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Representatives from 20 universities meet for the launch of AI.RDN+

February 6, 2026

AI.RDN+ launch brings partners together to shape the future of AI in Research
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February 3, 2026

Deepening University-Investor Links Report – Initial Response
Platforming our people

January 5, 2026

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Director’s Diary – Dialling up on delivery in 2026
Forging Ahead and Midlands Innovation recently worked with Loughborough University Policy Unit to bring together senior representatives from across the Midland's research, investment and enterprise landscape for a high-level Westminster roundtable to examine how to strengthen the Midlands’ role in the UK’s innovation economy.

January 5, 2026

Forging Ahead roundtable explores how the Midlands can lead the UK’s innovation-led growth
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December 8, 2025

Powering people to use new Midlands’ innovation ecosystem data platform
The commercialisation teams from University of Leicester, Loughborough and De Montfort worked together to develop and deliver VentureVersity

December 3, 2025

Forging Ahead given new momentum as VentureVersity is nationally recognised
Two researchers working at Innovative Technology Research Centre, UoN

November 19, 2025

MI welcomes Midlands R&D Productivity Institute report

October 30, 2025

MI showcases the region’s potential to become Britain’s growth corridor