Andrea-Rosalinde Hofer: HEInnovate: Supporting Innovation and Entrepreneurship in & through Higher Education
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The document outlines the HEInnovate initiative, which supports innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education through a self-assessment tool. It emphasizes collaboration between higher education institutions (HEIs) and various stakeholders, with a focus on developing entrepreneurial mindsets, supporting startups, and integrating research and education. Key findings highlight the need for interdisciplinary approaches, strong policy frameworks, and metrics for measuring impact on local development and internationalisation.
Andrea-Rosalinde Hofer: HEInnovate: Supporting Innovation and Entrepreneurship in & through Higher Education
- 1. HEInnovate: Supporting Innovation and Entrepreneurship in & through Higher Education CUBCCE 2017 conference – Budapest, 4-5 December 2017 Andrea-Rosalinde Hofer, OECD [email protected]
- 2. Online self-assessment tool Country reviews Policy learning network (planned) HEInnovate - A Guiding Framework
- 3. Self-assessment tool • Why? • How does it work? • What to use it for?
- 6. 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 The HEI is committed to collaboration and knowledge exchangewith industry, the public sector and society. The HEI demonstrates active involvement in partnerships and relationships with awide rangeof stakeholders. The HEI has strong links with incubators, science parks and other external initiatives. The HEI provides opportunities for staff and students to takepart in innovative activities with business / the external environment. The HEI integratesresearch, education and industry (wider community) activities to exploit new knowledge. Administrative leader Central management Dean/Head of School/Faculty Other Professor/Teacher Post Doc / Researcher & Students Use of Group Function by Hungarian HEI to prepare the review visit in March 2016, 43 respondents Statements with high level of agreement between groups opportunity Statements with high level of disagreement between groups areas for improvement
- 7. HEInnovate country reviews • Why? • What have we learned?
- 8. Objectives of the HEInnovate country reviews • Assist policy makers, HEI leaders and staff to identify and act upon opportunities, enablers and challenges to support the development of entrepreneurial & innovative HEIs • Identify and analyse good practices in public policies and HEI actions • Disseminate learnings and promote transnational collaboration
- 9. Key findings from the 1st round of reviews • The “entrepreneurial agenda” of HEIs has three key pillars: (i) developing an entrepreneurial mindset of students and staff, (ii) supporting start-ups, (iii) active role in local development • Effective policy frameworks emerge from a strong long-term collaboration of different policy portfolios including education, labour market and skills, research, innovation, enterprise, and regional development. • The combination of human resource development, incentives and support structures is the central lever to mobilise academic staff for greater impact.
- 10. Key findings from the 1st round of reviews • Interdisciplinary approaches to education and research work far better in progressing on an entrepreneurial agenda than a silo setup. • Students need incentives and support to engage with the entrepreneurial agenda (e.g. diploma supplements , formal & informal activities, flexibility for student start-ups to reduce dropout risk • Innovative & entrepreneurial HEIs are strongly linked with other organisations – locally, nationally, internationally • Synergies between the internationalisation & entrepreneurial “agendas” are crucial to attract students and staff, and KE
- 11. Key findings from the 1st round of reviews • Measuring impact need further attention. Some relevant metrics that are easy to collect are numbers of start-ups and spin-offs, and technology transfer through contract research and intellectual property rights. • Much harder to capture are the different forms of engagement with the wider world, such as community research, service learning, or the impact of international students on the internationalisation activity of local firms. • Much more information is needed on practices, outcomes and the underlying processes within HEIs and partner organisations to fully conceptualise impact.
- 12. HEInnovate country review Hungary • Collaborative effort with the Ministry of Human Capacities and the Tempus Public Foundation • Review steering group (Rectors’ Conference, Ministry of National Economy) • HEI Leader Survey Jun – Nov 2016 (response rate for Universities: 54%, response rate for other HEIs: 52%) • Study visits to six HEIs (Feb – Mar 2016) • Wide consultation on review findings and recommendations (HEInnovate event for all HEIs in Nov 2016) • Action Plan on implementing the review recommendations by the Ministry of Human Capacities • Contacts: [email protected], Tempus Public Foundation; & Istvan Vilmos Kovacs HEInnovate Facilitators Group, nat. contact point Hungary
- 13. Thank you! 2014 2017 Forthcoming: OECD/EU (2018), Supporting Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Higher Education in the Netherlands New country reviews underway (Austria, Croatia, Romania, …)