UCL performs strongly in the first Knowledge Exchange Framework

UCL's role as a leader in knowledge exchange has been recognised in the results of the UK's first Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF), announced by Research England today. The KEF has placed UCL in the top 10% of all English universities - the highest possible band -  for 'Research Partnerships', 'Public and Community Engagement' and 'Intellectual Property and Commercialisation'. This high positioning reflects UCL's strength in these areas, and the importance it places on working in close collaboration with external partners to solve the big challenges of our time. The evaluation also highlights the quality and relevance of the technologies and innovations developed by UCL researchers, and the university's expertise at translating and applying its knowledge and ideas externally. KEF assesses how English Higher Education Providers (HEPs) serve the economy and society, locally and nationally, for the benefit of the public, business and communities and how they commercialise research. Professor David Price, UCL Vice-Provost (Research), said: "We welcome the scope and breadth of the KEF in seeking to capture and celebrate the great diversity of work that universities do in this space. UCL not only generates new knowledge and analysis, our research-intensive and innovation-led culture encourages the free flow of those ideas through partnership and collaboration.