28 November, 2009
The Times Higher reports on the creation of CIHEs Task Forces
Writing in the Times Higher, Hannah Fearn reports on the Council for Industry and Higher Education’s Task Forces set up to examine the relationship between business and universities in different industries.
The article says:
“The move, part of chief executive David Docherty’s plan to overhaul the remit of the CIHE, will produce a series of reports that are expected to inform the council’s policy in the coming years.
The first two task forces will focus on the digital and creative industries, and engineering and manufacturing. They will begin their work in the new year, when additional groups will be announced, and report back to the CIHE in early 2011.”
The article also quotes David Docherty: saying that the task forces would “ensure that business and university research collaborations more clearly focus on the UK’s need for global competitiveness and social wellbeing”.
The full article: Task forces to probe academy-industry relations