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A tale of two innovation systems: Comparing Australia and Scotland’s SME innovation mechanisms
By David Noble, Visiting Fellow from Southern Cross University, Gold Coast Australia
Whilst researching the role ‘soft skills’ – I call them ‘collaborative competencies’ – play in the success (or otherwise!) of research collaborations between university and industry partners, I spent time at the Interface offices over the last couple of weeks talking to Interface clients, from both the commercial and academic worlds. But let me take a step back before I really begin.
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Together for Tourism
27 March 2018
One dreich day years ago I was confronted by Duane Hanson’s Tourism sculpture in Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art. Hanson was interested in the banality of consumer society. He cast models of figures in ordinary mundane situations, in this case a couple with sunglasses and cameras gazing upwards at some unidentified spectacle with glaikit expressions.
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£35,000 awarded to business-academic projects
16 March 2018
Five business-academic projects have been successful in winning £35,000 of funding from Interface in its latest multiparty competition to boost innovation. The competition was open to groups of business in the food & drink, creative industries and tourism sectors collaborating with universities and research institutes.
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Dynamic, diverse and driving the economy
16 March 2018
The theme of this year’s awards was diversity to reflect the broad range of businesses and organisations who have forged productive partnerships from tapping into a range of academic disciplines.
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Interface announces new Chair of Strategic Board
09 March 2018
Professor Andrea Nolan has been appointed Chair of Interface Strategic Board, taking over from Professor Sir Pete Downes.
University Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh Napier University and Convener of Universities Scotland, Professor Nolan is a strong champion of business-academic collaborations.
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Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2018 winners announced
20 February 2018
A unique technology for the construction industry offering immersive “walk throughs” of unbuilt houses; a novel method of recycling print toner powder for use across a range of applications including art, construction and animal medicines; and a technique for new drug discovery are among the winners of The Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2018.
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Launch of the Rural Innovation Support Service (RISS)
09 February 2018
Three dairy farmers in the South West have formed the first working group in Scotland’s new Rural Innovation Support Service (RISS), launching on Friday, February 9 2018.
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Seaweed and Honeyberries on the menu for 2018
18 January 2018
It’s that time once again, when one looks back at what has happened in the past year, the things that have changed and excited us, and for looking forward at what is to come.
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What a good idea – sharing knowledge can break down the challenges facing us all
11 January 2018
“Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than the one where they sprang up” – so said the US writer, Oliver Wendell Holmes.
This is very true of the environment in which Interface operates, matching business to universities, research institutes and colleges to create innovative products, services and processes.
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Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards - finalists announced
08 January 2018
The finalists for the Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2018 have been revealed, reflecting an impressive diversity of business-academic collaborations involving 13 universities in Scotland. The awards, run by Interface, recognise, reward and celebrate impacts achieved through collaborative business and academic partnerships.
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Highlands and Islands history and culture brought to life through digital
20 December 2017
The Highlands and Islands of Scotland has a fascinating story to tell its visitors, and four projects rich in heritage are being brought bang up to date with help from Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
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