7th December 2015 Montreal, Canada
Canadian students experience education in the fast lane
Like a supersonic race car, sometimes time really flies.
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Global Science and Innovation Network
A blog showcasing the work of the Global UK Science and Innovation Network, approximately 90 officers in over 30 countries and territories around the world
7th December 2015 Beijing, China
Newton Fund Accelerates South China collaboration with the UK in Science and Innovation
Guest blogger, Stella Wei, Newton Fund South China Lead An initial idea of just me meeting a Newton International Exchanges recipient was upgraded to an official visit led the Consul General of the British Consulate in Guangzhou to the Newton awardee’s host university –South China University of Technology (SCUT), one of the top universities in […]
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4th December 2015 Beijing, China
Newton in China, two years on
This week, two years ago, when UK Prime Minister met Chinese Premier Premier Li Keqiang, the UK-China Research and Innovation Fund was announced. With a combined value of £200m over 5 years, both sides committed equally. The UK funding comes from the Newton Fund, which aims to promote economic development and social welfare in partner countries. Newton in China is all about forming […]
1st December 2015 Beijing, China
UK-China leading the way on climate science
With COP21 meeting in Paris this week, and a recent announcement that we are on track to have the hottest year on record, it was timely that over 150 researchers from the UK and China gathered together to discuss advancements in climate science for the second annual science meeting of the Climate Science for Service […]
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30th November 2015 Mumbai, India
India-UK collaboration in intellectual property
Last month, Neil Feinson and Andrew Davidson, both from the International Policy Directorate of the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO), visited India – Mumbai, Chennai, and New Delhi. We met with representatives of government, industry, and society to discuss how India and the UK could collaborate in the increasingly important area of IP rights. Herein, […]
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30th November 2015 Mumbai, India
Talking innovation in Kerala
Last month, I participated in a one-day India-UK workshop on innovation and technology commercialisation. This programme was jointly organised by my colleagues from the UK Science and Innovation Network and UK Trade and Investment in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. See press article here. I was one of six panelists in a discussion on Internationalising Innovations – Opportunities […]
26th November 2015 Mumbai, India
UK and India’s Prime Ministers shared commitment to tackle antimicrobial resistance
The theory of evolution has always fascinated me since my school days, but I had thought it to be a slow process. The pace at which multidrug resistant microbes have emerged across the world has been surprising! This is a major health crisis in the works. Are we doing enough to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) […]
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23rd November 2015 Mumbai, India
A debate and exhibition at St. Xavier’s
Awareness about intellectual property rights is necessary to promote genuine products in the marketplace and seize fake goods. What better way to achieve this than starting off with high school students! Earlier this month, I was honoured to be a judge for a debate competition and exhibition, both on the theme of intellectual property rights, […]
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16th November 2015 New Delhi, India
UK innovation express tour
One week, four Indian cities and over 300 Indian attendees gives SIN an opportunity to promote the UK’s excellence in innovation and incubation and celebrate ‘Technology is GREAT’ across India. The SIN India team and UK innovation experts showcased the strengths of our innovation and incubation ecosystem in India. Experts from Cambridge Enterprise, IdeaSpace, Isis […]
13th November 2015 Science and Innovation Network
Arctic Circle: something for everyone?
The vision for the Arctic Circle conference is that it should be an Arctic version of Davos and therefore it caters for a wide variety interests. Despite being only 3 years old, the conference has grown into an event with almost 2000 delegates from around 50 countries, and with representation including princes and presidents! It […]