PraxisAuril

PraxisAuril is a world-leading professional association for Knowledge Exchange practitioners  

PraxisAuril facilitates effective interactions between universities, public sector research organisations, industry partners and government. Our goal is to create the world’s most effective and best-informed Knowledge Exchange practitioners. We do this by focusing on three key areas: DEVELOP, PROMOTE and CONNECT.

We provide training programmes, discussion fora and information resources to help our members DEVELOP.

We PROMOTE the impact of Knowledge Exchange through our policy activity

We organise conferences and provide communication channels to help CONNECT our community.

PraxisAuril is part of a wider global community of partner organisations and key stakeholders that support Knowledge Exchange.

 

  

DEVELOP

NEW DIGITAL EVENT: KE 'n' Coffee - ‘Putting the KE in R&D’

Wednesday 8th July 2020 - 15:00 - 15:30
This week Alasdair and Tamsin will take the BEIS UK R&D roadmap - hot-off-the-press - as the basis for their discussion. The BEIS roadmap is a long-awaited document that sets out the government’s objectives for R&D supported by an increase in public investment in R&D to £22 billion by 2024-25. But what does the roadmap tell us about the future for KE and/or innovation? What new opportunities or challenges does it present to universities as they face an uncertain future and a high level of public scrutiny?

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PROMOTE

NEW BLOG: Tech Transfer in a Crisis

Written by: Dr Adam Stoten RTTP
Like any business that was able to keep operating during the pandemic, our initial priorities revolved around transitioning to remote working and managing the anxieties of employees who were faced with a raft of challenges, both professional and personal. The impact on our core business activities – IP commercialisation, academic consultancies and new venture formation – was an open question, and we searched for indicators that might provide clues on what the coming months would bring.

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CONNECT

LATEST NEWS: Leading lights in knowledge exchange celebrated for contribution to UK innovation

PraxisAuril and UKRI announce the 2020 KE Award Winners. Our seven winners embody the high standards of UK Knowledge Exchange and recognise the people, partnerships, deals and initiatives that generate this world-class activity.

The KE Awards celebrate the people who help to initiate and deliver impact and outcomes from publicly funded research through a diverse range of partners and activities.

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DEVELOP

NEW VIDEO: KE 'n' Coffee - 'KE metrics'

Wednesday 1st July 2020 - 15:00 - 15:30 
Alasdair and Tamsin are taking a week off for the KE Awards but will be back on Wednesday, 1st July when they will tackle the thorny topic of KE metrics.  Their starting point will be an EU report ‘Knowledge Transfer Metrics: Towards a European Wide Set of Harmonised Metrics’. This report, commissioned by the EC’s Joint Research Centre in partnership with ASTP, was authored by an expert group Chaired by Alison Campbell, Director of Knowledge Transfer Ireland.

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PROMOTE

NEW VIDEO: SHEDTalk with Alice Hu-Wagner

Wednesday 1st July 2020  - 10:00 - 11:00
SHEDTalk with guest speaker Alice Hu-Wagner - Managing Director, Strategy Economics and Business Development at the British Business Bank. This is a valuable opportunity to hear Alice's views on the government's ambitions and aspirations for university research commercialisation as we come out of the COVID-19 crisis. This includes support for university ventures, the role of place, and where the British Business Bank fits in with other sector agencies.

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CONNECT

NEW OFFERING: PraxisAuril Online Community launches today

We’re launching our new Online Community today where, for the first time, you can meet and interact with the entire PraxisAuril community. Members will get a separate email with joining instructions. As well as the usual discussion forums there is a directory of members to allow you to find and connect with all parts of the PraxisAuril community.

Please drop by and say hello.

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