Technology transfer

A clause in a Commission initiative aimed at encouraging technology transfer between public and private sectors of the economy sparked criticism this week.

The US open innovation consultancy NineSigma is to open a European headquarters in Leuven, Belgium.

More than 20 years ago Steve Currall came to the UK doing a masters at the LSE. Now the American innovation professor is running a UCL department from a brand-new £11 million building.