Trends in Cooperation between Industry, R&D Centres, and Universities

1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-20
Author(s):  
Matti Otala

Industry is experiencing fundamental changes in its operations, structure, mores and economies. These changes are caused by intensification of international competition; restructuring of several large economic blocks; changing societal values; and new organizational paradigms. The following is a terse, condensed summary of what the author sees as twelve major changes affecting the European research establishment in the coming years. This is a strictly private view, based on personal experience gained from working in European, US and Japanese industries, and several European universities and research centres.

1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leenamaija Otala ◽  
Matti Otala

In the March 1993 issue of Industry and Higher Education, Matti Otala identified and briefly summarized major trends in cooperation between industry, R&D centres and universities. These trends were seen in the context of the fundamental changes which industry is experiencing in its operations, structure, mores and economics – changes which are the effects of intensifying international competition, shifting societal values, new organizational ideals, and the restructuring of several world-economic blocks. This follow-up article looks specifically at the practical impacts of these changes on university–industry relationships and focuses on the increased need to ‘recycle’ employees who have lost their skills competence, and the opening up of the universities for more and larger research projects. The authors argue that the competitiveness of European industry is at stake and highlight measures which must be taken to ensure its survival.


Endeavour ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 156
Author(s):  
Trevor I Williams

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 186-191
Author(s):  
Gill Court ◽  
Nick Jagger

Over the past decade, a number of European Union initiatives have sought to increase the level of contact between scientists and engineers in member states. These initiatives have been associated with increased mobility within Europe, in particular at the student and post-doctoral levels. There has, however, been little research on trends in the recruitment and employment of non-national staff within Europe. This article draws on the results of a survey carried out to investigate the patterns of employment and recruitment of non-national scientists and engineers in European research centres and the factors which lie behind current trends.


2012 ◽  
pp. 123-139
Author(s):  
Pasquale Frascione

The evolution of Shipbuilding in Ancona in the 70s and 80s is seen from inside trough the Author's personal experience in two very different Shipyards located in Ancona. The wide Shipyard was first owned by CRN and then by Fincantieri, belonging to a large stock company comparable to most important companies in the European Naval Industry. The small Shipyard, Cooperativa Ing. Tommasi, was one of the minor Shipyards in Ancona, which also played an important role in the local economy and had national and international recognition for quality of products and professionalism of employed people. Similar evolutions, from artisan to industrial production, but in different times and in different ways took place in both Shipyards. Both realities at that time were characterized by the same professional capacity of men who have taken part on all levels and by the same entrepreneurial will and perseverance, that have allowed them to obtain results and recognition in a market sector, already then, exposed to strong international competition.


2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Alessandro Tolomelli

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1807-1384.2016v13n3p43The intellectual path of Augusto Boal ran parallel with his own life. “A path made by walking”, we can say using Machado’s words. In my personal experience, working as an educator I discovered the necessity of a pedagogical framework to sustain the practice; thinking as educationalist I realized the importance of the political meanings of education; acting as a Theatre of the Oppressed professional I understood the importance of keeping links between theory and praxis, personal and academic research. To summarize, in this paper I try to connect some points between pedagogy, politics and research using the method of the Theatre of the Oppressed as a framework. The first part described the reasons of my interest in the Pedagogy of the Oppressed (P. Freire) and then on the Theatre of the Oppressed (A. Boal). Later on, the focus is on the meaning of the words ‘theatre’ and ‘oppression’ to explain the aims and the roots of the Theatre of the Oppressed. At the end of the paper the project is presented: “TOgether”, a European research-action path aimed at constructing a curriculum for the Theatre of the Oppressed trainer as well as experimenting with the aesthetic potential of the method.Teatro do oprimido: pesquisa da ligação, compromisso político e perspectivas pedagógicasA trajetória intelectual de Augusto Boal correu em paralelo com sua própria vida. "Um caminho feito a pé", usando as palavras de Machado. Na minha experiência pessoal trabalhando como educador, eu descobri a necessidade de uma estrutura pedagógica para sustentar a prática. Pensando como educador, eu percebi a importância do significado político da educação. Agindo como um profissional do Teatro do Oprimido, eu compreendi a importância de manter ligações entre teoria e prática, a vida pessoal e a pesquisa acadêmica. Para resumir, neste artigo eu tento conectar alguns pontos entre a pedagogia, política e pesquisa utilizando o método do Teatro do Oprimido como estrutura. Na primeira parte descrevi as razões de meu interesse na Pedagogia do Oprimido (Paulo Freire), e em seguida, no Teatro do Oprimido (Augusto Boal). Posteriormente, o foco é no significado das palavras "teatro" e "opressão" para explicar os objetivos e as raízes do Teatro do Oprimido. No final do artigo o projeto "TOgether" é apresentado: a trajetória de uma pesquisa-ação europeia destinada à construção de um currículo para o formador do Teatro do Oprimido, bem como experiências com o potencial estético do método. 


2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Ayris

The purpose of this paper is to identify and assess current developments in scholarly publishing in Europe. Current models for disseminating content have limitations and Open Access models of publishing have been endorsed by the European Universities Association. The Harvard mandate for the deposit of materials in Open Access repositories is a bold new development, and the community is watching it with interest. It is possible that e-books may be the next large form of content to be made available to the user. Users certainly express interest in using this form of material. However, current library systems need to be developed in order to cope with this mass of new content. E-theses, available in Open Access from institutional repositories, are a form of content that is made much more visible than the paper equivalents. The DART-Europe portal, supported by LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries) currently provides access to 100,000 research theses in 150 European Universities. At an institutional and academic level, however, much remains to be done to embed Open Access into the landscape: the current situation is described in a new report for UCL (University College London), produced by RAND Europe.


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