Future Space’s monthly breakfast event for driving university-partnered innovation between high-tech businesses, UWE Bristol and partners.

University-Partnered R&D: Rethinking Campus-based Business Support

Speakers:

• Dr Jenny Bailey Cooper (CEO, Ferryx)
• Tom Greeves (Project Engineer, Sora Aviation)

• Dr Adrian Crew (Senior Lecturer, UWE Bristol)
• Prof Matt Freeman (Centre Director, Future Space)

Innovative businesses are increasingly reliant on universities to drive their R&D, seeking to benefit from the substantial resource, insight and talent that universities are defined by. And yet university-business collaboration seems to be in decline across the UK, with a 6.4% drop in SMEs undertaking university-partnered R&D last year, according to the NCUB.

Our April breakfast brings together business and academic speakers from Sora Aviation, UWE Bristol, Ferryx and Future Space, each sharing insights and perspectives on the role of universities in helping to shape emerging practices of R&D, from idea to market.

What’s more, we’ll formally announce our brand-new Virtual Space membership, which is aimed at early-stage tech businesses looking to kickstart their R&D opportunities and identify future talent. Plus we’ll be inviting those in attendance to apply to work with a postgraduate researcher in UWE’s School of Applied Sciences, where businesses can host a R&D project for up to a year in anything from biosensors to prototyping health-tech.