Modernization of Universities through Greater Interaction with Small Firms

1999 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona Tilley ◽  
David Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This paper explores the ‘best practice’ interactions between universities and small firms in the UK. The purpose is to identify ways in which a university can build stronger and more effective links with small firms. The relationship between universities and small firms is of growing importance. There are political, economic and educational pressures which influence the behaviour and relationship of higher education toward the business sector, and small firms in particular. The wider context of the changes taking place within higher education are discussed. This is followed by the initial findings from a recently completed research project for the Council for Industry and Higher Education which investigated the foremost components in ‘best practice’ interactions and linkages between small firms and universities in the North East of England. Some preliminary ideas are suggested on how best practice can be further facilitated. These proposals are then interpreted in terms of the operational implications for universities and other strategic organizations involved in building linkages with small firms.

Globally Speaking

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trevor Wishart
Keyword(s):  
Electroacoustic Music ◽  
Digital Recording ◽  
Recording Equipment ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Cultural Experience ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Local Sound ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractCheaply available high-quality digital recording equipment, and the ubiquity of computer music tools and the Internet make the creation of electroacoustic music in diverse localities, and its dissemination around the globe, extremely easy. This raises important questions about the relationship of local sound worlds and cultural experience to a potentially global audience. This quandary is examined through the compositions Globalalia (which deals explicitly with speech material from many languages) and Fabulous Paris – a virtual oratorio whcih uses speech in different ways to contrast our relationship to the local and personal with our relationship to the mass experience of the globalised mega-city. The problems in relating to both a local and a global audience are considered in relation to the composer's current project recording speech materials in local communities in the North East of England.

Serpentinites in the North-East Ox Mountains, Eire

1966 ◽  
Vol 103 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. G. Lemon
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Zone ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Boundary Fracture ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractSix serpentinites occur in the Moinian granulites of the North-East Ox Mountains. Four have been known for some time and have been previously described. Additional information on these and the associated vermiculite deposits is provided. The remaining two serpentinites are described for the first time. A pyroxenite vein associated with one of these may have been produced by meta-morphic regeneration.The relationship of some of these serpentinites to the probable position of the Highland Boundary Fracture-zone in Eire is also discussed. Brief comparison is made with serpentinites occurring in the Scottish Moinian.

The Relationship of Strategic Intent to the Enablers and Inhibitors of E-Business Adoption in SMEs

2011 ◽  
pp. 244-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margi Levy ◽  
Philip Powell ◽  
Les Worrall
Keyword(s):  
Product Innovation ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Growth Strategies ◽  
Strategic Intent ◽  
West Midlands ◽  
Growth Product ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Small firms’ use of e-business is limited and little is known about what drives them to embrace e-business. Using survey data from 354 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK West Midlands, this chapter investigates e-business use and drivers. It first discusses different growth strategies adopted by SMEs and reviews Internet adoption in SMEs. Drivers and inhibitors of e-business are identified. Three research questions are derived—does strategic intent drive e-business adoption and is it a factor of market position or product innovation? Is this consistent across sectors? And how is strategic intent and industry adoption influenced by the enablers and inhibitors of e-business adoption? This research demonstrates that strategic intent influences decisions to invest in e-business. Those SMEs remaining in their existing markets are the least likely to invest, primarily due to the Internet not being seen as necessary for growth. Product innovation rather than market penetration drives e-business and e-business drivers and inhibitors provide insights into this.

Honouring Ray Hudson: Reflecting on four decades of contribution to economic geography

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-132
Author(s):  
Roger Lee
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Economic Geography ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
Formulation Development ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Deep Appreciation ◽  
Political Economic

Ray Hudson’s economic geography is characterised by a complex understanding of the mutually formative relationships between theory and context. Although Ray’s research and writing range from the local to the global, his understanding stems in part from an intense focus on the north-east of England and from a deep appreciation of the analytical, theoretical and political significance of careful empirical analysis. Ray’s distinctive formulation, development and application of a critical political economic geography informs his commitment to social justice. This is a commitment that has never wavered. It goes well beyond research and writing and extends to his practical involvement in teaching and learning, the discipline of Geography, higher education more widely and to his tireless political engagement.

scholarly journals Paleoecology of Late Eocene-Oligocene foraminiferal assemblages in a two-well transect across the North-East Newfoundland shelf

