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Viewpoint: Innovation Delivery Plan

02 Oct 2026

Our new Innovation Delivery Plan sets out how we will deliver the innovation ambitions within From Manchester, for the world, the University’s strategy to 2035. 

A powerhouse of innovation

Professor John Holden, Vice-President for Civic Engagement & Innovation and CEO – Unit M, and Professor Aline Miller, Associate Vice President for Enterprise and Chief Scientific Officer – Unit M introduce the University’s new Innovation Delivery Plan and explains how colleagues can help turn Manchester’s innovation ambition into action.

The plan provides a roadmap for its first three years organised around three priorities: providing clearer, faster pathways to collaborate and grow ideas; building a thriving innovation community across the University; and growing our innovation ecosystem through regional, national and global partnerships.

In their latest Viewpoint blog, Professor John Holden, Vice-President for Civic Engagement & Innovation and CEO – Unit M, and Professor Aline Miller, Associate Vice President for Enterprise and Chief Scientific Officer – Unit M, explain what the Innovation Delivery Plan means for our community and how colleagues can help turn it into action. The blog highlights the work already underway across our innovation activities, the actions needed to deliver the plan and sets out how we can all play a role in shaping, supporting and driving the change.