We're improving our support for innovation partners
We're delighted that Imperial has been ranked second in the QS World University Rankings and as the top university in Europe. As The Times noted, this is in part because of the university’s status as a source of technological innovation and talent.
Among Imperial’s emerging innovators, alongside several highlighted in The Times, are students Diana Epel and Emanuele Griccioli, who won the 2024 WE Innovate competition, our flagship programme for women-led ventures, for a technology that could help deliver life-saving vaccines to places where it’s hard to maintain a cold chain (see more in the news section below).
We love to see these achievements recognised. As a university, however, we're not standing still, but redoubling our efforts to be useful, a founding aim captured in our new university strategy titled Science for Humanity.
Since industrial innovation, as we’ve always recognised, is one of the main ways that scientific discoveries are translated into advances for humanity, we’re boosting it through several strategic initiatives.
These include four new Schools of Convergence Science, which will carry out research into real-world challenges; Science Capital Imperial, a venture fund that will provide startups with investment they need to thrive; the WestTech Corridor, a new London innovation ecosystem; and Imperial Global, an initiative to innovate more internationally.
If you’re a current partner, one practical change you’ll soon notice is that we’re creating two new teams dedicated respectively to commercialisation and industry partnerships, to provide a better and more focused service to you as our innovation partners. In future editions of this newsletter you’ll be hearing from me in my new capacity as Director of Commercialisation alongside a selection of other voices.
As ever, I would like to thank you for working with us to turn world-leading science into world-changing innovation. I look forward to continuing to do great work together as we evolve.
