A core part of UCI’s contributions to the national KE metrics programme is focused on data development to better capture the performance and success of universities in producing spinout companies. This responds to meeting immediate policy needs of Research England, in terms of new and improved metrics for the Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) and Knowledge Exchange Framework, as well as addressing recommendations made in the expert-led Independent Review of Spinouts in 2023 regarding improvements to spinout data and transparency.

Current projects

• Improving university spinout data through the Spinout Register.
• Provide advice towards a dashboard of indicators to track the health and performance of University Spinout Ecosystems.
• Provide advice towards a techno-industrial classification of spinouts.

Past projects

• Improving university data on spinouts: a pilot project.
• Universities, spinouts and innovation.
• Busting myths and moving forward: UK university approaches to spinout equity. 

Latest Publications
	UCI Expert Insights Paper 07 Towards a dashboard for tracking and monitoring university spinout ecosystem success (2025)   Frieder Mitsch
	UCI Expert Insights Paper 05 Toward a strategic classification of university spinouts (2025)   Zoi Roupakia and Tomas Ulrichsen
	Powering Ideas to Innovation: The significance, structure and dynamics of the UK university spinout ecosystem (2025)   Tomas Ulrichsen Joscelyn Miller
	UCI Expert Insights Paper 04 Universities and the Spinout Scale-Up Challenge: Securing Value in a Changing World (2025)   Zoi Roupakia and Tomas Ulrichsen

Related Publications
	Improving Spin-out Data with the Spin-out Register: Design Principles and Opportunities (2024)   Joint publication with Research England   Joscelyn Miller  Tomas Ulrichsen Ellen Bamford (Research England)
	Busting myths and moving forward: UK university approaches to spinout equity   Tomas Ulrichsen Zoi Roupakia Leonard Kelleher
	Spinning out Success: Demystifying UK university spinout trends, equity and investment (2024)   Tomas Ulrichsen Zoi Roupakia
	Commercialising Social Science Research: Insights from the University of Cambridge on key barriers, enablers and pathways to success (2024)   Tomas Ulrichsen Nicky Athanassopoulou
	Reforming incentives for research and knowledge exchange to strengthen university spinout performance: options and implications: Insights from an expert roundtable (2022)   Tomas Ulrichsen Leonard Kelleher