By Tim Goral. The real challenge is that we’re having to shift from an old approach of developing new hardware and new software to now where we not only have to do that, we have to innovate in how we manage companies and how we organize companies.
So there’s a new need for a new type of innovation, and it’s not clear that the U.S. will be able to do as well in that area as we have done in hardware and software in the past. More...
Innovating on the Margins: Transforming Higher Education by Working from the Outside In
By Martha Saunders - EvoLLLution. It can be difficult for institutions to innovate and respond quickly to change, but by creating a unit designed specifically to focus on transformation while operating on the margins, it’s possible to overcome these common challenges. More...
At this college, IT staff are former students
By Andrew Barbour. In an innovative new program, OSU is hiring its own students from a vendor’s internship program to work on the company’s systems on campus. More...
L’innovation au service de l’innovation – le Workshop de l’Association Recherche et Avenir – 28 janvier à Nice
Inscrivez-vous au workshop organisé par Recherche et Avenir le 28 janvier 2016 à Sophia Antipolis
L’innovation, moteur de croissance et source de richesse pour le territoire, est aussi un levier fort de développement pour les entreprises. Une collaboration entre Entreprise et Laboratoire à travers des équipements scientifiques performants permet aux chercheurs d’orienter et valoriser leurs travaux et aux chefs d’entreprise de bénéficier d’un haut niveau d’expertise. Voir l'article...
Government backs research into digital innovation
By Brendan O'Malley. The Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre, ADAPT, the global centre of excellence for digital content and media innovation, was launched on Wednesday by Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation, Damien English, with the aim of developing the next generation of digital content technologies. Read more...
Innovation Buzzword Bingo
By . Morning all. Regular service will pushed back one week to January 10th, but I couldn’t let the Globe op-ed “Southern Ontario Should be an Innovation Cluster, Not a Farm Team” by three Ontario university presidents (McMaster’s Patrick Deane, Toronto’s Meric Gertler, and Waterloo’s Feridun Hamdullahpur) go without comment. More...
Infinite opportunities from Innovation Statement lead to Go8 advertising
For only the second time since its inception, the Group of Eight (Go8) has today chosen to use paid media advertising (*attached) to communicate its views on the future of university research in Australia. More...
Innovation – no slogan, instead a constructive pathway forward
Australia finally has a pathway forward that recognises the intrinsic value of university research and how it can be better embedded and utilised to deliver the nation economic growth and a productivity stimulus. More...
Cultivating innovation in higher ed
Spending time overseas leads to workplace innovation, says study
By Natalie Marsh. Those who have participated in an international experience are more likely to progress into a job role involving innovation than those who haven’t, according to a recent British Council report. More...