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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...
Faced with a crisis, we are forced to innovate
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates once again that scarcity and the most severe constraints force people to innovate, says Nesta’s Chief Executive Ravi Gurumurthy It is a striking feature of every humanitarian crisis that when people are faced with scarcity and the...
Inclusion more important than ever
WISE the campaign for greater gender balance has urged employers, particularly those working in science, engineering, technology and manufacturing (STEM), to keep inclusion on their agenda in these difficult times, highlighting that diversity brings greater...
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...
Research parks can help turn the light-bulb moment of science into business success
Dr Malcolm Parry is chief executive of Surrey Research Park. Based on 35 years of experience, I am a proponent of the idea that “place matters”. Businesses benefit from being located in an environment willing to share the risks involved in fostering entrepreneurship....
Are we ready for AI?
Dr Beth Singler is the Homerton College junior research fellow in artificial intelligence. With our lives increasingly affected by artificial intelligence (AI), there's a need for a big conversation that reaches beyond technologists. I'm a huge science fiction fan but...
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...
The Word on Everyone’s Lips: Sustainability
Yoni van Breukelen, Edinburgh Technopole, Agri-EPI Centre Sustainability is a hot topic as the world’s population continues to rise, bringing with it a demand for increased food production. There is growing pressure on food producers to ensure that the systems in...
5G, an enabling technology
The transition to future smart cities is being driven by increased urbanisation, increased stress on resources, inadequate existing infrastructure and rapidly improving technology capabilities. However, the race to become...
Living in a world where the pace of change is relentless
Introduction We live in a world where the pace of change is relentless. Society is getting to grips with the climate crisis we face which has led to political action in the form of a commitment to net zero as well as increased industrial awareness of how we need to...
Make the connection for innovation success
This Autumn, the government announced £20million investment to create new University Enterprise Zones. These will boost knowledge exchange by helping universities to provide specialist business support, incubators and accelerators in a bid to enhance R&D and drive...
How R&D funding is driving the UK towards a low carbon future
In June 2019, the UK became the world’s first major economy to put into legislation legally binding targets to reduce carbon and pollutant emissions. The Road to Zero report outlined the government’s strategy towards cleaner road transport and transition to zero...