UK-China Forum Explores Mutually Beneficial Partnerships

UK-China Forum Explores Mutually Beneficial Partnerships

Twenty six leaders from Chinese Universities paid a recent visit to BioCity Nottingham where they  met with counterparts from British universities, senior industry experts and government representatives to explore ways of working together and exploiting innovative ideas. The ‘Collaborative Innovations’ forum was organised by the University of Nottingham on behalf of the British Council’s UK-China Higher Education  with the support of Universities UK’s International Unit.  Higher education is ranked as the UK’s sixth largest export and China’s annual £102 billion spend on R&D, second only to the USA, offers huge opportunities for the UK universities and innovative businesses. Having recently overtaken Japan as China’s largest research collaborator, there are currently over £47 million jointly funded UK-China research programmes.

Professor Chris Rudd, Pro-Vice Chancellor for External Engagement at the university was a keynote speaker at the event: “We are very proud to be able to host the UK-China Higher Education Forum. Here at the University of Nottingham, we have established a number of very successful partnerships with Chinese businesses, government and  universities over the last decade.

“These collaborations are proving to be mutually beneficial, as they are enabling our academics to explore new possibilities for their research, working with industry to find commercial applications which are of benefit to the wider society and economy in both the UK and China.”

For further information on UK-China projects contact the University’s Asia Business Centre asiabusiness@nottingham.ac.uk