Professor of Materials Physics and Innovation Policy at the University of Manchester. Nanotechnology, polymer physics, regional economic growth.
Important & rightly praised thread on why UK's problem is lack of demand for skilled people, not lack of supply. Result of chronic underinvestment in UK & resulting economic stagnation Some important additional context: post-GFC divergence in economic performance between UK & USA
I enjoyed this evening's @ukonward event on industrial strategy, a lot of consensus amongst the panel on (a) the need for industrial strategy, and (b) some of the necessary ingredients for the situation the UK finds itself in. This is a good summary thread...
Excellent thread, not least for reminding us that "bionic duckweed" should be a universally understood term of art in innovation policy. If electric trains/trams had only just been invented, we'd be rushing to implement this great novel decarbonisation technology.