Navigating Partnership Ecosystem
08 - 22 Mar 2027
3 days
Enhance your ability to identify and analyse your external and internal ecosystems to inform partnership approaches and strategies. Learn to address key challenges and collaboration opportunities to lay the groundwork for successful partnerships at your institution.
Did you know? Participating in this course will earn you 1.5 Continuing Education Unit and a UIIN Badge!
This training course is freely accessible for our Accelerator & Changemaker members
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We just wanted to make sure that before you register and pay, you are aware that this and many other learning opportunities are included and/or discounted in a UIIN community membership :)
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Join roundtable discussions, get tailored strategy sessions and receive a diagnostic report.
Who should attend
Perfect for professional staff responsible for developing and managing partnerships or external engagement activities, whether within departments, faculties, or at the institutional level. If you are looking to build or strengthen strategic partnerships that drive value, this is for you.
Learning outcomes
This course will help you to
- Understand the existing structures, resources, and capabilities within your organisation to leverage for partnerships
- Enhance your ability to identify and analyse your external ecosystem
- Use the knowledge of your external ecosystem to inform partnership approaches and strategies
- Become aware of your organisation’s assets and strengths to capitalise on them when partnering
- Address key challenges and collaboration opportunities to lay the groundwork for successful partnerships
- Expand your personal and professional network
Course elements
Week 1
08 Mar
Introduction to the course
Onboarding
Internal Ecosystem - Mapping and Understanding | Workshop
Map your organisation and conduct internal environmental scanning to develop a deep understanding of existing structures, resources, and capabilities within your organisation that you can leverage for partnerships.
Week 2
15 Mar
External Ecosystem - Mapping and Understanding | Workshop
Map your external environment and identify different types of stakeholders and their needs to find potential industry partners and collaborators that align with your institution's goals.
Navigating Your Internal Partnership Ecosystem | Practice Exchange
In this interactive session, university representatives will compare how they organise and govern the partnership function—from central units to faculty teams—and how it connects with wider services (research/impact, alumni & advancement, tech transfer, careers, comms).
Week 3
22 Mar
Asset Mapping | Knowledge-to-Practice
Undertake an interactive internal and external mapping exercise for your organisation’s ecosystem working together with peers and using learnings from the course.
Closing
Wrap-up
Facilitators & Experts
Sarah is a Director at UIIN and an experienced consultant. She advises universities globally about university – industry engagement, strategic partnerships and institutional strategy. At UIIN, Sarah leads the advisory and business development practice, designing and delivering innovative solutions to enhance universities’ external engagement.
Todd has consulted to the European, Australian, and Vietnamese Governments, and to multiple universities. Todd is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at the IMT Business School in Paris and a visiting researcher at Imperial College (UK), Technical University of Vienna (AUT) and the University of Adelaide (AUST) in the topics of entrepreneurship and innovation.
Balzhan is Director of Research & Training at UIIN, where she leads the development and scaling of training courses and ensures that research insights are translated into practical value for our community. She holds a PhD in university–business collaboration and brings deep expertise in connecting research, practice, and innovation to strengthen collaboration between higher education and industry.
“This course has been fantastic in providing the foundational knowledge I need to grow in my career.”
"UIIN's thought leadership and strategic partnership programs have impacted my team's strategy and design of critical initiatives while opening doors to new partners and peer networks around the world."
Questions? Book a one-on-one with us.
Dr. Balzhan Orazbayeva, Manager Strategic Initiatives
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