UKRI has today confirmed membership of the inaugural Research England Council, which includes PraxisAuril Board member Dr Phil Clare RTTP. 

Jo Johnson addressed today’s HEFCE annual conference with a focus on UK knowledge exchange activities and annual HE-BCI data for 2015-16. HEFCE analysis of the data provides a detailed look at how the university sector is performing across a wide range of KE activities.

Spinouts UK has released its quarterly report on the UK's university spin-out landscape. The report contains summaries of new spinouts, recent exits, and recent investments with articles by a number of the projects partners. These cover a wide range of issues of concern to the university commercialisation sector.

PraxisUnico/AURIL welcome the publication of ‘Transforming UK Translation’ by The Academy of Medical Sciences, Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Society and the Wellcome Trust; the ambition it sets out to create a ‘vibrant translation system’ and the broad definition of translation used to cover a range of outputs and activities. 

HEFCE has confirmed details of the £40 million per annum HEIF 'uplift' announced as part of the government's R&D investment to support its industrial strategy. Details of additional allocations has been sent to Vice-Chancellors, noting that "the Government has provided...additional funding for HEIF, to support and incentivise high and improving performance in knowledge exchange.

UK Parliament has today published its report on the inquiry into 'Managing IP and Technology Transfer' conducted by the House of Commons Science & Technology Select Committee. PraxisUnico welcomes the Committee's report and its headline conclusion that increased investment in Research and Development (R&D) by business is crucial if university research is to be transformed into successful commercial products. Stephen Metcalfe, MP said: 

The UK's technology transfer and knowledge exchange community will be represented at the annual Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) meeting in Florida this week. AUTM represents American technology transfer offices and operates globally. Links with the UK are strong and participants from the USA, UK and around the world learn from exchange of international best practice on a wide variety of topics. 

Theresa May has announced measures around innovation spending and tax incentives in her speech to the CBI’s annual conference.

HEFCE has launched a new portal dedicated to sharing best practice in Knowledge Exchange (KE). The KE Framework portal will identify and develop communities of practice and their materials across the full range of knowledge exchange actvities. 

Dr Phil Clare, Chair of PraxisUnico's Advocacy Committee, will be appearing in front of MP's at today's Science & Technology Select Committee hearing. Phil will be representing PraxisUnico and Auril members following our written submission to the inquiry 'Managing Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer'.