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This edition of Re:action showcases a selection of our KE activities. We have badged them, as follows, to help identify where they fit into the world of KE and Enterprise:
KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND ENTERPRISE AT SOUTHAMPTON Knowledge Exchange (KE) and Enterprise are closely intertwined and, at the University of Southampton, go hand in hand. KE is the process through which knowledge and ideas move between academia and users of our research and knowledge. The KE activities we undertake provide a crucial role in achieving our University’s strategic purpose to change the world for the better and deliver impact. Diana Galpin, Director of Enterprise and KE at the University, said: “We undertake many activities to achieve KE – some with a clear commercial focus and an expectation to earn money, which is the ‘enterprise’ element; some that are undertaken more altruistically for societal and public good; and some that are designed to create
a vibrant ecosystem where creativity, inventiveness and innovation can thrive. Often projects straddle more than one of these aims.
time, the University is working with over 1,000 external organisations and over 40 per cent of our research projects involve one or more business partners.”
“KE is truly a two-way process. It is the route through which we bring in knowledge and experience from external stakeholders, partners and the public into the University. This, in turn, informs our research, education and innovation activities.
Earlier in 2021, the University’s achievements in entrepreneurial activities were recognised in the first Knowledge Exchange Framework. The University was placed in the top 10 per cent of all universities assessed for ‘Intellectual Property and commercialisation’, ‘Public and community engagement’ and ‘Working with the public and third sector’, and in the top 20 per cent for ‘Research partnerships’ and ‘Working with business’.
“We also achieve considerable KE through collaborative and contract research with non-academic partners, through secondments and placements. At any one
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