Supporting local ecosystems to engineer better lives
As a national Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering provides specialist support for engineering and technology startups and scale ups across the UK.
Regional Enterprise Hubs provide the Academy with a unique network through which we can grow and build on existing programme and policy support, and importantly through which we can connect amazing engineering and technology talent across regions and into and beyond London.
By embedding ourselves in local innovation ecosystems, we are better equipped to understand and respond to regional needs, enabling us to deliver meaningful impact at a local, national, and global level.
Our new Liverpool hub
Liverpool marks the Academy’s fifth location outside of London, alongside Belfast, Swansea, Glasgow and Newcastle. Based in the heart of the city’s Knowledge Quarter, the Hub in Liverpool will seek to support bold, IP-rich innovations from all areas of engineering and technology, from across the wider North West region.
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Engineering, economy and place
This report looks at the engineering economy in places across the UK and shares a framework for thinking about the role of engineering in local economies.
Engineers are drivers of economic opportunity, positive social impact and advances in technology innovation.
Engineering jobs tend to be relatively high-wage and high-productivity, and therefore should be of considerable value to the local economies in which they are located.
Given the UK has significant geographical inequality, with successes and opportunities not equally spread across the country, we wanted to understand the role engineering currently plays in local economies across the UK.