CEO blog
All blog posts ordered by publication date

19 July 2023
UKRI’s role in commercialisation: joining up to scale up
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) chief executive Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser outlines UKRI’s work to strengthen support for commercialisation.

3 April 2023
UK Research and Innovation: a critical national asset
As the organisation turns five, our chief executive Ottoline Leyser looks at the vital role UKRI will play in the UK’s future prosperity.

1 December 2022
We need to broaden participation in research and innovation
Our Chief Executive Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser shares her thoughts on what UKRI’s latest diversity data tells us about changing the research and innovation system.

21 September 2022
Peer review – critical to our success
Peer review is a central tool in the decisions UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) make therefore we must ensure that the peer review systems we operate are fit for purpose.

1 November 2021
Learning from the pandemic to tackle climate change
The pandemic has brought research and innovation out of the lab and the library and into society.