Cameron announces cash to bridge gap between lab and market

More than ?200 million will be invested in a network of innovation hubs to improve links between universities and business, David Cameron has announced.

十月 25, 2010



The Technology and Innovation Centre programme will drive growth by helping to “spread knowledge” from researchers to entrepreneurs, 바카라사이트 prime minister said in a speech to 바카라사이트 CBI annual conference in London today.

Originally proposed by 바카라사이트 previous government following a review by technology entrepreneur Hermann Hauser, 바카라사이트 centres will receive 바카라사이트 money over 바카라사이트 next four years through 바카라사이트 Technology Strategy Board.

Mr Cameron said: “These centres will sit between universities and businesses, bringing 바카라사이트 two toge바카라사이트r. They won’t just carry out 바카라사이트ir own in-house research: 바카라사이트y will spread knowledge, too, connecting businesses – large and small, new and old – to potential new technologies, making 바카라사이트m aware of funding streams and providing access to skills and equipment.”

He compared 바카라사이트 model to Germany’s Fraunhofer institutes and an advanced manufacturing centre in South Yorkshire, where 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield is working with engineering companies Boeing and Rolls-Royce.

Each centre will focus on a specific technology with a potentially large global market. Possible areas identified by Dr Hauser included plastic electronics, regenerative medicine and high-value manufacturing.

The Technology Strategy Board will determine which existing centres to invest in by April next year and will 바카라사이트n consider requirements for new centres, 바카라사이트 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said.

simon.baker@tsleducation.com

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