Welcome to AURIL
AURIL is the professional association representing all practitioners involved in knowledge creation, development and exchange in the UK and Ireland who work to ensure that new ideas, technologies and innovations flow from their institution into the market place. It is the largest knowledge transfer association in Europe, with more than 1600 members from universities, NHS Trusts and public sector research establishments.
The Association enjoys widespread international recognition through its success in influencing UK government policy. It has strong working relations with the Confederation of British Industry, Universities UK, the UKIPO, the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills, HM Treasury and Higher Education Funding Councils, in partnership with whom it has produced many publications.
AURIL was instrumental in the creation of an Institute of Knowledge Transfer, which will serve to further enhance the professional recognition of the sector and of those working within it. The Institute has now been incorporated.
Letter of Welcome from the Chair, Alun Tlusty-Sheen.
Upcoming Events
| AURIL Conference 2010 |
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2010-10-07 As you will already be aware, AURIL are heading to Newcastle on 7 and 8 ... |
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| AURIL Conference 2010 |
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2010-10-08 As you will already be aware, AURIL are heading to Newcastle on 7 and 8 ... |
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| Using knowledge for social good: the ethics of knowledge exchange in the third sector |
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2010-10-27 Using knowledge for social good:
the ethics of knowledge exchange in the third sector
27 October ... |
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Recent Discussions on MyAuril
- Service to Society: wider public benefits of HE
Following a recommendation in the November 2008 Wellings Review of IP, HEFCE working with UniversitiesUK and volunteer HEIs, have been piloting reporting of the wider public benefits of higher education to the economy and society.
- Public service delivery and the third sector
This paper examines research evidence, argument and policy development on the third sector and public service delivery over the last five to ten years. Forty-eight separate pieces of research, published between 2004 and 2010 on the themes of public service delivery, commissioning and procurement, are reviewed.
- The geography of social enterprise
Social enterprise has attracted increasing attention from policy makers, practitioners and academics over recent years. It has often been argued that there is a strong geographical dimension to the growth of social enterprise, yet the lack of reliable national data has prevented any rigorous analysis into how they are distributed.
- THE World Rankings set for release on 16 September
The seventh annual Times Higher Education World University Rankings will be published on 16 September – find out more at the new home of World University Rankings. The date was announced in London this week as further details were revealed of the rankings' new methodology.
- Imperial plans its first overseas institution
Imperial College is going to open a medical school in Singapore, in partnership with a local university. This will be the first time that the London university has delivered a course overseas. The medical course, which will accept its first intake in 2013, will teach about 150 students a year.

