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Collaborative Partnership with Industry: Learning from Experience

Collaborative Partnership with Industry: Learning from Experience. Professor Andrew Ware, Head, School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of South Wales. Common Points . Collaborations need to be mutually beneficial if they are to be sustainable

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Collaborative Partnership with Industry: Learning from Experience

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  1. Collaborative Partnership with Industry: Learning from Experience Professor Andrew Ware, Head, School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of South Wales.

  2. Common Points • Collaborations need to be mutually beneficial if they are to be sustainable • Collaborations will evolve but should be based on a firm foundation • You can get a lot of benefit from short term collaborations BUT the real benefits take time to accumulate • Collaborations can originate from any number of beginnings but will require commitment to become established

  3. Benefits for University • Gaining ‘real world’ input into academic subject areas that can help shape • curriculum helping to facilitate the development of ‘employment ready’ • graduates. • Funding for research activities. • Providing academic staff with the opportunity to spend time with industry. • Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) • Strategic Insight Program (SIP) Collaboration with industry

  4. Strategic Insight Programme (SIP) • Provided • case studies on web development and many other things • insight to “thinking outside the box”

  5. Knowledge Transfer Partnership • Provided • case studies on Human Computer Interaction, Data Bases, Data Mining • student placements and projects • academic staff exposure to a dynamic business environment

  6. Benefits for industry • Gaining access to people who are often at the ‘cutting edge’ of their discipline. • The opportunity to offer prospective employees (students) an extended interview. • Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities for staff. Collaboration with industry

  7. Need to • Manage expectation. • Have clear objectives BUT be open minded about possibilities. • Think long-term not short-term. Collaboration with industry

  8. E-Skills UK • BSc (Hons) Information Technology Management for Business • BSc (Hons) Software Development for Business Collaboration with industry

  9. Software Alliance Wales • Continuing Professional Development • Student Development Projects • Accreditation of the Software Development Process • Short workshops to whet participants appetite Collaboration with industry

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