Research Councils UK (RCUK) is pleased to support the ‘International Partnerships in HE Conference’ which is focused on the educational and economic impact of international partnerships. The conference will also consider the global reputation of UK higher education and research, and how this can be sustained.
Professor Paul Boyle, RCUK International Champion and Chief Executive of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is giving a presentation about international research and knowledge transfer partnerships.
The conference is taking place on Wednesday 23rd March at Westminster Studio in London and brings together senior representatives from higher education, the research community and agencies involved in international business development to consider how best to enhance commercial and academic benefits through international partnerships.
More information about the conference can be found here.
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Jane Wakefield
RCUK Press and Communications Manager
Tel: 01793 444592
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Research Councils UK (RCUK) is the strategic partnership of the UK's seven Research Councils. We invest annually around £3 billion in research. Our focus is on excellence with impact. We nurture the highest quality research, as judged by international peer review providing the UK with a competitive advantage. Global research requires we sustain a diversity of funding approaches, fostering international collaborations, and providing access to the best facilities and infrastructure, and locating skilled researchers in stimulating environments. Our research achieves impact – the demonstrable contribution to society and the economy made by knowledge and skilled people. To deliver impact, researchers and businesses need to engage and collaborate with the public, business, government and charitable organisations. www.rcuk.ac.uk.
The seven UK Research Councils are:
- Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC);
- Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC);
- Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC);
- Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC);
- Medical Research Council (MRC);
- Natural Environment Research Council (NERC);
- Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC).