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ESRC announces Productivity Institute in Manchester

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The research council is also investing £5m in an innovation programme at LSE

The Economic and Social Research Council has announced a £32 million Productivity Institute based at the University of Manchester.

Funded by the ESRC through UK Research and Innovation’s Strategic Priorities Fund as well as the Alliance Manchester Business School-led consortium, the institute aims to “advance knowledge and inform significant decisions by policy makers and business leaders to increase productivity”, the research council said on 21 August.

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