Universities provide fuel for the engines of the UK economy

10 July 2020

Anticipating the key role universities are set to play in the UK's economic recovery from Covid-19, this briefing looks at some of the innovative partnerships that universities and business have formed that attract investment and spur national and regional economic growth.

This set of examples illustrates how new skills and technologies developed by our universities are already helping the country to navigate its way forward on the path to recovery, and why this must be a critical moment for investment in world-leading research and education.

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