Looking forward to UKSPA conference at @CamSciencePark today

Great public engagement space Wellcome Genome Campus campus for UKSPA conference

Looking forward to the reveal of the results of the YouGov survey we have commissioned alongside Bidwells, looking at what large corporates are looking for when considering where to locate R&D activity #ukspa lnkd.in/eB9mfK2

At University Knowledge Exchange Framework conference today Alice Frost guides that continued improvement is what Gov will be looking for. Expect greater analsis of spin out activity. Early years narrative will help - but not for long!

Design Forecast: Offices need good design AND be well located gensler.com/df2019-office-…

Thank you Wellcome and the universities of Sheffield UK and Leiden in the Netherlands for your Rori initiative - along with your private partner Digital Scientists . Information to inform enhancements to our research base that can help with careers and culture is appreciated.

Akihiko Soyama of #Link-J hosting UK@BioJapan and #Medcityhq teams in Tokyo today to forward joint working and initiatives - Exciting opportunities in Life Sciences we have great hopes for

With a slimmed down EU research budget looks like all key research areas in the world are worried about possible brain drain of best researchers. Now more than ever time to build ‘open’ research / R&D hubs.

This is what the train arriving into KX looks like this morning, rush hour!

Upcoming event alert - Academy of Urbanism, Post Pandemic, New World. London’s Public Spaces. 4 May eve.

@IlkanIpekci Lucy Jones Thank you! It took me a while to choose the image for the cover. I fell in love with it too. The message is 'Stand out from the (employability-driven) Crowd'. The photographer's name is Zachary Scott and we used Getty Images.

UCAS show EU applications for UK universities back up. Good news for a Monday morning!

Great to see Labiotech running a story on best universities to attend for biotech and including reference to their relevant spin-outs as well as their courses. Excellent work LabiotechGroup.eu

Knight Frank research shows office leasing activity in central London hit 13.84 million sq ft last year, more than 2 million sq ft than in 2016 - principally due to ‘extraordinary demand’ from the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) sector. Our time has come!!

Huawei to invest 3 billion GBP into UK over next 5 yrs including in R&D and wants to collaborate more with UK universities, in more areas. Wow !!

#incubation Citigroup is to set up Innovation Centre in Moorgate with 75 tech experts and its Citi Ventures arm based here for EMEA, to help it spin out businesses and help set up more. Faith in London innovation for the future, big time !

Seeing growing trend towards business rates income being held locally and it making s difference to development alongside universities. Could be good bit of Uumph !!

Times Higher Education is set to launch new innovation ranking. Uni League table may include metrics on university spin-off companies and research publications co-authored with industry. Ever greater imperative to build the initiatives to support innovation and enterprise!

Excited to see former colleagues and meet new teams from @tradegovuk today in #cambridge CUHP

Looking forward to seeing how UK Research and Innovation and Research England advance our research landcape for the better, following formation this month.