The Big Issues: engaging with our members on Industrial Strategy & KEF proposals
4 Apr 2018
We’re sure it will come as no surprise that the current dominant policy issue is the Industrial Strategy and the proposed KEF. How is PraxisAuril engaging in these key sector developments for our members? Following a get-together in London to discuss the KEF, the PraxisAuril Advocacy Committee put together a response to the KEF Technical Advisory Group (January 2018) which you can read here. Our thanks go to all those involved.
Feeling supported, empowered and confident
1 Mar 2018
Growing Impact Through Consultancy - Is Consultancy A Priority In Your Institution?
8 Jan 2018
With the push for greater impact from the research base and more academic-industry partnerships, will consultancy finally come out of the shadows and become fully appreciated for its role in enabling collaboration and impact?
Lambert 2 Toolkit Perceptions
26 Sep 2017
The PraxisUnico Auril annual conference at Sheffield Hallam University had an informative session titled H2GL2: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Lambert 2 Toolkit on 15 June attended by 70 delegates. This article, written by that session’s facilitator, speakers and chairman, builds on an introductory piece in our last issue of KEC Matters, with perceptions on current usage and future revision of this toolkit.
Written by Rupert Osborn, Seshadri Vasan, Christine Reid, Geoff Archer, Jenny Vaughan and Malcolm Skingle.
NC3Rs launches their 2017 CRACK IT Challenges
7 Aug 2017
The NC3Rs is launching the 2017 CRACK IT Challenges* competition at an event in central London on 7 September 2017.
The 2017 CRACK IT Challenges competition consists of three Challenges identified jointly by the NC3Rs and Sponsors. There are three Sponsors: Shell, Syngenta and Unilever.
Negotiators are Born and Bred: Berneman’s 10 Rules for Principled Negotiation
27 Jul 2017
Our daughter, it seems, emerged from the womb negotiating; our son was more laid back. Today, she’s still at it (as are her 3 daughters) and our son has effectively learned when and how to negotiate for what he needs and wants. Becoming a skilled negotiator is achievable, regardless of personality type. Here are 10 Rules my daughter and son (and the good folks at Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation — Getting to Yes — and others) have taught me about effective principled negotiation.