December 2020
To make sure we got outside during the dark winter days working from home, SQW set itself a challenge; a 1,500km virtual round trip of our offices which became a ‘Grand Tour’ to support the mental health charity, Mind.
November 2020
To help navigate the winter, look after our own well-being and contribute to that of others, SQW is today launching a challenge to support the mental health charity, Mind.
July 2020
The Office for Students and Research England launched the £10m ‘Student Engagement in Knowledge Exchange’ competition to develop the evidence base on the nature of, and benefits from, student engagement in knowledge exchange activities. SQW has been appointed to conduct an evaluation of the competition.
May 2020
SQW led the National Evaluation Panel which evaluated the progress and impact of long-term devolved Investment Funds in ten local areas across the UK. In May 2020, the outcome of the first Gateway Reviews confirmed that sufficient progress had been made to support the next tranche of funding, unlocking over £500m of funding to support local economic growth priorities across three areas.
May 2020
The UK faces dual policy requirements for improved business productivity and progression to a low carbon economy to achieve Net Zero by 2050 or earlier. SQW is currently working on a study exploring how productivity measures could be redefined for Cleantech SMEs to reflect environmental outcomes and stimulate more low carbon impact investing.