Welcome
Welcome to the UK Innovation Districts Group Monthly Digest. Join us as we explore trends, lessons and new insights into innovation, regeneration, inclusive growth, placemaking and the sustainable and accessible creation of Innovation Districts and Knowledge Quarters.
The UKIDG is a network of eight self-defined innovation districts from across the UK including: Glasgow Riverside Innovation District, Knowledge Quarter Liverpool, Leeds Innovation District, Knowledge Quarter London, Belfast Harbour, Bristol Temple Quarter, Newcastle Helix and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. As a group, we aim to make the case for our urban centres and their potential to advance research in areas such as AI, medical sciences and the humanities, while growing the UK’s wider economy.
Each of our Monthly Digests is dedicated to ensuring that you are kept up to date with the latest thought leadership and research in this area.
Black History Month
October marks Black History Month in the UK and we’ve spent it reading up and focusing on Black colleagues in urban regeneration, placemaking and innovation. This month’s newsletter begins with a shining light on a selection of these figures and initiatives in the sector with our ongoing commitment to celebrate, and be inclusive of, diverse talent every month of the year.
Black Innovation Matters
Nesta Celebrate inspiring Black-led organisations and initiatives with their feature Black Innovation Matters
Black, Female and In Placemaking. What's it like?
BAME in Property speak to Deborah Broomfield about what it’s like to be Black, Female and In Placemaking.
Other News
The NLA have joined forces with Urbanist Platform to share inspiring stories from built environment professionals to try and help address the lack of diversity that still pervades. They have been exploring reasons why there are so few black town planners and how best to engage with young people to have more of a say in the cities in which they live.
Centre for Liveable Cities and Catapult hosted event Glasgow: Leading the UK's race to Net-Zero Carbon
Bruntwood Sci Tech held a virtual roundtable exploring Innovation Districts: the ingredients needed for place-based growth
Stantec and University of Reading win research funding to develop Better Places Toolkit
BEIS have published research paper The Prioritisation of Future Innovations.
IMD and Partners have launched the Smart City Index 2020
RTPI have published report Mental health and town planning: Building in resilience
NLA have launched their Diverse Leaders Pledge with the aim to make the built environment sector more representative through recruitment, progression and advocacy.
Imperial College London explores how innovation districts can continue to drive collaboration and growth, and the importance of adopting a place-based approach to ensure inclusivity.
Five-building scheme to bring £8m-worth of social benefits to Manchester
Partner News
Plans for a new 'Lighthouse' laboratory to strengthen regional resilience in fight against COVID-19 have been unveiled in Newcastle City Council
Knowledge Quarter London launches ambitious project to become a carbon net zero innovation district by 2030. An Advisory Group made up of leading practitioners in sustainability from among the largest institutions in the King's Cross area is set to meet for the first time in November.
As Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park mark Black History Season they celebrate the first Black owned enterprises to make, new space Hackney Bridge their home.
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