Universities & Innovation

The higher education sector generates lots of intellectual property — and is increasingly keen to cash in on it. We look at how universities nurture spinouts in the UK, Turkey and California, what Brexit will mean for British researchers, and why governments are bolder than business in robotics

Connections count when it comes to start-ups
Successful university incubators forge links across disciplines
How will Brexit hit British research?
The outlook is worrying — but Boris Johnson’s government has been strongly pro-science
Stanford gives inventors a hand after helping to create Silicon Valley
The university’s Office of Technology Licensing turns student innovations into revenue
Istanbul incubator fosters Turkey’s tech ambitions
ARI Teknokent provides a platform for entrepreneurs to focus on their innovations
Robots rush in where humans fear to tread
University innovators are creating machines that are at home in extreme environments
Cambridge science parks attract record funding for ‘spinouts’
University-based businesses thrive but ‘Silicon Fen’ faces growing competition