Association News
UKSPA Executive Director reflects on the past year and the opportunities ahead
It would be a massive understatement to describe 2020 as "challenging" - it was a year that affected all of us in so many ways. I do hope that you and your family, as well as your colleagues, start the year in good health. For UKSPA, 2020 started positively...
UKSPA Members: discounted entry to IASP World Conference
UKSPA members can now register for the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation virtual World Conference which takes place from 1st -3rd December 2020 This allows UKSPA members to register for the same fee as IASP members. For those...
Jobs today, skills tomorrow
Presenting a call to arms, Martino Picardo and Jim Duvall ask representatives across the sector to join the ‘Schools to Science Park’ movement and convert local skills efforts into a national collaboration. Despite the current pandemic, there is still considerable...
UKSPA Chairman Dr Glenn Crocker MBE on how science and innovation is central to future economic rebuilding…
My last article was when the science and innovation sector – and the country – had just begun to enter the first lockdown. Back in the spring, UKSPA held a very well supported conference at the University of Leeds. The following week the Budget announcement was...
UKSPA collaborates on Incubators and accelerators report
Social Innovation Monitor (SIM), an international research team based at Politecnico di Torino university, in collaboration with UKSPA and Enterprise Educators UK , has published the first report on the impact of incubators/accelerators in the UK. The research team...
Innovation gives us good reason for optimism
With experts predicting a 25-30% drop in economic output and British tech firms posting their worst performance since the financial crash of 2008, it’s easy to see why the future might appear particularly gloomy. There are however reasons for optimism. Recessions...
Connect, share and support
UKSPA Chairman Dr Glenn Crocker MBE on why the innovation network has never been more important… In my first contribution to Breakthrough, following my appointment as UKSPA chairman, I wrote in the last issue about the need for UKSPA to remain relevant in the face of...
Financial Impact of Covid-19 on Science and Innovation Locations
UKSPA asked members two questions in a survey that run from Thursday 3 April to Tuesday 7 April 2020. This provide a snapshot of member activity at this time and provides useful evidence on the impact of Covid-19 that will be used in further UKSPA briefings to...
UKSPA survey results – Initial impact of Covid-19
Background UKSPA carried out an initial survey of members from Tuesday 31 March to Friday 3 April 2020 on the current impact of Covid-19. This post gives members the final analysis of this initial survey which shows the support that members are giving to their...
The UKSPA Covid-19 Survey
As part of our activity to measure the impact of Covid19 on UKSPA members we launched the survey earlier this week. The broad conclusions were as follows: Almost 70 % of members now have their management teams working remotelyAround 10% of members have some of their...
UKSPA – Covid19 Quick Survey
UKSPA launched (on Tuesday 30 March) a 5-10 minute member survey on the impact of Covid19 on their operations and their occupiers. The survey will also collect information on the financial impact and the responses that are being...
UKSPA Covid-19 Briefing
As part of UKSPA's response to Covid-19, briefing papers on the impact of Covid-19 and the additional support required by the sector is being sent to Government. UKSPA members are asked to distribute to their networks and stakeholders. Covid19 and the Science...
UKSPA and Covid19
UKSPA is following government advice to minimise the impact of Covid19 on the well-being of both staff and members. We have cancelled all face to face meetings and travel. UKSPA Executive UKSPA is following government advice to minimise the impact of...
UKSPA Leeds 2020 Presentations
The UKSPA Spring Conference was held on 5 and 6 March 2020 at Nexus, University of Leeds. UKSPA gathered on Thursday 5th and Friday 6th March at Nexus, University of Leeds to consider and debate current national and regional trends for the science and innovation...
UKSPA Chairman Glenn Crocker on the sector’s changing landscape
Historically dominated by public sector funding, the economics are changing to give science property the potential to be an attractive new asset class. This is being driven in part by a combination of a significant growth in both the number and level of funding of...