About UCI

 

UCI stands for the Policy Evidence Unit for University Commercialisation and Innovation.

 

The unit operates at the intersection of research and policy. We support governments and university leaders deliver a step change in the contributions universities make to innovation and economic prosperity – nationally and locally – through their commercialisation, partnerships and other innovation-focused activities.

  

What is a ‘Policy Evidence Unit’?

 

As government departments, funding agencies, and university leaders look to develop new approaches to supporting university commercialisation and innovation, it is important that their decisions are based on a rigorous evidence base.

 

Evidence must draw on the latest insights from both academic research and policy practice, as well as learning from experiences in the UK and internationally.

 

UCI creates much needed expert capacity in the UK that is responsive to the evidence needs of these key stakeholders.

 

Core activities

 

Targeted studies to fill key evidence gaps hampering the development of effective UCI public policies and university practices.

Policy-focused reviews of the state-of-the-art academic research and the latest developments internationally in UCI policy/practice to improve understanding of key UCI-relevant concepts, issues and international trends.

Data development projects to improve the quality and robustness of data and metrics available on university commercialisation and innovation.

Active support for policy-makers and analysts in using the emerging evidence, concepts and tools in their decision-making activities.

  

UCI is proud to be working on Research England’s Knowledge Exchange metrics programme in partnership with Research England and the Higher Education Statistics Agency.

 

Find out more about the Knowledge Exchange metrics programme

 

 


  

 

Our Team

  

UCI is led by Tomas Coates Ulrichsen, a leading expert in the UK on university commercialisation and R&D/innovation partnerships with a long track record of delivering practical and impactful evidence and frameworks to support the development of effective public policy, funding programmes, and university-practice.

 

Tomas is supported by a wider team of researchers and policy experts, spanning a range of academic and analytical backgrounds.

 

Find out more about our multi-disciplinary team

 

 


 

 

Find us

  

We are based at the University of Cambridge’s Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) within the Department of Engineering.

 

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