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Industry and Higher Education, published six times per year, is dedicated to the relationships between business and industry and higher education institutions. With a strong emphasis on practical aspects, the journal covers organizational, economic, political, legal, and social issues relating to developments in education-industry collaboration.
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August 2008 ISSUE (VOL 22, NO 4)

205 Monitor

A bimonthly round-up of developments worldwide

209 Engineers: going global

Tim Feest

215 Research programmes that promote novel, ambitious, unconventional and high- risk research: an analysis

P.J. Prendergast, S.H. Brown and J.R. Britton

223 Evaluating work-based learning: insights from an illuminative evaluation study of work-based learning in a vocational qualification

Estelle van Rensburg

233 Knowledge-intensive university spin-off firms in South Africa: fragile network alignment?

Glenda Kruss

245 Implementing the team approach in higher education: important questions and advice for administrators

Tracy M. Lara and Aaron W. Hughey

253 Academic rigour, managerial relevance and triangulation of research methods: a perspective of expectations fulfilment in postgraduate education

Loi Teck Hui and Quek Kia Fatt

261 Calendar

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Title: Engineers: going global

Author(s): Tim Feest

Abstract: This article demonstrates the need for engineering courses in UK higher education to give a higher priority to global and sustainability issues. In support of this case, the author summarizes and assesses evidence from a recently-concluded study by the Institute of Education, University of London, and Engineers Against Poverty, a specialist international development non-governmental organization working in the field of engineering and international development. It is argued that engineering does and can play a major role in combating global poverty, and that higher education needs to prepare engineers for these challenges. Tim Feest, Executive Director of the UK’s Occupational Standards Council for Engineering, considers the report of the study and the effect its recommendations, if implemented, would have on engineering undergraduate curriculum content in UK higher education institutions.

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Title: Research programmes that promote novel, ambitious, unconventional and high-risk research: an analysis

Author(s): P.J. Prendergast, S.H. Brown and J.R. Britton

Abstract: Many governmental agencies and private foundations provide funding programmes that aim to stimulate high-risk research which is often unconventional and from which a high social and/or economic gain is expected. In this paper the authors survey the availability of such grants in Europe. In particular, they are interested in what funding agencies hope to achieve by funding such research, and whether or not the criteria used for evaluation of research proposals is compatible with such objectives. Some definite trends are found, such as the importance given to ‘originality’ and the lack of favour afforded to ‘speculative’ projects. Similarly, ‘track record’ is considered important. Therefore, it would seem that the risk-taking expected of proposers is not always matched by risk-taking on the part of the funding agencies. The authors discuss the wider implications of carrying out risky and unconventional research in an academic environment.

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Title: Evaluating work-based learning: insights from an illuminative evaluation study of work-based learning in a vocational qualification

Author(s): Estelle van Rensburg

Abstract: This article outlines an illuminative evaluation study of the work-based module in a vocational qualification in Animal Health offered for the paraveterinary industry by a distance education institution in South Africa. In illuminative evaluation, a programme is studied by qualitative methods to gain an in-depth understanding of its ‘instructional system, its intended teaching arrangements, as well as its learning milieu’, the actual sites of learning interaction. This results in a rich description of the programme that allows ‘matches’ and ‘mismatches’ between the instructional system and learning milieu to be uncovered. In this study, this approach provided useful information relevant to the quality assurance of the module, and also generated significant insights about the design and delivery of work-based learning in vocational qualifications in general.

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Title: Knowledge-intensive university spin-off firms in South Africa: fragile network alignment?

Author(s): Glenda Kruss

Abstract: This paper analyses the conditions for sustaining spin-off firms from university-based research in South Africa through follow-up case studies of three high-technology networks, using a ‘network alignment’ approach. Commercialization failed in the first case because of a lack of interactive capability and an absence of networks between the university and the industrial sector. Initial success was short-lived for the second case, given misalignment between firm and market conditions and in the coordination of key functions in the firm. In the third and most successful case, there was misalignment between the firm and a key global supplier, impacting on networks between firm and market and threatening turnover and future viability. The degree of alignment in the South African national system of innovation is fragile, in that networks may exist but not sufficiently widely across the system, or they may not function effectively Hence, as the empirical evidence suggests, it is difficult to sustain competitive spin-off firms.

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Title: Implementing the team approach in higher education: important questions and advice for administrators

Author(s): Tracy M. Lara and Aaron W. Hughey

Abstract: Many companies have implemented the team approach as a way to empower their employees in an effort to enhance productivity, quality and overall profitability. While application of the concept to higher education administration has been limited, colleges and universities could benefit from the team approach if implemented appropriately and conscientiously. The authors discuss some of the issues and concerns that are relevant to implementing the team approach in an academic environment. Suggestions for implementing teams in higher education are provided, including the difference between the team approach and traditional administration, the importance of a preliminary needs assessment, the development of an implementation plan, the critical role of leadership, dealing with issues of assessment and accountability, and the concept of team efficacy.

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Title: Academic rigour, managerial relevance and triangulation of research methods: a perspective of expectations fulfilment in postgraduate education

Author(s): Loi Teck Hui and Quek Kia Fatt

Abstract: Developing high-quality human capital and advancing existing knowledge stocks are crucial for the competitive advantage of a nation. The authors argue that offering postgraduate programmes that give great emphasis to academic rigour, managerial relevance and the triangulation of research methods is vital if these ends are to be achieved. They present theoretical arguments about what constitutes academic rigour and managerial relevance and about the nature and roles of qualitative and quantitative research. They also identify and discuss institutional and operational aspects of postgraduate programmes that are needed to fulfil the expectations of the various participants. Close partnership and shared commitments among participants are crucial for the generation of fruitful outcomes in such a postgraduate undertaking. In conclusion, the paper highlights the direction of future research.

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