innovation and business support

East Midlands Knowledge Network (EMKN)

The extensive array of high quality services that our regions' universities offer to business, have been drawn together to form the East Midlands Knowledge Network - www.emkn.org.uk.

In addition to service information the EMKN contains a library of case studies and named contacts within each institution to ease communications between business and academia. The site is regularly updated and will be undergoing some structural changes in January 2010 that will make it more user-friendly than ever.

EMUA/HERA Barometers

The East Midlands HEIs have been very proactive in responding to the needs of businesses and individuals during this recession. These activities have been reported to the Department of Business Innovation & Skills, through the HERA Barometer reports, which can be downloaded below:

EMUA Barometer June 2010
EMUA Barometer December 2009
EMUA Barometer October 2009
EMUA Barometer July 2009
EMUA Barometer May 2009

Figures

According to the national Higher Education-Business and Community Interaction Survey 2007/8, HEIs in the East Midlands:

• Provide contract research, consultancy services and facilities equipment to the value of £46.8 million.
• Provide CPD/CE to individuals, businesses and other, non-commercial organisations to the value of £29.4 million.
  
• License IP to businesses and non-commercial organisations to the value of £0.83 million.
  
• Created 299 companies last year, through graduate and staff start-ups, employing 1,169 people, with a turn over of £47.7m.
• Levered £6.9m worth of funding for regeneration activities in the region.