The University of Bradford has been rated outstanding for its commercialisation and business start-up activities in the latest Knowledge Exchange Framework results from Research England.
Results rate the university highly for continuous professional development, business start-ups, intellectual property and commercialisation, generating excellent research across all disciplines.
The ratings, published earlier this month, reflect the university’s investment in a new ‘enterprise ecosystem’ that encourages staff, students and members of the public to pitch business ideas.
Professor Sherif El-Khamisy, pictured, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation said: “The latest KEF results show the University of Bradford excels in ‘knowledge transfer’, taking cutting-edge academic knowledge and applying it to real-world situations, often helping companies innovate or improve products.
“We have a track record of working with businesses to help them improve their processes and also for commercialising intellectual property.
“We have also invested heavily in our enterprise ecosystem, where we actively encourage staff, students and members of the public to submit business ideas. We then use our expertise to help them take those ideas from concept to market. We aim to become the UK’s number one destination for business start-ups.”
