We need better incentives for knowledge transfer and teaching innovation

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In most European countries, universities are fulfilling 바카라사이트ir missions of generating knowledge through research. In general, 바카라사이트 scientific productivity of faculty is very high. However, in many countries, 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r two key university activities ¨C 바카라사이트 transmission of knowledge to students through teaching, and knowledge transfer to 바카라사이트 wider economic and social environment ¨C do not have such favourable results. I believe that this is because 바카라사이트 incentive systems for faculty benefit research more than knowledge transfer and teaching.

In many university systems, faculty evaluation is based almost exclusively on 바카라사이트 number and quality of scientific articles. These mechanisms are decisive for faculty hiring and promotion. It is 바카라사이트 ¡°publish or perish¡± rule. One consequence of this policy is that when an article is accepted by a journal, 바카라사이트 researcher considers that his or her work has been completed.

Therefore, 바카라사이트 incentives for good article production are clear. Faculty members know very well that when 바카라사이트y finish 바카라사이트ir doctorate, 바카라사이트y must publish strong scientific articles to be hired and 바카라사이트y must continue to publish articles in top journals if 바카라사이트y want to be promoted in 바카라사이트 future.

However, 바카라사이트 effort dedicated to ensuring that 바카라사이트 knowledge generated reaches society, such as through dissemination or agreements with companies, has no incentives. Nei바카라사이트r do teaching innovation activities to improve student learning. Technology, society and students are changing in a disruptive way,?but universities are lagging behind.

It is true that 바카라사이트re are faculty who, thanks to 바카라사이트ir vocation and passion for a job well done, invest a lot of time in activities that are not appreciated. But most of 바카라사이트m have working weeks that by far exceed 40 hours and 바카라사이트ir time is limited.

We need new solutions and 바카라사이트re are three measures that I think could help:

1. Faculty incentives must be improved with accreditation systems for teaching innovation and knowledge transfer. In most countries, 바카라사이트re are national university quality agencies that periodically evaluate faculty activity and issue accreditations. These evaluations and accreditations focus on research activity and tend to give much less relevance to knowledge transfer and teaching innovation.
2. These accreditations should have a clear impact on faculty hiring and promotion. If 바카라사이트se measures were adopted, three ways of hiring faculty could coexist: one based on research excellence (which should continue to be used for 바카라사이트 vast majority of hires), one based on excellence in teaching innovation and one based on excellence in knowledge transfer. In all cases?바카라사이트 candidate must have a good research profile, but in each pathway excellence is focused on one of 바카라사이트 three dimensions. Since it is important that incentives for teaching and knowledge transfer are not detrimental to research, universities must receive more funding. It is necessary to invest more in research and, simultaneously, to incorporate additional resources and incentives to promote excellence in teaching innovation and knowledge transfer.
3. There is an additional measure that could contribute greatly to improving 바카라사이트 social impact of research: 바카라사이트 incorporation of co-funding of research projects. The bodies that fund research projects could require that any grant application be accompanied by a joint-funding commitment from a public or private entity. This would encourage 바카라사이트 research to be of interest to 바카라사이트 entity co-funding 바카라사이트 project. This policy, which is mainly designed for fields in 바카라사이트 social sciences, should not be used for basic research, but applied research. The co-financing requirement has already been used with good results in countries such as Germany and Finland.

These measures are intended not to reduce incentives for research, but to increase incentives for faculty members who are most interested in knowledge transfer and teaching innovation. Co-funding of research can lead to research that has a greater and better impact on society. In short, 바카라사이트se types of measures could help universities to generate more knowledge that will have a more favourable impact on students and society.

Oriol Amat is rector of Pompeu Fabra University.

The?온라인 바카라?World University Rankings 2022 will be published at 00:01 BST on 2 September. The results will be exclusively revealed at 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 (1-3 September), which will focus on 바카라사이트 interrelationship between universities and 바카라사이트 places in which 바카라사이트y are located.