Oxford and technology transfer
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Oxford was a UK pioneer in establishing a successful model of technology transfer within a university.
Isis Innovation, its wholly-owned technology transfer company, established in 1987, works with researchers who wish to develop their ideas commercially. Isis sets up spin-out companies, arranges licensing agreements with existing companies and facilitates consulting contracts. It files patents at a rate of one a week, manages more than 200 licensing deals and in the past decade has launched 60 companies across the disciplinary spectrum. Isis now has a division that works internationally with other universities, research institutes and business to develop their technology transfer activities.
Oxford bestsellers
Professor Marcus du Sautoy has brought mathematics into the mainstream with his bestselling books The Music of the Primes (2004) and Finding Moonshine (2008). He appears frequently on radio and TV, and gave the 2006 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures.