[Global HR Forum 2011] STEM Higher Education: Excellence in a Changing World

S i W ld Cl S i & T h l Ed ti f F t T l t

Research and Development for a Global Session: World‐Class Science & Technology Education for Future Talents

STEM Higher Education: Excellence in a Changing WorldEconomy: Integrated Innovation PartnershipsSTEM Higher Education: Excellence in a Changing World

IAN WHITEIAN WHITEDeputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge

Master of Jesus College Cambridge

Acknowledgements:

Master of Jesus College, Cambridgevan Eck Professor of Engineering

gSeeram Ramakrishna, NUS Singapore; Hans J. Hoyer, American Society for Engineering Education;

Adrian Paul, UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); Mike Biddle, UK Technology Strategy Board

Evolution of the University Landscape

Global Role of Leading Universities

• Original: Education, Religion, Learning and Researchg g g

• Educated and trained citizens

• Social mobility benefiting from international engagement• Social mobility benefiting from international engagement

• Rich source of research, commentary, evolutionary and transformative ideas

• Expertise base and, increasingly, skills and resources base• Generation of new knowledge, discovery and invention

• Vehicles for growth: Enhancing indigenous industry and business, and attracting inward investment

• International reputation and recognition

Evolving Roles of Leading Universities

Seeram Ramakrishna, 2010

What Next for University Education?

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The Resilience of Knowledge in the Economy

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Global Role of Leading Universities

• Educated and trained citizens• Educated and trained citizens

• Social mobility benefitting from international engagement

Ri h f h t l ti d t f ti id• Rich source of research, commentary, evolutionary and transformative ideas

• Expertise base and, increasingly, skills and resources base• Generation of new knowledge discovery and inventionGeneration of new knowledge, discovery and invention

• Vehicles for growth: Enhancing indigenous industry and business, and attracting inward investment

• REBALANCING OF THE ECONOMY

• SOURCES OF INNOVATION• SOURCES OF INNOVATION

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High ValueHigh Value Manufacturing and Financial

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EnergyDigital Economy

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UKInnovationPriorities

UK Finance Sector

• London, joint top-ranked financial centre in the world (with New York).UK insurance industry is the 3rd largesty g

• 1/3 of European assets are under management in the UK (£$5 trillion)

• £50.5bn in net exports (2008)

• Employing 1 million people (2009)• Employing 1 million people (2009)

• Generating $150,000 GVA per employee (2007) - more than twice national a eragenational average

University Responses

• Improve the quality of university governance• Invest in faculty members• Ensure outstanding infrastructureg

• Deliver locally pertinent and globally relevant education

• Make STEM education more attractive to top studentsp• Balance leadership and collaborative learning experiences• Balance curriculum-led studies with curiosity-led studies• Balance vision-driven learning with knowledge acquisition

• Enhance partnerships with stakeholders• Government • Academic Collaborators• Academic Collaborators• Industry and Commerce• Third Sector Organisations

Deliver Globally Relevant Education

Make STEM education more attractive to top studentsBalance Leadership and Collaborative learning experiencesp g p

Curriculum and Innovation: Recent Perspectives

If you have the best students, have them learn from each other!If you have the best students, have them learn from each other!

Engage faculty spanning the full spectrum: theoreticians to businessmen

Keep staff who are in touch with industry: speak its language and have industrial success -encourage them to become role models, explain how it worked for them

Configure your graduate association as a business club: make it as good an industrial rollerdeck as possible

Minimise barriers to innovation: encourage spin-outs, spawned-outs (graduates starting their own businesses) and snuck-outs (students beginning companies through their courses).

Encourage students to identify the next innovation which might well undermine current companies not solely serve industry directly

Regional Innovation –gthe Changing Role of ClustersFrom 1209-1980 Cambridge has been one of the UK’s oldest universities in a small market town, surrounded by agriculture

In 2010 Cambridge is ranked in the top 6** of the World’s universities and has:World s universities and has:

• 10 Research Institutes including: Sanger Genome Research Centre, The Welding Institute, Nokia, Toshiba, Microsoft and Unilever Research

• 17 Science Parks including: Trinity Science Park, Babraham Research Campus, Granta Park, St John’s Innovation Centre, Cambridge Business Park and Adastral Park

• >1,000 Science-based Companies including: ARM, Autonomy, Abcam, Amgen, Astra-Zeneca, Cambridge Silicon Radio Cambridge Display Technology Genzyme Kodak Motorola

** 2010/2011 QS World University Ranking 1st

Cambridge Silicon Radio, Cambridge Display Technology, Genzyme, Kodak, Motorola

• >40,000 employees: dominated by life sciences and ICT, followed by materials and a small manufacturing sector

2010 THE World University Ranking 6th

Balance Curriculum-led with Curiosity–led Studies:Curriculum and InnovationCurriculum and Innovation

Balance Curriculum-led with Curiosity–led Studies:Curriculum and InnovationCurriculum and Innovation

Balance Curriculum-led with Curiosity–led Studies:Curriculum and InnovationCurriculum and Innovation

National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges for the 21st Century (2010)the 21 Century (2010)

Proactive Encouragement to InnovateMake solar energy economicalProvide energy from fusionD l b i h d

Proactive Encouragement to Innovate

Develop carbon sequestration methodsManage the nitrogen cycleProvide access to clean waterR t d i b i f t tRestore and improve urban infrastructureAdvance health informaticsEngineer better medicinesR i th b iReverse-engineer the brainPrevent nuclear terrorSecure cyberspaceE h i t l litEnhance virtual realityAdvance personalized learningEngineer the tools of scientific discovery

Enhance Partnerships with Stakeholders: Agree functional rolesfunctional roles

UK Stakeholders arranged in Exploitation LandscapeUK Stakeholders arranged in Exploitation Landscape

UnderstandDiscover Adapt/Integrate Validate Deploy

EPSRC

Government and business

ETI, TSB and other partners

Universities Commercialisation

Initiation Exploitation

Mechanisms for Support of Innovation

Research TrainingKnowledge Transfer

Partnerships with Technology Strategy Board Industry and

Industrial CASE awards (through EPSRC and

Knowledge Transfer Networks

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EPSRC and universities)

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Project partners on research grants

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Exploitation Approach:“Build Roadmapping into Research Planning”pp g g

• Business support for technical teams

• Roadmapping• Opportunity exploration• Value network mapping• Business Development consultantsBusiness Development consultants

• Commercialisation Research

• Partnership with industry

• Open exploitation model based onOpen exploitation model based on technology platforms

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Concluding Remarks

• Time of great opportunity for the University sector

• Conflicting demands

• Deliver locally pertinent and globally relevant educationy p g y

• Importance of global partnerships

• Innovation depends on STEM education remaining attractive to top students• Innovation depends on STEM education remaining attractive to top students

• Balance Leadership and Collaborative learning experiences

B l C i l l d t di ith C i it l d t di• Balance Curriculum-led studies with Curiosity-led studies

• Balance Vision-driven learning with Knowledge acquisition

• Forge strong partnerships with stakeholders

• Encouraging students to realise the importance of their degrees and their own importance to the world’s futureimportance to the world s future