The Covid-19 pandemic caused a fall in collaborations between UK universities and businesses, a new report finds.
But researchers found that the decrease in activity was smaller than expected given the significant disruption it caused.
The report from the National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB), which tracks trends across 25 metrics of collaboration, found that around 77,000 interactions were recorded between universities and businesses and 2020-21 – 2 per cent fewer than in 2019-20.
