Ed Miliband speaking at the Imagine a Britain Reception with UCL branding
Ed Miliband speaking at the Imagine a Britain Reception with UCL branding UCL academics and senior leadership attended the Conservative and Labour party conferences this month, meeting with senior politicians, advisers and high-profile journalists. Professor Geraint Rees (UCL Vice-Provost, Research, Innovation & Global Engagement) and Kirsty Walker (UCL Vice-President, External Engagement) attended both Conservative and Labour Party Conferences and met with Ministers including the Education Secretary, Health Secretary, and Foreign Secretary as well as other Ministers, Shadow Secretaries, and the Mayor of London. For the first time, the UCL Policy Lab ran a series of events at both the Conservative and Labour party conferences. At the Conservative conference, their events showcased UCL expertise on topics including immigration, culture wars, and science and innovation. The latter was attended by Professor Geraint Rees alongside the Economic Secretary to the Treasury and a former Higher Education Minister. Professor Rees highlighted that: "Universities are incredible innovators adding billions of pounds to the UK economy with UCL alone creating £9.9 billion of social and economic impact every year. Research intensive universities across the country build commercial partnerships that bring together a wide range of disciplines to develop innovations that benefit society.
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