UKSPA Autumn Conference
The UKSPA Autumn Conference 2023, incorporating the 2023 Annual General Meeting, took place at Coventry University Technology Park on 9th & 10th November.
The full conference proceedings, including the final programme and speaker presentations are now available to download below.
We Are Recruiting
Interested in working at UKSPA? We are currently seeking two experienced individuals:
Events & Marketing Manager
Membership Administrator
Click below for further details on how to apply for these two exciting hybrid roles.
UKSPA Statistical Survey of Full Members
Announcing the launch of the UKSPA Member Survey 2023. This survey allows the Association to maintain accurate, representative and up-to-date data about the growing network of science parks and other innovation locations in membership.
Please note that the survey remains OPEN, with one submission requested per Full Member location.
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Member News
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Birmingham Biomedical Incubator Lands National Award
Unit 9, a biomedical incubator managed by University of Birmingham Enterprise, has won the prestigious ‘Place-based initiative of the Year’ award from PraxisAuril, the UK’s professional association for Knowledge Exchange and commercialisation between universities and...
Communicate celebrates double shortlisting in prestigious awards
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Sector News
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Legal & General, Bruntwood and Greater Manchester Pension Fund invest half a billion
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Association News
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Back in 2021, UKSPA appointed two individuals from amongst the Association’s membership to act as Early Career Professional Observers to the UKSPA Board. Following an open application process, Emily Roberts (Outreach & Community Manager at M-SParc - Menai Science...
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Blog
The Knowledge Cauldron: A Lesson for SciTech from Higher Education
Author: Martin Jarvie, Architect Associate, BDP Over the past decade universities have intensified collaboration. In some cases, natural consortia have sprung up due to shared history or geographical proximity, while other institutions have been prompted to explore...
Creating the Knowledge Cauldron: Optimising Building Typologies
Designing for high-tech science, innovation and research starts in a decisively low-tech manner – by face-to-face communication. By working together in the same location, in places where knowledge can be shared within an expansive SciTech ecosystem, valuable...
Board Director Opportunities for UKSPA Members
Under UKSPA's Articles of Association, the positions of Directors and Officers of the Association are appointed by UKSPA Full Members. This year, due to two Directors stepping down from their positions, we have Board vacancies for: One Full Member representative, One...
UKSPA Seeks to Appoint New ‘Early Career Professional’ Board Observers
Back in 2021, UKSPA appointed two individuals from amongst the Association’s membership to act as Early Career Professional Observers to the UKSPA Board. Following an open application process, Emily Roberts (Outreach & Community Manager at M-SParc - Menai Science...
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Now seems an opportune time to remind those science parks and innovation centres that provide “virtual tenancy” services – offering an accommodation address for business where the business does not have a regular physical presence – that they need to verify whether...
Two Exciting Job Opportunities at UKSPA
The United Kingdom Science Park Association (UKSPA) is looking to appoint two new team members - an Events & Marketing Manager and a Membership Administrator. The position of Events & Marketing Manager is an exciting and high-profile new role at UKSPA, that...
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