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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.
Top Stories
Racial Disparities in Innovation
Nesta have posted an article highlighting stark racial disparities in innovation and how exploring the causes should be the first step in beginning to address this widespread problem.
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Other News
Catapult have released the first Connected Places Podcast “What now for the future of planning?”
Westminster Forum Projects upcoming, online conference , will focus on The future of the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) and Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF)
Aretian has developed a systematic study of the 50 most powerful innovation districts of the United States: their specialisation, economic impact, and the characteristics of the urban ecosystems that welcome and enhance them. See the work, the Atlas of innovation districts, as a PDF here.
AHURI report Supporting employment in smart cities through affordable housing explores what possibilities for affordable housing are provided by innovation districts (and by ‘smart city’ strategies), especially for regional and outer metropolitan areas. See the PDF report here.
Nesta article explores how We need a research body in which communities see themselves represented
Urban planning often neglects or harms communities of colour by cutting them out of the decision-making process. BlackSpace, a US collective of architects, designers, artists, and urban planners, is quietly working to change that. Read the article here.
Innovate UK blog post explores How innovation is extending the reach of geospatial intelligence.
Earlier this year, Paul Cleal OBE featured on The Social Mobility Podcast in episode “It’s about society, and it’s about forward motion” discussing why he believes diversity and inclusion need our full attention
Imperial White city has launched their new scale up community for growth companies, called Scale Space.
Partner News
UK Innovation Districts Group are really excited to announce that Belfast Harbour, Bristol Temple Quarter and Newcastle Helix have recently joined as partners. We're thrilled to be welcoming them on board.
Knowledge Quarter London are holding a Virtual Community Champions Event to link into their 2020 Community Champions series, ensuring KQ membership stays connected to local communities.
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park London has just completed the final week their annual East Summer School , this year as a virtual platform.
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