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UKRI publishes refreshed environmental sustainability strategy

UKRI — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:37:07 +0000

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has published its environmental sustainability strategy for 2025 to2030.

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UKRI celebrates winners of the KE Awards 2025

UKRI — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:46:25 +0000

Exceptional collaborations from across the UK’s research and innovation system have been recognised at this year’s Knowledge Exchange Awards.

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Higher Education Innovation Funding to focus on economic growth

UKRI — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Research England has today published a refreshed strategic direction of the Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF) programme.

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UKRI seeks your views in 2025 stakeholder survey

UKRI — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 08:00:31 +0000

In our third annual survey, we are asking for feedback on what we do, how well we do it and what our stakeholders think about UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

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KEF5: powering economic growth through smarter knowledge exchange

UKRI — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 08:00:52 +0000

Research England has published the fifth iteration of the Knowledge Exchange Framework that captures the full spectrum of university activity.

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Pilot to monitor strategic institutional research funding

UKRI — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 07:43:40 +0000

Higher education providers invited by Research England to participate in pilot exercise to showcase how SIRF underpins a range of research activities.

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New programme of work during the pause in REF 2029

UKRI — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 09:00:57 +0000

Research England is today announcing a programme of work in response to the announcement of a pause to REF 2029 from Lord Patrick Vallance.

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Further investment in NCUB university-business collaboration

UKRI — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 11:00:26 +0000

Research England is to invest £9.7 million over next four years to further strengthen innovation and growth across the UK.

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New Cambridge-Manchester partnership to boost regional growth

UKRI — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:28:11 +0000

The partnership, led by the universities of Cambridge and Manchester, will pool knowledge to support start-ups and scale-ups to deliver jobs and opportunities.

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New fund will focus research investment on local priorities

UKRI — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:01:59 +0000

Local experts will be at the heart of research and innovation investment to grow local economies, jobs and skills, improving lives across the UK.

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World-leading register of UK university spin-outs published

UKRI — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 09:00:08 +0000

A novel UK spin-out register provides for the first time a complete ‘official’ list of all spin-out companies produced by UK universities.

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Research England’s equality, diversity and inclusion action plan

UKRI — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 08:00:51 +0000

Research England has published the first iteration of its equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) action plan.

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£30 million to grow regional research commercialisation ecosystems

UKRI — Fri, 09 May 2025 11:00:21 +0000

A major new investment is helping English universities work with partners to develop emerging and strengthen place-based commercialisation ecosystems.

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UKRI budget allocations confirmed for 2025 to 2026

UKRI — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 08:53:13 +0000

Today, the Science and Technology Secretary, Peter Kyle, confirmed how UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) budget will be allocated to all UKRI’s councils and key programmes.

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UK Research and Innovation publishes gender pay gap report

UKRI — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 09:00:03 +0000

The sixth annual gender pay gap report highlights the percentage difference between the average hourly earnings for males and females across the organisation.

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UKRI showcases the technologies of tomorrow

UKRI — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 09:00:02 +0000

New online brochure highlights the first two years of UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Technology Missions Fund’s investments.

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New evaluations of Research England’s knowledge exchange funding

UKRI — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:51:25 +0000

Evaluations show strong evidence of significant return on investment across both Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF) and Connecting Capability Fund (CCF).

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Interim evaluation: UK Research Partnership Investment Fund

UKRI — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 14:00:39 +0000

An interim evaluation of the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF) finds that it supports infrastructure, collaboration and investment.

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UKRI seeks your views in our 2024 stakeholder perception survey

UKRI — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:18:36 +0000

In the second of our annual surveys, we are asking for feedback on what we do, how well we do it and what our stakeholders think about UKRI.

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Use of generative AI in application preparation and assessment

UKRI — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 09:30:18 +0000

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) launches its policy on the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) during the funding application and assessment process.

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