Suzanne Emmett: Collaboration to Innovate

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Collaborate to Innovate

Policy and Best Practice in

University-Business Collaboration

Dr Suzanne Emmett

YTKO Leeds

Summary

• Economic background• UK national and regional policies• European innovation policy • Regional best practice

Vince Cable Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

“One approach is to break down barriers to collaboration. There is already a fair degree of international collaboration between UK and overseas institutions and companies. International collaboration is an important way for us to stay at the cutting edge of research whilst reducing the cost to the UK taxpayer.”

David Willets, Universities and Science Minister: Dept for Business, Innovation and Skills

Universities UK Annual Conference

A strong research base is vital for our future in a global knowledge economy……. Science and research are the life blood of many sectors essential to growth and a rebalanced economy.

9 Sept 2010

Science and innovation key to driving the growth agenda

Major research investments in Cambridge underline the importance of innovation to Britain’s economic recovery….

10 Sept 2010

EU Policy

EU Policy

Innovation Europewww.innovationeu.org

Innovation Europe Publications

University-Business Forum

Support from on high…..

Growing importance of collaboration

Source: Higher Education-Business and Community Interaction Survey 2008-09

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Collaborative researchContract researchConsultancy services

Regional Best Practice

Examples of University offices

York Management School

University of York

Centres of Industrial Collaboration

• Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

• Design Futures• Precision Technologies• Particles• Polymer• Pharmaceutical

Technologies

Institute of Pharmaceutical Innovation

Yorkshire Enterprise Fellowship (YEF)

YEF: Success in Collaborative Research Commercialisation

2004-2010 (2 tranches)95 projects£3.5m public sector spend over 6 years£7.5m levered to date and risingYorkshire Forward flagship projectInternational model of best practiceKey to project success – collaboration

• Academic researcher• Host university• Funding agency• Commercial partner• Business mentor• Programme management team

YEF Publications suzanne@ytko.com

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