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HEFCE reports Synergies and Trade-offs Between Research, Teaching
This HEFCE commissioned report draws on data from the recent evaluation of the effectiveness and role of HEFCE/Science Budget third-stream funding | to date, together with information from the recent Higher Education Innovation Fund round 4 overview.
16 March 2010
Virtual characters and real environments merge at Oxford
Search for commercial partners
3 March 2010
The Royal Society: The scientific century: securing our future prosperity
Two urgent messages from the The Royal Society report.
3 March 2010
Department for Business Innovation and Skills Annual Innovation Report
This yearly innovation analysis identify trends in UK performance.
22 February 2010
Happy new decade – letter from the Chair
The first PraxisUnico Chairman's letter looks back over some of the work we were involved in during 2009 and looking forward to planned activities for 2010.
9 February 2010
Enecsys secured £2.5m investment from Good Energies for groundbreaking solar micro-inverter
1 February 2010
Pneumawatch casualty monitoring completes proof of concept trials
The PneumaWatch™ technology has been developed in a novel partnership with the Cambridge University Engineering Department and Plextek Ltd with initial funding from Cambridge Enterprise’s Discovery Fund. ‘This collaboration between an SME, a university, and a defence contractor is exploiting the strengths of each in a collaborative endeavour model which allows us to deliver innovation effectively, efficiently and quickly’ said Gareth Roberts CEO
28 January 2010
University start-up signs major Chinese deal
15 January 2010
PraxisUnico Trustee receives OBE in New Year Honours
We are delighted to announce that Dr Alison Campbell, Managing Director of King's College London Business Ltd, PraxisUnico Trustee and Chair of its Training Committee was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to Knowledge Transfer in the New Year Honours list.
31 December 2009
PraxisUnico responds to REF consultation
PraxisUnico responds to REF consultation.
16 December 2009
Research Fortnight: Drayson grilled over impact
Research Fortnight's report on the debate on the future of UK research
1 December 2009
Creating Social Enterprises: A guide to social enterprise for university staff
A guide to support university staff wishing to develop or support social enterprise spin-outs.
5 November 2009
Member exclusive
Special discounted subscription to IAM magazine for Unico members
23 October 2009
UK Science and Technology Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Experts from industry and academia are being invited to provide groundbreaking innovations
22 October 2009
Discovery Fund's First Investment
Cambridge Enterprise completes the first investment from its Discovery Fund
15 October 2009
New report from CaSE (Campaign for Science & Engineering)
15 September 2009
Praxis "the most impressive educational project"
15 September 2009
RCUK signs MoU with Brazil
A pioneering MoU has been signed between Research Counicls UK (RCUK) and FAPESP, the Research Council for the State of São Paulo.
15 September 2009
Electric motors spin-out secures funding
9 September 2009
BIS takes next steps towards UK Innovation Investment Fund (UKIF)
3 August 2009
UK and Brazil join forces through alliance
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between representative technology transfer associations, Unico (UK) and FORTEC (Brazil) will support UK and Brazilian universities in their drive to commercialise innovations.
30 July 2009
The Fruits of Curiosity: science, innovation and future sources of wealth
The Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science, has opened a major policy study that will review the landscape for UK science and innovation policy and explore its direction over the next 10-20 years.
24 July 2009
Conduit delivers rapid breakthrough for scottish companies
‘Commercial Breakthrough Service’ Generates £900K in Additional Revenues; Conduit Achieves 178 Per Cent of Target and Extends Contract with Scottish Enterprise
23 July 2009
Unico Praxis Merger
Unico and Praxis announce that they will merge into a single charity, following an overwhelming majority vote.
21 July 2009
Intellectual Property Office publishes results from patents research exception consultation
A summary of responses to the "The Patent Research Exception: A Consultation" is now available.
20 July 2009
Government launches the lifesciences Blueprint
A new Blueprint to put innovation at the heart of healthcare delivery was launched by Lord Drayson and Lord Darzi at Imperial College London on 14 July 2009.
16 July 2009
Database of research and academic facilities
Can you help external academics or industry access services and facilities?
The Research Instrumentation group of the Sensors & Instrumentation Knowledge Transfer Network (SIKTN) is building a database of research and academic facilities...
16 July 2009
EPSRC & FSE - Collaboration Fund
EPSRC announces a £2 million fund for collaboration.
