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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
Scottish Technology Ecosystem Review
The Scottish government have commissioned an independent review (pdf) into the technology ecosystem.
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Other News
Catapult’s latest Connected Places podcast explores what now for the innovation economy and places?
Nesta have published a report on Network Effects. It explores the innovation multipliers of international collaboration for cities and subnational governments.
Centre for cities latest City Talks podcast talks to Deputy Mayor, Debbie Weekes-Bernard, on race, ethnicity and devolved policy making.
NLA video Delivering Good Growth talks to Philip Graham, Executive Director for Good Growth at the GLA leading on transport and infrastructure, planning, economic development and regeneration, environmental policy and culture.
Scottish Development International has published the Scottish green investment portfolio.
The London Data Commission has launched a new report, ‘Data for London’, with a focus on London’s digital neighbourhoods
Groundworks have launched a report titled, Growing Spaces: Community hubs and their role in recovery.
Brookings, Placemaking Postcards, discovers how a community-led design initiative in Toronto is redefining neighborhood revitalisation from the bottom-up.
Knowledge Innovation Market explores Innovation District 22@barcelona and their use of the quadruple helix model.
The Conversation discusses how Innovation Districts like Melbourne’s could help chart our course out of crisis.
Partner News
A ground-breaking new vision for affordable homes to suit all generations, Future Homes, has won planning permission to go ahead on Newcastle Helix
Knowledge Quarter London has begun research into identifying the start up infrastructure in the Knowledge Quarter area.
The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park London’s Inclusive Innovation District has been featured by NLA.
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