As companies realise the importance of 'external innovation', universities are becoming an increasingly vital source of ideas.
Working effectively with universities can help companies benefit from increased productivity, competitiveness and profit.
LTN and Enterprise Europe Network helps facilitate the flow of this knowledge into the commercial sector through close engagement with universities across London, the East and South East including University College London, Imperial College London, King's College London, University of Cambridge, Oxford University, Reading University, Southampton University among others.
This community of research excellence has been responsible for a stream of innovative products and services, and path-breaking discoveries, including the discovery of computing networking, CAT scanners, stereo sound, solid state TV and handheld computers.
Five of the top ten UK research universities are in London (Imperial College, University College, London School of Economics, King's College and St George's Hospital Medical School). Furthermore, the South East attracts more than one third of the UK's public spend on research.
Please read below examples of successful transactions of technologies between academics and industry:
- Carbonate Ltd and Queen Mary University test new intravenous pump. Read more
- Philips joins forces with Queen Mary University of London to research radio propagation through the human body.Read more
- University of Westminster consultancy assists information company Bromcom. Read more
- York Pharma and St George's Biomics Centre collaborate on skin diagnostics. Read more
