As the first semester of 2022 comes to an end and many of us head off to some tropical holiday destination, we are happy to provide some good reading material to bring along.
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will not have escaped you that last month the 2022 UIIN Conference took place in Amsterdam. Up to 400 university-industry collaboration enthusiasts gathered to connect and share the latest insights in the field, and you can now dive deeper into all the presentations! Head over to the UIIN Store or Members' Area to get your copies of the proceedings or relive the conference with the official after-movie below.
Ready for a fresh start? Enroll in our new large-scale online training program, designed to accelerate your UBC skills, or dive into game- and challenge-based teaching methods at the UNLOCK Conference. A new semester also presents the time to reassess our services provision. Tell us how we can better support you in your work in our 7-minute survey and help shape future UIIN activities and services!
A warm welcome to The Royal Veterinary College
As the largest and longest-established vet school in the English-Speaking world, our new organisational member The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has made its name as a leading specialist veterinary and biological science research institution. In recent years, the RVC has put great emphasis on accelerating its external engagement activities, facilitated by success in attracting substantial levels of funding for knowledge exchange. Learn more about their collaborative projects, industry mentorship and commercialisation success in our feature article.
The selected and presented research and case studies at the 2022 UIIN Conference have been compiled into the 2022Academic and Practicioner Proceedings and Good Practice Series. Relive the conference with the after movie or get your copies of the proceedings now in the UIIN store and the UIIN members' area.
Information Sessions - UBC Skills Accelerator UIIN will run two information
sessions on September 1st to provide more detail on the University-Business Cooperation (UBC) Skills Accelerator training program, commencing on September 22, 2022. If you have questions or would like to chat to a program lead, sign up now.
Session 1: 8:30 - 9:15am CEST Session 2: 4:00 - 4:45pm CEST
UNLOCK Conference: Unlocking creative & innovative teaching in higher education institutions Are you looking to raise the next generation of curious, motivated and critical students through game- and challenge-based teaching methods? Join us on November 28th-29th for the UNLOCK Conference, taking place onsite in Amsterdam!
Submissions for research abstracts, good practice cases and workshops will
open on July 15th, so explore the themes now.
Whether you are new to university-business cooperation, or have been actively involved in the field, participation in the program will accelerate your skills, help you develop your own project, give access to best practices, and provide you with the UIIN credential.
Learn how to co-create a MOOC With the UNLOCK conference coming up, check out the second issue of the UNLOCK e-zine and learn about the developments of the project over the last year, including publications, creation of pedagogical frameworks, events, the design and creation of the UNLOCK MOOC, and more.
What qualities do growth SME owners need? Have you already downloaded your copy of the SME Cluster Growth Needs Analysis Synthesis Report? This report distils and presents the findings of our investigation in relation to SME growth needs and the issues they might be facing. Download it here.
At UIIN, we are constantly seeking to better support our global community, and thereforewe would like to hear your challenges first-hand and how we can help you to succeed in your work.As a new semester is about to start, your input will help inform our future activities and services provision. So, have your say, and fill out our 7-minute survey.
Interested in taking advantage of the discounted prices? Speak to us today about UIIN membership options. Already a UIIN
member? Don't forget to log into your members areato automatically access your membership discounts. For questions about the UIIN Membership or about our services, please contact us at office@uiin.org.