Ben is the Director of the University of Southampton's Futureworlds, a business that takes the best bits of accelerators / University innovation and Technological excellence, providing opportunities for students at the University to commercialise and scale. Ben provides an array of opinions on several hot topics: #How the Futureworlds model works and the businesses being created # The current situation in the University funding environment #  The big picture trends emerging from UK Universities and where government's need to act In particular - a big love and section of the podcast is dedicated to Quantum Computing, which is an area of deep interest for both Ben and Anthony, plus a technology that University of Southampton is showing some excellence in. Not wanting to give too much away, listen on and enjoy the pod !!