英国政府促进大学与产业合作的机制与启示

The UK Government' s Supporting Mechanism for Universities and Industry to Collaborate and Its Implication

大学与产业进行有效合作是推动知识向现实生产力转化并促成新知识不断产生的重要途径。近年来,英国政府部门针对社会加强公共科研系统知识转移的要求,逐步构建并完善了以英国商业、创新和技能部为主导的,促进大学与产业合作的国家推进体系。研究显示,健全行政管理体系的结构与功能、灵活配置国家财政资源进行分类引导以及加强反馈机制建设等措施有效地支撑了英国大学与产业界合作局面的形成。这些思路与做法,值得我国政府部门在有关大学与产业合作发展中定位功能、布局实施内容、制订工作方案、把握工作成效等相关工作设计时参考借鉴。

Effective collaboration between universities and industry is the key to build a solid base for increasing national productivity and generating new knowledge. In response to a surging demand of the society for strengthening technology transfer from public research sector,UK Government has established a supporting mechanism in recent years,mainly led by the Department for Business,Innovation Skills,to promote collaboration between universities and industry. Evidences show that a dedicated administration structure,flexible arrangements of public incentives with different orientations,and a feedback system in place are key factors in creating the establishment of effective collaboration. This provides us with hints in planning our related work in China,comprising government role design,funding streams allocation,improving performance evaluation,etc.