Transcript A beginner´s guide to London

London Metropolitan University
Shaping London - A World City
Dr Jennifer Somerville
Director
The London Enterprise Office
[email protected] www.londonmet.ac.uk/london-office
UK Policy on Knowledge Transfer
between HE and business
Enhance
global competitiveness
through:
 R&D
investment
 Invention and innovations
 Lifelong learning
Fiscal
incentives
Higher Education Innovation Fund
 Spin
outs
 Patents, licensing, trademarks
 Contract research and consultancy
 CPD and other tailored vocational LLL provision
Centres
for Knowledge Exchange (CKEs)
London’s Economic
Importance
 London
is the economic motor for the UK
 London accounts for 18% of the UK’s
GDP
 London makes a net contribution of £18
billion to public finances
 London is the most popular European
location for headquarters of international
business. About 1/3 of Fortune Global 500
have their headquarters here.
Knowledge Transfer at
London Met
 Total
income from KT increased from
£5,596,000 in 2003/04 to £17,884,000 in
2005/06 – an increase of 215% in two years
Knowledge Transfer - 2004/05 and 2005/06
2005/06
Regeneration and
Development
2004/05
Consultancy
Contract research
Collaborative
research
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Key Sectors
Financial Services Industry
Financial
Services
Academy
Research,
consultancy and CPD at
leading-edge e.g. regulation
hedge funds, futures,
private equity, insurance
Financial
information
Bloomberg
analytic suite
ICT
 Gamelab
 Cutting-edge
games and other
digital media prototypes for industry practitioners,
creative community networks and corporates
 Educational content through web, Flash, CGI for
games, interactive DVD, mobile or digital video
 Accelerator
 Real-time
Digital Incubator
and virtual incubator facilities in digital
and new media for the software industry
 Specialised and sector-specific
business development for businesses in ICT,
interactive media, e-learning and design
Design and Manufacture
Metropolitan Works
State-of-the-art
technology for
digital design and manufacture
Access for London's designers
and manufacturers to prototyping
services and hands-on production
time
High-end creative industries:
furniture, silver and gold
smithing, jewellery-making,
elite sports equipment
Polymers Industry
The London Polymer Centre
 A key
national centre for education, research and
consultancy in polymer engineering, science and
technology
 Current research includes investigation into:
processing capabilities of nanocomposites, polymer
recycling, the processing behaviour of rubber and
thermoplastic elastomers, the
structure property relationships of
vacuum formed thermoplastic
materials, and investigation of the
properties of extruded blown films
Knowledge Transfer Arrangements at LMU
Private
Sector
Business
Departmentally
-based BSMs
The Executive
Board of
Governors
Committees
10 Research
Institutes
UNIVERSITY
14 Academic
Departments
PR and
promotions
Consultancy
and Training
Strategic
Intelligence
The London
Enterprise
Office
Innovation
and
Enterprise
Voluntary &
Community
Groups
Public
Sector
Agencies