Research England publishes KEF 2022 results

Data spotlight activities, such as external investment in spinout companies, dominated by Russell Group institutions

Russell Group institutions are more likely to attract higher external investment in their spinout companies than the rest of the higher education sector, according to the latest Knowledge Exchange Framework results.

The 2022 KEF data, published by Research England on 27 September, include information on the average amount of external investment per university spinout. It shows that, in 2020, 16 of the 20 institutions scoring highest on that metric were members of the group of large research intensives.