Kintish have found that all universities and educational bodies are being encouraged to be more enterprising.  Income streams are heavily dependent on teaching and research - therefore, the need to diversify into Enterprise or Third Stream Activities is ever increasing. What are enterprise activities? Anything that will make money for universities, for instance working with a company to bring an invention to market, selling laboratory services or providing short courses.  

In the last 2-3 years most universities have appointed Business Development Managers, whose full time job is to link academics to companies. Additionally, placement tutors want to find new opportunities for students, to find speakers and case study material. We find that business development managers are more commercially savvy, academics less so.

Why Universities need to network...

Kintish recently stumbled across this article, which highlights why it is important for academics and staff in Universities and Colleges to network effectively. After reading the article on networking at Universities, please feel free to contact us to see how Kintish can help your team.

So how can we help?

If you find it difficult to bridge that gap between your educational body and external companies, it may be time to brush up on your networking skills.  Networking is an integral part of helping your institution gain more revenue and build stronger, longer lasting relationships with external bodies. We can run in-house tailored workshops for your institution, or why not come on one of our Nationwide public courses to experience what we do?

Educational Bodies we have worked with previously...

Association of European Science and Technology Transfer Professionals
Cancer Research Technology
College of Law
College of Occupational Therapist
Lancaster University Management School
Leeds Metropolitan University
Liverpool Hope University
London Technology Network
Manchester Metropolitan Business School
Praxis - Technology Transfer Training
University College London
University of Birmingham
University of Cardiff
University of Derby
Exeter University
Salford University
Warwick University

What they say about Kintish...

"Enagaging, funny and practical. I learned some really useful tips."
Melanie Chandler, King's College London


"It was great, I learnt about how to networking PROPERLY!"
Gini Simpson, Queen Mary's University of London


"It was fun, informative, thought provoking and reassuring.  It gave me more confidence to be more brave when networking!  I also realised often people feel the same way about networking as me!"
Heather Smith, College of Law 

"A highly entertaining and informative course. Full of 'ahaa' moments that will be of use thoughout my career - hopefully resulting in future opportunities."
Geraint Morgan, London Technology Network

"Even when you have been networking as a significant part of your job, this course opens your eyes to new ideas and techniques."
Ms B Sweeney, University of Exeter