Ideas to impact public sector support for research commercialisation: strengths, ambition and progress report

Footnotes

1 Home - REF 2021

2 Times Higher Education World Rankings 2025 - Scottish Funding Council

3 Scottish Research and Innovation Dashboard, Scotland’s Research and innovation dashboard.

4 The economic impact of university research funding in Scotland, Fraser of Allander Institute, October, 2023

5 Higher Education Staff Statistics: UK, 2023/24, HESA

6 Scottish Research and Innovation Dashboard, Scotland’s Research and innovation dashboard.

7 UK attractiveness survey Scotland

8 Spotlight on spinouts report

9 Data sourced from Scottish Enterprise analysis (ONS data) and the Scale-Up Institute.

10 ScaleUp-Annual-Review-2025

11 Ibid.

12 Ibid.

13 Ibid.

14 Ibid.

15 Image provided by Scottish Enterprise.

16 Beauhurst Spotlight on Spinouts Report 2025, Beauhurst_Royal-Academy-of-Engineering_Spotlight-onSpinouts-2025.pdf

17 State of UK deep tech

18 Equality Impact Investing

19 Women In Business Figures, 2024 | Creditsafe

20 ScaleUp Annual Review 2024 Highlights, ScaleUp Institute

21 Ibid.

22 Data and analysis | HESA

23 Beauhurst Spotlight on Spinouts Report 2025, Beauhurst_Royal-Academy-of-Engineering_Spotlight-on-Spinouts-2025.pdf

24 Intellectual property, start-ups and spin-outs | HESA

25 World University Rankings 2026 | Times Higher Education (THE)

26 European Spinouts Report 2025

27 Intellectual property, start-ups and spin-outs | HESA

28 National Innovation Strategy: Scorecard (2025 Update)

29 Ibid.

30 Dealroom Platform - Scottish Companies

31 National Performance Framework

32 UK Investing In Women Taskforce Definition at Invest in Women Taskforce