Student supported consultancy to address market needs: Leeds Source-IT, a case study

Marshall, Alison ORCID logo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6816-2362 , Neagle, Royce J. and Boyle, Roger D. (2011) Student supported consultancy to address market needs: Leeds Source-IT, a case study. In: Howlett, Robert J., (ed.) Innovation through Knowledge Transfer 2010. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies (SIST) series, 9 . Springer-Verlag, Coventry, UK, pp. 309-318. Full text not available from this repository.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20508-8

Abstract

As universities become more commercially oriented, the demand by local businesses for small scale consultancy increases. Although there is a growing interest from within the academic community to undertake consultancy, as part of a portfolio of commercial activity, there are also real tensions with the core activities of research and teaching. A pilot software services initiative, using students as consultants, is described. The challenges faced are discussed in the context of benefits to the consultants, the host university and to the regional economy.

Item Type: Book Section
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
ISSN: 2190-3018
ISBN: 9783642205071
Departments: Academic Departments > Health, Psychology & Social Studies (HPSS) > Rehabilitation
Research Centres > Cumbrian Centre for Health Technologies (CACHET)
Additional Information: Conference proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Innovation through Knowledge Transfer, InnovationKT’2010, Coventry, UK, 7-8 December 2010.
Depositing User: Anna Lupton
Date Deposited: 25 Jun 2019 13:21
Last Modified: 12 Jan 2024 09:45
URI: https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/4894
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