Issue 2
Research and Innovation (R&I) Update Summer 2021 has been very busy for the CUA Research and Innovation (R&I) team.
In July the international panel reviewing our technological university (TU) application held three separate sessions involving postgraduate research students, postgraduate research supervisors, and research and innovation managers. The panel identified research performance as the defining transformative feature of TUs. The summer also saw substantial progress in the delivery of key R&I initiatives for the CUA such as:
Postgraduate Researcher Training Programmes (PRTPs)
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Eight applications to establish PRTPs were received in May. These included proposals in: • Creating resilient societies through the sustainable management of natural resources; • Digital Disruption & Transformation for the Data Economy; • Digital Innovation in Enterprise, Marketing and Society; • Digital Manufacturing and Design; • Modelling and Computational Technologies for Health and Society (MOCHAS);
• Regional Economic Development: Enterprise, Sustainability and Policy; and, • Tourism, Archaeology & Heritage for Sustainability. The proposals demonstrated great appetite for collaboration. A total of 212 collaborating partners were identified within Higher Educational Institutions (58), Private enterprise (83), Public enterprise (36), Agencies (28), and Non-Government Organisations (7). The PRTP call identified 120 PhD proposals, involving 157 CUA staff as supervisors, and 45 external project supervisors.
• Operations and Supply Chain Management; WORKING TOGETHER TOWARDS A TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
