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Millions of pounds of extra funding for Imperial

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Imperial are to beone of twelve universities that are going to benefit from £6m of funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).

In a speech at the UUK conference, David Willetts, Mnister for Universities and Science, announced that HEFCE will give the highest performing universities in knowledge exchange an additional £6m. Imperial was amongst the twelve universities that will be allocated the funding. The aim of the extra funding, as stated on the HEFCE website, is to “stimulate economic growth through research commercialisation activities”.

Imperial was one of the highest performing universities in the area of knowledge exchange.

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International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2026

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International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2026

In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly established the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Held annually on February 11th and implemented by UNESCO and UN-Women, this initiative promotes full and equal participation and recognition of women and girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.  About the event

By Cristina Carrillo