Welcome slide

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Welcome slide
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HEFCEKnowledge Transfer and Innovation
Alex Thompson, Senior Policy Officer
Carbon Connections Conference, 28 February 2008
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• HEFCE strategy for economic and social impact of
  HE
• Measuring and understanding the impact of HE
• HE Innovation Fund (2001-2011)
• Other relevant policies

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HEFCE strategic themes
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HEFCE Strategic aim

• To increase the impact of the HE knowledge base
  to enhance economic development and the strength
  and vitality of society

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HE-Business and Community Interaction Survey
(HE-BCI)
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The HE Innovation Fund (HEIF)

• To support and develop a broad range of knowledge
  transfer activities which result in economic and
  social benefit to the UK.
• A partnership between HEFCE and DIUS Science
  (previously OSI)

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The HE Innovation Fund

• Improve HE economic and social impact
• Support capacity in HE to engage with business,
  public services and third sector
• Contribute to UK competitiveness
• Complement other HEFCE funding T, R, special
  funding
• Activities commercialisation, licensing, CPD,
  consultancy, contract research, staff exchanges,
  testing, facilities and skills, seed funding and
  enterprise education

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HEIF 12

• HEIF 1 78 million 2001-04
• HEIF 2 187 million 2004-06
• Competition funding on project basis
• Single-HEI and collaborative projects

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HEIF 32006-08

• Formula funding
• 164 million 2006-08 (75 of total)
• Recognise maturing of activity and reduce burden
  of competition
• Support diversity of sector and contributions to
  economy/society
• Formula based on
• Academic staff numbers (capacity 45)
• Income from business and community partners
  (demand 45)
• Non-income based metrics SWOUT SME interactions
  etc (10)
• Allocations available to all HEIs 100k -1.5M
  per year
• Based on institutional plan

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HEIF 32006-08

• Competition funding
• To complement formula funding
• 11 large-scale, innovative, collaborative
  projects
• 53 million, 2006-08 (25 of total)
• Programme of evaluation of all projects
• Dissemination of lessons learnt 2008-09

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HEIF 32006-08

• Funded competition projects
• Carbon emissions reduction (Carbon Connections)
• International knowledge network
  (InnovationXchange UK)
• Learning engine for enterprise support (Business
  Edge)
• Health innovation partnership (White Rose Health
  Innov Part.)
• Opportunities for creative businesses in
  China/India (Creative Capital-World Cities)
• Environmental, business and operational impacts
  of aviation (OMEGA)

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HEIF 32006-08

• Funded competition projects
• Integrated regional framework for
  commercialisation (CommercialiSE)
• Proof of concept collaboration between UK-China
  (Innovation China-UK)
• Centre of excellence in customised assembly
  (CECA)
• Sustainable development and community in London
  (UrbanBuzz)
• Self-employed student work placements (SPEED)

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HEIF 42008-11

• Funding available
• 2008-09 112 million
• 2009-10 134 million
• 2010-11 150 million
• (HEIF 3 2007-08 111 million)
• Plus 8 million for existing Centres for
  Knowledge Exchange

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HEIF 42008-11

• As recommended by Sainsbury Review
• 100 formula funding
• Based on HEIF 3 formula
• Broad distribution across the sector
• Incentive for SME engagement
• All HEIs to receive allocation 100k - 1.9M per
  year
• Released against an institutional strategy ( to
  be submitted and assessed April July 08)

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Other relevant policies

• Leitch Review, 2007
• Sainsbury Review, 2007
• DIUS Science and Innovation Strategy, 2008
• Policies of RDAs, TSB, RCs
• HEFCE
• Beacons of Public Engagement
• Strategic Development Fund (eg Cox)
• Employer Engagement in HE
• Investments in performance enhancement
• Evaluation of third stream funding

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• Thank you
• Further information Alex Thompson
• a.thompson_at_hefce.ac.uk 0117 931 7041

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