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Taskforce launched to tackle barriers to mobility of research staff between universities & business
Business and university leaders are joining forces to discuss the benefits of easier movement between academia and industry. The National...
Feb 27, 2023


Solving problems of the future! University & Business collaboration
Why Small Business Matters In this episode of the podcast series from Northumbria University, find out how businesses of all sizes can...
Jan 27, 2023


Innovating for a net zero future
A year on from COP26, the UK chancellor committed to ringfencing the £20bn R&D budget in the 2022 Autumn statement. This demonstrated the...
Jan 10, 2023


Widening opportunities to improve animal welfare
One barrier to innovation is the difficulty in identifying potential partners. NCUB’s konfer platform overcomes this by making it easier...
Dec 14, 2022


Continued success of business-university collaborations
Business-university collaborations continued to be successful, despite facing the significant economic and societal upheaval caused by...
Dec 12, 2022


More research excellence on konfer
The Research Excellence Framework (REF21) highlights the importance of university business collaboration. Through impact case studies,...
Nov 29, 2022
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