Entrepreneurship at the forefront of the UK’s global innovation race: How do we build partnerships for growth?

Lynn Sheppard, Director of the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre contributed to a briefing session, that was part of the Times Higher Education virtual UK Academic Salon - Global Britain: a scientific Superpower for a new era? 

Lynn was joined by Andrew Carter (Chief executive, Centre for Cities) and Francisco Veloso (Dean of Imperial College Business School) in discussing the topic: Entrepreneurship at the forefront of the UK’s global innovation race: How do we build partnerships for growth? 

The session addressed the issues raised by the government’s recent ’levelling up’ white paper and regional disparities across the UK and encouraging academic-industry partnerships that accelerate innovation in deprived regions and the role of HEIs in developing regional innovation ecosystem. 

A recording of the session is now available to watch on-demand.