Statistics - HE Business and Community Interaction survey results

 

Headline and summary statistics

Income of UK HEIs from business and community interactions
(£ thousands)
  2009/10 2010/11 2011/12
Income from collaborative research involving public funding 748,665  869,295  870,598
Value of contract research 986,886  1,066,683  1,114,006
Consultancy contracts 364,537  386,691  398,523
Facilities and equipment related services 114,758  128,308  138,753
Courses for business and the community 580,661  606,309  651,343
Income from regeneration and development programmes 212,819  203,128  179,980
Income from Intellectual Property 57,842  61,226  68,848
See Press release 191 for more detailed 2011/12 figures and notes

Spin-off activities of UK HEIs
  2009/10 2010/11 2011/12
Number of new spin-off companies 2457  3146 3004
Spin-offs with some HEI ownership 215  181 170
Formal spin-offs, not HEI owned 23  30 21
Staff start-ups 63  85 87
Graduate start-ups 2156  2850 2726
       
Total number of active firms 6577  8060 8688
Spin-offs with some HEI ownership 1090  1043  1048
Formal spin-offs, not HEI owned 195  213  232
Staff start-ups 285  329  372
Graduate start-ups 5007  6475  7036
       
Estimated current employment of all active firms (FTE) 27865  31319  32960
Spin-offs with some HEI ownership 9619  10629  10164
Formal spin-offs, not HEI owned 7252  7388  7642
Staff start-ups 998  1389  1537
Graduate start-ups 9996  11913  13617
       
Estimated current turnover of all active firms (£ thousands) 2,095,214  2,410,682  2,471,231
Spin-offs with some HEI ownership 740,733  920,426  909,831
Formal spin-offs, not HEI owned 1,016,702  1,118,294  1,124,721
Staff start-ups 101,237  99,041  90,680
Graduate start-ups 236,542  272,921  345,999
       
Estimated external investment received (£ thousands) 1,163,506  1,217,035  879,801
Spin-offs with some HEI ownership 586,741  779,883  654,733
Formal spin-offs, not HEI owned 551,017  331,134  162,924
Staff start-ups 17,421  17,289  30,517
Graduate start-ups 8,327  88,729  31,627

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Latest 2011/12 HE-BCI statistics

Press release 191 - Latest 2011/12 survey results 

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HE Business and Community Interation Survey 2011/12 - Full results of the survey at institution level.

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Business & community services
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