Blog
All blog posts ordered by publication date
25 May 2021
101 jobs that change the world
UKRI Chief Executive Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser introduces a new campaign that recognises and celebrates the diverse jobs in research and innovation.
22 February 2021
Support for doctoral research students must go to those who need it most
Chief Executive Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser writes an open letter on UKRI’s support for doctoral students.
4 February 2021
Research’s ‘lone genius’ image is unhelpful
UKRI chief executive Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser on why we must recognise the vital contribution of everyone in research and innovation and debunk the Einstein myth.
13 January 2021
Update from UK Research and Innovation Chief Executive Ottoline Leyser
UKRI Chief Executive Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser provides an update on the research and innovation community’s extraordinary response to the pandemic and the year ahead.
17 September 2020
We must reshape the system to value and support difference
In the first of a series of discussion pieces, our chief executive Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser shares her views on the importance of diversity and how rethinking the system could support positive change.