How can spin-outs leverage end user feedback to refine products?

Michele Barbour talks to Dr Jenny Bailey, the CEO and Co-Founder of Ferryx, about their approach to product development and testing.

👉 youtube.com/watch?v=1xemnu…

UK government ‘must not play politics’ with graduate visa review says Diana Beech.

Fair to say many in HE do not have particularly high hopes for how the government will interpret the upcoming Migration Advisory Council review of the graduate visa.

researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-uni…

More than quarter of a century after the #GoodFridayAgreement was signed, it's important to explore the role the Arts have played throughout the #PeaceProcess .

Yesterday, in #NewYork , we brought together panelists from the Arts and academia to examine how artists from #Theatre …

The University of Glasgow will host a #HorizonEurope roadshow on 12 June, in collaboration with Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise and Innovate UK💡

A chance for innovators, researchers and entrepreneurs to share ideas and learn more about leveraging Horizon funding for their next project.

🥳 We're back for part 2 of the #WeAreInternational campaign with an entirely new series of student stories.

Join us tomorrow at 10am for our brand new hero film 📹

ICYMI: last week the Govt proposed new measures to protect the UK's most sensitive, cutting-edge research from global threats.

Read our response, welcoming continued collaboration and positive moves to boost the sector's research security capabilities👉russellgroup.ac.uk/news/governmen…

Brilliant to see The University of Manchester's Manchester Museum on the shortlist for Art Fund #MuseumoftheYear 👏

One of the largest university museums in the UK, it holds around 4.5 million spectacular objects from global cultures and the natural world.

artfund.org/our-purpose/ne…

Safer together.

Achieving research security requires collaboration from universities and government, writes Ben Moore, head of policy (international) at the Russell Group (Russell Group)

Now free to read.
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'The Graduate Visa isn’t a route to immigration, but it is an extension to students’ time in the UK.'

A v good article from Karen Holford CBE FREng which captures some of the facts often overlooked by politicians when discussing international students & migration.

wonkhe.com/blogs/changing…

We've spent a fair bit of time recently talking about international students (see polling below!). Overwhelmingly: people are positive and think they're a good thing - as long as the system is fair in return to home students, and considerate of pressure on local infrastructure.

✍️'It is clear the UK needs a security framework that supports collaboration on global challenges'.

Ben Moore, our head of international policy, writes for ResearchProfessionalNews on the Govt's proposed measures to help universities respond to emerging threats.

researchprofessional.com/0/rr/news/uk/v…

The thing I don’t think non-disabled people realise is that the “hacks” we have to have to deal with an inaccessible society and function relatively “normal” often cost more money (taxis to deal with inaccessible transport; oftentimes, accessible options are more expensive)

My colleague Ben Moore wrote for ResearchProfessionalNews following the DPM security summit.

Tl:dr - there are some real positives in the consultation announcement (not least signs govt will continue to take a co-regulatory approach on nat sec).

Find out more:

researchprofessional.com/0/rr/news/uk/v…

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting MP hailed the potential of the life sciences sector to “revolutionise” healthcare in the UK at a roundtable event sponsored by UCL Business Ltd, with UCLB's CEO Dr Anne Lane also on the panel ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/apr/…

If you slash international student visas you will a) slash export earnings b) slash income to towns & cities across the country which can ill afford to lose it and c) slash jobs and opportunities- already 50+ unis are making cuts to jobs and courses.
thetimes.co.uk/article/fc88e9…

The thing is, the SNP+Regan don’t have the votes to *implement* any demands, only to block things, so even if this could stop the no confidence vote there would need to be a rapprochement with the Greens (or another party) for Holyrood to pass anything.

Congratulations to the #UCLSoM alumni listed in #Forbes 30 under 30 Europe.

We were delighted to support Harry Bremner and his business, Tuggs, at the Hatchery, UCL's startup incubator. Sara Berkai attended our free extracurricular entrepreneurship programmes.

Very proud that UCL is one of the founding signatories of this important agreement

UCL signs up to ground-breaking sustainable research agreement | UCL News - UCL – University College London ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/apr/…

🗣️ our CEO Dr Tim Bradshaw:

“Security is a shared responsibility and Russell Group universities are keen to work with Ministers to get this right.”

Find out more:

russellgroup.ac.uk/news/governmen…

Adam Clarke Very much agree Adam. Our submission to the Budget earlier this spring on R&D and innovation emphasised the importance of the sustainability of UK HE finances, and long-term perspective, for the competitiveness of the UK's innovation ecosystem: cbi.org.uk/media/j2lhcfq1…