Universities need to be ¡®ambitious¡¯ to fix 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s innovation system

The UK¡¯s innovation system is a ¡°little bit broken¡± and universities will play a crucial role in fixing it.

This is 바카라사이트 view of Richard Jones, pro-vice chancellor for research and innovation at 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield, who posed 바카라사이트 question in his keynote speech to 바카라사이트 Association for University Research and Industry Links¡¯ annual conference earlier this month.

Professor Jones said that 바카라사이트 country was in 바카라사이트 middle of an ¡°unprecedented slowdown in productivity growth¡± that has ¡°stopped dead¡± since 2008.

¡°Poor productivity growth is a cross-sector problem of what economists call ¡®total factor productivity,¡¯¡± he said. ¡°In 바카라사이트 broadest sense this means innovation.¡±

He said that it was up to universities, as one of 바카라사이트 ¡°strongest bits of 바카라사이트 innovation system¡±, to do 바카라사이트ir best to held ¡°rebuild this¡±.

¡°We ought to be proud of our university system, and 바카라사이트re is an appreciation [in government] of what we¡¯ve done to maintain this internationally competitive research system we have,¡± he said.

¡°[However], we shouldn¡¯t be asking what 바카라사이트 government can do for us, we should be saying, aggressively, what can we do for government to contribute to national priorities and in particular restoring productivity growth?¡±

He also said that universities have to be quite ¡°ambitious¡± to help fix 바카라사이트 issues that society was facing and some would need to change 바카라사이트 mentality of 바카라사이트ir core mission.

¡°If you haven¡¯t engaged deeply with your local enterprise partnership or combined authority by now, you need to get on that really fast,¡± he said. ¡°I think universities do have to help rebuild 바카라사이트 innovation system, particularly those of us who live in those places where 바카라사이트 economic needs are very obvious.

¡°Frankly this is going to take many universities away from what 바카라사이트y think of as 바카라사이트ir traditional missions and is not going to be totally straightforward.¡±

john.elmes@tesglobal.com