Policy
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Hanoi targets first university spinout by year’s end
Hanoi aims to produce its first university spinout by year-end after the central government issued clear enabling regulations.
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ASTP report paints complex picture of knowledge transfer metrics
A report published by an ASTP working group outlines the often vastly different data points collected through national surveys.
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Editorial: Sanae Takaichi’s election win risks impeding Japan’s spinout ambitions
The new Japanese prime minister’s anti-immigrant rhetoric risks cutting off Japanese university spinouts from global talent and markets.
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Malaysia puts spinout focus into state budget
Among the initiatives is a fund and a policy to allow faculty members to take a year-long sabbatical to commercialise their research.
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Cambodia finalises national university IP policy
The Southeast Asian kingdom has unveiled a national IP policy for universities developed in collaboration with the UN and the EU.
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Empowering academic founders: policies, programmes, and pitfalls
How can universities instil the entrepreneurial mindset in faculty, staff and students? Is this even something you can teach? And if you can, what are some of the challenges and pitfalls? Figuring out the answers to these questions, and more, is a panel of experts from around the world: Kirsty Collinge, the head of research […]
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Virginia universities create standard fast-track startup licence
All six research-intensive institutions in the US state have signed up to the Lab-to-Launch initiative, aiming to double the number of spinouts annually.
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Gavin Clark, Mark Mann: Here’s how to build a shared TTO
Gavin Clark and Mark Mann share how they’ve built a tech transfer office shared by six UK universities focused on social sciences and creative industries.
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Stuart Wilkinson: What does a sweet shop have to do with spinouts?
The impact of university research commercialisation can go far beyond the initial spinout, says Knowledge Exchange UK’s chief executive Stuart Wilkinson.