Midlands Innovation is a strategic research partnership of eight research intensive universities. Universities in the Midlands and the pan-regional growth body, the Midlands Engine, are piloting how universities can work together to attract foreign direct investment into regional research and development.

Professor Nick Jennings, writes on the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) blog as part of a series from Midlands Innovation on the key considerations for policy makers and the Higher Education sector on increasing investment into regional R&D through universities.