Cambridge and AstraZeneca: a decade of partnership and impact
Highlighting the last 10 years of partnership through scientific collaboration, nurturing talent and strengthening our ecosystem
Highlighting the last 10 years of partnership through scientific collaboration, nurturing talent and strengthening our ecosystem
Together Cambridge and AstraZeneca have a vital role to play in our ecosystem delivering benefits to the economy and society locally and nationally
A new report by Dealroom shows that Cambridge is, for its size, the most innovative city in the UK. Globally, it ranks fourth behind US innovation powerhouses San Francisco, Boston and New York.
The University’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Innovation, Dr Diarmuid O’Brien, has been appointed as the first Chief Executive Officer of Research Ireland, Ireland’s new research and innovation funding agency, based in Dublin.
Of the UK’s top three universities for spinouts – Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial - Cambridge saw the most growth in 2024, according to a new report on trends in UK academic spinouts.
A delegation of university representatives and innovation leaders from Cambridge, UK, recently visited Kendall Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to examine one of the world’s most successful innovation hubs.
Cambridge has once again been named as the most intensive science and technological cluster in the world, according to a new report ranking innovation around the globe.
Representatives from the G7 have met in Cambridge to discuss the main priorities for the future development of semiconductors and their impact on the global economy.
Diarmuid O'Brien, the University's new Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Innovation on what makes Cambridge such an enterprising place and what we can achieve through partnerships and our innovation ecosystem.
Dr Diarmuid O’Brien has been appointed as the University of Cambridge’s new Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Innovation. He is currently Chief Executive of Cambridge Enterprise, the University’s commercialisation arm which supports academics, researchers, staff and students in achieving knowledge transfer and research impact.
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