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The Future of University Research

The Research Base in BIS.

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The Future of University Research

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    1. The Future of University Research

    2. The Research Base in BIS .works with delivery partners Research Councils & HEFCE National Academies HEIs .within the Governments 3 year funding settlement BIS sets overall strategy But arms length from scientific judgements (the Haldane principle) .to sustain a world-class research base which demonstrates impact and relevance

    3. Strength of UK Research Base Second in the G8 for excellence International Comparative Performance of the UK Research Base Evidence Ltd, 2009 The most productive country for research in the G8 International Comparative Performance of the UK Research Base Evidence Ltd, 2009 Ahead of both the USA and Canada in assessing economic impact Metrics for the Evaluation of Knowledge Transfer Activities at Universities, Library House 2008

    4. Research Expenditure

    5. A time of change A decade of growth Economic downturn Holding the line Must demonstrate the value of research

    6. UK Policy drivers 10 Year Science and Innovation Investment Framework (2004-14) sustain strong research base grow higher-level skills stimulate university / business interaction together with a Research Assessment Framework university funding linked directly to research excellence Next stage: funding linked to excellence and impact stimulation of university / business staff mobility

    7. The Impacts of Research

    9. The Value of Highly Skilled People Supported by external advisers from the university and business worlds: Professor Keith Burnett, Vice Chancellor of the University of Sheffield Dr David Docherty, Chief Executive of the Council for Industry and Higher Education Professor Wendy Purcell, Vice Chancellor of the University of Plymouth Dr Tim Bradshaw, Head of Science, Technology and Innovation, CBI Professor Sarah Worthington, Pro Director for Research and External Relations, London School of Economics www.bis.gov.uk/pgreview

    10. Attracting R&D investment from global businesses During 2008-09, over 200 R&D projects were attracted to the UK Source: UK Trade and Investment Annual Report 08-09

    11. Creating new businesses Software company attracts $30million investment before being sold to IBM in December 2008. Floated on AIM in February 2009, with an IPO value of 40 million.

    14. How do we ensure that research delivers benefits to the UK? HEIF (Higher Education Innovation Fund) - rising to 150 million per annum HEFCE - QR for research engaged with business 62 million per annum TSB interface with business, 300m funding matched with 120m from RCs & 180m from RDAs RCUK Cross Council Programmes value 1.4bn Do we have the right balance?

    15. Providing solutions to global challenges RCUK Cross Council Programmes Planned expenditure over CSR: 1.4bn Major response to strategic challenges for the nation and the world Not managed programmes but a way of focusing efforts Coordinated impact greater than sum of the parts Planned expenditure over CSR: 1.4bnPlanned expenditure over CSR: 1.4bn

    16. Research Excellence Framework The primary focus of the REF will be to identify excellent research of all kinds Government has indicated that HEFCE also should take account of the following priorities: take better account of the impact research makes on the economy and society continue to incentivise research excellence reflect the quality of researchers contribution to public policy making and to public engagement, and not create disincentives to researchers moving between academia and the private sector HEFCE Consultation will run until 16 December 2009

    18. International collaboration The big issues are global International collaborationbetween the best research groups in the UK and the best worldwide is essential to produce the best research the impact of research papers measured by citations for international collaboration with the US, France and Germany is around 50% higher than for the domestic average (International comparative performance of the UK research base, 2008)

    19. What BIS will do Influencing winning support from other Government Departments persuading the Treasury and that investment in university research delivers results Methodology developing robust methodologies for assessing economic impact making international comparisons to benchmark existing Research Council and university practices. Capability building stronger professional capability in Research Councils, universities and public laboratories to drive up the economic impact of research, assess it robustly and describe it attractively.

    20. Challenges Culture: winning support from academe and business for new ways of working together Careers: providing opportunities for the new generation of researchers to move freely between universities and business Collaboration: supporting the development of longer-term, strategic collaborations between the research base and business Communication: recognising and describing the impact of research on the economy and society Critical Mass: understanding the need for critical mass to tackle major interdisciplinary research challenges and compete internationally

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