Managementul activitatilor tertiare - uefiscdi

ObjectiveThe main objective is to enhance the participators knowledge and skills into methodologies for thedepartment/center management and to transfer knowledge and expertise to the third partiesstream.'Third stream' is defined as anything other than research and teaching, the two core elementsof University activity. Third stream can involve a range of activities such as consultancy, contractresearch, the commercialisation of research, organising events, renting, socio-economic relationswith any other type of institutions, local, regional or national community involvement, etc .Target audienceVice-rectors, Deans, Chief departments, Directors of research centres, research centres staffDelivery method1 day face-to-face training session at the beginning of module (8h), 4h of online synchronisedactivities, 24h of individual work, 1/2 day of final training (public presentation of the entire groupof the project work) (4h) – total of 40h.During the face to face meeting each chapter to have 1 h (20’ of theoretical foundation, thenexamples of ‘how to’, study cases). Between meetings there will be continuous online support onthe UPT Virtual Campus.Each participants to find its own area of interest and develop study cases there.To develop an online repository of study cases available to existing and future studentsEvaluation methodEach participant will be active online and will deliver a final presentation of a study case.Online activities:1. Please comment and express your ideas and reflections on the topic in the blog area.2. Please comment and/or give examples to at least 2 of the blog’ activities (sponsoring inRomania, the 3 rd stream activities in your university, the SMEs involvement in 3 rd streamactivities, etc.)3. Please give examples of your university 3 rd stream activities.2 3Study case: Each participant will identify an area of interest and they will describe a study case.This study case will be presented and commented during the last face-to-face meeting with theirpeers.Short description'Third stream' is defined as anything other than research and teaching, the two core elementsof University activity. Third stream can involve a range of activities such as consultancy, contractresearch, the commercialisation of research, organising events, renting, socio-economic relationswith any other type of institutions, local, regional or national community involvement, etc .Themain objective is to enhance the participators knowledge and skills into methodologies for thedepartment/center management and to transfer knowledge and expertise to the third partiesstream.Table of ContentObjective .............................................................................................................................................. 3Target audience ................................................................................................................................... 3Delivery method ................................................................................................................................... 3Evaluation method ............................................................................................................................... 3Definitions and the structure of the 3 rd stream activities in Higher Education ............................. 7Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 8What is the university ‘Third Stream’? ................................................................................................ 9Why is ‘third stream' funding necessary? .......................................................................................... 11A conceptual framework for analysing Third Stream contributions ................................................. 12Study case – the Russell Group in UK ................................................................................................ 14The 3 rd stream activities Funding Management ......................................................................... 16Funding categories ............................................................................................................................. 16Contract or sponsored research funding ........................................................................................... 17Entrepreneurial and commercial income .......................................................................................... 18EU Programmes financing (FP7, FSE), etc) or international from outside Europe ............................ 19Philanthropic funding ......................................................................................................................... 20Long and short-term financing .......................................................................................................... 20The 3 rd stream activities: Regulations ........................................................................................ 21Sponsoring activities .......................................................................................................................... 21Intellectual property .......................................................................................................................... 22Romania study case: Intellectual property, OSIM and patent registration ....................................... 25ISO 14001 – Environment management ............................................................................................ 27General consideration .................................................................................................................... 27Implementation Stages .................................................................................................................. 27The use of patents by a university spin-off ........................................................................................ 30The 3 rd stream activities in direct connection with academic activities ....................................... 35Academic Curricula Development ..................................................................................................... 35Implementation in Research .............................................................................................................. 37Study Case .......................................................................................................................................... 39The 3 rd stream activities in direct connection with research activities ........................................ 4245