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UKSPA Directory 2017
Science Britain is
Big Business
T he UK s cience ec o sys t em is a ch a nging space wit h huge p ot en ti a l
RESEARCHERS
106,000 scientists
& engineers
(51%)
Business
£19.9 billion
(65%)
Private
non-profit
organisations
Government
& research
councils
jobs
£0.6 billion
(2%)
£2.2 billion
(7%)
OTHER
Technicians
64,000
technicians
(31%)
36,000
administrative
staff (17%)
EX PEN DIT U R E
Higher
Education
£7.9 billion
(26%)
Fundamental
research
Universities
UK ranked third in
2016 Global
Innovation
Index
2.28 milllion students
in Higher Education
institutions
EDUC ATION
INNOVATION
IP
Apprenticeships
899,400
Apprentices
23,040 UK patent
applications
Private
RTOs*
11,800
Traineeship
starts
Publications
15.9% most highly
cited research
papers globally
*Registered
Tr a i n i n g O r g a n i s a t i o n s