be more hindrance than help

Scotland shows reversal of trend, possibly due to stronger public funding. Elizabeth Gibney writes

A court in Germany has given a “glimmer of hope” to inventors hoping to patent human embryonic stem cell technologies in Europe.

MPs told that universities can’t always take their IP straight to the bank. Elizabeth Gibney reports

Principal investigators on large research projects do not have the necessary skills to foster strong relationships between the academy and business, according to a council member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

A managerial culture is growing in universities as they “position themselves to align more systematically with government and industrial sectors”, a conference has heard.

The perception among science, technology, engineering and maths PhD students that any career outside academia is akin to failure is denying industry access to high-quality, PhD-educated employees, a leading neuroscientist has claimed.

KTPs bring together businesses and universities for their mutual benefit

Graphene discoverer takes aim at applied bias and short-term thinking. Paul Jump reports