1991 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-67
Author(s):  
F. C. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
Western Boundary ◽  
Late Oligocene ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Early Oligocene ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. Core samples from the Paleogene of the Bonavista C-99 well on the northeast Newfoundland shelf and cuttings from downdip Blue H-28 contain foraminiferal assemblages which enable reconstruction of paleoenvironments along a downslope transect in Eocene through Late Oligocene-Miocene time. Comparison with coeval assemblages in North Sea wells with respect to structure and grain size of agglutinated taxa between the two areas reveal inter-basin differences.Reconstruction of the paleobathymetry derived from foraminiferal analysis, confirms seismic evidence for shallowing at the Bonavista site beginning in the Early Oligocene. The relationship of the Bonavista assemblages to contour currents is explored with reference to modern regional analogues. Species such as Reticulophragmium amplectens, Haplophragmoides walteri, Eponides umbonatus and Uvigerina ex. gr. miozea-nuttalli persist stratigraphically higher in the deeper Blue site.The paleoslope of this two-well transect is determined as approximately 0.48° during the Middle to Late Eocene and 0.68° during the Late Oligocene-Early Miocene. The bottom water hydrography of the transect can be evaluated by reference to these assemblages and a comparison to flysch-type agglutinated assemblages from a transect in the North Sea. The presence of an Upper Eocene-Middle Miocene hiatus at the Blue site contrasting with apparently continuous Tertiary deposition at Bonavista places a theoretical upper limit of 500–1000 m on the depth of the early Cenozoic western boundary undercurrent.

Mapping UK Eportfolio Developments within a European Context

2012 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon Joyes ◽  
Elizabeth Hartnell-Young
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Current Development ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
European Context ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Future Work ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter outlines the European context of lifelong learning and educational cooperation across member states and the relationship of eportfolios to current development. It focuses specifically on the priority given to portfolio developments in higher education in the UK through reports and policy documents and particularly through the extensive funding distributed via the Joint Information Systems Committee of the Higher Education and Further Education Funding Councils (JISC). A model is presented that was developed by analyzing current practice and a matrix for identifying eportfolio developments in relation to purposes and learning processes, useful also for mapping key areas for future work.

Lifelong Learning: Bridging the Gap between Higher Education and Employers' Needs

2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 347-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deirdre Burnet ◽  
Kevyn Smith
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Civilian Life ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
New Learning ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University

Promoting the lifelong learning agenda is a clear aspiration within many higher education establishments. But can this aspiration be achieved without rethinking the way in which learning is approached and delivered? The UK government's agenda is targeted at increasing skill levels within business and industry through the delivery of lifelong learning activities, thus enhancing the competitiveness of UK companies. However, to encourage people to participate when they have not engaged in formal learning for some time may be problematic if the benefits of participation are not evidently relevant to them. This paper outlines an approach to lifelong learning that has provided a bridge between the needs of small and medium-sized firms in the North East of England and the University of Northumbria. The learners were Armed Forces personnel who had either left the services with no job to go to, or who were in the process of resettlement, with little idea of employment opportunities open to them in the future. Part of the challenge was to ‘match’ the existing skills of participants to the needs of local employers and to encourage new learning to help make the transition from service to civilian life as smooth as possible.

The Development of Industry—Higher Education Relationships in Kuwait and the UK

1994 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-57
Author(s):  
Salahaldeen Al-Ali
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Newcastle Upon Tyne ◽  
Made In

The author compares existing links between industry and higher education in Kuwait and the UK as exemplified by activities and attitudes at the Universities of Newcastle upon Tyne and Durham in the north-east of England and Kuwait University. Although in both countries there are positive attitudes towards establishing and developing close links, considerably more progress has been made in the UK than in Kuwait, where there is a lack both of the necessary management structures and of agencies to promote interaction.

IX.—The Biology of the Euphausiid Crustacean, Meganyctiphanes norvegica (M. Sars).

1959 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Mauchline
Keyword(s):  
Egg Laying ◽  
Feeding Method ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Annual Periodicity ◽  
Meganyctiphanes Norvegica ◽  
Potential Methods ◽  
Clyde Sea ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

SynopsisAnalyses of winter and summer vertical migrations of Meganyctiphanes norvegica are given and the differences in behaviour pointed out. A vertical layering of size classes, larger specimens occurring deeper than smaller ones, is shown to exist during the day and night.Four potential methods of feeding were found. The inter-relationships between vertical migration, feeding method used, and type of food eaten are discussed.The relationship of carapace length to total length was found to depend on the state of maturity of M. norvegica.M. norvegica matures at the age of 1 year, transference of the spermatophores taking place in January-February, the eggs being laid in March-April. The larvae take 2–3 months to reach adolescence and little growth in size takes place in the winter when the gonads are maturing. An age of 3 years may be attained but most only survive 1½—2 years.The distribution within the Clyde Sea throughout the year is described. Most of the population were found to move to the North-east Arran Area for egg-laying.A 24-hr. and annual periodicity of luminescence is described and correlated with the period of swarming of this species prior to spermatophore transference.

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