TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER OR KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE Has the policy woken up to the richnes

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There are issues of economic cohesion to
address and any strategy aiming to underwrite
connections to the wider city must be a priority
for headline economic policies. Manchesters
competitive future must incorporate bold social
as well as economic goals. Individuals
neighbourhoods and their connections to the wider
city must be a priority for headline economic
policies. Manchester Ideopolis - Developing a
Knowledge Capital - Andy Westwood and Max Nolan

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Sharing knowledge
insights, knowledge, skills understandings
PRACTITIONERS
ACADEMICS
Engagement a core value
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• EXAMPLE
• Skills Challenge in Manchester
• In 2001 7 of young people in the citys
  maintained sector
• progressed into HE, in 2004 - 19
• 80 of teachers recruited to Manchester schools
  leave the
• city or profession in the first five years
• Significant gaps in attainment for pupils in
  deprived
• neighbourhoods, black minority pupils.
• MMU Institute of Education -- largest centre
  in the UK for ITT, CPD , highest rating from
  Ofsted, research programmes, advisor to DfES and
  others

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Raise Aspirations Retain Teachers Build the
Research Base in Urban Education

• Manchester City Council
• CENTRE FOR
• URBAN EDUCATION
• MMU Institute of Education

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Some agendas addressed
Societal

• Widening Participation
• Sector Skills
• Graduate Employability
• Higher Education Targets
• Professional Qualifications
• Life Long Learning
• Workforce Development

• Economic Growth
• Business Competitiveness
• Healthy Safe Society
• Social Inclusion
• Regeneration

Research
Teaching

• Graduates
• Post Graduates
• Higher Education Targets

• Internationally recognised academic research base

Academic
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Example Stakeholders
Societal
Professional Bodies Health Sector Local
Authorities Regional Development Agencies Not for
Profit Sector Private Sector Police Trade Unions
INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS
Research
Teaching
Academic Community Subject Discipline
Groups Professional Institutes Investors (large
Companies mainly) Funding Councils
Academic
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Societal
Impacts
WEALTH CREATION INCREASED COMPETITIVENESS SOCIAL
INCLUSION CULTURAL ENRICHMENT EMPLOYABILITY
INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY
Research
Teaching
DISCIPLINE DEVELOPMENT
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Societal
agendas
Diversity, inclusion, Marginalisation Integration
of paid work and professional life Care Community
Participation Professional Practice and Policy
INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY
Research
Teaching
Discipline development Academic Knowledge
Base Challenge to status quo
Academic
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Esteem Measures
Societal
Quality Benchmark
Quality Benchmark
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Research
Teaching
Quality Benchmark
Quality Benchmark
TQA / QAA
RAE
Academic
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Funding method
Societal
Competitive Bidding
Special Intitiatives
Research
Teaching
Core Formulaic
Core Performance related
Academic
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Engagement a core value
STRONG SOCIETY
STRONG ECONOMY
Wealth Creation
Quality of Life Community
Cultural Enrichment
Social Inclusion
Healthy Society
New Companies
Infrastructure Environment
Enterprise
Business Competitiveness

• Incubation
• Spinouts
• Startups
• Social Enterprises
• Intellectual Prop. commercialisation

Educational aspiration and Achievement Community
Development Equal Opps, the Flexible worker,
Diversity, work life balance Crime, Drugs,
Gender Ethnicity Women
Visual Arts Music Performing Arts Literature,
Philosophy History Sport New Media Fashion
Fitness / Exercise Life Styles Food /
Diet Living Conditions (architecture
buildings) Self Identity and Development Holisti
c practice Environment and Pollution Control

• Architecture
• Rail
• ICT
• Aviation
• Landscape design
• Regeneration
• Sustainability
• New Energy

Food Technology Digital Media Clothing
ICT Environmental Tech Sports Retail Financ
e Prof Services Tourism Creative Industries
Enterprise in Schools Business
Enterprise Enterprise in the Community Enterpris
e HE
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POLICY
PRACTICE
Community Work
Family
THEORY