AURIL

Bringing Innovation to Rail Customer Experience - £1million competition
A £1 million competition opened on 13 May to find solutions that can transform the rail customer’s experience.

Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellowship Call
The Academy is currently seeking proposals to the Enterprise Fellowship scheme to support researchers who wish to commercialise their research. Enterprise Fellowships provide funding and support to entrepreneurial researchers to enable them to develop a spin-out business around their technological idea.

AURIL response to Sir Andrew Witty's Independent Review of Universities in their Local Communities
Submitted by the Association for University Research & Industry Links, May 2013

The establishment of Fraunhofer in the UK
by Tim Holt, Executive Director of Fraunhofer UK Research Ltd.

AURIL response to the BIS letter on the Science and Research budget
Response to the Science, research and innovation funding priorities: request for views, submitted by the Association for University Research & Industry Links, May 2013

Are more than 50% of academics really not aware of their Universities KT services?
by Alasdair Cameron, AURIL Executive Director

Report from TechnologieAllianz General Assembly, 16-17 April 2013, Berlin
In April Dave Bembo, AURIL Chair of Council was an invited speaker at the TechnologieAllianz 2013 General Assembly in Berlin.

BBSRC Enterprise Fellowship Call
BBSRC and STFC are currently seeking proposals to the Enterprise Fellowship scheme to support researchers who wish to play a key role in the commercialisation of their research.

JISC Professional Development for Business and Community Engagement workshops
Jisc are pleased to announce a series of workshops based around the Professional Development Diagnostic Tool for Business and Community Engagement, which was developed to address the needs of the increasing number of staff in education and research who have new collaborative and enterprising aspects to their roles, which require a range of non-traditional skills.

Report from 'Selling CPD to companies' event
AURIL Council member Lloyd Snellgrove reports from the AURIL/IKT Yorkshire and the Humber KT Network event that took place on April 16th at the University of Huddersfield's Buckley Innovation Centre.

Innovate 2013 Report
Alasdair Cameron, AURIL Executive Director reports from the Innovate UK 2013 exhibition that took place on March 11th-12th at the Business Design Centre in London.

Redesigning the higher education data and information landscape
On January 24th AURIL contributed to a workshop held in London as part of the 'Redesigning the higher education data and information landscape' project commissioned by the Interim Regulatory Partnership Group (IRPG).

Report from AURIL/IKT Yorkshire Network event
AURIL Council member Lloyd Snellgrove reports from the AURIL/IKT Yorkshire Network event that took place on January 15th at the University of Leeds.

Report from AURIL/IKT Scottish Regional KE Network event
A report from the recent "Single KE Office for Scotland" event by Alasdair Cameron, AURIL Executive Director.

Report from "Universities, LEPs and the New Regional Engagement" event
AURIL Council member Lloyd Snellgrove reports from the AURIL/IKT event that took place on October 25th at the University of Hull.

SKEO Consultation Response from AURIL
Response to the Scottish Funding Council Consultation on Development of a single ‘knowledge exchange office’[SFC/01/2012 C] Submitted by the Association for University Research & Industry Links, AURIL

Interface Excellence Awards, Deadline for Applications 19th October 2012

Press Release
UK’s largest Knowledge Exchange Professional Association responds to Government’s report on Following up the Wilson Review.

Marketing of University Expertise for KT Professionals
Come and join us for our third event on Marketing of University Expertise for KT Professionals: What works/ What Doesn't at the University of York on 17th July 2012. Register now at http://yorkshirekt3.eventbrite.co.uk/.

AURIL & Partners Release OA statement
AURIL, working with partners ARMA and Praxis Unico have issued a joint statement on Open Access.

BIS News: Sir Tim Wilson's Review
See here for AURIL's response to the Wilson Review 
Professor Sir Tim Wilson's Review can also be found on the BIS website here and the review website www.wilsonreview.co.uk

Tuition Fees High Court Ruling
The high court is to rule on whether ministers acted legally in allowing universities to charge tuition fees of up to £9,000 a year from this autumn.