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Stephen Herdman2020-06-11T12:49:56+01:00

Are we really serious about securing enhanced productivity, through our people?

Written by Dr Peter Totterdill, and edited by Lesley Giles and Heather Carey, this paper explores how working and management practices can be transformed in order to tackle the productivity gap that has characterised the UK economy for more than a decade.

Stephen Herdman2020-06-11T14:39:56+01:00

The Missing £4 Billion – Making R&D work for the whole UK

Innovation

The Missing £4 Billion - Making R&D work for the whole UK For many people and places across the UK, [...]

Stephen Herdman2020-02-21T12:24:23+00:00

Industrial Strategy Council – Annual Report 2020

Advanced Manufacturing, Innovation, Productivity, Skills

The Industrial Strategy Council is an independent non-statutory advisory group comprised of leading men and women from business, academia and civil society. This first Annual Report provides the Council’s independent assessment on the progress of the Industrial Strategy.

Stephen Herdman2020-02-20T11:53:21+00:00

Is the UK getting innovation right?

Innovation

This new study shows the public sees innovation as a vital tool in tackling major challenges facing the UK – both economic and social.

Stephen Herdman2020-02-05T09:35:09+00:00

Innovation Brokerage – Enabling collaborations through emerging digital tech

AI, ICT Digital, Innovation

This report examines the phenomenon of ‘digital innovation brokerage’ that aims to connect ideas, people, organisations, and communities through digital technologies.

Stephen Herdman2020-02-03T11:00:08+00:00

Skills for Immersive Experience Creation

Creative Technologies, Skills

At a time of unprecedented growth, this report sets out a comprehensive understanding of the skills, the gaps and the ways to address these that are vital to the growth of the immersive experience production sector.

Stephen Herdman2020-02-03T11:00:21+00:00

Life Sciences 2030 Skills Strategy

Life & Health Sciences, Skills

This report tells us that the Life Sciences sector has the potential to create approximately 133,000 jobs over the next 10 years, and that digital and computational skills, statistical literacy, leadership and inter-disciplinary working are essential to its continued success.

Stephen Herdman2020-02-03T11:00:40+00:00

Manufacturing the Future Workforce

Advanced Manufacturing, Productivity, Skills

The workforce crisis in UK manufacturing is well known. There is an acute skills gap that prevents manufacturers from successfully exploiting new technologies. This report provides a blueprint for the way forward.

Stephen Herdman2020-02-03T11:00:52+00:00

Study into the development of digital education in Primary Schools in NI

ICT Digital, Skills

The Digital Education in Primary Schools Baseline Study was developed and overseen by representatives from all the Initial Teacher Education providers in Northern Ireland, under the auspices of UCETNI (The Universities Council for the Education of Teachers NI).

Stephen Herdman2019-12-30T16:44:07+00:00

The immersive economy in the UK 2019

Creative Technologies

This report, co-authored by Immerse UK and Digital Catapult, provides an overview of the scale, nature and economic value of the virtual, augmented and mixed reality ecosystem, its key drivers and barriers.

Stephen Herdman2019-12-30T12:07:44+00:00

Lawtech: a comparative analysis of legal technology in the UK and in other jurisdictions

AI, ICT Digital, Innovation

A comparative analysis of public, private and third sector accelerators to lawtech innovation and adoption in the UK and in other jurisdictions. This study is based on data available up to August 2019.

Stephen Herdman2019-10-25T17:57:02+01:00

Why Don’t More Young Women Study Computing?

ICT Digital, Skills, Women in STEM

This CCEA research paper examines the presently low levels of participation of female students in computing related subjects in NI, attempting to understand why fewer young women study these subjects, and establish various ways in which their participation might be encouraged and thus their overall entry numbers at school increased.

Stephen Herdman2019-10-24T17:47:03+01:00

Evidencing the Bioeconomy

Agri-food, Productivity

This report presents findings around growth and productivity based on a comprehensive review of the literature and interviews with selected academic and industry experts in the bioeconomy of the United Kingdom.

Stephen Herdman2019-10-24T17:41:20+01:00

Innovation in Europe

Innovation, Productivity

This discussion paper suggests five paths for Europe to regain its competitive edge, not by trying to play catch-up while hindered by fragmentation and lack of scale, but by changing the game to build on its strengths.

Stephen Herdman2019-09-25T13:50:25+01:00

Lay of the Land

Agri-food

The RSA Food, Farming and Countryside Commission Northern Ireland Inquiry produced this report which sets out the context of the inquiry, its findings, some signposts to the future, and some recommendations for the way ahead.

