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strategies, as for instance retraining measures developed with the<br />

regional labor offices (working agencies) as a part of the reduction<br />

of the unemployment due to continuing education & Life-long learning.<br />

RFH University is from time to time, in dependence of the kind of<br />

the project and the project realization, involved in different EU<br />

regional development projects.<br />

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A) Staffordshire University - http://www.staffs.ac.uk<br />

B) A strategic plan considering a university-enterprise policy implementation<br />

is developing through Enterprise and Commercial Development (ECD)<br />

leads the applied research, enterprise and knowledge transfer activities<br />

of the University and develops mutually beneficial collaborations<br />

between academics and large and small organisations within<br />

both the private and not-for-profit sectors. Through the delivery<br />

of expertise based upon knowledge, technologies and intellectual<br />

capital based within the University, ECD can assist enterprising<br />

organisations seeking to transform, innovate and develop business<br />

resilience. ECD has access to a wide range of innovation support<br />

programmes such as Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, Innovation<br />

Vouchers and Proof of Concept Funding. The Staffordshire University<br />

clearly defined the university procedures concerning <strong>cooperation</strong><br />

with enterprises and incorporated it into a legal document under<br />

the title Student Employability and Enterprise Policy.<br />

C) Faculties, schools and employer-facing areas such as Careers<br />

Centre, Sales & Student Recruitment, Placements , Enterprise &<br />

Commercial Development and KTP work together using a customer<br />

relationship management system to maximize the available pool of<br />

potential experience-based learning opportunities and promote to<br />

employers the services within Job Zone.<br />

Staffordshire University’s Work Experience Programme aims to<br />

provide over 100 structured work experience placements each year,<br />

to local young people across a range of departments.<br />

D) The University aims to formally embed enterprise into the curriculum<br />

so that all students have the opportunity to enhance their enterprising<br />

capacities. Moreover, Staffordshire University students will be encouraged<br />

to view starting and running a business as a genuine career choice, and<br />

where appropriate will gain access to practical support to make this happen.<br />

Enterprise and entrepreneurship in the curriculum – aligned to the relevant<br />

award. The University is developing a strategy and action plan to further<br />

embed an enterprise culture. The development strategy has three<br />

strands: enterprise in the curriculum; supporting academics to deliver<br />

enterprise education; developing academic enterprise.<br />

5.7<br />

www.staffs.ac.uk/about_us/<br />

university_departments/ecd/index.jsp<br />

www.staffs.ac.uk/visitors/<br />

careers_centre/index.jsp<br />

www.staffs.ac.uk/about_us/<br />

university_departments/ssr/<br />

index.jsp<br />

www.staffs.ac.uk/faculties/<br />

health/partnerships/placements/<br />

www.staffs.ac.uk/about_us/<br />

university_departments/ecd/<br />

index.jsp<br />

www.staffs.ac.uk/commercial/<br />

knowledge_transfer/ktp/index.jsp<br />

www.staffs.ac.uk/commercial/<br />

recruiting_services/<br />

Good practices in the area of university-enterprise <strong>cooperation</strong> 5

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