Engage employers in the curriculum

To use online collaborative tools to share knowledge and documents to ensure that the voice of the employer, the NHS, is heard through collaboration and co-creation when developing course materials for health professionals. (Birmingham Metropolitan College - MHA Response)

Support work placements and/or work experience for students

To create a collaborative online community of practice (CoP) for the photojournalism industry, linking masters level students, aspiring entrants to the profession, established practitioners and key industry institutions. (University of the Arts - Open-i)

Knowledge transfer i.e. apply the outcomes of research/innovation

To address a complex, commercially and socially valuable process: the effective transfer of technology and innovation from the University research base into real use by business - particularly for economic regeneration and social impact. (University of Leeds - KT2.0)

To create a mechanism which encouraged informal access to the University for micro businesses and SMEs. (University of Glamorgan - G-Blog)

Regional development

To develop a collaborative service to help companies access the world class skills, expertise and specialist resources available within five universities in the north east. (Knowledge House - KHISS)

Public/community engagement

To collaborate with IT Services to trial open source information & communication technology (ICT) tools that could be used to facilitate engagement with external business and community partners and could be incorporated into the university existing IT infrastructure. (Northumbria University - Open ICT Tools)

Lifelong learning

An assessment of Elluminate, an online presentation application, in regards to its potential use as a collaborative tool for the West Yorkshire Lifelong Learning Network and its partners. (University of Huddersfield - WYLLN Elluminate)

Stimulating internal knowledge exchange by developing communities of practice between academics in different disciplines and with staff who support BCE or manage marketing of research IPR. (University of Leeds - KT2.0)

Other

To be more responsive in identifying and meeting employer needs and wanted to improve and expand its business links. The project focused on one business, one community group and one training provider for the trial. (New College Swindon)

Because the project is core to the commercialisation strategy it has ensured a huge amount of match resource, ongoing effort and promulgation. (University of Leeds - KT2.0)