Stephen Herdman2019-09-18T13:37:55+01:00

Reinventing Construction: A route to higher productivity

Productivity

In this report, the McKinsey Global Institute and the McKinsey Capital Projects & Infrastructure Practice examine the root causes of poor productivity growth in the construction industry, explore practical ways to improve the situation, and discuss the beginnings of a shift in parts of the sector toward a system of mass production, standardization, prefabrication, and modularization—a production system—that has the potential to boost productivity by five to ten times, depending on the sector.

Stephen Herdman2019-09-18T12:26:16+01:00

20 Tools for Innovating in Government

Innovation

This handbook is a digest of 20 tools that are proven to help innovation flourish inside government, based on Nesta's work over more than a decade in UK local and central government, as well as with more than 30 international governments.

Stephen Herdman2019-09-11T13:52:22+01:00

Unpicking the productivity narrative in UK manufacturers

Advanced Manufacturing, Productivity

The aim of the project was to move the productivity conversation forward, away from the economists, politicians and statisticians, and into the workplace by engaging with employees in manufacturing companies

Stephen Herdman2019-09-02T15:37:12+01:00

Europe AgriFood Tech Investing Report 2018

Agri-food, Innovation

In this inaugural European food tech and agtech startup report in collaboration with F&A Next, Agfunder details the $1.6bn of funding across 421 deals. While this was on par with the total in 2017, there was 23% growth in the number of deals and the majority of activity took place at the earliest stages.

Stephen Herdman2019-09-02T15:42:52+01:00

Agricultural Robotics: The Future of Robotic Agriculture

Advanced Manufacturing, Agri-food, AI, ICT Digital, Innovation

Agricultural Robotics: The Future of Robotic Agriculture The recent commitment of a £90million investment by the government (Transforming Food Production [...]

Stephen Herdman2019-09-02T15:21:00+01:00

Preparing for a changing world

Advanced Manufacturing, Agri-food, Energy, ICT Digital, Innovation, Life & Health Sciences

This document builds on POST’s previous publication, Topics of Interest 2018 and represents evidence gathered between May 2018 and April 2019. Topics included consist of areas of change with a larger volume of evidence attached that are likely to have significant impact, as these are most likely to be of most interest to Parliament.

Stephen Herdman2019-08-21T17:25:42+01:00

Gender Diversity in AI Research

AI, Women in STEM

Lack of gender diversity in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) workforce is raising growing concerns, but the evidence base about this problem has until now been based on statistics about the workforce of large technology companies or submissions to a small number of prestigious conferences.

Stephen Herdman2019-08-21T14:23:48+01:00

Innovation with a Purpose: The role of technology innovation in accelerating food systems transformation

Agri-food, Innovation

This report aims to identify emerging technology innovations that have the potential to drive rapid progress in the sustainability, inclusivity, efficiency and health impacts of food systems to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

Stephen Herdman2019-08-21T14:19:10+01:00

Connecting Farm, City and Technology

Agri-food

The Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils’ (GFCC) report, Connecting Farm, City and Technology to Transform Urban Food Ecosystems for the Developing World, shows how a mix of new technologies — from digital connectivity, sensors and the Internet of Things, to blockchain, biotechnology and renewable energy — can integrate to create sustainable food ecosystems for the world’s urban areas.

The Matrix library

All the Matrix reports are here, as well as documents the Matrix panel and secretariat have used in their research. Click on the topics below to refine your search.

Are we really serious about securing enhanced productivity, through our people?

The Missing £4 Billion – Making R&D work for the whole UK

Industrial Strategy Council – Annual Report 2020

Is the UK getting innovation right?

Innovation Brokerage – Enabling collaborations through emerging digital tech

Skills for Immersive Experience Creation

Life Sciences 2030 Skills Strategy

Manufacturing the Future Workforce

Study into the development of digital education in Primary Schools in NI

The immersive economy in the UK 2019

Lawtech: a comparative analysis of legal technology in the UK and in other jurisdictions

Why Don’t More Young Women Study Computing?

Evidencing the Bioeconomy

Innovation in Europe

Lay of the Land

Reinventing Construction: A route to higher productivity

20 Tools for Innovating in Government

Unpicking the productivity narrative in UK manufacturers

Europe AgriFood Tech Investing Report 2018

Agricultural Robotics: The Future of Robotic Agriculture

Preparing for a changing world

Gender Diversity in AI Research

Innovation with a Purpose: The role of technology innovation in accelerating food systems transformation

Connecting Farm, City and Technology