2 July 2009
Research Councils UK launches impacts publication
Impacts: Success in Shaping Public Policy and Services, the third in Research Councils UK's (RCUK) series of publications celebrating the impact of research, was launched today, 1 July.
1 July 2009
HEFCE updates strategic plan
This year, HEFCE adds a fifth core strategic aim – employer engagement and skills to emphasise further the importance of building strong relationships between higher education institutions and employers.
30 June 2009
Government aims for £1 billion venture capital fund
The Prime Minister has announced the creation of the UK Innovation Investment Fund to invest in technology-based businesses with high growth potential. The new fund will focus on investing in growing small businesses, start-ups and spin-outs, in digital and life sciences, clean technology and advanced manufacturing.
29 June 2009
Cambridge University portfolio companies raise more than £30 million since September
23 June 2009
New charity law guidelines
The Charity Commission publishes new guidance explaining how the requirements of charity law apply to research carried out by Universities and other Higher Education Institutions, particularly research conducted in partnership with non-charitable organisations.
9 June 2009
UK-to NZ Science Missions in 2009/10
The British High Commission is again planning a series of UK missions to New Zealand in the coming fiscal year in order to encourage research collaborations which show promise of leading through to commercial exploitation.
4 June 2009
Discovery Fund raises first £1 million
4 June 2009
TECHNIP EXPANDS ITS TECHNOLOGICAL LEADERSHIP IN ETHYLENE
4 June 2009
Cutting edge technologies get design to speed up route to market
A wearable radar-on-a-chip tracking device with many safety applications, solar-powered equipment to generate clean water and electricity, and a self-sterilising catheter are among a raft of innovations expected to emerge from a new initiative using designers to help speed up the commercialisation of new technologies from some of the UK’s leading universities.
1 June 2009
Inotec AMD receives further funding
28 May 2009
New spin-out from University of Cambridge
28 April 2009
Imperial Innovations results
Imperial Innovations, a leading technology commercialisation and investment company, has published first half results this morning (6mnths to 31 Jan). Highlights in the period included a major trade sale of a portfolio company to a US pharma for up to £100m (Innovations stake was 23.7%).
27 April 2009
Leading university research wins prestigious award
2 April 2009
Imperial Innovations invests £2.5m in portfolio company
2 April 2009
Announcing the inaugural Impact Awards and call for entries
Nominations are invited for The Impact Awards, a new award scheme designed to recognise and celebrate the success of knowledge transfer.
1 April 2009
UltraSoC secures seed funding for debugging technology
24 March 2009
UK leads the knowledge transfer world
A new report has revealed that the UK is world-leading in measuring knowledge transfer activities.
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9 March 2009
A champion for UK innovation awarded MBE
Lita Nelsen, co-founder of Praxis, receives the MBE for her services to innovation and technology/knowledge transfer
25 February 2009
Research Councils UK launch Knowledge Transfer Portal
A portal to help researchers and businesses find funding for knowledge transfer opportunities has been launched today.
25 February 2009
Imperial Innovations Completes Seed Funding in Three New Companies
20 February 2009
Imperial Innovations Forms New Portfolio Company MyAction Limited
29 January 2009
Imperial Innovations portfolio company Novacem Wins Rushlight Award
23 January 2009
Unico announces an international collaboration
24 November 2008
Imperial Innovations announces senior appointments
17 September 2008
Imperial Innovations investment in OSspray
23 June 2008
Imperial Innovations Group announces Interim Results
Interim results for the six months ended 31 January 2008
30 April 2008
University of Glasgow Nanotechnology paves way for super iPods
15 April 2008
Thriving fortnight for the Imperial Innovations therapeutics portfolio
13 March 2008
Unico Contribution to the DIUS Science and Innovation Strategy
14 February 2008
Imperial Innovations appoints third Entrepreneur-in-Residence
7 February 2008
Imperial Innovations signs contract with NPL
1 February 2008
Imperial Innovations - Circassia raises £11 million in oversubscribed second funding round
29 January 2008
Imperial Innovations - i2india signs Statement of Intent with the Confederation of Indian Industry
21 January 2008
Imperial Innovations Group plc (“Imperial Innovations”) commercialisation deals signed
14 January 2008
Unico response to the Sainsbury Review
5 October 2007
UNICO International Tech Transfer Metrics Benchmarking Project Gets Green Light
21 June 2007
David Secher, Chief Executive of N8, granted the Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion 2007
21 April 2007
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