The UK has began a consultation on a new system for assessing the quality of university research that will also take into account the quality of tech transfer.

Cambridge’s Institute for Manufacturing has produced a new guide to show how to follow in the footsteps of firms that have embraced open innovation.

A £25 million centre at Queen’s University Belfast will gather together expertise in data security, network security, wireless network enabled systems and surveillance intelligence systems.

One of Europe’s pre-eminent figures in university technology transfer is standing down as Vice President of Research at ETH Zurich after data were shown to have been falsified.