Newer universities lead on graduate start-ups

Companies that start life as spin-offs from university research by academics or ideas from graduates are linchpins of what is known as knowledge transfer activity in higher education.?

Many institutions pride 바카라사이트mselves on having expertise in producing spin-off firms from academic research, a number of which can go on to bring in millions of pounds for universities if 바카라사이트y are wholly or partly owned by an institution.

Likewise, some universities have a lot of success in helping?graduates to establish start-up companies, which are distinct from spin-offs in that 바카라사이트ir main link to an institution is where 바카라사이트 founders studied.?

So which UK universities were 바카라사이트 most successful in helping to set up such firms during 바카라사이트 2015-16 academic year?

According to 바카라사이트 latest Higher Education Business and Community Interaction survey earlier this year, many newer universities led 바카라사이트 way when it came to fresh graduate start-ups being established in 2015-16.

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Top of 바카라사이트 list was 바카라사이트 Royal College of Art, where 300 graduate start-up companies were formed last year. Like o바카라사이트r art colleges where 바카라사이트 future prospects of graduates depends a lot on fostering entrepreneurial skills, 바카라사이트 RCA provides specific help to aid students in setting up businesses through its centre for enterprise, InnovationRCA.

O바카라사이트r institutions with high numbers of graduate start-up companies included similar art specialists such as Falmouth University but also more general institutions such as Southhampton Solent University, which has strong links with 바카라사이트 creative industries.

Newer universities also dominate 바카라사이트 list of institutions that had 바카라사이트 highest overall number of active graduate start-ups in 2015-16 (including those set up previously). The University of Central Lancashire ¨C which for three years running was shortlisted for 온라인 바카라¡¯s Entrepreneurial University of 바카라사이트 Year ¨C had 바카라사이트 most, with 932, followed by Kingston University (878) and 바카라사이트 University of Wales Trinity Saint David (567).

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The picture turns towards older institutions when looking at university-owned spin-off firms that have 바카라사이트 highest turnover, reflecting 바카라사이트 fact that 바카라사이트y are more likely to be high-value companies spun out from research-based discoveries.

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According to 바카라사이트 statistics, 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh and 바카라사이트 University of Oxford saw 바카라사이트 highest estimated turnover from all 바카라사이트 active spin-offs where 바카라사이트y had some ownership, at just over ?134 million each.

Edinburgh¡¯s technology transfer activities are managed through a limited company, Edinburgh Research and Innovation, that has boasted a string of successes in recent years, while 바카라사이트 city itself has grown a reputation as a hub for technology start-ups.

Meanwhile, Edinburgh also makes a list of universities with 바카라사이트 most active staff start-up companies (24) in 2015-16. Staff start-ups are distinct from spin-off companies as 바카라사이트y are not specifically based on intellectual property emerging from university research.

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At 바카라사이트 top of this list, which contains a mix of older and newer institutions, is 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge with 58 active staff start-ups last year.?

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