University-Business Cooperation Skills – Advancing UBC

20 to 40 hours 9 Nov - 7 Dec 2023 English Online

This intensive online training program will accelerate your skills in university-business collaboration. Delivered through interactive workshops, participants will cover topics including:

Partnership approaches
Pathway valorisation
Measuring outputs, outcomes and impact

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Who should participate?

Professional staff (all career stages)
This program is for university professional staff whose job it is to promote and facilitate collaboration between university and business.

Academics (all career stages)
This program is for academics and researchers wanting to engage with industry stakeholders to boost the impact of their work.

Businesses (all career stages)
This program is for businesses who recognise the value in fostering relationships with universities.

What is involved?

Access international tools, frameworks and models to apply in your work.
Be guided by specialist facilitators with years of experience from research and practice.
Discover global best practice case studies in university-business cooperation.
Obtain your unique UIIN certification(s) validating your skills.

Why join the program?

Learn how to benefit from your ecosystem of potential collaborators.
Apply novel frameworks to guarantee mutually beneficial partnerships.
Create approaches to initiate and scale-up across different disciplines.
Get insights into how to undertake cultural change and capture the success of UBC.

Structure and schedule

9 Nov

Identifying and evaluating partners and opportunities

Workshop | 12:30pm – 2:30pm UTC

Valorisation pathways

Workshop | 2:45pm – 4:45pm UTC

23 Nov

Partnership approach

Workshop | 12:30pm – 2:30pm UTC

Managing partnerships

Workshop | 2:45pm – 4:45pm UTC

7 Dec

Measuring UBC, outputs, outcomes and impact

Workshop | 12:30pm – 2:30pm UTC

Closing session

Wrap-up | 2:45pm – 3:00pm UTC

Optional: Personal Application Project (PAP) and Mentoring

Accelerate your learning and put it directly into practice with this optional addition to the training program. Let us guide you through the process of defining and developing your own PAP, ready for immediate real-world application.

4x Facilitated workshops with UIIN experts
3x 1:1 sessions with a University-Business Cooperation specialist mentor

Facilitators

Arno Meerman

Dr. Balzhan Orazbayeva

Dr. Sarah Jaber

A/Prof. Todd Davey

Dr. Andrey Dyachenko

Dr. Jochen Barth

Guest Facilitator

“The UBC program – particularly the Personal Application Project and associated mentoring – is an extremely valuable and enriching experience for professionals who want to acquire high quality subject-specific knowledge, solve a specific issue and expand their professional network.”

Irene Auffret, Technology Transfer Officer, Fachhochschule St Pölten

“The thing that I loved was the networking and, and meeting people from around the world who are doing the same thing as I am, moving towards the same goals, all in different stages as well. So learning from others, sharing our ideas with others, it was awesome.”

Maria Carolina Serrano Ramirez, Director of Outreach and Engagement, University of La Sabana

“My experience with UIIN as a training provider was very insightful and useful to my daily work. UIIN staff were very supportive and professional. I highly recommend the program.”

Erjon Curraj, Founder, Tech360 Smart Solutions, Jean Monnet Module Coordinator

Questions? Book a one-on-one with us.

Dr. Balzhan Orazbayeva, Manager Strategic Initiatives

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