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Hillier, John K.

Kler, Gurmit

Tweddle, Jacqueline

English

University-derived research (e.g. science) is useful in
‘real world’ business applications, so effective collaboration is desirable.
However, for work to actually proceed, strategic and policy-level drivers must
align with the incentive structures and constraints upon individual
university-based scientists and their motivations. This briefing aims to foster
collaborations by providing a view from the perspective of individual academics.
Specifically, it examines workload (i.e. specified tasks) and incentive
structures (i.e. assessment criteria) to tackle two questions: What motivates
academics to do specific work? And, reciprocally, what might constrain them? In
light of this specific, pragmatic actions, including short-term and
time-efficient steps are proposed in a ‘user guide’ to help initiate and
nurture collaborations. And, some modes of institutional support are suggested.

 

Main Points

 

- Like other professions academics suffer time pressure,
i.e. amid 20-50 key duties up to 0.5 days per week might potentially be found
for activities with ‘real world’ impact.

- Typically, for impact-related activities others must be
sacrificed (e.g. research), creating a tension. 

- As yet, even in countries strongly promoting
collaboration, the overriding imperative remains for academics to publish
research (i.e. peer-reviewed journal articles).

- Thus, to justify working with business, impact-related
work must inspire curiosity and facilitate future novel research (e.g. science)
to mitigate this conflict.  </p

John Hillier (1254873)

Gurmit Kler (6847242)

Jacqueline Tweddle (6847248)

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Demystifying Academics to Enhance University - Business Collaboration

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Demystifying Academics to Enhance University : Business Collaboration

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