Welcome to the Universities’ and Businesses’ Shared Role in Regional Development – Case Studies page of EPC’s Crucible Project toolkit. Click here for the toolkit homepage.
This page lists the case studies which come under the Universities’ and Businesses’ Shared Role in Regional Development theme, one of the five themes identified during the the EPC’s landmark 2020 Annual Congress, Industry & Academia: Supercharging the Crucible. On this page you will find case studies focussing on this area from a wide range of HE providers and industry partners:
| Case Study Title | Other Themes/Keywords | Authors |
|---|---|---|
Driving Innovation to Decarbonise a City Region: Greater Manchester Energy Innovation Agency | Decarbonisation, Local Energy, Skills, Economic Growth | Amer Gaffar, Dr Ian Madley, Prof Bamidele Adebisi |
Newcastle University and brightening the future for the North East | Collaborating with industry for teaching and learning, Knowledge exchange, Research, Graduate employability and recruitment, Electrification, Collaboration Skills, Newcastle | Prof Matt Boyle OBE |
Maximising Benefits of Regional Development Funding to Companies, Academics, and Students | Knowledge Exchange, Regional Development Funding, Innovation Enterprise Zone | Prof Tony Dodd, Marek Hornak and Rachel Wood |
Staying Local to Go Far: Supporting Regional Development through Collaborations with Global Reach | Skills, Research, Innovation, Collaboration, Biopharma, Healthcare | Dr Mark Corbett, Prof John S. Young and Prof Vikki Rand |
Industrial Digitalisation MSc Students Supporting Regional Development | Graduate employability and recruitment, PrintCity, industrial digitalisation, 3D printing | Peter Gough and Prof Craig Banks |
Educating engineers to contribute to a regional goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2030 | Education for Sustainable Development, Climate Emergency, Net Zero, Sustainable Development Goals | Dr Laura Fogg-Rogers |
Partnership Approaches in a New, Engineering-Focussed HEI | Knowledge exchange, Collaborating with industry for teaching and learning, Challenge-based Learning, Timber Technology, Levelling-up, Skills, Future of Work | Ben Ricketts, Prof Beverley Gibbs and Harriet Dearden |
Using an Innovation Standard Framework to Drive Knowledge Exchange Growth, Value and Impact | Knowledge exchange, Collaborating with industry for teaching and learning, Research, Innovation Benchmarking, Innovation Portfolios, Innovation-driven Leadership, ISO 56002, Industrial Collaboration, Growth | Prof Sa’ad Sam Medhat |
Sheffield Innovation Programme | Knowledge exchange, Research, Graduate employability and recruitment, Innovation, SMEs | Alex Prince and Prof Wayne Cranton |
Stimulating Growth of an SME to Support Railway Infrastructure | Knowledge exchange, Collaborating with industry for teaching and learning, Graduate employability and recruitment, Knowledge Transfer Partnership, Design and Innovation, Student Projects, Railway Infrastructure | Prof Simon Barrans, Harvey Kangley, Greg Jones and Mark Newton |
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