May 2017
Brexit - how the North can survive, and Thrive
Director's Update
Welcome to the May issue of the N8 Research Partnership Newsletter.
In this issue, we consider the challenges for the university sector brought on by Brexit; and the opportunities that new programmes like Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund provide for the North to play a leading role in sectors like Robotics, and AgriFood.
Also, as I enter the last few weeks of my time as N8’s Director, I want to thank the many people who have welcomed and supported me in the last couple of years. It has been a huge amount of fun.
I continue to believe passionately in the opportunity the North has to reinvent the regional economy through innovation and a focus on sustainability and resilience. A blog from me in this issue provides a few reflections.
N8’s programmes of collaboration and innovation continue to progress well, and we highlight this month a blog from Jonathan Oxley on the exciting progress made the N8 AgriFood programme in building a research programme with international reach.
N8 has a great portfolio of collaborations but we are hungry for more. I welcome those who want to work with us to build a successful future for the economy of the Northern region, to contact us for more information, or to get involved
Dr Peter Simpson
Director, N8 Research Partnership
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