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Business School researchers’ sustainable menu tool gives caterers food for thought

Submitted by leanne.kenyon@p... on Thu, 12/03/2020 - 15:46

Case Study from the University of Edinburgh:  A review of UK school meals’ carbon footprint wrote the recipe for a new solution to count the environmental cost of what is on our plates. After becoming the first in the world to declare a climate emergency, in 2019 the UK Government committed to cut greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050 – a sharp increase on the 80 per cent reduction target set by the 2008 Climate Change Act.

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Commercialisation: Bridging the University-Industry Gap (Citi-REDI, Oct 2019)

Submitted by tamsin.mann@pra... on Mon, 01/20/2020 - 13:39

'Commercialisation: Bridging the University-Industry Gap' is a research briefing from City-REDI, University of Birmingham. It draws on a project that investigates the rate of spinout creation from UK universities, picking up on the long-held opinion that the UK lags behind the USA in this area. The paper "investigates this long-term, systemic problem of the UK university-industry gap which limits the adoption and diffusion of new technologies".

The project aims to: 

Brunswick Template Agreements

Submitted by tamsin.mann@pra... on Fri, 09/07/2018 - 11:13

The Brunswick Group has developed a number of template agreements for use between two universities or similar not-for-profit organisations. The aim is to remove the need to spend time on drafting and negotiation in the majority of cases. 

Easy Access IP

Submitted by davem+amy@circl... on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 12:15

Easy Access IP is an international initiative supported by universities and research institutions with the aim of increasing knowledge exchange between the research base and industry, particularly small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). The initiative has the aim of lowering barriers to entry by offering a simplified research licensing agreement.