University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said:

“We welcome today’s publication of the Innovation strategy. Alliance universities are a longstanding, stable presence in their regions and are well-placed to support the strategy’s ambitions, through unleashing innovation to deliver economic opportunity and drive growth.

Sitting at the nexus of higher education and industry, our members can utilise their networks of graduates in many different occupations, and close relationships with businesses and public sector bodies, to commercialise research and act as hubs of innovation activity.”