Engineering Economy and Place
Mapping engineering within the UK
The UK’s engineering economy generates nearly a third of total economic output and more than a quarter of UK jobs, but action is needed to address geographic inequality.
This study, commissioned by the Royal Academy of Engineering, was tasked with delivering a detailed place-based understanding of engineering across the UK, going beyond traditional sectoral analysis to describe how much, what type, where and in what context engineering is happening.
Brexit and Horizon Europe
EU support, both financial and non-financial, has contributed to the success of the UK’s research and innovation base. Following the UK’s departure from the EU, as part of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) published in December 2020, the UK agreed to associate to European Research programmes, including Horizon Europe, Copernicus and Euratom Research & Training (R&T). However, the UK’s association to Horizon Europe remains undecided.
Since it was announced that there would be a referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU, we have done lots of work looking at the challenges, opportunities and alternatives:
International collaborations
The Academy has contributed to a number of projects regarding the UK's international collaborations: