Blog by Dr Alison Campbell, CEO of GOTT Looking back on the last 2 and a half years that I’ve been leading the organisation, I am really proud of how far GOTT has come and most importantly, the impact we …
by Dr Sarwat Howe Why I applied for a secondment in government I’m currently working as an Intellectual Property and Commercialisation manager at the University of Salford, where I help academics turn their discoveries into much-needed products and services to …
Author: Jacob Coker Big innovations and even bigger impact Imagine the UK government in the 1980s and you might be forgiven for not picturing the dawn of innovative companies being spun-out of cutting-edge innovation and research. But the scale of …
Joanna Rodin, Deputy Director of Government Office for Technology Transfer, shares her thoughts from her panel discussion at GOTT's first conference. I had the pleasure of chairing a panel session with Beth Parry from the Natural History Museum, Liz Kirby …
The Knowledge Assets team recently held an in-conversation event with tech transfer veteran, Tom Hockaday. As an author and leading expert in university tech transfer, he has over 30 years of experience in the field. He formerly led the tech …
The UK’s public sector is a remarkable source of innovation; it is bursting with potential and is rich with ideas and insights that could help to shape the future of the UK as we emerge from the coronavirus pandemic. From …
Leaf Expression Systems was established in 2017 as a spin-out company from the John Innes Centre, and is situated within the scientific hub that is the Norwich Research Park, home to world-class research into plant science. Leaf Expression Systems runs …
In this blog The Royal Mint, more commonly known for making coins, discusses the journey to producing visors for the NHS. The Royal Mint announced back in April that it would be manufacturing nearly medical visors to help protect NHS staff working on the frontline amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The knowledge assets team is a HMT team looking to improve the value of public sector intangible assets. One area where we have taken action is our upcoming virtual events to showcase innovations which are currently being developed in teams, departments, labs and policy units across the public sector.