Find out what’s going on throughout the Knowledge Quarter and the wider city.
Panel set outs ambitious roadmap for change in Liverpool
Following six months of engagement with more than 300 stakeholders, the Panel has developed the outline of a reform agenda to accelerate the city’s progress towards a stronger and more sustainable future.
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Collaboration to improve in vivo antibiotics testing
In the global fight to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR), knowledge sharing and collaboration is essential to drive forward new solutions, and iiCON is working together with key global organisations to do exactly this.
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What next for KQ Liverpool after Investment Zones?
KQ Liverpool stakeholders recently met to discuss what will Liverpool may look like post Investment Zone funding, and what opportunities it will bring to build upon over the next five years.
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National Biofilms Innovation Centre generates significant economic impact
A new economic review has found that the National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC), which the University of Liverpool co-directs, has generated a total economic impact of approximately £204m.
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University of Liverpool and Liverpool University Hospitals sign MOU
Senior leaders from the University of Liverpool and Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to advance plans for an Academic Health Sciences Campus on the site of the former Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
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KQ Startup launched to support budding entrepreneurs
The new programme will support the growing number of startups and spin-outs created within the KQ Liverpool innovation district.
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iiCON strengthens team following ongoing growth
The Infection Innovation Consortium: iiCON has bolstered its core team, welcoming a cohort of new starters to support operations following strong growth.
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New UK partnership and research fund aims to tackle infectious diseases
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and self-funded charitable medical research organisation, LifeArc, are partnering to launch a new Translational Development Fund to help tackle infectious diseases.
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Paddington Community Diagnostic Centre opens to patients
People in Liverpool will now benefit from faster access to vital tests and scans for a wide range of health conditions, with the opening of a new NHS community diagnostic centre on the Paddington Village development in Edge Hill.
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LCR announced as the UK’s second Investment Zone
Communities across the Liverpool City Region could be set to benefit from over 4,000 new jobs and a multi-million-pound investment in the life sciences sector as part of the UK’s second Investment Zone.
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Liverpool led way in reopening big cultural events
While the rest of the world watched on, we worked with our world-leading scientists, researchers and our ethical Civic Data Cooperative, to safely reopen our visitor economy to the public.
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Our work experience week at KQ Liverpool
Find out what Year 12 students Anthony, Harvey and Kostas from Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School got up to last week, as part of their week’s work experience with the KQ Liverpool team, in this blog.
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£6.9M funding to better understand child mental health
The findings from this funded study will inform new methods for preventing and treating adverse mental health conditions in children.
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LCR signs landmark innovation deal with Busan
The five-year deal will see the two areas commit to active co-operation initially linked to innovation in digital, smart cities, clean energy and net zero, and health.
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