We would be delighted if you would join us at our forthcoming seminars. Please reply to researchandinnovation@swansea.ac.uk.

Title:  Induction session for new staff

Date: Friday 7^th March 2014

Time: 10.00-11.30

Led by: Colin Elvins and Julie Williams, Department of Research and Innovation

Venue: Seminar Room 7^th Floor, Faraday Building

Seminar details:This will be an informal meet and greet session to introduce you to DRI and give you an overview of the help available to you to win funding, manage your award and interact with business and industry

Who should attend: New researchers, lecturers and project managers.

Title:  Knowledge Transfer Partnerships; Academia and industry working together.

Date: Thursday 13th March 2014

Time: 11.00 -12.00

Speaker:Howard Nicholls, Technology Strategy Board and Dave Guite, Department of Research and Innovation 

Venue: Seminar Room, 7^th Floor, Faraday Building

Seminar details: KTPs are an ideal way for academics to work with industry by supervising an associate (recent graduate or phD student) in the business. The seminar will cover the programs offered by KTPs, provide examples of recent projects and the KTP application and process with hints and tips of what makes a successful bid.

Who should attend: Academics, final year students, post-docs, support staff.

Title:  University intellectual property and student IP

Date: Thursday 20th March 2014

Time: 11.00-12.00

Speaker: Sue Ratcliffe, Department of Research & Innovation

Venue: Seminar Room, 7^th Floor, Faraday Building

Seminar details:  An overview of what types of intellectual property can be associated with an idea including “soft IP” such as design right and copyright as well as more conventional IP such as patents. The talk will also describe best practice for capturing and recording IP and how IP generated by a student is dealt with under the University’s IP policy.

Who should attend: Students at graduate and postgraduate level, academics working with students or those running schemes such as Access to Masters involving students working with industrial collaborators.

Title:  Preparing for a successful  project audit

Date: Friday 28^th March 2014

Time: 11.00-12.00

Speaker:   Research Support Office staff, Department of Research and Innovation.

Venue: Seminar Room, 7^th Floor, Faraday Building

Seminar details: This seminar will help you prepare a robust audit trail and will give advice on; preparing documentation, advice on record keeping; typical audit processes; requirements and techniques.

Who should attend: Projects new to audit or anyone likely to be subject to audit scrutiny for their projects.

 

Title:  University consultancy policy

Date: Thursday 3^rd April 2014

Time: 11.00-12.00

Speaker: Stephen Donoghue, Department of Research and Innovation

Venue: Seminar Room, 7^th Floor, Faraday Building

Seminar Details: Practical issues concerning the provision by staff members of consultancy services to businesses and other external bodies

Who should attend: Staff members who wish to earn extra monies from consultancy work