Blog: KE Matters

Returning to an innovative working environment

4 Oct 2021

PraxisAuril member, Louise Hammond, Director of Operations at UCL Business (UCLB) describes how a planned move to a new location, coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic, provided the opportunity for an innovative rethink on the way that UCLB works.

University commercialisation programme: creating research impact not just new spin outs

6 Sep 2021

Funded by Innovate UK, SETsquared - along with partners North by North West partners (NXNW) and Midlands - has been running the Innovation to Commercialisation of University Research (ICURe) for 7 years now. Over that time, we’ve supported 400+ teams with commercially promising research to explore whether there is a market for their innovation. 

 

Read a (KE!) Book Day – 6th September

1 Sep 2021

In the final weeks before the new academic year starts, and with the last wisps of summer left to enjoy, we’ve collated some fantastic Knowledge Exchange books for you in celebration of this years Read a Book Day!

CONVERGE – LEADING A HOTBED OF DIGITAL INNOVATION

17 Mar 2021

Claudia Cavalluzzo,  Director,  Converge Scotland’s world-beating universities remain a hotbed of new, innovative ideas and inventions.  However, taking a bright idea from academia and turning it into a successful, profitable business is no mean feat.  It takes courage, acumen and a lot of support. And no one can do this alone.

An Entrepreneurial IDEA

8 Mar 2021

 

The playing field is not, and has never been, level for women in entrepreneurship. 

Data, research and diverse perspectives

8 Mar 2021

 

Newly stepping into a leadership role as director of research and innovation sector strategy at Jisc is pretty daunting but a privilege. Jisc is doing some great work in diversity as an employer as well as in its role as a membership organisation providing digital solutions at the intersection of higher and further education and research.