Higher Education and industry partnerships for the Knowledge Economy Christian Duncumb British Council.

Higher Education and industry partnerships for the Knowledge Economy

Christian DuncumbBritish Council

Graduates of MA Publishing (Moscow State University of the Printing Arts / Oxford Brookes University)

SQWconsulting – BRIDGE evaluation

BRIDGE students at St Petersburg State University of Technology and Design (MA in Fashion Design and Merchandising with De Montfort University

SQWconsulting – BRIDGE evaluation

Participants of MA Corporate Policy and Finance (Urals State University of Economics / Nottingham Trent University)

SQWconsulting – BRIDGE evaluation

Professor Oleg Medvedev of Moscow State University (second right) demonstrates the prototype developed with Lancaster University to HRH Duke of York (centre), at an international symposium in Barcelona in 2008

SQWconsulting – BRIDGE evaluation

The transformation of Higher Education

From small to large

Increased mobility

Shifting perspectives

- Internationalisation

- Knowledge Economy

The internationalisation of HE

“British universities need to be strongly committed to internationalisation;attracting students from abroad; collaborating with institutions outside theUK; bringing their expertise to bear on global challenges; and instilling asense of internationalism in British students by teaching European andglobal perspectives and encouraging language learning”

Higher Ambitions – BIS

“the process of integrating an international/intercultural dimension intoteaching, research and service functions of the institution”

Jane Knights

But, Benefits and Risk

Knowledge Economy

“A strong university system is essential to a country’s economic success and the vibrancy and depth of its intellectual and cultural life. Universities embody both our values and our aspirations… they shape how we engage with the rest of Europe and the wider world”

“Our expectations of business will continue to rise: they need to be active partners with universities, not passive customers”

“In a knowledge economy, universities are the most important mechanism we have for generating and preserving, disseminating, and transforming knowledge into wider social and economic benefits”

“Higher education equips people for the increasingly complex challenges of the modern workplace, by teaching skills and instilling intellectual curiosity and self-confidence”

Higher Ambitions – BIS

HE issues for the Knowledge Economy

Employability

Corporate degrees

Centres of innovation

and enterprise

International think tanksCommunication skillsCorporate skills

Connecting agendas

Connecting partners

Higher Education and industry partnerships for the Knowledge Economy

BC Russia plans for 2011-2012

-Series of events exploring the relationship between HE

and industry

-Support for development of UK-Russia HEI and industry

partnerships

-Research

Connecting Agendas – IHE issues

TNE

Quality Assurance

Student mobility

Graduate employability

Global universities

Building research cultures

Innovation & commercialisation of

knowledge

Connecting Agendas - Questions

How does HE generate the skills industry and the KE

needs?

How do industry and education interact?

How could industry and education work more closely?

What does industry need from HE?

What does HE need from industry?

Partnerships

Nanotechnology

Surgical

equipment

Urban developmentOil & gas

Connecting partners - Questions

What does a successful partnership between HE and

industry look like?

What partnerships does Russia need for the future?

How to bring Russian and UK HEIs together?

How to bring HE sector and industry together?

What partnership themes or topics are most important?

Thank you