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Higher Education Funding Council for England, 2016
As part of its commitment to keeping the UK at the leading edge as a global knowledge-based economy, the last Government asked the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) in 2014 to develop a knowledge exchange (KE) performance framework that would secure effective practice in universities on key productive elements in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, School Business Relationship, Intellectual Property
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Saukkonen, Juha; Nukari, Jussi; Ballard, Sharon; Levie, Jonathan – Industry and Higher Education, 2016
Start-up companies have been recognized as key drivers of wealth and job creation. Many students now in universities will therefore find their future employment in start-up companies, or will found them. Success in the start-up environment requires a specific set of skills. There is a growing supply of university education for new venture creation…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Employment, Business, School Business Relationship
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Decter, Moira; Cave, Frank; Rose, Mary; Peers, Gill; Fogg, Helen; Smith, Susan M. – Industry and Higher Education, 2011
A number of UK universities prioritize economic development or regeneration activities and for some of these universities such activities are the main focus of their knowledge transfer work. This study compares two regions of the UK--the North West and the South East of England--which have very different levels of economic performance.…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Commercialization