Advancing Research and Innovation in Higher Education 2021
Online Event 10 November 2021, 9:00am - 3:00pm
Day 1
9:00am
Online Registration
9:45am
Chair’s Welcome Address
Olivia Townsend, Content Development Executive, IGPP
9:50am
Keynote Address: Launching The Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) To Enable Universities To Help Level Up Their Local Areas
- Allowing universities to better understand and improve their own performance in knowledge exchange
- Providing businesses and other users with information to help them access the knowledge and expertise within English providers of higher education
- Reflect and celebrating the diverse and varied contributions that higher education institutions make to society
- Publishing detailed, qualitative information about how HEPs build community engagement and promote growth in their local areas
- Comparing institutions on a like-for-like basis to deliver a fair and balanced approach
Hamish McAlpine, Head of Data and Evidence, Knowledge Exchange Team, UK Research and Innovation
10:20am
Between Disruption and Resilience: How to Lead the Change?
Dr Slawomir Raszewski, Senior Lecturer, Department of Strategy and Leadership, University of East London
10:40am
Questions And Answers Session
11:05am
Break and Networking
11:35am
Achieving Funding Through Collaborative Private Sector Partnerships
- Understanding the UK funding landscape for research and innovation investment and in particular the role of public funding to leverage private investment
- Exploring different models of collaborative partnerships to attract private sector investments
- Developing international partnerships and the role of universities collaborating together as international hubs to attract foreign direct investment
- Supporting small and medium-sized enterprises to make an important contribution in building thriving partnerships with universities
Dr Joe Marshall, Chief Executive, The National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB)
11:55am
Case Study: Accessing Funding From The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) To Deliver Research To Form The Basis Of Work To Support Brazil’s Indigenous Communities During The Covid-19 Pandemic
- Accessing funding from the £1.5 billion UKEI Global Challenges Research Fund that supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries
- Developing a unique collaboration between People’s Palace Projects (PP) and the Kuikuro Indigenous Association of Upper Xingu (AIKAX)
- Establishing a local response to a global issue by producing short videos to raise awareness about the pandemic in the Xingu
- Building technical and research capacity through the partnership, as well as project management skills and a new generation of Kuikuro leaders
- Sharing research findings with academics, activists and the general public in Rio de Janeiro, London, New York and Madrid
Professor Paul Heritage, Professor of Drama and Director of People’s Palace Projects, Queen Mary University of London
12:15pm
Keynote Address: Addressing The Role of Research Funding In Tackling Regional Inequalities In The UK To Support Levelling Up
- Comparing geographic concentration or research funding with other countries including the USA and Germany
- Improving the sustainability of research funding to ensure that smaller institutions can take on more research grants without incurring major funding deficits
- Setting out a clear vision and regional metrics for success to help the regional R&D agenda
- Nurturing inter-regional collaborations and creating strong civic partners at regional and local level
Sarah Chaytor, Director of Research Strategy and Policy, UCL
12:35pm
Questions And Answers Session
12:55pm
Lunch And Networking
1:40pm
Opening Up Research and Development to Everyone and Collaborating at All Levels
Professor Chas Bountra, Professor of Translational Medicine; Chief Scientist, Structural Genomics Consortium Oxford, University of Oxford
2:00pm
Case Study: Developing An Effective Academic-Industry Partnership To Revolutionise Resource Management In The UK’s Chemical Industry
- Obtaining funding from UKRI to build the Interdisciplinary Centre for Circular Chemical Engineering
- Collaborating with six other universities and more than 20 industrial partners including multinationals as well as SMEs and national and local initiatives
- Developing transformative technologies to reduce reliance on fossil resources by creating methods to recover and reuse olefins
- Exploring ways to encourage public acceptance of renewable technologies and working with policymakers to enhance industry attitudes towards the circular economy
- Helping the UK’s construction industry do more with less by reducing waste, pollution and costs
Professor Jin Xuan, Head of Department of Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University
2:20pm
The Changing Landscape of U.K and International Investment
Jenny Tooth OBE, Chief Executive, UK Business Angels Association
3:00pm
Question and Answers Session
3:00pm
Chair's Summary and Close
Olivia Townsend, Content Development Executive, IGPP