Education challenges

1. Challenges in enhancing the utilisation of
research results
• The universities must continue to develop enduring
networks and relationship that are based on mutual trust
between the parties.
• Leaders within academia must highlight the importance
of collaboration with industry and society.
• Documentation of measurable deliverables as a part of
the academic qualification systems
• A specific challenge in supporting innovation activities
will be to identify forms for the commercialisation of
research innovations if the researchers themselves do not
want to bring the idea on to commercial level.
• Supporting systems must be developed for resource-
efficient utilisation of results, so that researchers can
continue to focus on their research activities.

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3. Collaboration benefits for the academy
University research and education can benefit from close
collaboration with knowledge users in several ways.
• External funding places demands for up-to-date and
relevant research topics. Through close collaboration
these research topics can be expanded.
• University degree courses are exposed to competition
through the increased mobility of students. Courses
involving prospective employers are attractive since they
improve the opportunities to get a job after graduation.
• A well developed network and effective dialogue with
actors within the industry and other sectors of society
contributes to the external analysis that universities must
prioritise in order to keep pace with a changing world
with new challenges

4. Collaboration benefits for the academy
University research and education can benefit from close
collaboration with knowledge users in several ways.
• External funding places demands for up-to-date and
relevant research topics. Through close collaboration
these research topics can be expanded.
• University degree courses are exposed to competition
through the increased mobility of students. Courses
involving prospective employers are attractive since they
improve the opportunities to get a job after graduation.
• A well developed network and effective dialogue with
actors within the industry and other sectors of society
contributes to the external analysis that universities must
prioritise in order to keep pace with a changing world
with new challenges