Projekti
ERM – Engagement Readiness Monitor
Rahoitusohjelma
Engagement Readiness Monitor Project (ERM)
In order to enhance and synergise the approaches towards university-business engagement on the institutional level, we need to develop understanding of the various modes of engagement and the factor that enable engaging externally. Undoubtedly, measurement of university engagement occurs; however, it invariably focusses on quantitative outcome metrics such as patents, licenses, spin-outs and research contracts, ignoring other valid forms of engagement and the mechanisms that need to be in place for it to occur. It is high time that we stop focussing on the narrowly-defined quantitative indicators and ask ourselves the question 'What is the real extent to which universities are ready to engage and how can we enhance their readiness for these engagements to be more successful?'
The Erasmus+ funded project 'Engagement Readiness Monitor' is on the mission to answer the aforementioned question and advance the engagement between universities and businesses by developing tools to measure and scale their socially impactful cooperation. Led by University Industry Innovation Network, with international partnership comprising universities, businesses and intermediaries from The Netherlands, France, Finland, Czech Republic and Italy will investigate and enhance the factors which make HEIs more likely to engage with companies by developing an Engagement Readiness Investigation Report, a Self-Assessment Framework and a Toolkit over the course of 2 years.