Times Higher Education: Local focus for university-business links in UK ‘too narrow’

 

A report by the National Centre for Universities and Businesses (NCUB) and the Centre for Business Research (CBR) at Cambridge Judge Business School, based on major survey of almost 4,000 firms, finds work with institutions at national and international level is a large slice of collaboration activity.

“It’s a lack of capacity on the part of companies, and a shortage of information provided by universities that is holding back greater collaboration with the UK’s university sector.” says co-author Alan Hughes, Director of the UK Innovation Research Centre, a joint venture between the Centre for Business Research at Cambridge Judge and Imperial College London. (subs)

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