Yorkshire Universities (YU) Executive Director, Dr Peter O’Brien, has written to the leaders of Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire councils to respond to the public consultation on the Hull and East Yorkshire Devolution Deal. You can read the full open letter below, which outlines YU’s support for continuing devolution across Yorkshire and the potential …
Steph Morris, YU Associate Directing more research & innovation (R&I) funding into under-funded and economically under-performing parts of the UK, without making other related interventions and investments, is a flawed recipe to address regional inequalities Public investment in R&I is designed to stimulate, unlock and drive innovation, leading to higher productivity and economic growth. There …
Dr Peter O’Brien, YU Executive Director Last Wednesday’s Autumn Statement saw the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, and the Treasury, publish a raft of documents that introduced new interventions designed to boost growth, or to report on complex policy challenges where the Government had commissioned research to investigate or had sought external advice. One …
Jamie Redman, Richard Crisp and Elizabeth Sanderson On November 22 2023, following publication of the Autumn Statement, central government outlined the latest plans to improve productivity and strengthen the national economy. These plans converge around several key policy intervention areas, which include building a sustainable domestic energy programme, delivering a world-class education system, reducing public …
Steph Morris, YU Associate Consultant Updated: Source Advisors, the UK R&D tax credits and innovation specialists have officially rebranded from GovGrant as of 1st February 2024. A new report on spin-outs sets out a vision for a future in which universities are central to thriving spin-out ecosystems, working with partners to deliver local economic benefits. …
Dr Peter O’Brien, Executive Director With the Autumn Statement a couple of days away, there is still a lot for the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, to ponder. Although the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has now concluded that the UK’s economic recovery from the Covid pandemic was much stronger than previously thought, with …
The YU ‘Innovation in Conversation’ webinar was organised as part of the 2022 West Yorkshire Innovation Festival on 4 October 2022. The webinar focussed on discussing solutions and approaches to the following two main questions: In 2023, we used the material we recorded in 2022 to draw out some key messages and case studies that …
Dr Peter O’Brien, Executive Director – Yorkshire Universities Last week saw the publication of a new report by the Harvard Kennedy School for Business and Government, which attempts to answer a fundamental question that has long been the subject of scrutiny and debate: ‘Why hasn’t UK Regional Policy worked?’. Co-authored, amongst others, by the ex-Shadow Chancellor …
New job! I’m now a Y-PERN fellow, officially based in the Management School at Sheffield University, but mostly working with the South Yorkshire Combined Mayoral Authority (SYMCA, pronounced by folk who work there as ‘sim-ka’). Y-PERN (“Yorkshire & Humber Policy Engagement and Research Network”) is a pretty unique project – Research England funded it specifically to strengthen the glue between Yorkshire and Humber’s universities and its local and mayoral authorities, building on a memorandum of understanding between them. The project itself doesn’t have traditional academic research questions or output requirements; the glue-strengthening is the whole point.
Marina Tapley, Policy and Research Officer at Yorkshire Universities In April 2023, Yorkshire Universities (YU) held a joint roundtable on Opportunities for students and graduates within local government organisations. This roundtable brought together careers staff from the universities and recruitment and HR staff from local government to explore potential for further collaboration and coordination around …
