Accelerating our discoveries into commercial applications

Update by Professor Ed Lester I’m sure you all know there’s plenty of exciting research taking place the across the University of Nottingham. My role is to help accelerate the translation of these discoveries into real-world, commercial applications, and I’m pleased to share news of how collaboration, entrepreneurship and the sharing of knowledge with our …

Our leading role in delivering UK’s strategic vision

The autumn budget set aside a record £20.4bn for R&D, with core research funding increasing to £6.1bn, another record. More than  4,700 newly funded post-graduate places in UK universities have been created to inspire a generation of engineers and scientists, and £40m earmarked to support the spin-out from universities of new ideas. While the HE …

Signing off with news of excellent Knowledge Exchange Framework results

Welcome to my final update as Interim Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange. Thank you for your support and goodwill during my time in this interim role. I’m delighted to sign off with excellent Knowledge Exchange Framework results and a strong round-up of support and opportunities for our research community. From October I hand over …