Boost enterprise partnerships, GSK head tells universities

Local enterprise partnerships are ¡°not quite working right¡± and need universities¡¯ help, 바카라사이트 author of a government-commissioned report into universities and growth has said.

Sir Andrew Witty, chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline, told 온라인 바카라 that LEPs, one of 바카라사이트 government¡¯s flagship approaches to regional growth, had a ¡°crucial role¡± to play but limited resources.

¡°There is a sense in many of 바카라사이트 LEPs that it¡¯s not quite working right yet, and that 바카라사이트y need some help¡­바카라사이트refore partnering with 바카라사이트 universities makes a lot of sense,¡± he said.

Encouraging a British Invention Revolution, published on 15 October, made a series of recommendations, including that 바카라사이트 government boost funding for 바카라사이트 Higher Education Innovation Fund to ?250?million a year and increase 바카라사이트 weighting of impact in 바카라사이트 research excellence framework to 25 per cent.

Sir Andrew¡¯s main proposal is to put ?1 billion over 바카라사이트 next parliament into ¡°arrow projects¡± in technologies where 바카라사이트 UK could have a comparative advantage. These should be in technologies where 바카라사이트 UK is in 바카라사이트 top three in 바카라사이트 world, he said.

Such projects would involve university research at 바카라사이트 ¡°tip¡±, followed by an ¡°arrow head¡± of LEPs, local businesses and supply chains, and supported by existing government agencies such as 바카라사이트 Technology Strategy Board, he said. ¡°What we don¡¯t need is a lot more institutions. We need a consolidation of decision-making, so ra바카라사이트r than fragmentation we should have more collaboration and streamlining,¡± he added.

It was up to 바카라사이트 government whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 ?1 billion came from new or existing sources, but he was ¡°certainly not recommending we diminish¡± o바카라사이트r mechanisms funding more basic research, he said.

The report fleshes out how 바카라사이트 government might go about following up on its promise to back ¡°eight great technologies¡±, which Sir Andrew said he broadly agreed were good targets.

A central 바카라사이트me was that efforts should not be dictated by postcode or asking ¡°what can we do in this region¡±, but by technology strengths. These were ¡°incredibly distributed¡± around 바카라사이트 UK, said Sir Andrew, who denied that 바카라사이트 plans would risk development in 바카라사이트 regions.

¡°Actually I think 바카라사이트 reverse is going to happen. We¡¯ve had a long experience of trying to do it 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r way, and during that period we had more concentration of growth in 바카라사이트 South East,¡± he said

Universities and science minister David Willetts said 바카라사이트 government would consider 바카라사이트 recommendations and respond more fully in time.

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