2024 is a big year for UK Space with Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and UK Space Agency providing support for launches and launch sites.

Counting down the months….

Khrystyna is an international student who came to the @UoGlasgow from Ukraine

Hear from her about her experience studying law at Glasgow🎙️

#WeAreInternational

International students deliver wide ranging benefits to the UK - universities and businesses alike benefit from our intake of international students

Watch NCUB member The University of Sheffield's brilliant new film about how international graduates make people’s lives better ⬇️

According to new ONS data, the UK saw a 3.4% increase in real terms in government R&D spending in 2022, from £14.98 billion to £15.49 billion. This growth level, however, is significantly less than other OECD nations.

Read our take in our press release
ncub.co.uk/insight/govern…

We welcome the new inquiry into international student enrollment, which was launched last week.

International students bring invaluable benefits to the UK, economically and academically. #Education #InternationalStudents

Read our press release ⬇️

ncub.co.uk/insight/univer…

We're delighted to share that leading fintech entrepreneur, Antony Jenkins CBE has been appointed as next Chancellor of Manchester Met, joining us in January 2025.

Read more 🔗 bit.ly/3WqNJs6.

Universities & businesses welcome the new inquiry into international student enrollment launched today.

International students bring invaluable benefits to the UK, economically and academically. #Education #InternationalStudents

Read our press release ⬇️
ncub.co.uk/insight/univer…

We helped get the first transatlantic flight using 100% sustainable aviation fuel off the ground. But there’s so much more to do. The UK sustainable aviation fuels Clearing House is The University of Sheffield’s next step.

Read more 👇🏿

sheffield.ac.uk/news/uk-cleari…

A collaborative project involving The University of Sheffield, Yorkshire Water 💧 and Siemens is using a cloud-based AI system designed to detect blockages in sewers. The system has shown almost 90% accuracy rate in a recent trial

Read more in our recent success story ⬇️
ncub.co.uk/insight/using-…

From diabetes interventions to keeping muscles strong as we age, find out how our research is transforming health and helping people live longer, healthier lives.

🔗 bit.ly/49SvAGI. Health at Manchester Met

Universities are powerful drivers of social mobility across the UK. 💙

Our manifesto calls on all political parties to commit to supporting universities to transform opportunities in the UK

See our manifesto asks ⬇️
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Today's The Times and The Sunday Times features an insightful letter by NCUB's Rosalind Gill urging the UK government to prioritise R&D investment to maintain global competitiveness in science & innovation. #UKScience #Innovation

thetimes.co.uk/article/times-…

Read this National Centre for Universities and Business article by Dave Phoenix on what the Government must do to support SMEs by:
1. Ringfencing spending for Supporting Local Business within UK Shared Prosperity Fund
2. Increase funding to European Regional Development Fund levels.
ncub.co.uk/insight/suppor…

Happy #EarthDay !

To celebrate #EarthDay , we are sharing our showcasing booklet 'Partnerships for the Planet', where we collated the crucial work of NCUB members do to help the planet, at a time of rising global temperatures and biodiversity loss.

ncub.co.uk/insight/partne…

I've written for National Centre for Universities and Business about the importance of supporting SMEs to innovate and how the next government must ensure this strand of UKSPF is protected.

ncub.co.uk/insight/suppor…

Analysis by NCUB has shown a worrying decline in university-SME interaction.

In our latest guest blog London South Bank University - LSBU's Dave Phoenix looks at what can and should be done to help SMEs innovate and grow.

Read in full here ⬇️

ncub.co.uk/insight/suppor…

University-business collaboration has long been a cornerstone of the UK’s innovation ecosystem.

Read our Principal Economist Jorge A Velez's take on new data looking at the amount of interactions, in our latest blog ⬇️

ncub.co.uk/insight/new-he…

Great presentation by Rosalind Gill speaking at The Royal Society event on #science2040 on reimagining uni-business collaboration. Tackling grand challenges through new forms of partnerships. National Centre for Universities and Business

Brilliant visual about the role of R&D to tackle low productivity growth across the UK. R&D has an important role in transforming many aspects of our economy. Fantastic presentation by ⁦Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser⁩ to wrap up ⁦The Royal Society⁩ #science2040 event. ⁦National Centre for Universities and Business⁩

👋 Greetings from Siemens Technology Center in Garching, Munich—our largest global R&D hub. Investing €100M+, focusing on Industrial #AI : enhancing programming, early breakdown detection, and human-machine communication.