university–enterprise cooperation

enefits, that are examples of work between
the higher education and enterprises.
Development of entrepreneurial, management
and innovation skills should become an
integral part of graduate education, research
training and Life-long learning strategies for
university and their employees.
To support universities to make these
organizational changes the Commission has
adopted a Recommendation on the management
of intellectual property in knowledge transfer
activities and a Code of Practice for universities
and other public research organisations.
A good example of this is the European
Institute of Technology - how the EU can
implement innovative governance models –
for the purpose of the modernization agenda
for universities. The final goals are to inspire
change and processes of knowledge transfer
in existing institutions, and to increase
their links with industry.
In order to stimulate knowledge generation
and ensure efficient transfer of its benefits to
the manufacturing sector, a new value-adding
approach to innovation must be nurtured in
which the mutual benefit of collaboration
between the academic and industrial
communities is clearly recognised. The actors
in this process are: Universities, where basic
scientific and technical training takes place;
Research centres, in which graduate and
postgraduate students can build experience
in dealing with the real problems; Knowledge
– intensive SMEs which can transform the
knowledge produced by applied research into
products and services; and Manufacturing
enterprises, equipped to incorporate the
acquired knowledge into products and
processes with the qualities needed to
support enhanced competitiveness.
“The Knowledge triangle of research, education
and innovation to function within favourable
framework conditions, which reward the
knowledge that input to work. In Europe, we
need to become much better at producing
knowledge through research, at diffusing knowledge
through education and at using and applying
knowledge through innovation“ [65].
3.3.2.4. To encourage the Mobility: across
borders and between business and academia
A very important and fundamental point is to
simplify legal and administrative procedures for
the entry of non-EU students and researchers.
A encourage of this effort in 2005 the European
Community was adopted the “researchers’
visa” package. This kind of directive and
recommendation on the admission of thirdcountry
nationals to carry out scientific research
was transposed into national law in 2007.
The second important issue is work on an
attractive image for European universities
in the world.
Also, an integral part of learning programmes
in all disciplines should become followings:
Internships, research mobility programmes
and collaborative project, which allow
students to work with or within a company.
A major effort should be made to achieve
the core Bologna reforms by 2010 in all EU
countries: modernized curricula at all levels
which correspond to the needs of the labour
market; and trustworthy quality assurance
systems and comparable qualifications
(short cycle, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate).
It is important to:
• Promote the value of mobility and to be
recognised by university and business;
in particular SMEs should participate
more in internships;
• Adapt the Legal frameworks for the
purpose of support mobility between
university and business;
• Recognize and accredit the needs for
mobility of academics, researchers or
students to business.
By European Forum on cooperation
between Higher Education and the Business
Community, Mobility is giving following
opportunities:
• Transfer of knowledge of the needs of
industry to HEIs;
• Transfer of knowledge of how HEIs
function to industry;
• Giving graduates’ first hand experience
of the labour market;
29
State of the art in the area of university-enterprise cooperation - EU level 3