Executive ReportChris Henshall

PVC for External Relations

Business and Community

Overview Funding and structures Links with business Partnerships Links with the community Enterprise Communications KPIs and risks

Systems and Funding

HEIF funding increasing from £1.2m in 2007-08 to £1.5m in 2008-09, £1.7m in 2009-10, and £1.9m in 2010-11

Will be used to fund increases in staff and challenge funds to support work in departments

EIO, RSO and RPO coming together in a new Research and Enterprise Office; Head of REO being recruited

Business and Community Committee Good coverage of business side – including new

Policy on Subsidiary and Associate Companies Beginning to engage with the community agenda

Links with Business (1)

New facilities Nanocentre, NMR, Mass Spec Park Central and Biosciences Business Centre

New research collaborations Software Systems Engineering Institute Brucker (NMR) BP (Nanocentre)

Intellectual property Improved systems for identification and

management Limited pipeline – no new spin-outs, but several

licensing deals being developed

Links with Business (2)

CPD CPD Unit formed within EIO/REO Leading national network of all UK HEIs UoY income now £5m pa

Employer Engagement Increasing expectations and opportunities UoY Strategy now well developed

Not radical change, but not business as usual either Expand: vocational curriculum; progression routes;

work-based learning in curriculum and co-curriculum; placements and links with graduate employers; CPD; consultancy

Partnerships

Science City York CLG formed and working well; new Advisory Board ERDF proposals – including £15.5m for enterprise and

innovation on Heslington East Possible contracts for Yorkshire-wide Innovation Specialist

Service (with YBL) and Innovation Hub for Sustainability Science (links to low Carbon futures and North Selby site)

White Rose/Yorkshire Universities Low Carbon Futures Centre (YF support) WR Science Bridge with China in Nanoscience

Worldwide Universities Network Leading spintronics, green chemistry, bio-archaeology, etc;

exploring possible social science Grand Challenge Using to promote internationalisation

Community

Work with the community continues, eg Science and music departments reach out to schools

and young people; York Students in Schools; Volunteering

Access to current and new facilities, eg pool University Concert Series Review

Agreed University and Department contributions Improve marketing and sales Make more use of opportunities for corporate PR

Community Strategy Part time appointment Develop clearer strategy; what we do and how we

communicate it

Enterprise

CETLE Enterprise modules rolling out to all departments Includes social enterprise Micro-incubator and student businesses Growing links to SCY and other local activity

Business Awareness days for Departments Enterprising Researcher course for PhDs, post-

docs and young lecturers Success with Yorkshire Enterprise Fellowships

and other competitions Exploring opportunities to lead programmes within

Higher York

Communications

External Developing coordinated communications strategy

for research, innovation and enterprise Glossy report/newsletter in autumn Merchant Adventurers’ Soiree – develop into

annual (University) event? Internal

Need to celebrate success and encourage others Range of focussed events (eg YSS Awards etc) Opportunity to combine annual Enterprise and

Innovation Day for the University and town, with evening event for invited guests

Performance (1)

Data has been problematic to define and collect

January 08 return to HEBCI Survey provided accurate picture for first time

Now including data from subsidiaries set up to handle business interactions

Income from business and public sector organisations, 2006-07

Private Public Total

Contract R&D £2,991K £12,590K £15,581K

Collaborative R&D

£2,298K

Consultancy £1,478K £1,536K £3,014K

Facilities £2,048K £378K £2,426K

CPD £500K £2,148K £5,038K

Totals £7,017K £16,652K £28,357K

Performance (2)

HEFCE published returns from all HEIs last week Analysing in relation to relevant data on size from

HESA statistics Will present results and proposals for new

Business and Community Strategy and KPIs to Business and Community Committee and Council in autumn

Overall aim must be to optimise outputs from research base – need to get the balance right between modes of interaction with research users, and between work with business and public research funders

Coordination with Research Strategy is thus key

Risks

Will also be updating Risk Register Key risks in current register are:

Failure to retain and develop business investment in University

Failure to gain full value from synergies in work with public sector

Failure to articulate and implement community strategy

Failure to identify and exploit IP Failure to develop culture and environment