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Working with Industry: An Overview of Researcher Engagement at TU Dublin

This workshop on 12th March 2019 will provide early career researchers with an understanding of the importance of engagement, the stakeholders involved, and how to identify and define engagement opportunities. Topics covered include the TU Dublin context, models of engagement, and points of contact.

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Working with Industry: An Overview of Researcher Engagement at TU Dublin

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  1. Working with Industry/External Organisations for Researchers David Kirk Head of Corporate Partnerships TU Dublin – City Campus Early Career Researcher Development Programme Workshops Wednesday 12th March 2019 FOCAS Institute

  2. Engagement: An Overview • What is It? • Who do we engage with? • Why Bother? • TU Dublin context • Model of engagement • Points of contact

  3. What Do We Mean By Engagement? “…concerned with the generation, use, application and exploitation of knowledge and other university capabilities outside academic environments”(Molas-Gallartet al. 2002) Teaching Engaged research ..a wide range of research approaches and methods that share a common interest in collaborative engagement with the community and aim to improve, understand, investigate an issue of public interest or concern, including societal challenges. University Research Engagement • http://www.campusengage.ie/sites/default/files/FINAL%20JAN%2016_ER%20Report%202016%20Jan%20v2.pdf

  4. Creating Impact • http://www.campusengage.ie/sites/default/files/FINAL%20JAN%2016_ER%20Report%202016%20Jan%20v2.pdf

  5. Level 5 Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 Relationship Development Philanthropy Research Collaboration Custom Training Advisory Board Event Sponsorship Scholarships Community Support Student prizes/ awards Attendance on TU Dublin programmes Programmatic Reviews Committees Student Placement Accreditation Letters of support Guest Lecturing Contributing to universitysurveys Facilitating Student/Class Visits Attendance at TU Dublin organisedEvents Career Days/Open days/School Visits Engagement Pyramid

  6. Who Are Our Stakeholders? General Public Communities of place Schools colleges and life long learning Communities of Interested Cultural and leisure services Potential Stakeholders and Engaged Research Partners Community orgs and societies Health and wellbeing agencies Public Sector Civil Society Voluntary orgs and charities Regional /national government Social enterprises Media Philanthropic organisations Local authorities, strategic bodies Industry association Businesses/ SMEs Industry Based on NCCPE Stakeholders Guide

  7. Why Is Engagement Important? Researcher Stakeholder University • Recognition • Validation • Research profile and reputation • Opportunity to build capacity • Leverage funding • Delivering impact • Furthering research career • Increasing capacity • Accessing resources • New product development • New business development • Decision making • Building a talent pipeline • Sharing knowledge • Strategic Imperative – connected to stakeholders • Increased competition and funding pressure • Increasing emphasis on ROI and societal impact • National Policy - role in national and regional innovation , economic and societal ecosystems

  8. Stakeholder Engagement Policy Context

  9. Engagement - A TU Dublin Perspective Sustainable Engagement • Strong linkages and reputation • Broad range of engagement • Goodwill – Enterprise, Community, Alumni • Discipline Diversity • Shifting HE/stakeholder landscape • Different cultures • Engagement primarily activity driven and short term • Individually led and tacit • Complex and multifaceted • Often intangible outputs • Coordination Issues • Shifting HE/stakeholder landscape Core Strengths Challenges • Integral part of local, regional and national economic, social and innovation ecosystems • Boundary spanning • From transactional focus towards relationship focus • Shared understanding of challenges and co creation of solutions • Sustainable IC management

  10. Engagement Evolution Progressive Managed Reactive Towards managing the relationship and not just the transaction

  11. Enterprise Access Point Model Of Engagement Strategic Focus Relationship Driven Long Term Operation Focus Activity Driven Short Term Identifying and Defining Engagement Opportunities • Engagement Coordination • Information sharing Internal networks • Communities of Practice • Building Awareness • Facilitating • Influencing • Contributing • Regional Engagement Project and Relationship Management Project definition, organisation and implementation • Relationship Development and Stewardship • Organisational level • Long Term and Sustainable • Strategy and Management Planning • Strategy development • Policy and process development Project agreements and contracts • Management • and analysis • Data Capture & Analysis • Management Development • Business Intelligence Organisation Level Project Level

  12. Supporting Research Engagement at TU Dublin Research, Enterprise and Innovation Services http://www.dit.ie/researchenterprise/enterpriseinnovation/ Hothouse ( Knowledge Transfer): http://www.dit.ie/hothouse/ Office of Business and Industry: http://www.it-tallaght.ie/obi/ LINC Centre: https://www.itb.ie/IndustryInnovation/index.html Corporate Partnerships http: //www.dit.ie/industrycommunity/ Access and Civic Engagement Office https://www.dit.ie/ace/

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