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The Oxford Science Park Celebrates Opening of Iversen Building
The Oxford Science Park was delighted to host the opening of its latest and hugely exciting addition to the park - The Iversen Building. The new 88,000sq ft NIA lab-ready facility expands the parks total area by almost 20% and significantly increases its capacity for...
Oxford Brookes recognised for strength in working with local economy
Oxford Brookes has again performed strongly in Research England’s Knowledge Exchange Framework. The Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) is an annual national-level assessment, which considers how universities benefit the economy and society. Oxford Brookes’ successful...
Construction team appointed for Nebula building at Milton Park
MEPC has appointed construction firm Barnwood Limited to build its £40 million, 80,000 sq ft Nebula scheme at Milton Park. Nebula will consist of seven new research and development units to be built on the eastern edge of the Park. Named after the star-forming...
Government Procurement for SMEs – Webinar
A collaboration with The UK Infrastructure Bank, The Oxford Innovation Finance team will be hosting a webinar on the topic of "Government Procurement for SMEs" The webinar will be held via Microsoft Teams at 5pm on Monday 13th November 2023 and will look at how...
STFC Cross Cluster Proof of Concept Grant 2023
The Science and Technology Facilities Council are offering businesses the opportunity to access up to £45k of grant funding for collaborative projects. The STFC-funded Cross Cluster Proof of Concept Call is open to collaborative projects relating to Harwell and North...
Evotec opens new state-of-the-art biology facility on Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Campus
EVOTEC HAS DEVELOPED A STATE-OF-THE-ART LABORATORY AND OFFICE FACILITY WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION ON SUSTAINABILITY - A GRAND OPENING CEREMONY CELEBRATES FINAL COMPLETION OF IN VITRO BIOLOGY LABORATORIES Evotec celebrated the Grand Opening of a new facility, Building 95...
Oxford AHSN becomes Health Innovation Oxford & Thames Valley
Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley is the new name for the Oxford AHSN from 1st October 2023. After ten years Academic Health Science Networks have become Health Innovation Networks as part of a new five-year licence from Government through to 2028. Health...
Prof Simonetta Manfredi Explores Gender Investment Gap in Times Higher Education Article
Our colleague at Oxford Brookes University, Prof Simonetta Manfredi, has had a piece published in Times Higher Education exploring the gender investment gap. This article was posted in follow up to a half day conference called "Women, STEM and investment: Closing the...
Oxford Technology & Media Network Autumn Event 2023 – new date 7th November
What do we mean by a Purposeful Business? - What do you need to do to become one and is it worth it? On Tuesday 7th November 2023, 6.00pm to 9.00pm,Oxford Technology & Media Network are hosting their Autumn Event Entitled "What do we mean by a Purposeful...
Latest research
The convergence of life sciences and technology
New research from Bidwells, working with YouGov and Advanced Oxford, tracks the growing relationship between life science and ... read more
Innovation Hot Spots
New research, published today by The Centre for Cities, examines the geography of innovation clusters, taking an alternative approach ... read more
Changes to Venturefest Oxford and end of annual event
A new era for Venturefest Oxford as the regional innovation ecosystem matures, with the end of the annual event and closure of ... read more
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