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IP frameworks needed to drive revenue, says Cable
Universities should look to their counterparts at Manchester, Cambridge and Imperial College London to establish stronger frameworks around intellectual property (IP), according to business secretary Vince Cable. Speaking last week at Queen Mary, University of London, he said departmental budget cuts meant that universities would need to do more with less in the future.
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Investment
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Don't cut R&D now, says Smith
The chief executive of Universities UK last week defended academic investment, despite impending public sector spending cuts. Speaking at the organisation’s annual conference at Cranfield University, Steve Smith said cutting back on the UK’s research and development base now “would be the equivalent of the government cutting back on the production of Spitfires in the early summer of 1940”.
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Online search secures European investment
A team from Sheffield Hallam University working on online search technology has secured £305,000 of funding from the European Commission. The finance is part of a £3.3m collaborative project led by German technology business SAP to look at how improved data searching can impact business.
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Enterprise
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Cancer screening spin-out wins pharma contract
Prescos, a spin-out from the University of Nottingham, has secured a contract with Belgian pharmaceutical company Janssen Pharmaceutica. The company provides services that allow drugs to be screened early in the research process for anti-cancer activity. Major pharmaceutical companies can then identify those that are potentially beneficial.
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Birmingham continues software focus
Birmingham City University has signed a deal to work with software developer 5G Technologies. The collaboration, which will take place with the school of computing, telecommunications and networks, is designed to support government policy on energy efficiency.
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Strathclyde spins out number five
The University of Strathclyde is celebrating its fifth spin-out of 2010 following a deal to bring next-generation marine technologies to market. Nautricity, which develops tidal power turbines, has secured investment from First Tech, a privately owned company in Aberdeen.
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Lord Stafford Awards celebrate innovation
A groundbreaking dental process, a multi-purpose recyclable container and an environmentally friendly dual fuel injection system for diesel HGVs have been announced as the main winners at the East Midlands’ Lord Stafford Awards.
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Courses
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Chamber ties up with Portsmouth to deliver training
A partnership between the University of Portsmouth Business School and Hampshire Chamber of Commerce has been set up to improve the skills of senior managers, entrepreneurs and decision-makers in small businesses.
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Loughborough brings together business and economics
Loughborough University has launched the School of Business and Economics to strengthen its position as an “international leader in research and teaching across management, business and economics”.
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MBA scholarship for Africa
Edinburgh Business School is launching a scholarship scheme across Africa, which will give 250 people the opportunity to study its MBA.
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Gregory returns to Wolverhampton
The University of Wolverhampton Business School has appointed Anthea Gregory as its dean. She is currently the deputy dean of Hull University Business School and will take up the new position in December.
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Employment law course rolled out online
Legal firm Capital Law, which has offices in Cardiff and London, is rolling out an employment law diploma in conjunction with Cardiff Law School. The course is designed for HR professionals seeking to build up their knowledge and will run from now until September 2011.
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Abertay goes down to the capital
The University of Abertay in Dundee has signed a partnership agreement with London International College. The move will enable students in the capital to study business degrees provided by the university.
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Events
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Lord Jones to speak on recovery
Former trade minister and director general of the CBI Lord Digby Jones will visit Hull University Business School on 27 September to give his views on the role of education providers in the recovery of the UK economy.
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AURIL set for Newcastle conference
The Association for University Research and Industry Links is holding its annual conference in Newcastle on 7 and 8 October.
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