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Seminário British Council de Educação. Impacto e tendências da internacionalização da educação superior - 29 de outubro de 2013
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Academic-Industrial
Engagement
Professor Tim R. Dafforn, School of Biosciences
Date
The Central Aim
Innovation
$
$ $ $
The Economy
Intellectual
Property
Grants
Enhancing Academic Innovation
Incentivising applied research
– Influencing institutions
– Influencing individuals
Influencing Institutions
Research Excellence Framework (REF)
– A government assessment of
Universities
– Governs central funding (£1.4bn 2008-9)
– 2008 assessment based on
Academic excellence (75%)
Academic environment (20%)
Esteem (5%)
Influencing Institutions
– 2013 assessment based on
Academic excellence (65%)
Academic environment (15%)
IMPACT (20%)
– 2020 assessment…
IMPACT (20%)
Academic excellence (↓65%)
Enabling Entrepreneurship
Promoting Rewards
Training
Removing barriers
Influencing individuals
Research Funding
Academic Promotion
Personal Reward
BBSRC Innovation & Skills Activities
Collaborative
Research
Collaborative
Training
People &
Information
Exchange
Commercialisation
& Development
Research Funding
Academic-commercial partnership
– Early stage (Research councils)
– Late stage (Tech. Strategy Board)
– Joint PhD studentships
Training
– Fellowships
Competitions
– Institutional and personal
Academic Promotion
Alterations in Promotion criteria
– Recognition of Entrepreneurial activities
– Development of parallel career paths
– Teaching Entrepreneurship
Training
Local and national training
– Entrepreneurial fellowships
– Knowledge transfer secondments
– “drop in” sessions
– Mentoring
Removing the barriers
Business engagement support
– Outreach
– Relationship management
– Business intelligence
Reducing bureaucracy
– Contracts
– Patent fillings
Removing the barriers
Spin-out support
– Investor “hunting”
– Business advisors
– University Investment funds
– Joint ventures
Easy access intellectual property
The Central Aim
Innovation
$
$ $ $
The Economy
Intellectual
Property
Grants
