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2020-08-21 | |
发布年 | 2020 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 英国 |
领域 | 气候变化 ; 资源环境 |
正文(英文) | New productivity institute part of £37m investment to boost UK wage growth and living standardsA new institute in Manchester will boost ground-breaking research to explore how to increase productivity, boost wages and support the economic recovery across the UK backed by a £37 million government investment.
A new institute in Manchester will boost ground-breaking research to explore how to increase productivity, boost wages and support the economic recovery across the UK backed by a £37 million investment, the government announced today (21 August 2020). This new state-of-the-art Productivity Institute based at the University of Manchester will be supported by £32 million of government and industry funding to identify barriers to increase productivity levels across the UK following the coronavirus crisis. From September, over 40 researchers from leading UK institutions to work directly with policy makers and businesses to examine the UK’s productivity levels and the issues that impact productivity, such as working from home, workers’ well-being and lack of diversity in the workplace to identify key policies that could be implemented to unlock growth and deliver jobs. Areas of research could involve understanding the supply and demand for labour and skills across regions and sectors, looking at how companies can implement new technologies and efficient processes to increase competition, improve working conditions, and accelerate the transition to a low carbon economy to future-proof industry and lower prices for consumers. It comes alongside a new £5 million research programme at the London School of Economics (LSE) to accompany the Institute, which will identify ways that the UK’s most innovative products and services can be distributed more evenly across each sector of the economy to increase productivity. Science Minister Amanda Solloway said:
Led by esteemed economist Professor Bart van Ark of the Alliance Manchester Business School, the Productivity Institute will seek to identify solutions that address imbalances in productivity between sectors and regions, as well as improving management practices. In doing so, they will also be working with eight partners including the Universities of Glasgow, Queen’s University Belfast and Cardiff. Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Executive Chair, Professor Jennifer Rubin, said:
Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, president and vice-chancellor of the University of Manchester, said:
Professor van Ark of the Alliance Manchester Business School said:
The new Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID) at the London School of Economics (LSE) will be led by world-leading economist Professor John Van Reenen. The Programme will work to identify ways in which the UK’s most innovative products, services and technologies can be distributed more evenly across the economy to industries that have been slower to adopt modern practices that will help increase productivity. Notes to editorsThe Productivity Institute will be headquartered at the Alliance Manchester Business School. Funding for the Productivity institute and the Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID) is being delivered through the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), part of UK Research and Innovation and through its Strategic Priorities Fund. It will run for 5 years, starting on 1 September 2020. Of the £32 million provided for the Productivity Institute, ESRC will provide £26 million, with £6 million being provided by the Alliance Manchester Business School-led consortium. ESRC will provide £4 million of the funding for the Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID), with an additional £1 million provided by the London School of Economics.
Published 21 August 2020
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