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Working in close partnership with policy makers, industrialists, academics and business support intermediaries at local, regional, national and EU level, SERU maintains an action research framework with the purpose of providing sponsors with recommendations that are based on concrete findings. Empirical and consultancy research studies are undertaken at SERU to investigate the many aspects of economic development and diversification.

A selection of SERU's research projects are listed below;

ESRC, Apr 2005 - Dec 2006; 'The Impact of Gender and Ethnicity on Innovation and on Regional Technology, Economy & Society'

This high profile ESRC project will investigate high level economic and scientific activities in terms of research and development, innovation, invention and exploitation of IPR amongst employees from minority (gender and ethnic) backgrounds in the science, engineering and technology (SET) communities in both the public and private sectors.

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ESF National Project, Objective 3, Jan 2005 - Dec 2006; 'SET Innovation Equality'

A prestigious two-year HE ESF National project, 'SET Innovation Equality' will empirically investigate innovation activities of men and women working in the Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) community in contrasting regions of England and will examine the impact on the economy, society and on personal progression.

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ESF, Objective 3, Jan 2003 - June 2005; 'E-Flexibility'

This research project aims to investigate and identify barriers (direct and/or indirect) that constrain or do not otherwise enable female and male participation and engagement in the e-flexible labour market in various regions in the UK . The project investigates, in particular, the application of information & communication technologies and the degree and extent to which ‘Teleworking’ has the capacity to increase female and male rates of participation / economic activity.

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ESF, Objective 3, Jan 2003 - Dec 2004; 'SET Equality'

This major research project investigated and compared female and male participation in high level economic and employment activities in the areas of innovation, invention, R&D and the commercialisation of intellectual property rights (IPR) in the North East of England. The research focused on women and men working in the Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) community who are self-employed or are in full-time or part-time employment in the public (e.g., Universities) and private sectors (e.g. SMEs).

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ESF, Objective 3, Sep 2002 - Dec 2004; 'Equalising Opportunities'

This project undertook empirical research into gender discrimination in employment. Several key issues were covered, including recruitment, pay, progression, flexible working, access to learning opportunities and barriers to entry in IT, Science, Engineering and Technology in the North East of England.

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ERDF, Objective 2, June 2000 - Dec 2003; 'Facilitating Business Start Ups'

A collaborative programme that linked entrepreneurs with with business ideas and then made available to them a range of business support functions tailored to their needs, including IPR and patent information, company diagnosis and benchmarking, marketing and business planning and contacts for potential partners.

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