19 February, 2010
Universities and Businesses: Co-creating Value from Recession to Recovery
On 2nd February Keith Herrmann, Deputy Chief Executive at CIHE, gave a keynote address at a European Commission meeting in Brno, Czech Republic. Addressing an audience of key decision-makers from across Europe attending the EU’s University-Business Forum, Keith outlined the response from the higher education sector in the UK to the recession and the actions taken to work in partnership with business to contribute to the economic recovery.
Keith said, “The knowledge economy of the 21st century is very much a ‘race to the top’, in which we also look to UK universities to work in partnership with the business sector to co-create solutions to the grand challenges that face us.
The convergence of manufacturing and services means that we need not only more highly educated people but also more with, for example, experience and knowledge in systems integration, project management and customer facing skills.
We need more with science and business, maths and economics, social anthropology and marketing, art, design and media. The future will also require enterprise and innovation to be wired into our graduates.
We must rethink the capabilities we need and work with educational providers on these. This is the challenge for Rebuilding Britain.”
You can download Keith’s speech and presentation slides here.
