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How educational equity across academic and vocational training can fuel innovation and productivity
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Dave Axam, Posted on:
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AI and data, Business environment, Good work, Grand Challenges, Ideas, People, Places, Productivity, Strategy
Brexit, artificial intelligence, global trade wars – the challenges facing UK workers seeking to get a foot on the career ladder have never been greater. Dave Axam, Chair of Enterprise at the M3 Local Enterprise Partnership, explains why we should be positive as we enter 2019.
How the Aerospace Sector Deal will help develop flight technology of the future
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Paul Everitt, Posted on:
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Business environment, Future of mobility, Good work, Grand Challenges, Ideas, Infrastructure, People, Places, Productivity, Sector Deals
The new Aerospace Sector Deal sets out a programme of joint government and industry investment in the innovation needed to develop the next generation of aerospace technology here in the UK, writes Paul Everitt from ADS, the sector's industry representative.
Inside the UK - India Artificial Intelligence Trade Mission
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Will Crosthwait, Posted on:
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AI and data, Business environment, Grand Challenges, Ideas, People, Places
Artificial intelligence is high on the technology agenda for governments around the world, with the UK and India being leading examples. Here, Will Crosthwait unveils discussions held between the two countries during a recent trade mission to India.
Why thinking local really matters in delivering a national Industrial Strategy
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Christine Gaskell, Posted on:
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Business environment, Good work, Grand Challenges, Ideas, Infrastructure, People, Places, Productivity, Strategy
The government threw down a gauntlet to Local Enterprise Partnerships to deliver regional business growth and innovation when it published its Industrial Strategy White Paper last November. Here, Christine Gaskell explains the importance of Local Industrial Strategies.
Improving cancer diagnosis with AI and big data
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Nick Jennings, Posted on:
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Ageing society, AI and data, Good work, Grand Challenges, Ideas, People, Sector Deals
Thousands of cases of breast cancer aren't picked up by mammograms. Could AI and data help revolutionise the way cancer is detected? Nick Jennings from Imperial College London thinks so.
Why is Oxfordshire at the heart of global autonomous vehicle development?
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Nigel Tipple, Posted on:
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AI and data, Business environment, Future of mobility, Good work, Grand Challenges, Ideas, Infrastructure, People, Places, Productivity
The Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark visited the Culham Science Centre-based Oxbotica to announce the UK government has committed £25m towards three autonomous vehicle projects. Why was this announcement made in Oxfordshire? Simply put, we are at the heart of connected and autonomous vehicle developments globally.
How McLaren is building on Sheffield's strengths to bring in new investment and boost productivity
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Mike Flewitt, Posted on:
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AI and data, Business environment, Future of mobility, Good work, Grand Challenges, Ideas, Infrastructure, People, Places, Productivity
Ideas, people, infrastructure, business environment and places are the five foundations of the UK Industrial Strategy which was published one year ago this week. The newly opened, £50m McLaren Composites Technology Centre encompasses all of them.
How cross-sector collaborations can help us be at the forefront of the AI and data revolution
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Lukasz Szpruch, Posted on:
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AI and data, Business environment, Good work, Grand Challenges, Ideas, People, Places, Productivity
The Industrial Strategy was launched one year ago today to improve the UK’s productivity, outlined through its Grand Challenges - but what headway has been made in this first year? And what have we learned?
Researchers as innovators
The Industrial Strategy has a startling statistic that only 50% of our companies do any innovation at all. Universities have a big role to play and particularly through the researchers that we train.
Backing of space sector helping firms to reach for the stars
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Ben Olivier, Posted on:
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Business environment, Good work, Ideas, People, Places, Productivity
The Space Propulsion Integration and Manufacturing Centre at Thales UK Belfast, Thales Alenia Space delivered the UK’s first all-electric propulsion module designed and built in the UK, the Spacebus Neo Xenon Propulsion System (XPS).