Fundamentals of Supporting Consultancy for KT

Fundamentals of Supporting Consultancy for KT

This 3 day course is a great opportunity to work on the practical elements of supporting academic consultancy, with a collaborative group of experts who have accumulated decades of specialist knowledge and insights.

Consultancy in the university or research institute context involves leveraging academic expertise to provide specialised advice and solutions to external organisations.

This course highlights the importance of structuring consultancy agreements and ensuring compliance with consultancy policy to maximise benefits, including enhanced societal impact, additional revenue for the institution, and professional growth for researchers. 

Participants will explore how knowledge transfer partnerships can be harnessed to drive innovation and ensure successful consultancy engagements. 

The course also covers best practices in training and knowledge transfer, helping institutions create a robust consultancy policy that supports impactful collaborations between academia and external organisations.

Why Join The course?

We expect that by the end of these 3 days you will have developed your understanding of how academic consultancy fits into the wider university context; how to raise its profile as a worthwhile activity for research institutions to support and how it adds value.

Course Objectives

The course objectives are to:

  • Gain awareness of different models of support for consultancy
  • Understand the benefits and challenges
  • Understand how various approaches can impact on policy development and operational set up

Key Topics

The key course topics are:

  • What is consultancy and why should we support it?
  • Consultancy policy and its implications
  • Risks and mitigation
  • Exploring the legal issues and key contractual terms
  • Different operational models discussion

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Testimonials

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I thought that this was an excellent introduction to the topic of Venture Capital for early-stage tech startups (and the interface with TT). The calibre of the lecturers was excellent. They were all approachable, knowledgeable, and happy to engage with the participants.

The topics covered were broad and pitched at the correct level.

Dr Alastair Cunningham, Spain

Venture Capital TC

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This is my first experience of this kind and ASTP was far beyond expectations. I really have no words. I feel much richer in soul and intellect. I wanted and still want to evolve, to learn. Even if I still have to learn, my colleagues and trainers have been exceptional.

Maria Spiridon, Romania

Building KTO for

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Left a little piece of my heart in Latvia this past week at the ASTP course for Creating Successful Spin-outs in Riga. I'm grateful to the wonderful ASTP staff for a fantastic programme.

I value these programmes for the knowledge transferred and especially for the connections made. The training days are long and intense, but as they say in Italian, vale la pena. We emerge with a better understanding and appreciation for the work we do, which in turn helps us to be more active, engaged, and generous within our respective ecosystems.

Arendt Speser, Italy

CSS

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Many thanks to ASTP for bringing your wonderful training events to Riga! I learnt a lot about early-stage technologies and their transfer via Spin-outs. It was lovely to meet friends and colleagues from previous ASTP events.

We discussed how the knowledge transfer processes are organised at our institutions and about the team effort that goes in to supporting academic inventions together with researchers.

Anna Stikane

Latvia

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It has been three intense training days and an insightful experience of learning and connecting with knowledge transfer professionals across Europe.

Thank you for providing us with such a high-quality training experience on Spin-outs!

Faye Orfanou, Greece