Great to represent the national academies with colleagues from Academy of Medical Sciences The British Academy Royal Academy of Engineering The Royal Society last night at the parliamentary reception for the Royal Society's annual pairing scheme - talking STEM, policy and R&I with attendees and guests ✨ #SciWestminster20

Is the UK getting innovation right? Nesta providing insight into public perceptions and priorities - food for thought on how to engage more/better with the public on innovation and what people think it should deliver (and a good question on what UK ARPA success looks like!)

NEW: We welcome #Budget2020 commitments to double public spending on R&D. However, investment is also required to turn research into real world solutions and successful businesses. Read our full response here: raeng.org.uk/news/news-rele…

"These costs are high, but we think they are an essential investment to avoid wasting taxpayers’ money and to advance fundamental research towards beneficial applications."

*NEW COVID-19 STUDY* UCL Recruiting adults in UK to answer wkly 15min online surveys about psychological & social experiences during COVID-19. Results will help identify effects of social isolation & how to support mental health. covid19study.org pls retweet #unisupport

Calling all engineering professionals: can you help? We need your input to identify solutions, organisations and contacts that could help governments solve problems and assist the public health response to #COVID19. Find out how to get involved: raeng.org.uk/covid19

Just listened to the phenomenal story of VentilatorChallengeUK in the latest Royal Academy of Engineering Q&A organised by Joy Aston and colleagues - bringing together people from across engineering to adapt and scale up key production. Even using VR for socially distanced training! Do catch up

Stimulating R&D for a better, faster recovery – our new report finds business R&D is at immediate risk. We call for interventions including support for business-university partnerships and pre-commercial development to build back better: raeng.org.uk/news/news-rele… #IncreasingRandD

We're looking forward to celebrating #INWED20 tomorrow! It's important to acknowledge the benefits of having women in the engineering sector and their role in helping to #ShapeTheWorld. Why? This article explains it all: theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2… #EngDiversity

The housing crisis provides an opportunity for change in the scale of housing delivery and the quality of places we live - but the complex problem needs a systemic approach. Our new report maps out the system and identifies opportunities for change: raeng.org.uk/sustainable-li…

It's been fantastic organising this series and it's particularly wonderful to be able to feature some of the winners of the Academy's Pandemic Service Awards in this Thursday's session. Looking forward to getting started on the writeup on lessons learned for innovating at pace!

Happy This is Engineering day! #BeTheDifference

Really interesting to hear from Ottoline Leyser – taking a whole system view of the R&I ecosystem with UKRI as its steward and focusing on the people, connectivity and flow through the system. Plus beautiful graphics! #caselecture20

My team at Royal Academy of Engineering are hiring a Public Affairs Advisor (deadline 23 Nov) - please share with anyone who may be interested! Me & Marie-Laure Hicks are particularly exceptional teammates to work with (our baking skills & love of political gossip are unmatched) ✨ cloudonlinerecruitment.co.uk/raeng/VacancyD…

The best Christmas present ❤️ Thank you London Fields Lido for keeping the swimming going in this bin fire of a year!

A fab new report from Joy Aston, Enterprise Hub and Beauhurst out today! It's a really rich resource bringing together data on diversity, geography, investment in UK spinouts to help us understand what it takes to build successful spinouts. And more to come!

A good dose of optimism on this miserable rainy day: first vaccine steward shift with the lovely team from Volunteer Centre Hackney #hackneyvaxpack 💉

We've got a bumper crop of lunchtime innovation in a crisis webinars this week Royal Academy of Engineering - these are focused on lessons learned for accelerating innovation and are going to be fantastic discussions! Please sign up and feel free to share with anyone who might be interested ✨