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HEPI Conference, December 2 nd 2010

HEPI Conference, December 2 nd 2010. Competition V Collaboration : What Does the Future Hold? Professor David Greenaway University of Nottingham. Coverage. Changing Patterns of Competition Drivers of Collaboration Geography of Collaboration The Future for Collaboration

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HEPI Conference, December 2 nd 2010

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  1. HEPI Conference, December 2nd 2010 Competition V Collaboration : What Does the Future Hold? Professor David Greenaway University of Nottingham

  2. Coverage • Changing Patterns of Competition • Drivers of Collaboration • Geography of Collaboration • The Future for Collaboration • A Case Study : Collaboration and Nottingham

  3. Changing Patterns of Competition

  4. Changing Patterns of Competition • Who competes? • Individual researchers • Disciplinary clusters • Higher education institutions • Nations

  5. What Are We Competing Over? • Funding (Research Councils, RAE / REF, EU……) • Research resources (PhD students, key labs…..) • Impact (citations, innovation, transformation….) • Prestige (RAE, League Tables, Prizes……) • Success (we just like winning!)

  6. How is the Competitive Landscape Changing? • Increased pressures on available resources • Changing expectations of funding agenciesTo be competitive, need overlapping geographies • Higher education becoming more globalised • Geography of global competition changing • Old competitors opening up (eg US) • New competitors emerging (eg China and India)

  7. Collaboration

  8. Drivers of Collaboration • Individual • Gains from trade (pooling, access, citations…) • Funding agency priorities (multidisciplinary research focus, geography….) • Disciplinary • Critical mass / survival (scale, depth….) • Delivery (access to essential inputs, adding value) • Institutional • Market access (diversification, penetration…..) • Visibility (brand development, league tables….) • National • Spillovers (learning by collaborating, innovation and growth) • Prestige (league tables)

  9. Geography of Collaboration • Local • Regional • National • International • Diffusion of knowledge does not respect boundaries

  10. Collaboration Will Increase • ‘Grand Challenges’ are global (food security, energy technologies, public health…….) • Growing linkage of research and innovation • Strategic partnerships with Research Councils • Falling trade costs • Globalisation of higher education • Increased business to business engagement • Globalisation of business to business engagement • Income diversification

  11. Trade Costs 1980-2005 Index, 1985-100

  12. HE Students Studying Overseas

  13. Imports and Exports of International Students

  14. Global Trends in Research Collaboration

  15. More Collaboration Will HelpDrive Success • Individual (citations, impact, funding) • Disciplinary (competitiveness, critical mass, spillovers) • Institutional (competitiveness, leverage, survival) • National (knowledge based economy, inovation, competitiveness)

  16. A Case StudyCollaboration and the University of Nottingham

  17. Collaboration at Nottingham • Well embedded in institutional DNA • Collaborations at all levels (individual, disciplinary, institutional) • Partnerships with: other Universities; Research Councils; SMEs; global businesses; public sector bodies • ‘Death of distance’ means collaborations are local and global

  18. Local Collaborations • Education • Biocity • Nottingham University Samworth Academy • Business • Boots • Network of SMEs • Public Services • Nottingham University Hospitals Trust

  19. Regional / NationalCollaborations • Higher Education • Midlands Physics Alliance (+ Birmingham and Warwick) • Midlands Energy Consortium and MEGS (+ Birmingham and Loughborough) • Manufacturing Technology Centre (+ Birmingham and Loughborough) • Research Councils • BBSRC (Strategic Partnership) • EPSRC (Framework Agreement)

  20. Regional / NationalCollaborations • Business • Rolls Royce (UTCs + MTC) • Eon (MEC) • BGS (National Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage) • GSK (Carbon Neutral Laboratories)

  21. International Collaborations • innumerable individual, School and University collaborations • Universitas 21 network • International Campuses • University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus • University of Nottingham Ningbo China

  22. Nottingham Malaysia

  23. University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus • Research and Knowledge Transfer Opportunities • Addressing national / regional priorities (engineering, pharmaceutical sciences) • Leveraging global priorities (Crops for the Future) • Diversification of research funding (EU, MOSTI) • Building new collaborations (University, business, public sector)

  24. Nottingham China

  25. University of Nottingham Ningbo China • Research and Knowledge Transfer Opportunities: • Addressing local / national priorities (manufacturing, business and finance) • Leveraging for global priorities (sustainable energy technologies) • Diversification of research funding (MOST, Sustainable Manufacturing Key Labs) • Building new collaborations (University, business, public sector)

  26. Conclusions • Competition and collaboration are not mutually exclusive • Collaboration has the potential to add real value • With increased links between research and innovation and increased globalisation, potential for collaboration grows • Enormous potential globally

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